New-York tribune., 1884-01-03
BURIAL OF GEORGE w. LANE.
HoNoRING THE MEMORY OF A GOOD MAN.
THE SERVICES AT MADISON SQUARE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.


rHr SERVICES AT MADISON SQUARE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.
The incessant rain yesterday morning did not
prevent the Madison Square Presbyterian thurch
from being nearly filled at the funeral OF George
w Lane Business men turned aside tor an hour
TO honor the memory of the man who was among
them four days before, while cleTgymen ana DINERS
interested in religious iustltutlOns ana soeleISS
to mourn over the loss OF tnelr lIlehu
More han the usual number of men with gray mar
were seen in the audience, many OF them represent
ing several prominent organizations. MI Lane Was Was
president Of the Chamber OF Commerce, anu Ils wv
Yice-presdents were pall-beareTs lie was also
president of tie Board of trustees OF the lIespTy
terian Hospital, and the Society for PromolnS .llo
Gospel among Seamen in the Port OF New lork,
which were largely represented, as were also the
Seamen's Saving Bank, the MerGhanIs NaIdoH9 Nkit;n
Bank, the Fulton National BANK, Ine ,rnoO A.i,,o
Companies; the Central Trust Company, the Aque-
duct Commission, the American Bible society, the
Union Theological Seminary and the Sailors, snug
Uarhor The pall-beaTeTs were Charles u. Detoe,
Charles H. Trask, James NJ. Brown +. w. GOrhes,
William f. Dodge, William ii. fogg lhonas
Monohan and William Ii. Macy. Among others
present were the following;
Mayor EdsOn W. p. st John'
Collector Robertson, Hugh n. Camp,
william DOwd. l" j. \; STARK
Controller Grant, b. ;: CLurcn
Charles hutler, jacob mcHucib
James b. Colgate Smith T. Lane
Morris X Jcsnp. Jonathan Marshall,
John 5. Kennedy, G. NJ LarIe,
John L. AgueW, leIIy n pun
W. II. ii. Moore, n. Dana MGiIs'
Samuel ID. BabcOck, Edward l. browning
Jobn A. stewart President Hitchcock,
Cornelius y. Bliss, JOhh HinI' ,r,,.
John Crosby Brown, Erskine n Mhlte,
Orlando Il. Potter, MHlldm W ta.Ioi'
James &. Spencer, 1ndilos +. DoSnis'
Jacob ID. Vermilye, William G. Roberts
Hiram Hitchcock, ANDREW H. ,t} ia} lol, &
Hugh AuchinclOs5, AleAan4yI[ II MGirc3n, 1h,
James Fraser Henry J. Van Dyke,jr,
Josiah NJ. Flske, Henry Day iooo,,,
Frederick l.. Tacott, william A. Bootn'
q g. r. S6cdd Wilson Phraner,
PbilW Schaf T. :. shepard,
Gcoi ge l. Prentiss T. g. senen,
Charles \. Brl2g>' 1SOIs. wins nlison' Sine
Thomas :. Hastings, J9hn A9sun stevens
Francis Brown W H. Hlnman
4 Nj Kingsley Charles :. Smith,
A p Man John A. Livingston,
1linton n Fisk W i. SkidmOTe,
s1lon Humphreys f. f. Marbury,
J. W. c. LeyeTcdge Charles buiKIey'
Charles II. Woodbury., W. H. Ross,
Stenbpn A walker John II. Ten Brock,
George T. Dodge, Amos r. mo,
+. A. BrOuwer, j: W. McE Euiou
W. ii. jackson, ,tar dnoiIla7 SnHtrobL hHvrobL
W. c. NOycs, Gustav ScnWdoI
AreInori 5 Sullivan. Henry F; spauding
CommisSour Thompson, kTeIeilck A OohAiI"s
u H. CIsWcu, II. Hentz,
80 A. B. Graves.
Mrs. Lane entered the church leaning on the arm
of her brother the Rev. DR.. Edward W. Gilman,
secretary of the American Bible Society. MoIllS
Woodruff Dr.. II. c. EnO,W T. Bridge, and h Z stan
ton accompanied by their wives, the daughters OF
Nr iaue:and the Misses Lane composed the imInedl-
atclamily. The plain coth-cONered conn pore dl N
scription, giving the name and the dates OF the
birth and death of Mr. Lane. seven nOfal pieces
were laid on the COin COnslstngO anchors crosses,
wreaths and bouquets. \ quartette chOlI chanteu
ord let me know mime end" mere Is green
hill Ear away sung as a 500, ana tle oii0II
chanted the sentence, Sleep thy last sleep, Inc
address was by the Rev. DR.. Charles ii. PaTkhulst
pastor Of the church, and the closing prayer & was
offered by the former pastor OF the chuTGI Ilc noA
DE- W. j. tucker, Professor OF sacred Rhet0iic I'D
the Andovcr Theological Seminary, In his address
Dr. PaTkhurst said;
stunned IL, The pain comes aterward. 1t takes time
for pain to assert itself Thoughts refuse TO arrange
themrclNes We are not adjusted TO t1e l"c % my H
jus event did not cast it, shadow before Inc snauOW
was all marrcd behind the event. Our thoughIs Wetie we're
oil guard Ii Is not real thlng TO me tat ms po1 u m
that c4skct lido not succeed in making IL real MIell
perpexed about certain matter reaung TO ME- NE
scrVlce,the thought sprang To my "ii WiI sh @
Lane" We never know how heavily we lean tll we losc
our stats We here not ms culogiss but as members
III community OF sorrow III 1o ~ en-
nity of loss We all mOuTncrs. only one puse-Ded III
All this assembly Estimates OF the amount OF our loss
are not called for Rather should Ike one 10 tell
rs how we are going to get along with our loss Some
thing has fallen Out-Out of the h9me me chuleh' Ine
town Every good cause has sensed shock ,-
Ills home only excepted, this church, that pew, this
iirecious' And now midway between his pew and
This pulpit rests his casket The very aisle
must recognize his presence II this chuIch
orsanization dates from It's first pastor this
church edcc dates from Mr. Lane g know every Stole
lawn but this edihce shall ever Win sacred hueIlty
respect as his mausoleum we canh2t iet iit
n ~
from the tenement it has quilted gade him goodmShi S
on saturday evening at eight; long journey III thg
recent ak hours-a painless death The Lord touched
him and he slept said long journey perhaps not
so lyy Sucb Going TO sleep makes the future near and
throws an easy space across the Interval Hls was a
beautiful face, but It's beauty was IN the traces tt e
spiI1t had left efforts to struggle through LIS
heart had disciplined his features u they rounded lth
tone His Last service one or hospitality mat wa,
his ltfe-to add to men. Always busy but always had
time For him dfuse light was as natural as Ior u
caudle TO difuse freshness natural as Tor fOul
tain LOYAL TO God, duty and TO man he mas been al
these years sounding kcy-nOtes The hand which sound
eli the notes fallen but the tones he struck ring yet
and the music goes in the key that lie set ana the
metre that he marked
The coffin was not opencdat the church, and after
the services il taken on special train to Wood
lawn Cemetery for burial.
At meeting of the Aqueduct Commissioners IL
the afternoon Mayor Edison announced the death OF
Mr. Lane aud series of resolutions offered by Con
troler Grant were adopted. Out ofrespect for thei
fellow Commissioner no other business was tran
sacted.
The Society for Promoting the Gospel among Sea
men in the Port of New-IOrk also met in the after
noon aud appointed committee TO dralt sutapi'
resolutions.