The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-01
HON. CONRAD BAKERS FUNERAL.
The Remains Taken to Evansville, Where
They Will Be Inferred To-Day.

The funeral services over the remains Of Hon.
Conrad Baker, which were conducted at the fam
lily residence, No. 589 North Alabama street.
yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock, were attended
by large number of people, among whom were
many prominent citizens, including all the State
officers and nearly all the members Of the bar in
the city. The remains Of the deceased were in
closed in mahogany casket, with gold trim
mings, and the floral decorations were rich and
profuse.
Rev. Matthias L. Haines, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, conducted the services, as
sisted by Rev. A. Ell. Carrier, OF the Fourth
Presbyterian Church. "Come We Disconsolate'
was sung by Mrs. U. ]. Hammond, Mrs. George
Warren. Mr.. A. Z. Allen and Mr. Ell. G. Sickles-
Despite the skill of physicians and the
thoughtful illustrations of tender hands, Mr.
Haines said in his discourse, death has been
permitted by an all-wise Providence to enter
here and shatter this household for season.
Death is no accident. 1T is appointed unto
men once to de- Disease and death are not
outside of the Divine plans. Our duty, IN this
hour, is resignation But Christian resignation
is not enforced submission to the inevitable;
that is stoicism. 1t is putting God between you
and your grief. He whom God has summoned
from this home and this city, in ripe age
like shock Of corn. in bis season, was q con-
sistent Christian believer This is far more
| than family bereavement; the flags on our
public buildings at half mast, and the courts
| of justice are draped in black. His public ca
reer has been an honor to the State as well as
| q credit to himself. 1t is great thing for q
! man to be in public life third of century
| and at the end show an unstained record and
win the universal esteem of men of all political
and religious faiths. A mans life is his truest
| epitaph, and in the of cur friend departed
| his best eulogy. He was just man, one who
| feared God and eschewed evil; who loved right
| eousness, whose hand was clean, whose purpose
| was pure. We are richer in this State because
| Governor Baker has lived. He has demonstrated
what some men unfortunately come to doubt;
| that is, that the largest success can be won by
| honest methods. In this our commonwealth we
| have mountains to which to point; no build
| ings to put in competition with the Parthenon
| for finished grace; no structure mammoth as
| the Pyramids but, after all, the finest fruit
| earth holds up to her Maker is not mountain,
| or temple, but man. We can point to de-
veloped. symmetrical manhood such as he
whom we mourn to-day exhibited 1 do not
| stand here to eulogize this man, distinguished
though he was. ] tell the truth about him, and,
| if this is encomium, he is responsible for it.
rather seek to magnify the grace of God, whom
| he served, and who gave him such strength, and
wisdom. and moral nerve as enabled him, amid
| all the struggles of the last five decades to
wear the white pl ume of blameess life"
| The visitors were invited to view the remains
at the close of Mr. Haines's DISCOURSE after
which the body was taken to the depot followed
by all present. The pall.be were ex-Sena
| tor Mcdonald Senator Harrison, Judge
Gresham. Judge Woods, Noble G. Butler. Oscar
| B. Hord Silas T. Bowen and Thomas FL. Sharpe.
| President McKeen's private car was placed at
the command of the funeral party. and the
| family of the deceased accompanied by Judge
| Gresham, Judge Woods, Mr.. Hord and Mr. But
| Ter, left with the remains for Evansville at 11:45
o'clock. Tho body will be inferred in Rose Hill
! Cemetery, at Evansville, to-day. The burial
services will be conducted by President futile,
of Wabash College.
| A meeting of the members of tho Tippecanoe
| Club was held yesterday, after attending the
! funeral services and q committee, consisting of
Judge Finch, Dr. Samuel Davis and Isaac Tay
| Tor, appointed to prepare resolutions ex-
pressing the clubs regret over Mr. Bakers death.