Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-08-13
FUNERAL ON THE MOUNT.
The Services and DR.. Newman's
Tribute to the Departed Hero.
Departure of tho Cortege-Arrival at Alba
ny-The PrOcessiOn-Lying In State at
the Capitol of the Empire State
"A Vast Throng.

MT. MCGREGoR, N. Y, Aug. 4.-Thir-
teen sunrise guns were fired here this
morning to mark the dead Generals last
day on the mountain. The weather was
thick and foggy, and the misty atmos-
phere dampened everything with which
it came in contact.
The soldiers encamped op the grounds
surrounding the cottage received orders
at daybreak to prepare for their de-
parture, and in less than half an hour the
white canvas tents which had become SO
familiar to the eye disappeared.
The family last night, individually and
collectively, took their last farewell of
the dead, and to-day the remains will be-
come the Nations charge. This morning
the family breakfasted at the hotel, and
abandoned the cottage for the time being
to visitors wishing to view the remains
Of the departed member.
Shortly before ten O'Clock General
Hancock and staff and a number of the
more prominent visitors arrived. Among
them were General Sherman, Senators
Evarts and Miller, Joseph w. Drexel and
daughter, the latter dressed in deep
mourning.
The funeral services at the cottage
were begun at exactly ten O'Clock, at
which hour fully fifteen hundred people
were scattered around among the trees
packed closely in front of the piazza of
81, no ~
the reading of the Nintieth Psalm. This
was followed by a solemn and impressive
prayer by Bishop Harris, AMI singing of
the hymn "My Faith Look Up to Thee"
by the entire aSsemblage.
At the conclusion of the singing of the
hymn DR.. Newman stepped solemnly to
the front of the piazza and began deliv-
ering his sermon.
Following is synopsis of the funeral
sermon:
"Well done, thou good and faithful SER
want, enter thou into the JOY of the Lord
Matthew XIV, Il.
such, my brethren, is the eulogy which
God shall pronounce upon human goodness
and fidelity wherever found amOnc the sons
OF men. The accidental distinction between
prince and peasant, millionaire nd pauper,
commanding General and private soldier,
are nut as the aust IN the Dalance OF Ills eS
timation of personal worth; He regards not
the person of any man; He looks upon the
heart In the intensity of this divine light,
l us to- day recall the character of the H.
mourns. And what were the ele-
ments of that character? His was the genius
of common sense. enabling him to cOnten-
plate all things in their true relations. You
are calling him the greatest of soldiers; and
you do we'll. But do not degrade him to the
level of those famous heroes who fought for
empire and for glory. In his London speech
in 1877, he said:
although soldier by education and pro-
fession, have never felt any sort of fond
ness for war, and have never advocated it
except as a means of peace
such is the character of the true cOnQuerOr.
Only such live in the grateful recollections
OF mankind. And where, in all the annals of
our National life, shall We find another save
a typical American? What humility amid
what meekneSs amid provOca-
ton; what fidelity amid temptations; what
contentment amid adversely; what sincerity
amid deception; what faith. hope and char
ity amid suffering. His integrity was never
his honesty was above suspi-
cion; his private life and public career were
ut once reputable to himself and honorable
to his country. DO you remind me that these
are plain, homely, solid virtues? Yet they are
the essential elements in public usefulness
ana permanent renown. Such solid.
sturdy character becomes our geography
and institutions and our destiny. AS he was
the typical American, should we be sur
prised to find that his was the typical Ameri-
can home? Husband and wife were the
happy supplement- of each other, their char
acters blending in the sweetest harmony.
She shared his trials and his triumphs. How
lender was that scene, in the early dawn of
that April day, when all thought the long
end had come, he gave her his
watch and tendcrIy caressed her hand. 1t
was all the great soldier had to give to the
wife of his youth. And the dying hero
whispered: II did not have you wait upon
ne because knew it would distress you"
But now the end draws nigh, and out from
he swellings of Jordan, he has rushed back
10 the shore of life to write this tender mes.
sage to his son:
wherever am buried, promise me that
-Our mother shall be buried by my side"
1t was his love for her that lifted his intel
cct above the ceaseless tOrtures of malig
lant disease. that he might write his per
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want whef ne was gone: And how tender
vas his cafSl To his son he sail
81 hope 1rSther will bear up bravely."
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DO as 90; taxi it quietly. give myself
lot the least concern. Ii knew the end was
o be to morrow, would try just as hard to
,et rest in the meantime"
Would she keep holy vgils through the
lveiOng night: he wrote her:
go to sleep and feel happy; that is what /
want to do, and am going to try for. / am
lappy when out of pain. Consider how
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