New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-11

Then, lifting his silvery white head and portly
form from among the group of clergymen, Dr.
Colyer stepped forward to the reading desk and
spoke in substance as follows:
My dear friend sent this message to me few days
sU sT at any Su iat Te e won i1r one ind in
the Gospel of ST. Luke: Not my viii but Thine be
694 Ss Il FOL 9sys tsi
seven words OF one syllable each tell the whole story
ri yaa S Il BIZ o Rsnr risrs Ps s
h HE Steadily Mfe a &Sf s SAW It s% t to
Sseh M ram taT s ' s Sears in ' Strong red
many years. He was welded TO it and to this fair
NTnyS in any man. lie loved to clasp hands with
his frds and what man among us had more st to st
him and who Joined in cheerful talk more than he
He was ever busy man. He loved to hold his own 4S
Hne the sir %SFA a s SY World need
always saw Sa 6y TsS' tSe Wod o SOME oHe
has has well a sSd %Except We are growing wise
and Sa fS0S 8t there o. sG0a
be growing a Ser a ana S SSd o9T uh
He did rPow Mise With years since first knew him,
and re grew sweeter broader and more LOYAL in the
linn Whether after ali hehal not lived too long as we
do sometimes staOd beside the grave. For as
told it himself in the frsnset aatoeogTaghy it was
good fortune to see os Loyalty sar 20 so1 5e
and strongest notes as it has Always seemed 70 , mo
for the winter and rough weather O. MS me. IhInh
Known Know q ms He was always truth and rathfuness
remember vel how il the h early see OF ONLY SuT what
lay before my eyes, but to hear the things ne wSo
say in his bright witty manner He 1Tune an 6 TH nS
in scripture i gathered me silver anu soS S
and the peculiar treas atSsr OF sdme new which
he brought to and he looked on all he laboed fof
There IS in our hearts no searching and enduring
sorrow when one is cut of in the bright promise OF
life 1t WAS as the falling Of the ripened frnt He
had lived his lie lie had seen everything ding and and
hearing. he was ready to 60. And yet, thought
the very words that spoke his Willingness 10 *, go
he fSuf oSed 50 n veil Over lis tomb might be written
Here rests who never rested" lie wrked Ishtt
s TO the ees o s iHR's bis h S n
lie fought the fight for seventy years. ana meyer
sRew s in the Teeth of disaster Ills fortune
went through five great fires, Ike the Hebrews through
was Touched neither was there any smell of fire on
bin. lie believed in the worth Of his work ! have
thousands that no boy OF all the throng was so en-
usase IL his enoyme Of what t,o went es on GefG s
his busy NE he always had time to right wrong 70
be patriot to be good e1en se me men he seI
mngng with and strengthening his faith in himself
was his faith in God.
DR.. Collyer closed with prayer, and then the
entire congregation sang to the tune of Aud
Lang Syne the WOrus'
II sugcth low i'm every heart,
We hear IT, each and ALL
song Of those who answer not,
However we may call.
They hrong the silence Of the heart,
We them OF y0re,-
The kind. the true, the brave, the sweet
Who walk with us no more
The procession of carriages then reformed and
rolled out 10 Mountain Grove Cemetery, where
the coffin was deposited in a grave lined with
green boughs and almost hidden by flowers, VIVID
o few parting words of prayer
The honorary paIl-bearers were the following
ten men, five of whom were selected BY Mr.. Bar
mum himself some time ago: w. Il. Iiincks, Dr;
l. De Yer Warner, Nathaniel Wheeler, Colonel
J. W. Knowlton r. B. Lacey, Curtis Thompson,
Isaac Holden Jerome Orcutt, Z. W Marsh ana
Bernard Peters, Editor of The BroOAiyn dlnes
pied by Mrs Barnum and the chlet mollFne eho
IN the rear were seated the trustees oi .ne
Church OF the Redeemer and ten 0uCoi toWn
friends The honorary poll bearers were sealfa
on the right and left OF the family On the night
side were also seated heads OF departments ~
the Barnum & Bailey and Forepapgh shows an, anu
the officers and directors Of the Brld9eport .io
Pal and the Scientific and hsnGrSal OF the
Pequonnock National Bank and the members 9eI oi
the city government, besides the Boarn OF hd p,
ton and delegation from ELIAS howe rush
q. A. r.
The heads Of departments Of the I'arnllm ..a
Bailey Circns came lp from New-YOrk. both aIter-
noon and evening performances oeing
suspended Among the friends ana ,, ioro
perr associates of Mr.: Barnum pTweseWyt C GS,e
J. L. Hutchinson. G.. b. funnell, and George
r. Bailey former partners-J. j. Natian, napt' ~
expartner, was too i'll 10 attend-H. A. SteW1Iu, vi
the Strobridge Lithographing Company OF Slnci, ,
natl W H. Gardiner, general agent OF the i1 n Imu
g. Bailey Show: NJ f. Young, treasurer, I ti,nmt
HYATT Superintendent: Thomas heiS' as'''''''