Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-13
JOHN MCCULLOUGH AT REST.
The Last Impressive Services over the
 Dead Tragedfan.


 Dead Tragedfan.
 PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12.-At o'clock this morning the doors of St. Georges hall were opened to the public, and great throng of people which had been impatiently waiting for admission began focking in to get glimpse of the dead John Mccullough. Six bluecoats kept guard at the doorway, two more were stationed on the stairway and in, side the hall they were placed at convenient points of the room. The crowd entered in single file through the eordons of police past the body. The casket rested on catafalque in the front of the hall Beside it stood two policemen, wearing white gloves, and two members of the order of Elks with mourning
 badges. From 8 o'clock until il :45 an unin- terrupted stream of people flowed in and out of the hall, numbering eight thousand in all
 The floral tributes were most elaborate and beautiful A silver plate on the lid bore this inscriptions:
 John H. McCuloueh
 Died November g. 18S,, in his 53d year.
 To the right of the coffin was large steel engraving representing the actor as he ap- peared in s'The Gladiator" It was draped in mourning. To the left was a representa- tion of the actor in every day dress. The center of the stage, which was banked with
 potted plants, was adorned with 8 large col
 umn of eyergreens surmounted by wreath of white roses, the tribute of the St. Louis lodge No. 9, Benevolent and Protective Or der of Elks, of which John Mccullough was member. The base of the column was broken by a white satin scroll, inscribed with Marc Antony's words, which the dead actor himself so often uttered: "His life was gentle and the elements so mixed in him that nature stands up and says to all the world, This was a man." Under the column was beautiful floral pillow with tho words "At Rest" in purple immortelles. It was sent by Mrs. John Drew of the Arch street theater, where Mr. Mccullough first trod the boards. Mary Anderson sent large floral representa- tion of the "Gates Ajar," with the letters mJ 4cC" in purple immortelles: The Pittsburg lodge of Elks sent harp resting on bed of flowers. When the hall had been cleared of people who came to view the remains it immediately be- gan to fill up again with those who held tick cts of admission to the services. Almost the first to enter was delegation from the Ac- tors Fund society of New York. The mem bers were attired in black and wore silk badges. Then came a delegation from Newark. There were two hundred members of the Elks' society present altogether. An augmented orchestra under the di- reetion of Simon Hasseler and opened the services, after which the Rev Robert Hunter read the ninetieth psalm, and then Miss Der tha Ricei of McCaull's Opera company sang ''Nearer My God to Thee" The Rev Dr. Macintosh of the Second Presbyterian churcb offered prayer. w. H. Morton sang the solo "After Foil Comes Rest.' The Rev. Dr. Hunter then delivered the address as the family pastor of the deceased
 At the close of the Rev. Dr. J. S. MacIn- | toshs address the orchestra played softly and sweetly and the benediction was then pro- I nounced by Rev. MT. Hunter. Henry Ed
 Eew Yorf ases s1efsd a address Hs nt ductory was as follows: ''It has been wsll and wisely said by one of the greatest 6f mankind that death has no terrors for the mind resolved; it is as natural as to be born. , But though the messages of the conqueror reach us day by day, though the touch of his hand falls hour by hour upon some familiar form, though the symbols of his presence are ever before our gaze, it is only when we stand as we do to-day beside the mani mate body of one we loved and wander in thought over the past years, strewn with gentle recollections of one who has gone before, that we can realize the power of the destroyer or appreciate the un- erring certainty of that stroke which must eventually be dealt to all by the reaper whose name is Death" MT. Edwards paid an elo quent tribute to the dead. He spoke with much feeling and many of his hearers were | moved to tears. After the services the coffin | was closed and the friends of the dead actor l quietly left the hall and the funeral cortege proceeded to Monument cemetery. The ser vice of the Elks was then read. The cere- | mony was concluded by the members of the order marching around the coffin in single