San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-11
LOYAL HONORS
PAID BY OUR SOUTHERN CITY TO
A SOUTHERN PATRIOT.

rial Services Tn Honor of the
Decease of Hon. Jetfer-
son Davis.
The procession arranged for thi
morning as q tribute to the memoir
of the late Jefferson Davis was sue
cess in all It's undertakings. By l.
o'clock the procession had formed OF
Alamo plaza and took up the line o
march down Houston street, Nortl
Flores street, across Main plaza anC
up Commerce street to Alamo stree
and Alama plaza, where it halted in
front of the opera house. The order
of the procession was as follows:
Mounted police.
Mayor and Marshals of the Day.
Musical Union Band.
Boys OH horseback and afoot.
Belknap Battalion; Co.'S. A and B.
| Members S. A. Bar association.
| War horse, in mourning acquire
ment.
Confederate veterans.
Mexican war veterans.
Six aldermen.
City police.
Maverick Rifles.
Excelsior Guards (colored).
Mutualista Mexicana.
Benevolencia Mexicana.
Mutualista Italiano.
Union Mexicana.
Public School children.
st. Mary's College pupils.
Public School children.
Members s. A. Bar association.
County officials in carriages.
Clergy in carriages.
Buggies and carriages.
The procession took up twenty Mir
utes in passing any one point.
The hearse was very properly omit
ted from the parade. Arrived at the
Opera house the scene Deggars des-
criptioD. After the speakers. clergy,
ladies and societies filed in, the thou
sand or more school children were
admitted. The crowd was a perfect
crush and for half an hour the mana
ger of the opera house and his corps
of assistants had their attention fully
occupied in seating the throng. Long
before the waiting hundreds could be
admitted the doors were closed, as the
house was packed to standing room
only. The entrance and interior
had been beautifully draped, un-
der direction of Manager Malay
and the stage was decorated with the
flag of the republic over the portrait
of the deceased Gen. Davis. The ex-
ercises then begun with the hymn:
Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb,
Take this new treasure to thy trust,
And give these sacred relics room,
To slumber in the silent dust.
Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear
Invades thy bounds-nO mortal woes
Can reach the peaceful sleeper here,
While angels watch his soft repOSe.
So Jesus slept, Gods dying Son
Passed through the grave, and blessed the bed |
Rest here, blest sainI, till from his throne
The morning break, and pierce the shade.
Break from his throne. iustrious morn,
Attend, Earth, his sovereign word;
Restore thy trust-a glorious form
Shall then arise to meet the Lord.
This was followed by Rev. J. n. |
Prestridge reading psalm &c, and
Rev. w. w. Pinson, LIST Corinthians,
XIV.
Another hymn, "Thou'rt gone to
the grave, but we will not deplore
thee" was sung, DR.. ]. M. Cain Off
ciating as organist. The orator of the |
day, Col. w. B. Wright, was then in
troduced and delivered warm eulo- |
gy on the dead, and at its close the
hymn beginning How still and
Peaceful is the Grave" was sung.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Johnstn was then
introduced and delivered another ad- |
dress upon the same theme, and
the closing hymn, NEARER My God |
to Thee, "sung by a thousand throats,
sweIled to the dome. Prayers and |
the benediction closed the services at |
l:30 pm.