Omaha daily bee., 1886-08-25
AT REST FROM HIS LABORS.
Impressive Funeral Services Over the Re-
mains of the Late Ezra Millard.
REV. W. j. HARsHA's EuLoeY.
A Japanned Marquis and His Short
Talk-ChaIlenge to u Boxing Bout
Accepted--insanc Asylum
Nccdcd-Other Locals.
He Fought the Good Fight.

since the obscquics of ex-senator Hitch
cock, one of the most remarkable gath
erings of Omdha's leading citizens, took
place at the residence of the late Hon
Ezra Millard, 1918 Capitol avenue. They
stood silently, with uncovered heads on
the cast side of the house. Some of them
talked in the lowest of whispers, while
others were mute as If deep in thought of
the solemn occasion which had brought
them together. Within, the spacious
parlors and other apartments OF the resi-
dence were thronged with ladies' No
voices were heard The shadow of death
prevailed the halls. Everybody seemed
wrapped in contemplation of the uneN
pected demise of the revered gentleman,
who had been so recently in their midst.
In retired apartments on the upper floor
the family mourned in secret, while
in the back parlor, on the east side,
lay, in closed caskct, the re.
mains Of the deceased loved-one.
Upon the rich dark velvet of the outer
case rested n small silver plate inscribed
with the words, Ezra Millard." There
was nothing to denote either tho age,
the time nor the place of death of the de
ceased. 1t was only with difficulty that
the inscription could be read, and it was
with more difficulty that the exceeding
simplicity, ye. richness of the caSket,
with Its mounting of silver could be dis
tingulshed. Scarcely q ray OF light eff.
fected an entrance into the chamber of
death, yet, IN the gloom, an aroma of
fragile flowers, tell-tales of the sOrrowful
occasion, pervaded every room. Two
choice mementoes of these lay upon the
casket. One of these was u beautiful
wreath of white roses, to which was APP
pended a card with heavy margins in
black inscribed with the words, 'Inmem
ory of our president" Another remem-
brance was a cluster of nephatis roses,
bound with Canadian maple, leaves.
This was a memcnto of the honorary
presidency of the Canadian-American
club, to which position, ut The, time OF tho
organization of the society, Mr.. Millard
was elected. He retained the position
until the time of his death.
On the mantle, tables, dressing
case and several other resting
places lay other floral tributes, wrought
into stars, crosses, anchors, harps and
pillows, displaying at once exceeding
taste and devotion. In the other rooms
of the home lay many more floral offer
ings of great diversity in both design
and composition. .nE
The hour for the funeral was 5 O'Clock,
but long before that time the male friends
of the deceased, as previously mentioned
filled the lawn, while hundred carriages
stood on either side of the avenue, and
ranged around on both Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets. Among the gentle
men men present ,@ y were: ". y, MAtoriie, N Sc G. j.
Clark Woodman, NJ Donovan, SamI.
Grchard; o. kimbali, Mm' p. s. l.! Maui Perrine, n
DR.. H. Ludington, l.. b. Williams,
DIR. f. H. Den, S. r. johnson, Rev. r..
Doherty, William Paxton, Jacob E..
Markell, John l. Redick, III. Il. Clarke,
Joseph Redman, John McCreary, Mayor
of Papilllon, Frank Murphy, Z. w. Ham.
ilton, q. X. Coutant, Samuel Burns, Fred
Drexel, DR.. Somers, r. G. Patterson, S.
A. Megeath, Henry Deuel., Judge Lake,
A. ID. Jones, Senator Manderson, John
Wllber, George H. Leslie, David Jameson,
Henry w. Yates, W. g. Maui, Will Nc
MILAN, Nathan Merriam, DR.. Dins-
moor, Herman Kountze, DR.. Wood,
Z; M. Morseman, Judge Savage, q. s.
p. Hopkins, j. &. Gown and A. j. Pop
pleton. :
The Canadian-American club was rep
resented by the following officers: Geo.
Ii. Leslie, DR.. Van Camp, Dr. Mattice,
A. w. Patterson, w. r. Mckenzie, f. b,
Hall, J: Mcdonald, N. r. Mcleod and
E. p. Mullin.
Promptly at 5 o'clock, Rev. W. J.,
Harsha, standing at the folding doors
between the front aud back parlors, read
psalm in very feeling manner. After
which, he delivered the following
FUNERAL ADDRESS
1t is not the custom, now, as 1t was hun
dred years ago, to pronounce q high-wrought
euogy, in the presence of the dead. The
world has tn realize that a life
speak for itself, and that the over-straned
words of orators will only mar its impress
sions. We think more OF what the spirit is,
than of what 1t did when tabernacled in
flesh. We follow it into the heavens and try
to encourage our hearts even in the midst Of
our deep woe, by thinking of its occupations,
its enlarged powers there, its expanded and
eternal life.
SO, pass by, in silence, the career of the
hOnored man whose body lies IN our pres
ence. say nothing OF his eminent financial
ability, SO well known to all of you. / say
nothing OF his public services, by which his
name will ever be connected with our city's
growth and prosperity. 1 say nothing OF his
broad philanthropy, for which. so many of
Gods poor thank and praise him with tears
to-day. / say nothing of that faith in human
nature-surely the chief charm in men of
wealth-which prompted him so cordially to
assist fellow business men in their troubles
uni nmtll dT brighter eS skies eame say nothing OF
the denomination of which L am a member
particularly, from Its first planting in the
city until now. | say nothing of his beauti-
ful domestic life, where he was the kind
husband, the devoted father the genial
friend-showing, in this sphere, those Iowa
Bile traits OF character which, like the more
delicate flowers, bloom away from the public
gaze. At all these things l can merely hint,
though they prove that, in MIN, as in every
true man, in spite OF sins and faults by which
we are all more or less tainted, there remain
traces of the efficacy OF Gods determination.
let us make man In our image"
But | ask you to consider that the soul
cannot die. Let your devOut fancy conduct
you into that future world, a belief in which
has been the priceless legacy of every age
and nation Conceive how the powers and
| dispositions that made him so useful and re-
| spected here, will cheer him and Others there.
| For there are the same great soul conditions
| in that heavenly land as here.
A mans inner character will constitute his
| own happiness, and its action upon other
| characters will insure their JOY and augment
| his. There, as here, we live, first in our
| selves and then for others. And, ii we can
| conceive of n man rising from one earthly
| sphere to another earthly sphere, and by SO
| doing, increasing his own satisfaction and
| his power OF imparting satisfaction to others
| why should the law fail when the soul bursts
| through the veil that we call death and en-
| ters the highest sphere of allp This is the
| substance OF christian theology. This is
| what Is meant by believing in the Son of Man
| and so, being saved. This is making His
| iifa the ma ttprD pf OurS. His death tha aa