Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-14

Mechanic who rules and guides the mar
shalled forces in life, we realize that Just as
the earthly mechanic never constructs
complicated and beautiful piece of ma
chinery and workmanship merely to de-
stroy it when it is completed and ready to
accomplish the result for which it was con-
structed, so God must begin with the de-
sign of continuing. Any other conception
of existence than that of progress and con-
tinuity beyond this life puts God below the
average of the most ordinary mechanic,
who never constructs simply to destroy
each specimen of his skill before its compile
| ton. Any other conception of life than that
of continued existence, life beyond, lowers
God, whose laws of progression and evolu-
ton, of advancement and progress, are
seen running all through life and nature; ;
lowers the nature and intelligence of God
beneath the love and goodness, the wis
dom and justice of an ordinary parent or
the average mechanic who never works
aimlessly or without a purpose"
| He closed mis- sermon with the following
extract of poem from his own pen which
| appeared in the RECORD UNION of Saturday
! last:
But wait by and bye-''when the mists roll
And we stand in the light OF eternity's day
When no longer we look on the dark of the
glass,
But ''see face to face" as his plans come to pass
We viii find, tho dark colors are mixed with
the bright.
That the fabric is perfect-the weaving was
right,
Life is not iron fate-irreversible doom,
For the hand of the Lord ever shuttles the loom
And his great final purpose, now unknown and
untold,
VIII be seen by and bye, when the web is I'M
TOlleQl
So one Thought I'd impress-just lay it to heart,
Never judge of the whole by LIES little part
For how could we tell what painting would be,
II only one dash of the brush we could see?
So whatever may be the theories of men,
Gods view is eternal, mans three score and
ten"
There's one other thought in which all must
agree,
That no one can say 81 am all can be-
For just as in each tiny acorn we see,
There lies, undeveloped, the great towering
So in each human soul great capacities lie,
winch Will grow and expand as the ages roll by,
And Just as the great towering tree could not
Be confined to the space of small flower pot,
SO the soul with its powers to grow and expand.
Seeks the sunshine and room of Gods better
land,
And just as the eaglets-confined to their nest,
Which is built mid the crags, on the mountains
Look far over the peaks, at the blue arching
Then futter their wings-though powerless to
fly,
Yet feel all the while that at some future day
lheir wings Will be strong, they will soar far
So the soul now confined to this life's little
home,
With its powers so weak-its wings not yet
Feels that God did not mean that this brief little
span
Was all of existence-the real home of mani
The choir then sang Beyond the Sigh
ing and the Weeping" After which Rev.
Dr. Won Herrlich offered up fervent
prayer. The choir then sang:
Rock of Ages, cleft for me-
Let me hide myself in thee
Let the water and the blood,
From thy wounded side which flowed
Be of sin the double cure
Cleanse me from its guilt and power.
Bishop Wingfield pronounced the bene-
diction, the Dead March from Saul' was
played and those assembled marched
around the casket and took their last look
at the remains. After those in the build
ing viewed the dead they filed out at the
north entrance and others were admitted
at the south door.
The choir was composed of Mrs. J. G.
cambridge, soprano; Mrs. Addie Carter,
contralto; A. Sanborn, tenor; II. w. Car
roll, bass; Mrs. A. 7. Pinkham, organist.
The selections were as follows: The Epis-
copal Burial Chant; Nearer, Ny God, TO
Thee; y " Beyond the Signing and the
Weeping" Il Heard Voice from Heaven"
funeral march, organ; Thy Will Be
Done" organ obligato, "Adieu, IT'S Loves
Last Greeting" Rock of Ages :" Dead
March in Saul" Handel, organ
There were twenty honorary pall-bear-
els, as follows: a. n. Towne, J. A. Fill
more, ]. R. Watson, Ben WEIGH, Gov
ernor Waterman, w. P. Coleman, Benz
Smith, B. U. Steinman, Bert Worthington,
| n. II. Foster, G.. a. Gross, J. B. Wright,
| VIM. Mckenzie, E. NJ. Lucket, Geo. Stod-
dard, Jabez Turner, George Briggs, Steve
| Uren, Arthur Brown and w. G. Curtis.
The active pail bearers were: A. Younger,
John Hillhouse, J. H. Hussey, A. Phelps
and John West. The following officiated
as ushers at the church: w. r. Ormsby,
| Il. 5. Pratt, William Hunt, H. A. Crocker
John Denny, Niles Searls Jr. and Howard
| Stillman.
After the services at the church were con-
cluded the railroad employees, under the
direction of Grand Marshal G. c. Bonte,
| formed in line four abreast, and proceeded
along the west side of Eighth street to J,
along the north side of J TO Second, along
Second to the depot, when they were
| halted. They extended from the depot to
| the center of the block between | and J.
Inc ranks were Lnen divided, ana the
many thousands in line and that thronged
the sidewalks stood with uncovered heads
while the casket containing the remains
was taken from the hearse and carried
through the line to the depot Here the
body was placed upon the $3.50 train for
Oakland, where it will be inferred to-
day with impressive Masonic ceremonies.
| A guard was appointed to take charge of
the remains on the train and turn them
over to the Masonic fraternity of Oakland.
1t consisted of the following well-known
employees of the railroad company; Ex-
Mayor Jabez Turner, Stephen Uren. George
briggs, Benjamin Smith and A. J. Gardner
The train was drawn by locomotive No.
ing-James Abbey engineer and Andrew
Rider conductor. A large number of Sac
ramentans accompanied the remains to
| Oakland