Morning journal and courier., 1882-05-01

inter sting. The Unitarian church waf thronged, the attendance of five thousand ex tending far into the street. The casket was placed in front of the pulpit and opened, showing the calm, waxlike features of the illustrious dead. A simple bunch of violets and a book of white flowers, with the last leaf turned down, tribute from the scholars of the Emerson school, lay on the coffin. The pulpit was convered with evergreens, with harp of yellow flowers in the center, clusters of roses on each side. The floral display was tasteful but not elaborate. The pulpit was occupied by Revs Dr. Furniss of Philadelphia and H. N. Brown of Brookline. more notable gathering of people eminent in education, literature and science has sell dom been seen Among them were Oliver Wendell Holmes, General N. P. Banks, ex- Governor Talbot, Hon. Thomas Russell Alex ander Williams and H. o. Houghton, pub fishers, George William Curtis, Colonel T. w. Higginson, Professors Hill, Norton, Pierce and Horsford of Harvard, Rev. c. A. Barton, Rev. B. w. Briggs, Rev. E. A. Hor- ton, successor and present pastor of the church over which Emerson was once settled A. Bronson Alcott, Abby W. Fay, Sarah Jew cit, Louisa M. Alcott, George Putnam, Pro- lessor w. T. Harris, President c. w. Eliot of Harvard, Charles w. Slack and Rev. Thomas Mumford of England The exer- cises were very simple. Judge E. Redwood Hoar made a brief address in behalf of his townsmep, saying there is nothing to mourn, for his brave manly life was rounded out to its full length. Wherever English is spoken his fame is secure. Judge Hoar spoke ten derly of the estimation and reverence in which the deceased was held by his towns men, ever the children. He closed as fol lows: 'He has gone-he the more fortunate, yea, he hath vanished For him there is no longer any future. His life is bright without stain and cannot cease to be. No ominous hour knocked at his door with tid lngs of despair. Whatever fortunes await our future tolls, the beautiful is vanished and returns not. That lofty brow, the home of all wise thoughts and lofty aspirations those lips of eloquent music; that great soul which trusted in God and never let go it's hope of immortality; that great heart to which everything was welcome that belonged to man; that hospitable nature, loving, ten der and generous, having no repulsion, no scOrn for anything but meanness and base ness Oh friend, brother, father, love-teach CT, inspirer, guide is there no more that we can do than give thee our farewell p
 Watts hymn, ''Lord, when I quit this earthly stage" especially liked by the de- ceased was read. Rev. MT. Furniss read the beatitudes and other scriptural selections,
 
 man Clarke, after the delivery of which Rev. H. W. Brown prayed earnestly and A. Bron- son Alcott read the following poem:
 His harp is silent shall successors rise
 Touching with venturous and the trembling string Kindle glad raptures, visions of surprise,
 And wake to ecstacy each slum bering thing
 Shall lite and thought flash new in wondering eyes AS wh the seer transcendent sweet and wise,
 World wide his native melodies dd sing,
 Flushed " tn fair hopes and ancient memories An, no ! that matchless Tyre shall silent He;
 hath vanish d miDStr6I8 wOn0rOQS To touch that instrument with art and will
 With hlm winged poesy doth droop and die,
 White dull {e left voiceless must lament
 The bard high heaven had for it's service sent.
 At the conclusion the friends viewed the remains The features looked natural. The procession, consisting of the family in four carriages and two hundred ladies and gentle men on foot moved to Sleepy Hollow ceme- tery, the Social Circle forming the escort and the remains were placed in the family lot in close proximity to the graves of Hawthorne and Thoreau. The grave was only four feet deep, dug by the sexton who performed a similar service for Hawthorne. After lower ing the body, Rev. Mir. Haskell, of the Epis- copal church at Ipswich, read the commit ment service of that church and pronounced the benediction.
 Rev. James Freeman Clarke's sermon was an exposition of Emerson's faith. He char acterized him as teacher of Gods truth. No one can say till the day of judgment declares it how large part of genuine faith in things not seen, but eternal, comes to us from the depth of his spiritual insight. He was one of Gods seers, the preacher of spiritual truth to our age, of righteousness to this and other lands. When Mature" was published Emerson said 'Let the single man plant himself on his instincts and the great world will come round to him." He did not reply to his critics. He went on his way and to day we see that the world has come round to him. His work like that of the Apostle was accomplished by the quanti- ty of the soul in him, not by the mere power of intellect but ''by pureness, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindness, by the holy spirit, by love unfeigned, by word of truth, hand and the left, and now he is lost in