Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-09-29
Religious Services.

4 SOLEMN SCENE.
AS the hour expired-9:30-thc cot
tage was closed. Soon after Chief
Justice Waite, Secretary and Mrs.
Blaine, Secretary and Mrs. Window,
Secretary and Mrs. Hunt, Postmaster
General and Mrs. James, ml Secreta-
ries Lincoln and KirkwOod and Atty.
Gen. MacVeagh arrived. Religious
services were conducted by. Rev.
Charles j. Young, Of Long Branch, at
the request of Mrs. Garfield. There
were present, besides the family and
attendants, members of the cabinet,
their wives, and u few personal friends,
numbering in all not more than fifty.
When the moment for the services
was announced, the windows and
doors were closed, and the most sol
emn silence prevailed.
THE SCRIPTURE READS" SAID TIE
PASTOR,
"Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord. Yea, saith the spirit, that they
may rest from their labOrs, and their
works do follow Them We know"
said the pastor, "that if our earthly
house of this tabernacle were dissolved
we have a building of Coda house
not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens. Therefore, we are always
confident of knowing that whilst we
are at home in the body we are absent
from the Lord. We are confident, /
say, and willing, rather, to be absent
from the body, and to be present with
the Lord am in the strait betwiXt
two, having a desire to depart and to
be with Christ, which is far better.
There tbe wicked cease from troubling
and there the weary are at rest; and
there shall be mo- more death, neither
sorrow nor crying; neither shall there
be any more pain; and there shall be
no night there, and they need no can
die, neither the light Of the sun, for
God giveth them light, and they shall
reign for ever and ever. Behold, ]
show you a mystery. We shall not all
sleep, but we shall all be changed in 6
moment, in the twinkling Of an eye
at the last trump. For this corrupt
BILE must put on interruption, and this
mortal must put on Immortality. 81
when this corruptible shall have pu
on interruption, and this mortal shal
have put on Immortality, then shall bt
brought to pass the saying that it i!
written: Death is swallowed up in vic
tory. o death, where is thy sting
o grave, where is thy victory? Tht
sting of death is sin; the strength Of
sin is the law; but thanks be to Goo
who giveth us the victory, through oul
Lord Jesus Christ. Let us pray"
THE PRAYER.
o Thou, who walked through tht
grave of Bethany-that open grave o.
the brother in Betfanyl o Thou, whit
had compassion on the widow of Main
she bore her beloved deadl 0 Thou
5 who art the same yesterday, to-day ant
p fo, ever; in whom is no variablenes
y nor shadow of turningl Have mere,
5 upon us in this hour when OR soul
D have nowhere else to lily. But we fl.
Q to Thee. Thou knowest these sorrow
t that we bow under. o Thou God o
: the widow, help the stricken heart be
n fore Thee. Help these children, an
those that are not here. Be thei
Q Father. Help her in the distant stat
u who watched over him in childhood
@ Help this nation that is to-day bleedin
" and bowed in sorrow before Thee. OF
IS sanctify this heavy chastisement to il
n good. Help those associated with hir
o in the government. Oh Lord, graz