Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-27
THE LAST RITES.
Ceremonies at the Pavilion.

Ceremonies at the faVllOn.
Promptly at half past ten O'Clock the
ceremonies at the pavilion began. The
immediate members OF the family and
| near relatives and friends took seats
about the casket, and at each corner was
stationed a member of the Cleveland
Grays, each of whom stood like statue
during the entire programme.
DR.. ]. P. Robinson, President OF
Ceremonies, announced that the exer-
cises would be opened by singing by the
Cleveland Vocal Society OF the funeral
hymn by Beethoven, whereuron the
HYMN was sung as follows:
"Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not
deplore thee,
Tho sorrow and darkness encompass the
tomb,
And the lamp Of His love is thy light through
the gloom"
The Right Rev. Bishop Bedell, OF the
Episcopal Diocese OF Ohio, then read
several appropriate passages OF scripture.
Rev. Ross g. HoughtoH, pastor OF the
first NJ. L. Chnrch, then offered an elo.
queut and feeling prayer, asking that
this great aftiiction be sanctitied to the
good OF the people, and that Gods
blessing might rest upon the aged moth
er, the stricken widow, and the orphan
children OF the dead President. and
that His Almighty hand might guide
the new President in the discharge OF
the duties of his position.
At this point the vocal society sang as
follows:
40 Thee. oh Lord, yield my spirit.
Who break st in love the martial chain.
nv life but from Thee inherit,
And death becomes my chicfst gain.
| In Thee | live. in Thee die;
Content, for Thou art ever nigh.
Rev. Isaac Errett, OF Cincinnati, then
delivered an eloquent address, taking
for his text the description given in the
Bible Of the death OF Josiah, King OF
Judah, and the lamentations OF the peo.
pie OF Jerusalem and judah for him.
"This is a time Of mourning that has no
parallel in the history OF the world.
Death is constantly occurring, and every
day, and hour and almost every moment
some life expires, and somewhere there
are broken hearts and aesolate homes.
But we have learned TO accept the un-
avoidable, and we pause moment and
drop tear, and away again to the ex'
citement and ambitions OF lie,
and forget it all. Sometimes
life is called for that plunges
a whole community into mourning,
and sometimes whole notions mourn the
loss OF good King, or q wise States
man, or an eminent sage, or great
philosopher, or a philanthropist, or
martyr, who has laid his life upon the
altar of truth and won for himself an
enviable place and immortality among
the sons Of men. But there was never
q mourning in all the world like unto
this mourning. am not speaking ex-
travagsntly when / say this, Tor l am
told it is the result OF calculation care
| fully made from such data as are In
possession that certainty not less than
800, ,0OO, 900 of the human race share In
the sadness, and the lamentations and
sorrow and mourning that belong to this
occasion here to-day. 1t is still shad-
ow OF Q fearful calamity that has extend
ed itself into every home in all tbs land,
and into every heart, and that has pro-
jected itself over vast seas and oceans
into distant lands. and awakened the
sincerest and profoundest sympathy
with Us in the hearts OF the good people
Of all nations, and among all people. 1t
is worth while, my friends, to pause a
moment and ask why this Is. 1t Is
doubtless attributable in part to the
wondrous triumphs OF science and art
within the present century, by means oi
which time and space have been
so far conquered that nation 8
once far distant and necessarily
alienated from each other are brought
into close communication, and yarlous
ties Of commerce and Of social interests