Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-21
0bsequies Over the Body of the Late
Representative Hilborn.
SERVICES HELD THIS AFTERNOON
impressive Address Delivered by
Rev. Dr.. S. M. Newman.
L A r GE ATTEN D A N G E

Funeral services over the remains of ex-
| Representative Samuel G. Hilborn of Cali
| fornia were held this afternoon at o'clock
| at the First Congregational Church, 10ta
| and G streets northwest. The casket con-
| tanning the remains was brought from the
| chapel of Garfield Hospital shortly after
| noon and deposited in front of the cnance!
| in the church. The casket Was covered
| with flowers and wreaths were placed be-
| side it. the offerings of the many friends of
| the deceased in Washington
| Many people well known In official and
| social life of the capital were present to
pay last tribute to the dead. Mr.. Hill
| horns wife and daughter were escorted
| into the church by Mr. Crosby s. Noyes,
and received the ministrations of devoted
friends In the trying hour of their aff1ic
ton The services commenced with an or
| gan prelude by DIR. ]. w. Bischoff who
| played Beethovens "Marche Funebre'
The devotional exercises We're conducted
| by the pastor of the church, Rev Dr. s. NJ.
Newman, who read the last part of the
| fifteenth chapter of the first Corinthians
and from the Seth Psalm.
DR.. Newman's Address.
DR.. Newman delivered brief but impress
! sive and eloquent address, referring also to
the life and public services of Mr.. Hlborn.
| Referring to the solemnity of an occasion
where the friends of departed citizen
| gather to pay last tribute to him, DR.. New
| man said that everything depends upon
! the manner in which the occasion is ap-
preached. The hands which UP to the noon
| hour have been idle drop to our sides; the
| voices which have been growing hard, die
| tatng the terms of our worldly interests,
| become hushed and solemn: heaven speaks
and the divine asserts itself. There should
not be merely a superficial demeanor.
! hushed outwardly and nwardly noisy and
| impatient, for that V aid indicate absence
q Of
| life.
Whenever the dark clouds are thrown
across our pathway, arresting our steps for
| the moment, we are tested. If we do not
appreciate the moment we can say nothing
reverenty about the departed. 1t Is then
| the mere dropping out of one from the hur-
| ried throng. IT, however, the spirit which
| Is brought to such an occasion discerns the
| spiritual things, it means that we pay
| honor to the departed worthily. Friendship
| then becomes true tribute. and we rejoice
| in the midst of our cares that we can de-
| voutly pleasure ourselves to the recollec-
| ton of such helper who has just gone
The Men of Maine.
DR.. Newman said that the one who is
mourned today went in early life from one
| extreme corner of the land to the far west
ern border. He was a son of Maine. The
| sons of Maine. he said, are scattered abroad
| in the land, and wherever they go their
| steps can be traced by their genius for hard
work. Wherever they are encountered
| they will not he found TO be shirkers-
They are diligent in business, earnestly
striving to dc to the best of their ability
| whatever their hands find to do. CONNER
| cial and national affairs of great import
have felt the touch of more than one son
| of that eastern state. Large numbers of
| them have entered into the development of
| the land In various sections Of this great
domain.
Mr.. Hilborn was no exception to this
| class. He entered into the activity of that
| state on the Pacific coast which had such
an interesting and energetic growth years
| ago. His alertness of mind, his industry,
| his sincere desire to promote human well
| fare, found wide field in his adopted state
| Growing in public influence and getting
| more into public affairs he was finally
| sought for the national halls of legislation
Mans Best Purpose.
| There. said DR.. Newman, his genius for
| hard work. his faithfulness to duty, may be
| said to have contributed to his end. But no
| man like him could count the cost of such
| an effort effort. 1t Is well, therefore, to
do honor TO this man. who lived strenuously
| and to effect. Dr. Newman referred to the
| interest which Mr.. Hilborn took in naval
affairs. In closing his address he said that
| in the sadness of heart think that
| this one has gone. we realize the loss of
another helpful worker We may learn that
| doing lfe's duty is the thing which is best.
Closing Services.
| At the close of the address DR.. Newman
| delivered the pastoral prayer. Mrs. Thomas
| c. Noyes then sang Some Sweet Day By
| and By
DIR. Newman pronounced the benediction
| and the congregation passed out The re-
| mains were escorted to the hearse by the
| following honorary pallbearers:
Secretary Long. Ex-Governor Sidney Per-
| ham of Maine. Rear Admiral Hichborn AS
| sociate Justice McKenna of the United
States Supreme Court. Judge Lawrence
| Weldon of the United States court of
| claims and Mr.. S. H. Kaufman.
The body was then taken in charge by
| deputation of Masons from Hope Lodge
| No 20, who escorted the remains to Rock
| Creek cemetery. where they We're placed in
! a vault with the last rites of the Masonic
burial service.