Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-18
FUNERAL OF Or. HOLMES.

luNliihL VI pIL IlULWLOs
Simple But Impressive Ceremonies AT.
tend the Burial of tho Dead Poet =
Floral Tributes From All Parts OF the
Country.
BOSTON, MASS, Oct. 10.-Amid a
wealth of flowers, the brightness c;
which was in strong contrast with the
gloomy skies and steady rainfall without,
the plain black cloth-covered coffin,
bearing plate on which was inscribed
oliver Wendell Holmes" and contain
Ing all that was mortal of the famous
poet who has just passed away in the
iulness OF his years and fame, was
placed at the head of the main aisle in
Kings Chapel at noon to-day, and the
simple funeral rites were begun. II was
lew minutes before 12 O'clock when
the cottin, upon which rested mass of
many colored pansies, encircled by a
large wreath of laurel, was borne up
the aisle to the wailing organ strains OF
Handel's dead march in Saul, with Rev.
Edward Everett Hale, d. D., in his
flowing black robes, walking ahead and
recltlng in his strong, sonUrous voice !:
am the resurrection and the life, saith
the Lord; he that believeth in Me, though
ne were dead, yet shall he live"
FLOWERS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY.
On the front of the right hand gallery
OF tine chapel, before the large, roomy
pew IN which the poet sat when be at
tended divine worship, hung another
large wreath of dark green laurel, tied
With broad white ribbon. At the back
oil the chancel and on the table within
the railing were clusters of white chry.
santhemums, crimson and white roses,
Easter lilies and other flowers. and on
the pulpit splendid branch OF haw-
thorn. The flowers came from all parts
OF the country, even the far-distant Be-
hemian Club of San Francisco, of which
the poet was an honorary member, hav-
ing had some handsome blossoms sent
to the chapel.
SOME OF THOSE PRESENT.
Both the body OF the chapel and the
galleries were occupied by many promi-
nent people. Among them were tile Rev.
5. f. Smith, ID. D., the author of "My
Country Ills of Thee" and classmate
OF DIR. Holmes; President Eliot of Har-
yard University, Professor Charles Eliot
Norton, Professor William Watson
Goodwin, General Francis A. Walker,
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson,
Richard Henry Dana, Henry 0. Hough-
ton, the dead poets publisher; Rev.
George +. Ellis, ID. D., Colonel Henry
L. Higginson, Judge Ebenezer Howe,
Or. Walcott, George o. Shattuck, Charles
Follen Adams, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe,
hev, George Arbuthnot, the vicar of
Holy Trinity THE Shakespeare church
AZ Standardization, England;) Judges
Allen, Barker and Lathrop and Clerk
Noble OF the supreme court, Judge
Lowell, the Rev. Samuel May, the Rev.
Oh .Frothingham, Lieutenant Governor
Wolcott, Judge Il. lockwood Hoar,
William II. Baldwin, Samuel 0. Greene,
Henry ). Hyde, Il. l.. Grew, Thomas J.
Gargan and r. Il. Paine, Jr.
PALL-BEARERs AND usHERs.
The pall-bearcrs were G, ]. Paine,
Robert Treat Paine, j. j. Morse, jr,, d.
Il. Neyin, q. j. Morse, j. jackson, @. S.
Storrow, +. S. Higginson, c. c. Jackson
ana .. jackson, aud the ushers were G.
L. Putnam, j. j. Putnam, j. j. Minot,
L. j. Jackson, G. l.. jackson, +. w. Lee,
Henry jackson, Archibald M. Howe and
q. G. jackson.
All the seats of the middle aisle of the
chapel We're reserved and were occupied
by the poets immediate family and init
mate friends, members Of the Massachu-
sets Medical Society, representatives of
Harvard College aud delegations from
the numerous other societies of which
the poet and physician was member.
The services consisted of the reading
OF passages from the Bible and PRAYER
by the Rev. DIR. Hale, the singing of the
song from Memberships elijah" 20.
Rest in the Lord" by Miss Lena Little.
and of chant, "The Lord is NV Shep.
herd" and a hymn, 80, Paradise by
the choir. AS the coffin was carried
out at the close of the simple service.
the strains of the dead march. from
saul" again rolled solemnly through
the chapel.
The body was taken Immediately
after the service to the jackson lot in
Mount Auburn, where it was buried in
the same grave in which rests the poets
wife. A few selections were sung by a
quartet at the grave, but there was no
other ceremony, and only the relatives
and most intimate friends were present
to pay the final tribute of respect to a
life Of which gentleness was the soul
and simplicity the garment.