The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-10
At the Church.

The police and military kept the curious but
always respectful mass OF people out of the
way, and the little Scavalcade moved quietly
with its military escort through the denseiy
lined streets to the Cathedral of st. Paul. The
casket was borne into the church ut IL 40
o'clock, the vast congregation having already
been seated, with the exception of the immedi-
ate relatives and the church vestry.
The officiating clergy, four in num-
Der - Bishop Knickerbocker of the In
dianapolis diocese; the Rev. DR.. stringfel-
low OF Montgomery, Ala, the first rector of st.
Pauls, and under whose Investigations Mr.. Hen
bricks joined the church; the Rev DR.. Fulton,
of St Louis, n former rector OF st. Paul's and
the Rev. DIR. Jenckes, the present reform
their robes of office, met the remains at the
main entrance Of the cathedral OH Illinois street
The body was borne up the central aisle, the
clergymen and members of the vestry going in
advance. Bishop Knickerbocker voiced the
opening sentence of the burial service, Il am the
resurrection and the life," followed by the Rev.
Drs Strngfellow and Fulton in their recitation
of the other verses used for the dead, until the
casket had been carried and placed outside the
chancel.
The great audience stood while the impressive
scene was enacted After the bier came the
widow, leaning on the arm of her brother, Mr..
s. W. Morgan, followed by the other relatives,
When the casket had been placed in front of
the chancel rail the choir sang the anthem
Lord, Let Me Know My End" The lesson for
the dead was then read by the Rev. DIR. Jenckes.
This was followed by the singing Of the hymn
-Bead, Heavenly Light" by the choir, the au-
from the lecturn, delivered an eloquent and
touching funeral Grafton.
~Mr Hendricks youth, said he, has q pro-
life lesson for the youths of our land. In an
adjoining county some fifty yearstago his tute-
lage began. The days so often spent by thought
less boys in pointless diversions from hard
study he, with energy and application, devoted
TO the acquisition Of useful. permanent know1-
edge laying, with painstal1ing earnestness,
and perseverance,, and zeal, the foundations
of that sturdy, indomitable character which
L.. Late Ia Nd A m IN fhA md
pinnacle of exalted success. The years
OF his early manhood were years Of
trial and comparative privation. With
the sturdy men who were his co-labcrers In tho
aggressive work, he carved out in the wilder
ness great, and prosperous, and happy COM
monwealth. He was an hcnest brave, ex-
emplary young man, who scorned to do mean
or unworthy action; who recognized the re-
straning influences Of moral obligations, and by
both precept and example inculcated probity
and purity of life.
~Then in maturer years we have this sturdy,
hearty man, with n strong mind and warm
heart in sound body, essaying an active,
earnest, prominent part in the affairs OF his
State and country. As the second officer in the
administration of this great nation he was
everywhere and always the same able, con-
sentative, consistent, and conscientious charac-
ter.
COUNSEL or assistance ever turned away empty.
Though his right and his left hands were not in
each others confidence, istill there Ia record
somewhere Of his open-handed liberality in
numberless cases OF destitution and suffering.
He experienced in his daily life the Joy OF faith
and the patience of hope and the comfort Of
love. These were with him ever; faith. hope,
and charity-these three, but the greatest OF
these was charity. And the admirably organized
charities of our city have long felt the guiding
impulses OF his skillful hand and been cheered
by the sympathetic throbbings of his generous
heart.
"Dare we tread upon the verge Of hallowed
ground and touch upon the coniugal relations Of
Gov Hendricks and describe how for forty years
and two months he passed along with dfgnihed,
steady, and faithful pace beside the,noble and
devoted woman whom he had chosen for better
or for worse ana how, through stSiin and sun
shine, like Isaac and Rebecca, they lived faith
fully together in perfect love and peace2