Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-18
A SAD CEREMO NY.

The Funeral Services Held Over the Re-
mains OF Young, Moore and Gossick at
Plymouth Church Ysssarday-A Tribute
by Rev. DR.. Dana to the Memory Of
the Dead.
Plymouth church, yesterday afternoon,
was very sad place, and those who were
present witnessed very sOrrowful, but at
the same time, tender ceremony. The
details of the sudden drowning of three
men at White Bear lake are still fresh in
the minds of the readers of the GLOBE.
Yesterday the three ladies who were
made widows so suddenly by the awful
calamity, together with as many sympa-
thizing friends and relatives as that sacred
edlflce could accommodate, assembled
within the walls of the church to listen
to such words of consolation as the voice
of man, and the tender passages from the
holy scripture could administer to their
grief stricken hearts. Most of the spec
tators who were present yesterday after
noon at DR.. Dana's church have proba-
bly, witnessed many similar funeral cere-
monies, but it is not probable that they
ever before witnessed such a scene of
utterI hopeless, speeches. woe, as was
observable on this sad occasion. An ap-
pearance of deep grief seemed to settle
upon everybody. The sight was so I'M
usual, and all the circumstances
connected with the death of
the men were so full of
distressing considerations, all of which
were familiar to those present, that the
grief was all-pervading and very deep
The time for the ceremonies to commence
was fixed at O'Clock, but as the remains
of Mr. Gossick were brought from his
residence on Robert street, and those Of
Messrs. Young and Moore from DR.. Hig-
bees, the services at the church were not
commenced until little after 8. The
three hearses bearing the remains of the
three men were preceded by the officers
and employees of the Chicago, st. Paul s.
Omaha road, who marched two abreast
from the house to the church. When
the head of the column had reached Sum-
nit avenue it halted while the hearses
passed between the men who stood un-
covered on either side of the hearses
and carriages containing the
remains and the relatives of the deceased.
The remains of Mr.. Young first reached
the church door and were removed to a
place directly in front of the altar rail by
the following gentlemen who acted as
pail bearers: c. F. Hatch, H. A. Gray,
J. II. Hiland, W. a. s. Wright, C. w.
Johnson, j. +. Lincoln, Fl. G.. Hope and
r. M. Cannon. Following the remains
was the carriage containing Mrs. Young,
her father-in law and her brother IN law
1t was with great difficulty that she
walked into the church, assisted though
she was by her father-in law, MIR. Young.
As soon as the first hearse had been re-
lieved of its precious burden, the second
one containing the remains of Mr.. Moore
took its place and the casket was re-
moved to the right of those of Mr.. Young
in the church by the following pail
bearers; n McFetridge, F. B. Whitney,
L. II. Seymour, j. l.. Ellicutt, E. L.
Poole, A. W. Trenholm, s. W. Fisher
and II. B. Sweet. Following these re-
mains was the carriage containing Mrs
Moore and friends. The remains of Mr.
Gossick followed and were in the same
way removed to the church by the pail
USdIGIS, II. OulSHOlul, LIZ. LIZ 0I6Y,
George Herbert, D. B. Turnbull, l. r.
Lord, w. p. Kinsey, Fl. G. Lytle and j
L. Cripple, and placed on the left of the
casket containing the remains of Mr..
Young. Each of the caskets was COW
cred with choice cut flowers formed into
crowns and other shapes. AS soon as the
remains were thus disposed the officers
and employees of the Chicago,
St. Paul s. Omaha road passed
into the church and took the seats
that had been left vacant for them. The
formal ceremonies werej then begun by
the quartet of male voices. consisting
of W. Fl. Leib, first tenor, j. NJ. Dyer,
second tenor, Mr.. Fahnestock, first bass,
and Mr.. Fl. B. Saynor, second bass, sing
ing the beautiful hymn by Fl. NJ. Dow,
II Cannot Always Trace the Way"
This was followed by Rev. Mr.. Dana
reading several passages of scripture IL
Illustrative of the brevity and frailty of
life. The quartet then sang "Consola-
tion," by the same author, after which
Mr. Dana delivered the following tribute
to the memory of the departed.
MR.. DANA's REMARKS.
Before tragedy whose sadness and DESC
idbluS CnCCto oiO OF 6iSaob ~ 10 iASCb AOi mdu
to keep silent. Our wisdom cannot fathom
the meaning or mystery of these deaths. It
Is but the dictate OF a thoughtful rev.
erence to refrain from questionings and criti-
cisms There are times when we are too
overwhelmed to reason, and we sit dumb and
quiet In the midst Of sorrow that cannot
voice itself. Who is there here or in our
community that feels not touched by this ca
lamity? The grief occasioned those most d.
rectly concerned, we mutely share; the loss of
valuable young life to our community, we, as
citizens, acknowledge with pitiful hearts, and
the shudder the suddenness of this strange
happening epgendered, has made us all realize
the uncertainty OF life. Here before us lie the
bodies of three young men in the prime OF
their powers, with promising future. open
ing before them. They we're eelf-reliant, full
of hope, and had won their way to their sue
cesses by brave, manly toll. And in moment,
beneath the sheen of almost the first warm
sun OF the season, they passed from time
to eternity. 1t was hard to realize that
three such athletic young men, void of fear,
and withal so trustworthy, had found watery
grave. But the strength of the strongest
seems at times OF no avail, and these with
lusty forces lowered, could not resist the chill
of the lakes but recently lce-bound waters
How slow we are to learn cautiOuary les
sons; and though told of menacing perils,
how quick we are to believe that we are not
the endangered ones. And so tragedies ike
this one, which has cast its gloom over our
community, keap repeating themselves, and