Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-29


out Of that chariot and pat him in
the second chariot, that he had, and
they Brought him to Jerusalem, and he
died and was buried in one of the Sc
pulchr,s of his fathers And all Judah
and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
And jeremiah lamea.ed FOR Josiah.
And all the singing men and the sing
ing women spake of Josiah in their
lamentations to this day, and made
them an ordinance in Israel: and, be.
hold, they are written in the lamenta-
tons.
Nov the rost>of the acts Of JOSIAH and
ms goodness, according to that which
was written in the law of the Lord
And his deeds first and last, behold
they are written in the book of the
kings of Israel and Judah.
For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of
hosts, doth take away from Je-
rusalem and from judah the stay
and the staff, the Whole stay of bread
and the whole stay of water.
Dir. Errett was listened to with close
and earnest attention. He spoke for
forty minutes, When he finished a
hush for moment hung over the vast
audience. Rev. Jabe 4. Hale then
read Garfeld's favorite hymn, which
was Beautifully sung. AT ll:45, DR..
Charlie; >, Pomeroy delivered the final
prayer and benediction as follows:
Eternal and everlasting God, Thou
acne are great. Clouds and darkness
are round about, Righteousness and
Judgment are the habitation OF Thy
throne, and the eyes of all the world are
upon us to-day, rs solemnly we prepare
to lay away the remains of our beloved
chieitain IN the tomb. The hearts of
nifty millions are throbbing with
our hearts rs we pass through
these solemn obsequies, and
yet, oh God, more impressive to
us than all Is the fact that though We
are poor and needy, the great God
thinketh upon us. We thank Thee,
gracious Father, that we sorrow not to-
day rs those who are without hope, for
we know that since Jesus died and rose
again even them also who sleep in Je-
sus will God bring with them. We
thank Thee, Father. for the existence
of such a man rs him we mourn to-
day We thank Thee that Thou didst
give HIM to our love, and we do bless
Thee above all that Thou hast bestowed
upon him the greatest promotion of
his advancing life, even scat at Thy
light hand in the glory OF Thy heavenly
throne. Abide with us, gracious God,
let Thy gracious blessing rest upon
those whose sorrow must be SO much
more intimate and intense than ours
upon this mott ei and this widow, and
the tatherless hidrsn who we commit
in all confidence to Thy divine and
gracious care. On God, be our shield.
We thank Thee for what Thou hast
done Tor the people through these hours
Of darkness that have come out in
light, through Thy blessing. in the
hope we entertain for him and for our
selves. We bless Thee that Thou
chrushed our skepticism under the
power of this sorrow, that Thou has cd
the people to press toward the throne
of heavenly grace in supplication, and
that Thou art ready still further to bless
us and the nation whose God is the Lord.
, Now go with US, our Father, abide with
us ever ms n people, and ut last take us
all rs this great flood of humanity pours
over the brink of death into the gulf of
eternity; grant we may, like him, for
whom we grIeve to-day, be received in
to everlasting habtation, to be forever
with the Lord, and all the praise shall
be Thine through Jesus Christ our Sa-
viour, amen; and now the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ, the love Of God
our Father, and the communion Of the
holy spirit be and abide with you all
Amen"
There were few moments of COM
motion and of preparation, the Wash
ington marine band played NEARER my
God TO Thee" and the funeral moved
from Monumental Park, at five minutes
before Il O'Clock.
The time occupied moving the
casket from the pavilion to the funeral
car was about Is minutes A corps Of
the u. $. marines from the u. $.
steamer Michigan, formed paralleled
| lines FROM the east side of the pavilion
to the east entrance TO the park,
through which the casket was borne on
the shoulders of the Z. S. artillery
men, under the com mand of Lieut..
| Viewer, Of the second L. S. artillery, to
the funeral car, followed by the mourn
ers, who took seats in the carriages.
Grandma Garfield bore the services
remarkably we'll also did the widow Of
the president The only incident
which occurred at the pavilion was n
request Of Grandma Garfield for u
drink of water. Many persons con
strued this as an indication that the
old lady was fainting. Sucl was not
the case, however. No one, excepting
the family, members Of the several
committees and the distinguished
guests, were admitted within the gates
of the park
The military presented a magnificent
scene. The column was headed by
| that veteran volunteer organization, the
Boston Fusileers, who have travelled
! from Massachusetts in order to pay
last tribute to the deceased
comrade by participating in the
obseouies. They were followed by
companies b. and +. Of the Seventy
fourth National Guard, Of New York,
the Buffalo City Guard cadets, whose
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