The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-08-25
BISHOP HARRIs,s FUNERAL.

Westminster Abbey Turned Over tn Ameri-
for the Last R.s-s over the Dead.
NEW YORK. Aug. 23 Tho Worlds copyright
ec cable dated London. Aug. 22 says: West
minister Abbey was turned over to tho Ameri-
cans in London this afternoon for the funeral
services of Bishop Harris OF Michigan. A few
weeks1go Bishop Harris came here to attend
the Lambeth Pan-Anelican conference and
afterward to make . tour in the Holy Land.
Tomorrow his body will be taken back to Amer
lea on board of the Lain in charge OF his widow
and family. who crossed the sea just in time 80
see him pass away. Though not unexpected,
the Bishops death on Tuesday night was sudden.
He had been conscious but for q few hours since
stricken with paralysis in the pulpit of Win
chester Cathedral, and did not recognize his
wife and children when they arrived at his bed
SIDE. The short time allowed for the funeral
arrangements prevented the announcement
thereof beforehand. or doubtless the congreea-
ton of Americans IN the abbey would have been
much larger Among the prominent persons
present were Minister Phelps and ex-Minister
John jay From Detroit Fl. G.. Parke aud
daughter, the Rev. DR.. McGraw and daughter,
the Rev. Dr.. McCarroll and Arthur Atchinson
and family. The Episcopal service for the dead
was read by Cannon Westcott, of the Abbey,
and by Bishop Whipple. of Minnesota. Bishop
Thompson. of Mississippi preached the funeral
sermon. He said:
'It is my sad duty to speak word over our
strangers in the dear land of our fathers,
among the homes of our loving kiusmeni Is
any churchman a stranger in this abbey. and is
there q place more fitting TO cay the last words
over the bier of an American bishop than in this
venerable church the cradle and tomb of our
common ancestry That for an hour the body
of our beloved Bishop of Michigan should lie
here is wonderful illustration of the oneness
OF the vast communion, which surrounds the
world with the same praises and tho same
prayers. There is widowed diocese beyond
the western sea by the great lakes of the North
in mourning to-day. A thousand hearts in
America send sighs across the Deep that from
our American bishops it is the young and the
strong that should be early called its
stranger. Bishop Harris has paid the
penalty which many of us pay-he
died of overwork. which made him old in his
youth. TIE strong body and brain gave way
under the terrible strain Of our American Epis-
copate He crossed the sea for rest, but it was
too late. A great promise has failed, for the
Bishop or Michigan was the center of many
hopes. He was such n thorough American, he
understood his time 50 we'll and was built on
such . large model. that know OF one around
whom so many hopes gathered for the future
guidance OF the Episcopal Church in America.
The friends OF the family in London sent
enough flowers TO the Abbey to literally cover
the oak coffin as 1t stood before the ancient
altar.
The Lain was crowded for the voyage and
there was no room for Mrs. Harris and her
children but through the exertions of Minis
ter Phelps another family was prevailed upon TO
give up their cabin, and TO postpone their de-
parture.
The Lahu will PROBABLY arrive week from
Friday