Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-05-26
LAID away TO REST.
Obsequies of the Late Senator
Joseph H. Earle.
All Greenyille Pays Tender Trib.
ute to the Memory of the Dead
Statesman. - Impressive Ser.
vices at the Baptist Church.
ESPECIAL TO THE REGISTER. !

SPECIAL TO THE REGISTER.
Greenville, :. c., May 22.-The toll
ing of the bell of the First BAPTIST
Church at 30 p. p.m.announced the be-
ginning of the funeral of the late Sem
alor Joseph Ill. Earle. AT the time the
stores were closed and the various spe-
cial parties of attendants preceded in
bodies to the residence to form the big
funeral cOrtege. Ten carriages lined
up in front of the Mansion House and
received the Washington delegation
(about 20) and the State officers and
others. The Greenvilie Bar met at the
court house, formed in line and pro-
ceded thence to the residence. The
mayor and city council went from the
city hall. In accordance with a tele-
gram from Postmaster General Gary.
the local postoflice was also closed.
when the cortege filed into the
church at . 10 the whole town had as
sumed funeral air. The streets were
deserted to attend the funeral. AS
the bell tolled the large crowd filed
the church. Fully thirty minutes be-
fore the party arrived from the resi-
dence the big church was filed, and
hundreds OF people were turned away
for lack of room
when the funeral party arrived at
the church the crowds on the sidewalk
bowed their heads. The casket was
laden with number OF very beauti-
ful and elegant floral designs.
SOFT strains broke from the organ i'm
a minor key, the music seeming to
throb IN sympathy with the sorrowing
family.
The services was simple, in defer
ence to the expressed sentimests of the
deceased Senator, but in this it was ell
egant. The choir, consisting of Mrs.
j. r. Beattie, Mrs. Il. A. Morgan and
Mrs. William Hill, rendered music
beautifulin it's softness and simplicity.
81 would not live always" and "A Asleep
IN Jesus" were the hymns sung.
THESE, with two short appropriate
prayers and few scripture selections
constituted the ceremony, which WAS
only thirty-five minutes long. The
pastor, Rev. DR.. G. 5. Gardner, spoke
as follows:
We stand under the over-shadowing
mystery OF death, a mystery which no
human philosophy has been able to re-
lleve OF its gloom. In this instance its
darkness has been intensified by the
peculiar circumstances in which the
stroke has fallen. A noble and bril-
liant life has been cut short in the
hour OF its supreme usefulness. We
thank God that there rests upon it no
stain of dishonor. In il truth has not
been sacrificed and courage has not
faltered. Death has put a period to a
career i'm the vicissitudes of which
there has been consistently maintain
ed bearing which sugge sts i'm the
fullness OF its original meaning that
fine old designation, gentleman. He
feared God and no man: he loved
righteousness and scored every mean
In I'm, h.
Christ, and was considcrate of his
Fellow man; he gave his distin-
guished abilities in faithful service to
his country. He had high and wor-
thy ambition, and rose by patient, per-
severing effort from the common
walks OF life TO the highest honor in
the Sift OF his State, and died in the
1ullness OF his powers. But out of re-
Spect to his known wishes | cannot eX-
tend these remarks. His record is be-
fore God and before man. 1t is for
God to Judge. 1t is for Us to cherish
precious memories and to be stirred
by his example to high endeav or; and
in the sorrow which we cannot but
feel to listen not to the vain speech of
man, but to the words of Him who
speaks out of the Unseen and Eternal
with infinite knowledge and power
and love, and whose voice alone can
bring comfort and peace to broken
hearts"
In the procession to the cemetery
there were thirty-eight carriages, and
about two thousand attendants follow
ed on foot. The interment was i'm
Christ (EpiscopaD Cemetery. The SER
vices were concluded at the grave by
the singing of Nearer, My God, to
Thee and short prayer by Dr.
Gardner.