Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-22
SP.PAUL NEWS.
THE LAST Sad Rites.

cident Which Caused the Death of Adam
GotZian-An Impressive and Imposing
Ceremonisl.
The awful reality of those divine words
SIN the midst of life we are in death" was
never made more painfully apparent than
yesterday afternoon at the Gotzian resi-
dence upon Dayton's bluff. Upon the
streets surrounding the house were scores
and scores of carriages; upon the side
walk and on the lawn, and thronging halls
and parlors, stairways and corridors were
crowds of people of all ages from the
child to the patriarch full of years, and
upon the countenance of each was
the uumistaka bic impression of
deep sorrow and narrowing grief. And
Notwithstanding the great mass of people
a embed, there was hushed and subdueC
silence as that of the grave, pervading both
IL eide the house and on the street, and as
tHe long string of mourners they were
81 mourners--passed with soft tread and
the head bowed into the presence of death
to look long farewell upon that face
which bat a week since was beaming with
giadness in that very room and rejoicing
II health, there was not sound to disturb
the awful solemnity; save an occasional
sob which would in spite of all efforts to
keep it back, break from the overweight
heart when fond memory brought back
some one word or deed of the departed,
which made the loss doubly hard to bear.
Down below, almost at the very feet of
the mourners and theircherished dead, was
the large city with its hurly-burly and
commotion; t. arteries thro bling with
al oc he
murmur from which came floating
up the heights, and penetrated
the chamber of mourning as if it were in
cense from that business life to which the
deceased had contributed so much vitality.
The entire suite of rooms on the ground
floor were found inadequate to accommo-
date the large number of people who de-
sired to show their respect for and attach
ment to the deceased gentleman, and con-
S, quently they were kept for the ladies,
and the gentlemen, after passing through
and gazing for q moment upon the much
loved face, passed out upon the lawn.
The corpse was placed in a massive
rosewood casket, with heavy frosted and
FURNISHED silver fittings and ornaments.
Upon the top was silver plate with the
simple inscription, adam Gotzian, aged
40 years" Upon the coffin the hand of
iendship, esteem and love had placed
fiji ing floral amblems, among which were
a beautiful harp, contributed by Conrad
Gotzian's family, an anchor by j. Berlain
and family, another anchor by Mrs. Albert
Commick, cross and crown
by members of the Dayton
avenue church and Sunday school,
and beautiful device asleep by the pu-
pills of the Sunday school class Taught by
deceased.
Perhaps the most touching part of the
whole solemn and sad ceremonial was that
when the children with tears gathering in
their young eyes, with paled checks aud
trembling lips looked in upon him ''asleep"
in his last earthly couch. There was moth
ing in the appearance of the corpse to in
dictate the painful nature of the death ex-
cept three slight abrasions of the skin be-
hind the left eye, and these would not in
any way show that terrible railroad acct
dent had terminated valuable life.
The Rev. Dr. Smith performed the fu-
neral rites which consisted of reading APP
propriate scriptural texts such as II am
the resurrection and the life,'' 81 know
that my Redeemer liveth' and the 39th
pslam. After which the whole assembly
sang Jesus, Lover of my Soul" The
reverend gentleman then directed the at
tention of those assembled to the 9Th verse
of the 39th psalm: 'Behold Thou hast
made my days as a handbreadth and mine
age is as nothing before thee, verify,
verify, man at his best state is altogether
va"ity." The speaker did not preach q
sermon upon these words but simply
stated that he could think of nothing
more appropriate for the occasion thsn
this 39th psalm, and then went on to give
short sketch of deceased's life, of who m
he spoke in most eulogistic terms.
He said that the deceased, Adam Gotham
was born in the province of Saxweimer,
Germany, on November 9th, 1913, and he
was consequently but forty years of age
when he came to his untimely and
awful end. He was, he said, of sturdy
family, and of one of the noblest races
God has ever permitted to exist upon the
earth. He was courageous, and strong,
and simple, when he came to ST. Paul in
1860 at the age of II. There was nothing
remarkable in his career, and only two
events out of the way of ordinary circum-
stancss-hiS two visits to his native coun-
try; the first at the marriage of his brother
in 1872, and the second ten years later when
the speaker accompanied him. Unos.en-
tatious and simple as his life has been,
had he lived in other times than ours it
would nave been deemed worthy place in
history and romance. Coming to strange
country as he did at the age of seventeen,
not knowing word of the language, with
out money or influence, he carved out for
himself fortune honorably, and simply
by his bravery and honesty, and this too,
while he was still young man.
Although Mr.. Gotzian had taken no
prominent part in public affairs the
speaker said he had always been ready
with helping hand for everything per
tanning to the public veal, and the city
had suffered great loss in his sudden and
oalamitous death. The church had suf-
fered an irreparable loss in Mr.. Gotzian,
its main stay and pillar, only for whom
the church ut Dayton's bluff would not
exist, and to-day a dark and heavy
cloud hangs over it which only can
be dispelled by the members prayerfully
following the footsteps of deceased.
The speaker referred to deceased as q
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