Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-08-13
a in prayer. Tho Chaplain will invoke the divine

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lost Chaplain c. Irvine Wright then said:
God OF battles Father of ALL Amidst this
mournful assemblage we seek Thee with whom
there Is no death. Open every eve TO behold Him
who changed the night OF death into morning.
In the depths OF our hearts we would hear the
celestial words, J am the resurrection and the
llfe: he that believeth in me. though he were
dead, yet shall lie live As comrade alter com
rade departs aud we march on with ranks b. ok
EN- help us to be faithful unto Thee and 20 each
other. We beseech Thee, look in mercy on the
WIDOWS and children OF deceased comrades. and
with thine own tenderness console and comfort
those bereaved by this event which calls us here.
Give them the oil OF Joy for mourning-the
garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.
Heavenly Father bless and save our country
with the freedom and eace of Righteousness,
and through Thy great mercy, Savior's grace,
and Thy throne In heaven. and to Thy great name
shall be praise forever and ever"
AT the close OF his address griZzle1 bugler
came out OF the throng, and, standing directly
Harris came forward, and, while q gentleman
standing near shielded h S head from the sun,
VIII ch beat tiercely down, he began the beautiful
burial service, which commences, II am the
resurrection and the life" When he had con-
cuded he read rom Corinthians XIV, Al, and
following verses: There is one glory of the sun
and another OF the moon, and another glo' of
the ars; for one star die ereth from another in
glory, etc. Then Comrade Lewis H. Moore
laid a wreath o: everereens on the casket, say
ing: In behalf OF the ost give this tribute
a symbol OF unlying love from comrades Of
the war. Comrade John A, Wiedersheim laid
howtr rs upon the coffin and named them sym
Dos OF purity. Another wreath OF laurel was
laid upon the casket by mrade J. A. Sellars
as n last token of affection from comrades in
arms. Then Rev. Dr.. Newman read the rest of
the burial service. Then came an address by
Rev. j. W. Sayres, Chaplain in chief OF the De-
pertinent OF Pennsylvania, q. A. r., in which he
spoke, according TO the formula prescribed for
such occas ions, OF another comrades march Le-
Ing over, whose virtue all should cherish, whose
G ample all should emulate.
Then again came the g:izzled bugler to he
fFnn In d
Guiye:ed With trembling arm lie lifted the
instrument TO h lips, aAd there broke upon
the still air the beautiful aud sad notes of the
soldiers long farewell, called bv them Rest"
As he p ayed the tears ran down his checks and
the notes Iuivered soft a" d low Grim Phil
sheridan tn ned and looked at the bugler. He
put his har TO his face and then turned to
that old war horse, Gen. Sherman, whose eyes
were fixed on the player in sympathy. Little
Nellie. too, peeped between the tall forms OF
the soldiers, and then looked askance at her
father, whose head was b wed upon
his breast With the last quivcring notes or the
soldiers Good night, q gun from the Alliance
ia the river below doomed out. But one gun
was fired, and as its echo died away in the Jersey
hills the casket was placed in the steel case and
taken to the tomb. Undertaken Merritt closed
the doors, locked them, and, putting the KEY
in velvet-covered case handed it to General
Hancock who gave II TO Mayor Grace, the latter
In turn delivering ii to President Crimmins, of
the Park Commissioners.
Just as the casket, inclosed IN the cedar box
and steel case, was placed in the tomb John
Hawkins, the c0lored coachman who drove Gen.
Grant, when President, stepped within the
vault and reverently placed houquet of roses
on the top of the steel case. When all was over
the members OF the family OF the dead turned
sadly away and entered their carriages. All the
friends went away in their coaches, while the
military departed some by railroad and some
by steamer. The crowd dispersed as quickly as
its enormous proportions would permit, and
taxed eveTy means of conveyance to the utmost
In the haste of its departure.
he work OF sealing mp the tomb began at G 30
y. IN. Fifty-six bolts of steel were driven into
the outer wall of the case, making IL absolutely
Gir-tight and waterproof At 10 ID. m, every
thing Being completed, Undertaken Merritt
locked the great door with huge key and
handed it to Police Captain Beattie Then the
police formed and marched away, leaving the
tomb in charle of Captain Fessenden, with a
guard OF eight regulars to act as sentinels
for tue night.