Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-08-06
The DEAD HERO
The Grant Family Hold a Farewell
Sunday Service.

Mt. MCGREGoE, n. y Aug. BE
fore another Sabbath day shall have
come. the remains of Gen. Grant will
have been placed beyond the vision of
his family and friends. This has been
the thought upon the mountain to-day.
The soldiers have been reminded of the
fact, and among themselves, In their
camp, have spoken of it, oneto the other.
The guests at the hotel have felt that
another and the last period has been
rounded in the history of the illustrious
General lying dead at the cottage. Hun
dreds of visitors have come up on the
little mountain railroad to-day, and to
them has not been absent the suggestion
that before another Sabbath the sweep
of the current events will have closed
over this man on the mountain waiting
only his burial. Ard to the family, who
wait with their dead, this has been sa-
cred day. The sun has shone brightly.
and the breeze of the mountains has
tempered its heat. People with no dead
have told each other that it was per-
feet day. But in the cottage, from the
dawn until the twilight, this has been a
season of farewells. The sense of near
ness to the closing scene has not alone
rested upon troops and guests and visit
tors. The family of Gen. Grant has as
well. and more, felt the sad significance
of the day, perfect though it may have
been. In the scenes of the coming week
they know that their dead will 60 forth
to others. Through the coming week
the nation will demand the privilege of
carrying the dead. This day closes the
quiet nearness of the family to their
dead. They have spoken of it. They
have been feeling and saying farewell
all the perfect day, and so this afternoon
the widow asked that DR.. Newman
should be sent for to come 10 the cot
toge. Then, when he came, Mrs. Grant
reminded the pastor that her dead would
be hers only little longer, and asked
him to be with the family while they
gathered in the cottage TO say their fare
wells while yet he was their very own.
Thus it was that about 2 O'Clock Mrs
Grant and her one daughter and each OF
her three SONS aud their wives were in
the cottage parlor. DR.. Newman and
wife came as we'll, and last. and timidly,
entered little Julia, the Generals grand
daughter and the child of Col. Grant.
The family circled the catafalque, be-
meath wBich the calm, peaceful face of
the General made one of the group. Mrs
Grant, the widow, from table brought
her husbands Bible. She opened it,
passed it to Mrs Newman, and the latter
handed it to DR. Newman, and, when the
minister had adjusted his glasses, he
found that on the orened page was
printed the 11th chapter of Job. The
chapter was read, and then the clergy
man reread with tender emphasis the
10th and 10Th verses. A slight pause,
and then Mr. Newman bowed for prayer,
and each one of those present knelt
about the silent member of the group
where he lay in the shadows. The little
child of eight years appreciated the mo-
ment of the scene, and she, too, knelt be-
side her father and mother. And then,
while the guards had withdrawn to the
grove, away beyond hearing, prayer of
gratitude was offered up, gratitude for
the beautiful character of the silent one,
and the influence it should exert upon
all lives. There were, too, in the prayer
solemn vows to follow the example of
the General in all of his virtues, and the
supplication closed with with an appeal
for divine assistance and hope of reur
Mon. And after this the entire family.
there alone with their pastor, entered
with bin into a religious conversation.
Then each and all dwelt upon the re-
miniscences that each recalled of the
Generals last sickness. And so, after
an hour the little gronp arose, and the
last Sabbath service of the family with
their dead was at an end. DR. Newman,
after carefully scanning the Generals
face, expressed satisfaction at its ap-
pearance, and the opinion that the re-
mains are in a condition of perfect pre-
SerVation.