St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-04

honorary pallbearers in carriages, re-
mains accompanied by active pallbear-
ers on foot, the family, governor and
staff, loyal legion and other friends in
carriages.
AT the chapel further ceremonies ac-
cording to their ritual were conducted
by The knights. Henry and Mrs.
Blakely rendered special service to the
friends, The funeral directors were
MesSrs. Abbott Il Quimby.
Memorial resolutions on behalf of ST.
JoSeph'S hospital and the medical staff
were prepared and signed by Arch
bishop John Ireland on behalf of The
sisters of st. Joseph'S, and by DrS. G.
j. Abbott and A. E. Senkler, on the
part of the staff
The remains will lie In the vault at
Oakland cemetery until spring. when
they will be inferred in the family lot.
DIR, FORBES TRIBUTE.
The funeral sermon by DR.. Forbes
was short but appropriate, and showed
wonderful depth of feeling and love.
words spoken are usually chosen with
great care. They are words of comfort
to the family. intended to compel
them to wipe away the tear
from the cheek and to repress
the sigh. But in this case we all mourn.
The whole city is in tears, the children
show their deep feeling, and thousands
beyond the city are stirred III grief be-
cause they have heard that DR.. Murphy
IS dead. The people are here today to
do homage to his memory; the Old SET
tiers are here; they come to follow him
to his grave as they have only recently
followed Henry NJ. Rice. E. d. Neill,
Dr. Stewart and others; and now one
more has gone, member of this church
of the old Jackson street church.
where l have seen bis face so often, and
where l was ordained twenty years
ago."
He spoke Of the medical fraternity,
with which the clergy is so closely
allied. and said if he were not clergy
man he would want to be a physician;
but one less of these has gone to join
the great majority. lie spoke of him
as Mason, and said it was only re-
Gently that he had met HIM where men
meet upon the level and part upon the
square," He had met him in the BAN
quet hall of the lodge. where one more
portrait will be hung on the wall. but
on next st. Johns day he will not be
there. And on next Decoration day
there will be one more to receive the
flowers scattered by loving hands on
the graves of those who dared TO do,
and if need be die, that our flag should
not he trailed in the dust.
"a great manly heart was his. Men,
women and children loved and trusted
him. and Protestants and Catholics alike
were friendly to him. If men will have
friends they must show themselves
worthy of friends.
Il don't know what life is; | know
less OF what is beyond the grave to
which the untold millions have gone,
and toward which the great procession
is drifting, but think after all there is
no death: it is but the birth. What
we call the end is but the be-
ginning. Sometimes [ think I'd climb
q loved one, but am constrained to say,
Thy will be done Since men, women
and children must die, let us thank God
when we bury them in the fullneSS of
their years, and with the name of Jesus
of Nazareth on their lips. Is that story
true of Him whom they buried on Fri
day, whose body sentinelS guarded, and
who on the third day came in a bright
light. saying, L am he that was dead
but now am alive?' If that was true
this is but the beginning for our friend.
If that was true, Sir Knights, you do
better at Easter to celebrate in honor Of
him who is risen.
''Dr. Murphy did not want to die.
There was SD much in life for him, so
much of usefulness, so much of honor,
and vet since death must come let us be
thankful that it came not by accident,
that it came not to him as young,
leaving dependent ones to suffer. nor
yet as an old man, decrepit and bur-
den, but TO him i'll the full vigor of man
hood. The column at his grave will not
be broken shaft. His work is finished.
No man can point to anything he had
left undone for his fellow man. No man
can point to dishonorable act on his
part. His faith was as simple as that of
a child, and it was the faith his mother
taught, in all of its majesty and power.
death is far from being the worst
thing that can come upon man. 1t is
only the common lot 1t is folly to
mourn for those who have been called.
do not believe that the work of Spur
geon. of Phillips Brooks, of Henry
Ward Beecher, of Bishop Simpson is
over. They have only been emanci-
pated. set free, given greater opportu-
mites to do the work of the Master.
There is a difference. There is place
where bad men can not come; where
good men can not go. Farewell, my
good old friend, farewell. We will meet
again in the morning"