Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-30
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daughter and DIR. and Mrs. Mailer All the
ladies were heavily yelled.
The President with Mrs Mckee on his arm,
came next and was seated directly behind the
honorary pallbearers. The others in the imme-
diate party were Private Secretary Halford and
Lieut.. Parker, the Vice President and Mrs
Morton. the Misses Morton. the Secretary of
State, Secretary and Mrs. Elkius. the Attor-
ney General and Mrs Miller, Mrs. S. G.
Miller. the Postmaster General and Mrs.
Wanamaker, Secretary and Mrs Rusk, Score
tary and Mrs Charles Foster. Secretary Tracy,
Mrs. Wilmerding Miss wilmerding, Secretary
and Mrs. Noble. the Chief Justice and Mrs
Fuller, Col and Mrs. Denman. Miss Ewing,
Miss Loring. Miss Macome, Mrs. Hitt Senator
and Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. Hale, Master Hale and
Mrs. John Hay.
MR.. WALTER DAMRosCH AT THE ORGAN.
Before the service. while the crowd was en-
tering the church the organist played soft sweet
strains, improvising. With the party from the
house came Mr.. Walter Damrosch
and he entered the organ loft at once
and seated himself at the organ. For the
rest Of the service he played and while the
was Renaissance in the music of the hymn,
How Firm Foundation"
Then the rausic softly died away as the min
lister arose and began the reading OF the service
for the burial of thed cad. There was no singing,
simply the reading Of the Presbyterian form
ana prayer. followed by the benediction.
TOUCHING AND BEAUTIFUL PRAYER.
In DR.. Hamlin's prayer there was nothing Of
sadness and little of regret 1t was
rather a prayer of joy. and hope and
Thanksgiving 1t was a thanksgiving for the
life and memory of The dead man and for all
that he had done for the country. for the
people and for his family. There strong
note of confidence through il ALL as when he
said: I'VE thank Thee. Oh Lord that we can
come into the presence of death with
such words OF joy and confidence as those
We have just read from Thy Holy Word
We thank Thee for Christian triumph as we
stand a: the side of the open grave. We thank
| Thee for what Thou has: made OF Thy servant
whose mortal body we shall soon commit to
earth, for his intellect, for his culture for lis
patriotism and his faithful and devoted service
to his country in all times OF her need.
I'VE thank Thee, Lord. for his firm faith
in Thee and for his acceptance of Thee as his
Lord and Savior. We bless Thee for his cour-
age in times of sorrow and affection and Of
bereavement and for his patience and heroisrn
in the long days of his waiting fer his end to
come"
Dr. Hamlin then asked blessing upon the
afflicted family. and prayed that they might
look i'll hope and confidence not into an open
grave. bet into an open heaven.
1--WE invoke Thy divine blessing upon the ex-
ecutive branch of the government with which
our deceased brother was so creditably con-
nected. upon the President and all
his advisers. upon Congress. in whose
deliberations he SO long participated, upon
the community. the state in which he WAS born
and the one that adopted him. upon the
people of the land. who with such wonderful
unanimity loved him and with such pleasure
heard his voice. now stilled in death Bless.
We beseech Thee. all the lands of the
earth which have felt his hand in diplomacy;
bless this church, which has so long counted
him as one of its own and with whose begin
ming he was connected, for he did not despise
the day Of small things. We bless and thank
Thee that he accepted Thee ard that he has sat
here with us at the communion table,
The minister closed his eloquent PRAYER by
reciting the Lords Prayer, in which all the
congregation joined.
At the close of the benedfction which fol-
lowed Mrs. Damrosch and her brother took
one last look at the face of tho dead man
before the lid Of the casket was replaced,
and then all the congregation arose and re-
manned standing while the pallbearers
slowly and reverently raised the body, and.
followed by the funeral party as they had come,
passed out Of the church while the organ played
softly and sweetly.
VIEWING THE FLORAL TRIBUTES.
After the funeral cortege had left the church
hundreds of the lockers on passed in the
edifce to see the floral decorations. The bring
ing out of the flowers for their final arrange
ment at the grave broke some of them up
badly. and on the sidewalks as well as the
streets shower of blossoms seemed to have
fallen.
The various parts of the ceurch preserved
for different groups were marked off by white
ribbons. The ushers wore little rosettes OF the
same ribbon.
AT THE CEMETERY.
The Remains of James G. Blaine in Their
Last Resting PLACE.
Only the immediate friends of the family, the
President and tine members of the cabinet ac-
companied the remains to the place of inter-
ment. The funeral cortege moved out Con-
necticut avenue to street, thence along to
2Sth street, and W that street to Oak Hill
cemetery, entering by the southeastern gate.
For nearly two hours before the arrival Of
the funeral party people began 10 gather in
throngs at the cemetery. Women and
children formed the greater part of
the crowd that came trooping down the
muddy cemetery roads. through the walks
and over the terraces They peered curiously
into the open grave. standing around it
and eyeIng the preparations for interment
with morbid curiosity. As the crowd in
creased there was not room enough in
the immediate vicinity of the grave and the
people lined the terraces that rose above the
Blaine burying lot, where they stood in the
sloppy mud. Women with young babies in their
arms were among the crowd. and young and old
seemed moved by the same morbid spirit.
number of men with Photographic cameras
secured advantageous positions overlooking the
scene Of interment.
THE BLAINE BURyING LOT.
The Blaine burying lot is in the extreme cast
ern end OF the cemetery, overlooking Rock Greek.
In front of the lot is a circular mound and
around that runs a narrow pathway on the
verge of the hill. which at this point drops
abruptly to the creek. Behind the lot rises
terrace after terrace, studded with graves and
monuments. 1t was . dreary looking place
today, the hill covered here and there with
patches Of discolored snow, the muddy creek
bowling noisily along at the foot Of the hill
and beyond that the red clay banks of Kalo-
rama background.
The first notification of the coming of the
funeral party was the arrival of five wagons
bringing the floral tributes. These were hastily
unloaded and spread around the circuler mound
in front Of the grave, completely covering the
mound with a fragrant bank of roses, violets
and lilies.
Finally came the carriages of the funeral
party, winding down the road from the east
gate. The crowd fell back across the
road and left .the space around the