The morning call., 1891-09-10
LAID In LAUREL HILL
Funeral Services Over the Re-
mains of Judge Sawyer.
Eloquent Sermon Preached by DR.. Mackenzie
in Memory Of the Deceased-Splendid
Floral Tributes.

The First Congregational Church wa:
crowded yesterday afternoon with repre-.
sentatiyes Of the bar of California, the Occa-
sion being the funeral services over thu
remains Of Judge Lorenzo Sawyer of the
United States Circuit Court 1t was
o'clock when the cortege arrived at the
church, which was filled with mourners
awaiting the remains.
The body was conveyed into the church
by the following pall-bearers: Senator
Stanford, Lloyd Tevis. II. L. Dodge, A. l.
Tubbs, Supreme Judge Mcfarland, Senator
William Stewart, Presiding Justice Beatty,
d. j. Staples, w. w. Morrow, Il. G. Phelp s
Judge Myrick, w. X. Vanderslice. General
W. II. l.. Barnes, Judge Hawley of Nevada
and General Henry A. Cobb.
When the remains were laid in the chan
eel they were almost concealed by the wealth
of floral pieces which had been sent by sor
rowing friends and relatives of the distin
guiShed juriSt. Among the floral tribute:
was large golden crown from Prescott
Sawyer, the eldest son of the deceased; 6
sheaf of wheat from j. Q. Adams. laure
wreath from d. j. Staples, pillow Of tiger
lilies from S. II. Daniels. chrysanthemums
from Joseph Mast; basket of roses from ORR
broken column from Mrs. A. A. Sargent,
open book from w. w. Morrow, La France
roses from Mr.. and Mrs. Stevenson, floral
urn from Senator Leland Stanford, open
book of roses from Mrs Timothy Hopkins,
pillar Of roses from w. G. Young, bunch OF
roses from Mrs. Edward Morton.
THE SERMON.
During the services in the church the choir
sang Warren's Rock of Ages" and quar-
tet Coed Night" The funeral sermon was
delivered by Rev. DR.. Mackenzie, in the
course of which lie said:
Judge Sawyer belonged to a generation OF men
who have left their impress deep in the record of
the history OF our country and our C injury.
Some generations are historic because their
mission was TO be destructive. This generation
came to be constructve-noi TO tear down, but 10
build uD, not ON other mems foundations, but to
lay foundations for other men; not the founda-
tons Of Colosseum a temple or a pyramid, but
oil an empire. Many OF you as boys in the acad-
envy read with increasing Interest the story OF
the march OF Cyrus and his 10000 Greeks
across The mountains of Asia Minor, along tile
plains OF Persia. and then their retreat through
the mountain passes OF Armenia until they saw
the sea, whose further waves washed lie +
own HON Shores Thala>sa! ThaasSa! be-
came as sweet In our ears as in theirs,
and we never grudged the silver cup which
that patient rlOdder, Xenophon, gave to the
guide that led them within sight OF that sea.
But the march OF those & eeks cannot be COM
pared In historic Importance with the march Of
the 10000 young men who left the farms and
villages OF New England and New York forty
years ago and marched across the pralrleS Of The
West and pas of the Rocky Mountains, the
dreaTy waste OF the desert, until from the crests
of the Sierras they saw new empire, aud from
the SUBMITS OF the Coast Range they saw new
sea.
You, my young friends who are left and whose
grief Is sacred 10 every man here who knows the
sweetness OF the word father ana the pride in the
word son, be comforted In the fact that you had
such father. and let your grief resolve Itself
into the purpose of being such sons; be COM
fored that his face, uplurned IN the last silence,
is hOnored by all that look upon 1t and most hon
ored by those who knew him best. His public
life Is yours and ours; his private lie Is yours
alone. sacred TO your own tender memories, too
sacred for public intrusion. We will not inirude.
But we can see that there is much TO mitigate
your sorrow among men, and more to illuminate
1t with hope as you think OF the God whom he
served and the future for which he made prepa.
ration.
THOSE PRESENT.
On the conclusion of the sermon, In
which DIR. Mackenzie spoke long and elo-
quently of the honorable qualities of the de-
ceased, the remains were conveyed to Lau-
rel Hill Cemetery for intelment Services
were also held at the grave. when all that
was earthly Of the dead jurist was laid to
its last rest.
Among those present at the funeral were {:
Selden 5. Wright, Samuel Rosenhem,
Colonel Becher, Nathan Frank, Lyman
Mowry, Charles Shurtliff, Judge Messick.
~. l.. SmOOt, Il, ID. IluSlt, II. u. MdbtlCh,
Wal Tuska, Carroll Cook, w. Holbrook, NJ.
Wilson. NJ. NJ. Estee, Columbus Bartlett,
Milton Andres, James Langhorne Miller,
Henry Eickhoff, Philip S. Galpin, M. j..
Platshek. James A. Waymire. Colonel
Robert Fredenrich, A. d. Splvalo, H. b.
Dibble, Superior Judges CARRIER. Levy, Law
Ter, Coffee. Wallace, Hebbard and Trout
T. II. Goodman, John Fougee, w. W. Nor
rev, E. d. Sawyer, T. l. Bergn, E. S. Pills
bury, II. l. Kowalsky, Clement Bennett,
Charles Weller, ex-Survey or General Brown,
Joseph d. Redding, John Rosenfed, Evan
c. Webb Howard, William Herrin, T. d.
Rordau, Colonel Bee, Supreme Justice
Paterson, J. l.. Boone, Edward Curtis, G.
n. Fox, DR.. McNutt, .ex-United States
Attorney Hilborn. J. d. Sullivan. City and
County Attorney burst f.. B. Williams and
Meyer Jacobs of the City and County At
torney's office, District Attorney William S.
Barnes, Major Stonehill, Raymon Wilson,
c. j. Hoge, DR.. Taylor. Judge Copeland
and William Woods