The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27

u tOuChlng anu sympathetic prayer, ana the
quartet sang Nearer, My God, to Thee"
Rev. G.. w. Gallagher then stepped forward
and spoke words of hope and encourage
ment to the afflicted relatives, concluding
with poem written by him for the sad
funeral scene. Mr. Gallagher's remarks
and poem are appended below. After the
reading of the poem the quartet sang " One
by One" and the sad obseques were closed
by the funeral procession to Wildwood
cemetery in Winchester, Rev. G.. W. Gal
lagher there offering prayer and Rev. Ed
ward a Robinson pronounCing the bene-
diction The casl1ets were not lowered into
the graves but left on the green grass sur
rounded with the floral tributes from friends,
tall trees moving above them, the mysteri-
ous silence Of the cemetery being broken
by naught but the song of bird and the gen.
tie whisper of plantive winds.
REMARKS OF REV. @. w. GALLAGHER.
You have summoned me here, my friends
on very painful errand, from whose sad
and solemn duties / would gladly shrink.
To stand before you, when so appalling a
disaster has robbed you of your loved ones,
and speak words of comfort requires, fear,
Calmer nerves and greater power than |
possess | am in a strait betwixt two over
powering emotions. | would be absent in
the body and present in the spirit and yet
| would be present in the body that l might
speak consolation to your spirits. This is a
time when words should be apty chosen,
DuJ however Deauullul Uney may De, III Is nOJ
in speech to express the deep pathos of
these three silent caskets. No rhetoric,
no poetry, no philosophy, no words OF
tongue or pen can picture the sad reality
that has paralyzed you with Its awful
agony OF grlet ana suffering. L feel as
EllJah must nave felt when great and
strong wind rent the mountains, and break
IN pieces the rocks, ana the earthquake
shook the foundations of the eternal hills,
and the furious flames devoured the vegeta-
ton around hlln' lie wrapped his face in his
mantle ana sto0d IN dark cave ana heard
asound OF gentle stlllness, the sweet pure
voice OF COO. Al I can 90 IS TO help you
near the voice oI God coming out OF the
CLOUDS Oh sorrow that now envelop you, ana
saying feace oe unto you Alas, now snail
comfort you III thlS triple bereavement!
The air is full of farewels to the dying
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viii not be comforted." ''e'
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and, If tears will relieve the deen anonisb of
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