Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-01

generations?
8. Wilt Thou not revive ia again; tina
Thy people may rejoice IN Thee:
Z. Show us Thy mercy, o Lord. an,
grant Us Thy salvation.
<. I will hear what God the Lord vii
speak; for lie VIII speak peace unto In
| people. and % ii5 saints, but let chen
not turn again 20 folly.
9. Surely lis salvation IS nigh them ina
foar HIM that glory may dwell IN on
land.
10. Mercy and truth aye mot together
righteousness and peace have kissed caci
other.
II. Truth shall spring ont ot the Garth
| and righteousness shall lOOG down fr0u
! Heaven.
Y. Yea. the Lord shall give that whicl
is good and our land shall Jied her M
| crease.
u. Riehtoousness shall go before HIM
and shall set u IA tho way Of llIs step.
NOW FIRM FOUNDATION
When the reading hal been concluded
/ Rev. DIR. Hoge requested tue entire rs EN-
/ blage TO ION IN singing that fayOrite old
/ HYMN How Firm Foundation" Rev
| DR.. W. ". laudrum read the first and thC
/ last two verses:
! "ilow firm a fouudat. 1n. W saints q ne lord.
/ II iali for your faitu lu Ills eA-o ueut Nuri.
| What moro can he say than 90 yol lie bath
SAID.
You VINO unto jesus for rouge have tel
Fen down 20 Oh aiiny people shalt ;r0ve
| Sly sovereign. eternal interchangeable love;
And when Aoaty BARS sLIll th"ir tong !es AZ m,
Like lambs they shall stli u liy hOs- IN 10 borne
"Tho soul that on Jesus sin lean- f.r rcp9se,
| Will not. r.i not, desert O. hl- foes.
That soul, though all heu should endeayor 90
shake.
DIR. HoGE's prayer.
/ DR.. HOge then asked all % bow their
heads In prayer. There was perfect G4ist
md Or. Hoge offered tue following ay0-
cation.
o God. mos, high, most holy, mo-t m4r-
clui, with lOwlr reverence OF spirit ana
with hearts subdued by tho hallowe /
memories OF the past and the tender
Offices of the hour We invoke Thy gra Hons
presence and beuc fiction.
Hear our prayer, . Lord give ear unto
our cry. Hold not Thy paa0e at our Tears.
for we are strangers with / hee and So
journers, as al our fathers wore
Beneath these quiet skies which bend
over Us as tho hollow Of Thy sheltorng
hand. We gather m this consccratad place.
Around Us rest all that Is Mortal OF patriot
sages and soldiers, whose yirtus an 4 yalor
. y =
at tho call of duty, having consecrated
themselves 20 tho tolls allotted - therl.
died. committing their souls 10 Gcd an!
their memories % us who survive them.
By Thy help. Lord God of truth and JUS
tice. We Will be faithful 70 our trust! We
will perpetuate the story Of oil who, by
dlslnterested service and heroic sacrifice,
struggled % MAINTAIN the empire Of prin-
clple inIthe world, and who. with honor
stainless and conscience iuvlolate, fulfilled
their task. Now nun bered among the i'm
mortal dead, they still live, enshrnod m
the souls OF those VINO love them all the
more Tor what they suffered and who
cherish thor memories with undyIng de-
VOtlOn.
Almighty God. II in Thine overruling
providence tins should be the Inst scenu IN
the incOmpleted drama Of our Confederate
hstory-sO replete with mourutul yet IN
slable glory tho curtain iall amid
the tears OF men too brave ever % murmur
and too loyal 10 tho memories of the past
ever 10 forget.
Accept our thanks, gracious Father, that
we haye accomplished the sacred office Of
giving to our beloved and hon0red chief
his appropriate resting place among those
who shared with him the Joys OF - tory
and the sadness of defeat and who TO owed
tho banner. now forever furled. with
and which no disaster could daunt.
Here, on tins imperial bill, we have laid
him down beside the river whose waters
sing their perpetual requiem, and amid
the flowers which speak Of the resurree-
ton Of the Just and OF tine land where
death never wlthors the affections. which
bloom IN beauty and fragrance evermoro.
We look mp from the open grave e. the
open heavens. whore Thou dOst 1--we and
a. al tgI I. 4 . 81
true faith do live and reign with Thee IN
glory everlasting.
IN this, the hour Of their freshly
awakened sorrow, . Father. most tender
and loving, IN the pleutitude OF Thy com
passion remember aud comfort thine
handmaidon AID oil dear @ her. Thou
husband OF the widow aud father Of tho
fatherless, be Thou their strength. their
song, AMI their salvation.
Lord God OF hosts. We beseech 1hes %
sustain and cheer tho veteran Survivors II
the war, wnIle. with ever-dimni,hing mum.
bar- and eyer-incressing burdens of age
and inhrmity, they await their nnal DIS
charge aud hnal recOmpeuse.
Almighty God. author IT peace and
lover OF concord. now that tho sorroW5
and desOiatlons Of war have been for SO
many years exchanged for the blessings Of
peace, may all auimusltle5 DO buried IN
the grave, ana MAJ all the inhabitants of
TINS great land. from North o South and
from East 70 West, learn more and more 10
cherish the relations which unite them ~
children Of one Father and Is citizens OF
one country. May mutual regard for each
others interests, happiness. and rights be-
come the noble Law OF national life. Nav
treedc m founded on justice and guarded
by constitutional law. with religion pure
and indebted. secure 10 our whole people
a perpetual heritage Oh unity. prosperity,
and peace. and 20 God, most nigh, will we
give all nOnOr and glory eyermore. Amen.
PLACING The cAsKEr n THE GRAVE.
Tender and loving hands then lifted the
caskeI containing tho remains Of President
DAVIS and gently lowered them into their
final resting place beside the placid James.
The thousands assem- Dled watched this in
cldent with great interest. Many stood
upon their tp-toes and exerted themselves
in various ways 70 see the case lifted into
its earthen receptacle.
The grave had been beautifully draped
by Air. John K. Hooper, supertntendsn, Of
the cemetery. The COME ierata Stars and
Bars adorned the head and the battle-h Dag
of the South the foot. while the sides
were hned with stripes OF red, white. and
blue. 4 heavy silken cord OF red and
white bordered tho drapiny. and tho /
straps With which the casket was lowered /
were OF the same color and material.
LOOK INTO THG GRAVE.
AZ this point the most pathetic incident I
OF the day occurred IL was one which f.
Will live long IN the memories OF that vast /
multitude. and will By them be handed /
down to the coming generation. Miss .
Winnie Davis snd her sister. Airs. Hayes.
VINO had I'D to this time renamed, as had 4
Mrs. Davis also. in their carriages, left /
them. and escorted by Mayor Eilyson aud |
Mr.. Hayes. respectively. went 20 the grave.
For several ainutss they stood silently |
looking down upon the easkst containing /
their fathers remains Not sob was !
heard. but tie tears foll freely not
only from tho ewes Of these dsugh- {
tiers OF rhe great Confederate en.ef- /
tam, but from those of hundreds
OF veterans who stood around his |
grave. 1hs scene was ono never before /
Sp,tnsaeed In Ara 6outh II was indsad a |