Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-08-08

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Blgelow's assistance was not unnecessary.
The delegations from various bodies fol
lowed the pall-bearers and took seats in
the blue room and adjoining parlors. The
Bar Association, headed by Hon. VIM. NJ.
Eyarts; the New York Board of Aldermen;
Iammany Hall; Irving Hall; the County
Democracy and Others. President Cleye-
land entered the room with Secretary En-
dleOtt, Secretary Whitney and Mr.. La
mont. Following next came the mem
bers Of' the family, Mr.. Tilden's
nephewS and nieces. Governor
Hill arrived just as the ceremonies were
beginning. He was seated next to Mayor
Grace. The hundreds of people collected
IN the hall, on either side of the black
drapery that hung in front of the Blue
room, blocking up the entire passage and
extending out on the Porches and grounds
IN front and at the rear of the house. Then
the Reverend DR.. VIM. J. Tucker, who
had come on from AndOyer, Mass, to per
form the ceremonies, read
THE FUNERAL PRAYER
of the Presbyterian church. The choir of
the Madison Avenue Presbyterian church.
which had taken up position at the foot
OF the main stair case, sang abide With
Me" Rev DIR. Tucker next delivered a
short address on the per-
Sonal qualities Of the deceased.
The reverend gentleman spoke with
great feeling, that several times evinced
itself in choking his utterances. He said
he would not undertake to speak of Mr..
Tilden's public life and great public quail
ties. The press had done that with iudg-
ment and amplitude, but he could not
help thinking of and referring to Mr.. Til
den's generous hospitality. None who had
ever partaken of it would fail to appreciate
II. DR.. Tucker continued: a friend
wrote To me not long ago referring to the
death of an eminent physician that moth
ing was 80 plain in IN attempt to give the
meaning of death rs that we suddenly fail
tO communicate with those who have been
all in all TO us. Death is the withdrawal of
affection and love in the time we need il.
Ii Is an irreparable waste. 4 great mind
cannot be replaced, what the mind graSped,
the books from which il learned, and the
facts embraced will remain; but the pro-
cess Of reasoning, the power to fOresee, and
appreciate is gone. Ii is like the deStruc-
tiOn of a fine library, or the loss of Il pre-
ciOus Jewel. Few men have been Ofsuch
greatness of mind in this generation rs our
d deceased brother. Whether ne considered
men for plans, ne WAS
ALWAYS WISE, SAGACIOUS AND HONORA-
BILE,
whom all loved to listen to and to honor
There WAS a fine construrtiveness of ideas
in his reasoning that made his a great
mind. 1t is great light that has gone
out That is the meaning Of death. Some
thing is wasted. Does death mean any
more than IN interruption of his communi-
cation with us? No; according to his SIM
pie faith this mortal must put on immOr-
tality. There are obligations to live again
Is there are to die. lie WAS Il simple, broad
aud clear believer in our faith. In that
faith We surrender our death. The eternal
is thy refuge"
After this address, Miss Antonio Henne
sang very effectively, "Oue Sweetly Solemn
Thought, and DIR. Tucker made another
brief speech. The choir sang, Beyond
the smiling and the Weeping and the
r,Iskct was closed. The body was
BORNE OFT To THE HEARSE
at 1850 and carried to the train for New
Lebanon. The President, Governor, Mayor,
Cabinet officers and delegation followed
with the pail bearers in carriages.
As the casket was borne through the
marble tloorcd hall the choir sang Rock Of
Ages" Eight of Mr.. Tilden's employees
carried the body. Among them were the
captain of the Yacht Viking, the gardner,
the valet and the cOachmen Of the dead
statesman. The President and his Secre-
tarv, Governor Hill Mayor Grace and the
delegations followed to the carriages but
neither boarded the funeral train. Along
THE THREE MILE ROUTE To YONHERS,
the sides of the road were alive with peO-
pie. Just rs the cortege started from the
house, a brisk rain set in, but this did not
drive the spectators from the paths. Many
sought shelter under the trees and avn
ings, some raised umbrellas, and some re-
manned uncovered. When the hearSe
passed between the crowd, hats were
raised and other signs of respect were con-
tiauously shown. When the depot was
reached the members OF the family, the
Misses Tilden, Miss Gould, the MesSrs.
Tilden and Mr.. Charles +. Mclean, with
their intimate friends, Rev. DIR. Tucker
and several of the delegations entered the
ears. The train left iOnkerS at ll:l1, and
three minutes behind time.