The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-05-04

prayer, was held in one of the large
rooms there, at o'clock p. M. on Good
Friday, April H.. A considerable num-
Der OF relatives and friends and acquaint-
ances were present. 1t had been de-
cided that the body should be taken to
Lakewood Cemetery,-in Minneapolis,
and placed in the family lot. The train
left New York at 4:30 P. NJ, and we
arrived in Minneapolis on Sunday, Easter,
morning, at $50 o'clock. The burial
occurred on Monday morning. Many
Minneapolis friends gathered at the
grave, which was bordered with ever
green and roses. The sun was shining,
the birds we're singing in the trees about,
and the air had the breath of spring in
it. There is no more beautiful spot in
Lakewood Cemetery than this. It is on
somewhat elevated plateau looking
southwark on to Lake Harriet and over
a lovely stretch of woods. The ellison
lot is next to that of our own. Scores
of friends and loved ones slumber near.
Twenty and more years ago. when the
cemetery was opened, I delivered the
dedicatory address. and there was but
one grave in the whole grounds. Now
there are thousands. How many dear
friends out Of my parish have followed
here one by one! And here on this
charming hillside which the south sun
warns, two loved ones of my own house.
hold are sleeping. And how many
others whom Mr.. ellison knew in their
lifetime has he now come to join in their
long rest.
1t was not my intention to return to
Minneapolis so soon, il at all this sum-
| mer, but felt impelled to accompany
the mourners on the long, sad journey
and to follow my dear friend to his final
home. / went with him. / must,
thought, come with him and his.
1t was strange that l should have
reached Minneapolis within two hours of
the beginning of the Easter service; and
stranger still that my old Church of the
Redeemer, where I had been on score
and more Easter occasions, should hap
pen to have no pastor-Dr. Shutter had
not returned mo officiating minister
even, and that /, though so near, was
not able, being 80 worn and weary from
travel, to be present and render any as
sistance. The service consisted of read
ing and singing only, but was quite i'm
pressive. The audience was very large,
completely filling the great church. The
communion rite was of course omitted.
and for the first time. on Easter Sunday,
in our whole history.
had, notwithstanding my Easter re-
Elections, for days been overshadowed by
the thought of death. had had another
impressive lesson on the uncertainty of
life, and was greatly in need of the hope
and consolation naturally inspired by
the Easter anniversary. For to this
end Christ both died and rose that he
might be Lord of the dead and the liv-
ing" Christ then reigns over this world
and over the world to come. If he is
Lord of the dead" the dead shall live.
James Freeman Clarke said, at the flu
neral of Waldo Emerson, Let us today
reverse the words" "in the midst of
life we are in DEATH" and say "in the
midst Of death we are in life." The lat
ter is more true.
ALIAS, for him who never sees
The stars shine through his cypress trees!
Who hopeless lays his dead away,
Nor looks to see the breaking day
Across the mournful marble play.
Who hath not learned, in hours of faith
The truth to flesh and sense unknown.
That life is ever lord of Death
And Love can never lose its own"
j. H. TUTTLE.
MINNEAPoLIs. April oath.