Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-17

receiving hire FOR his services. To these meet
ings sometimes came person OF a stately,
noble figure, who took seat in front and fixed
his piercing. brilliant eyes the young
preacher, disconcerting him so that his
heart beat quicker and quicker.
Three months ago. he want on TO saw these
two men met together under circumstances
widely different. One lay upon his bed. bed
OF pain. Pain brayely borne; quickly nobly
endured, without a word OF murmur. Then the
solemn service of receiving a man into
the church, into the body of Jesus Christ had
been conducted by the pastor and elders of
the church, and the holy sacrament had been
administered. The words that had been
spoken with fear and trembling by that young
man many years before had been a living germ
Ia the breast of him who heard them and
had sprung up into a harvest of everlasting
life; The form of him who heard them, Mr..
Mliburn exclaimed, pointing to the coffin. is
here. The soul (pointing upward) is there.
The man who spoke Is now in this house.
REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS
The anthem. ''Still. Still with Thee" was
sung. the benediction was pronounced, the
body was reverentiy borne from the church.
the funeral procession was formed and slowly
moved down to and through the Capitol
grounds and by way of Pennsylvania avenue 10
the station Of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany.
Mr. wANAMAKER DEEPLY AFFECTED.
referred to Mr.. Randalls going to Mr.. Wana-
makers Mission Sunday School twenty years
ago and how Mr. wanamaker was made bashful
by bis presence, and then referred to the last
hours of earthly friendship between these two
men, Mr.. Wanamaker broke dowa and wept
like child.
The following acted as ushers at the church:
d. MCGOWAN. Frank Aldrich. G. p. Bohrer, /.
Ma1on, {. Church. Z. c. Fawcett.
THE GRAND ARMY DEPUrArIoS.
The following delegation of the Department
of the Potomac, Grand Army Of the Republic.
escorted tine remains from the church to the
Baltimore and Potomac depot: Department
Commander N. Emmett Urell, s V. Commander
). +. Faunce, J. Y. Commander Calvin Farms
worth, Medical Director II. y. Howard. Assist
ant Adjutant General j. C. 5. Burger, In
spector A. Hart, Chief Mastering Officer
Henry Jenkins. Chief ADO. Newton Ferree.
Past Department Commanders T. f. Hawkes..
q. f. Corson, J. b. Burke. ". s. Oden. Post
Commanders A. S. .Taber Post /: Geo.
Mackay, Post 2; G. ID. Graham, Post 4: v d.
Adams, Post G; d. F. MCGOWAN, Post 8; J. p.
Quander, Post 3; A. F. DInsmore, Post 10; r.
}. Beall, Post IL; A. b. FrisbIe. Post Is; A. ID.
c. to the Commander-in-chief II. A. Gros-
venor. l.. Il. Cutter, J. H. Stine.
A committee from Plate Printers Assembly
attended the funeral in accordance with reso-
luton of that assembly. The committee was
composed Of the following members: w. &.
Mckinney, master workman; L. l.. Jordon.
Frank Barry, p. Rooney, John Ireland, Jas. Nc
Guirk and VI. J. kearney
Crowds of sympathetic spectators lined the
route through which the dead statesman was
borne on the way to his last resting place in
the Philadelphia cemetery, where the deceased
members of his family sleep.
THE FUNERAL TRAIN.
A special train of six Pullman cars. the pri-
yate car of President Roberts and the funeral
car was in waiting at the depot. None of the
cars were decorated. except that on which
the remains were carried. which was plainly
draped with black on the interior The men,
bers of the family occupied President Roberts
private car.
The congressional committee. the pail bear
ers, number of prominent people from Phil
adelphia, the entire Pennsylvania del
egation ny Congress except Mr.. Bayne
and Mr.. Buckalew, who was present at the
funera! but too sick TO JOIN the funeral CON-
pany to Philadelphia. and number of other
members accompanied the remains to Phila-
delphia.
The train left the depot at 11:4o O'Clock. I,
Will reach Philadelphia about O'Clock. and
the remains will be laid in the family vault at
Laurel Hill
Mr.. Parks. the general passenger agent OF
the Pennsylvania railroad, took charge of the
train, accompanying the funeral party to Phil
aoeipna. Asslstaht Sergeant-at-Arms Cava-
naush went in charge OF the congressional
delegation.
Many members who would have gone with
the remains were deferred from doing SO hv
the fact that it had been announced
that the Legislative appropriation
bill would be considered in
the House today. Had it been known that the
House would adjourn one-fourth of the men,
bers would have accompanied the remains TO
their last resting place.
The Funeral Train at Wilmington
The Randall funeral train arrived at Winning
ton at 203 o'clock and after stop of two min
utes proceeded on its way to Philadelphia.
There were no incidents further than the gath
ering of large crowd at the station