New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-12
MRS. BEECHER BURIED.
IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL SERVICES HELD IN
PLYMOUTH CHURCH.

The funeral Of Mrs Henry Ward Beecher was
held at o'clock yesterday afternoon at Plymouth
Church. The funeral was most Impressive SER
vice attended by large number OF prominent per-
sons including members OF Plymouth Church ana
relatives of Mrs Beecher. Several thousand people
sought admission to the church. and hundreds were
Obliged to leave without attending the service.
At 10 o'clock In the morning Orange-st. was
crowded with people awaiting an opportunity to
enter the church. A line of people three abreast
reached from the church through Orangc-st. and
half a block south into Henry-st. The coffin con-
tanning Mrs Beechers body covered with
smilax lilies of the valley mignonette. purple
orchids and white volets, and was placed near the
Beecher pew, which was filled with flowers. The
seat was covered with Bermuda lilies. while the
rails were studded with forget-me- nots and white
vtolets. On the floor of the pew a carpet Of
smilax and lilies. In front OF the pulpit and plat
form was a bank of palms, and the gallery rail was
draped in smilax and meteor roses. On the organ
was a quantity OF leaves and vines. in which were
placed bride roses and lilies.
The doors of the church were opened to the pub
lie at II o'clock. The procession kept in line
by detachment from Company Of the 18th Reg-
ment. As the procession passed through the
church and by the coffin. Professor Charles II.
Morse and General Horatio G. King played the
organ. The ushers were Dwight Studwe Stephen
n. Griswold and G. Curtis. and S. " White as
sisted by the trustees. had charge of the arrange.
ments.
The funeral service began at O'clock The rela-
tives Of Mrs. Beecher. who occupied front seats.
were Colonel and Mrs. William G. Beecher MIR
Snd mrs Henry Barton Beecher, Mr. and Mrs S.
hs5ss B. ss Kew Eliza p lym sS~ xns1
conducted the service and preached an eloquent
euIogy on Mrs. Beecher. telling OF her long and
devoted life: The Rev: Howard s. Bliss. formerly
the Rev Horace Porter offered prayer. The music
was by Plymouth's quartet consisting of Miss
Martha j. Miner. soprano; Miss Agnes Anderson.
contralto; Frederick Yinal tenor. and DR.. j. r.
Gillette. bass. Mr. Beecher's well-known hymn,
Love Divine, Al Love Excelling," and 'Hark.
Hark, Ny Soul" were sung by the quartet Mr..
Porter said the invocation and read from Scripture
and the quartet sang abide with Me-"
The funeral procession left the church at 2:45
o'clock for Greenwood Cemetery. Following the
tves and intimate friends Of the Beccher family
There official pailbearers but the body
was accompanied by the trustees Of the church.
The burial services at Greenwood were most i'm
pressive.
Among those who attended the funeral were s. A.
Stats of Ramsey. N. j.. an intimate friend OF
Mr.. Beecher many years ago. Mr.. and Mrs John
Arbuckle Mr.. and Mrs. w. b. Chittenden, Mr..
Frederick w. Hinrichs Mr. and Mrs Thomas q.
6hearman. Chauncey Ives Darwin Meserole. Com
modore and Mrs Montgomery Scard. Mr.. and Mrs
@. d. Matthews. General Isaac s. Catlin. Benjamin
p. Blair, Mrs. 8. H. Duryea, George Van Nosrand,
Boswell BsnedSt Henry Beam D5 and Mrs
Mrs c. T. Christensen Mr.. and Mrs. s. v. White,
General and Mrs. Horatio c. King, Miss King,
Mrs. Horace Porter. Mrs. George r. Elliot Mrs.
John T. Howard, Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher How
from the plymouth Sewing Society, the Plymouth
Missionary Society. the Young Ladies' Guild and
khA Henry Ward Beechsr Mission Band