Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-12
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L0HpoS. Feb. 1L'-AH that - mortal
Of Charles aaddon Spurgeon has been
laid to rest in Norwood eemetery. and
the intsxmens Of the ones great divine
was made shs cessation for snch A I'M
denoninatjepal DEMONSTRATION Is prob
ably hsz neveg holoro been seen in the
nnitsS kipG1om The funeral services
proper eonmeneed "Wednesday afte--
noon. VIE. exsscisss were held for
ninistsrn and ssudents Of Al dsnomi-
nssions. and ct = o'clock there WAS >
seFyiee for ChFixtian workers aud
church mombegs other than members
Of the tabernacle. Again at IL o'clock
Wednesday night there was = sim pse
religious services for the general public
lhs great tabernacle being crowded TO
suRocation at each event
Rewasksels Outpourlng.
Ithad been snnounced that the dcors
~ould be opened for the final funeral
services At $50 . m, but even tho
dawn Of day saw . large throng assem-
bled outside of the tabernacle, many Of
shoss who composed IL having held
their positions in the damp and cold
from the conclusion of the midnight
service. A. the day wore on the
throng rapidly increased until IL was
coon . multitude
II was . great outpouring Of tho
masses, and for once the clssses
seemed to BE forgotten. for men OF
title jostled with laberers and arts
ems and women In sealskins and rust
ling silks struggled for = place with
pther women whose humble garments
betrayed their dire poverty.
Every Dess Rspressase6
All determinations too. were repre-
sensed- Catholic and Episcopalians,
Presbyterians and WesleyanA. ouakerl
and Free Methodists and CongreGar
ticnalista Possibly there were some
Unitarians in the throng. but II there
were they were there in tho face
of the desires OF the bereaved fam
ily, which. In Difference to I,
well-known antipathy Of the deceased
had requested msmbers OF that demon
ination to abstain from part sipatios
In the ssrvices- So large was the erowt
by o'clock that IL required the serv
Ices Of . large force Of police 70 pre-
serve order.
rns 1shsr.asss BssksA
Al this time the streets in the iron
and rear Of the tabernacle, - we'll =
20 the right and left. were one soil
msss Of human beings. the total nnm
Der being estimated 1t from $4,000 :
$4,000 TheRreatest capacity Of the tai
prnaele, even when every nook IN
corner Is occupied, II 5000. IN
consequently when the doors wei
opened 1t was but . few moments b
fore The edifce was crowded to suff'
patton, while fully two-thirds of thos
who had journeyed from al parts {
The metropolis Ia pay their last tribut
sf respect to the memory of the gres
divine were compelled 70 remain in u
spsn air.
The funeral services. which vel
conducted by Rev. James Spurgeo
Rev. Dr.. Pierson. formerly of job
Wanamaker'a church. in Philad<
phia. who has occupied the pr
sit Of the tabernacle for Il
last month, aud Rev. DR.. Medhurs
DR.. Spurgeon's frat pupil. We
very ample. being confined
prayers, the Angling Of approp
ate hymns and BRET addressed
Pastors Spurgeon and Person Simpl
however, - was the service IL "
polemn and impressive. and at tim
Turing the prayers and addresses gre
bobs Of grief seemed to rise from I
vast audience and ascend 'heave