The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-26

By the friends Of the 1 family H the two large
rooms s.s across IN. hal being also filled BY
The Mtror9,an mixed Pe sSsrtete Pesce PeTy
feet Peace, The Rev pr. David Magic. pastor
HsS 81 the so% .ss wnsh
her sf .sa not wd aSFa There %' w ss'p,
over. The Capitol police led by Capt. sarden
bore the coffin on which was s,rewn white
the hearse and the soldiers formed a guard
Ct honor around II. President Mckinley. Chief
Justice Fuller and the Cabinet officers went out
% ch,Sr% nsr We're vift ny %Sp s TssiS
The nfs the walked s6SSd G keen 'sf ssS
From the house to the Church Of the
rsachei the church so long am IN advance Of the
funeral procession RoinRon foot. that the Pres
ident was in his seat Ave minutes befcre the
carriages. and The palIbearers and senators
As the procession passei The crowds stood I'M
between Carroll Hail" and the church door
70 shoulder. s'ood and waited ~ silence, filling
the street on three sides of the but ding There
police en artillerymrn who Torment the tines
had only TO stand and quietly indicate the inn
9e mott nSsns n
made at any ,ime to oversten 'hos- limits. but
because Of the density OF the crowd Il was
entrance. Before the funeral procession ar
riysi the seats allotted to the state and city
officials and to the members Of the House OF
Represen tatives w"r. filed and the rear Of the
pulpit was lined with standing men who were
hidden by the masses OF flowers aud foliage
Palm, and flowers made beautiful the
Goth interior Of he church. From the, a. e
across to the pulpit row, Of palms reared the
spreading green OF their leaves Great
wreathes and misses Of roses aud orchids ~
cent eqt hs Of ha
and were mass.d around the windows against
background Of smilaS and ferns. On n sides
we're bloom and ira rance. centring ia the pull
pit, the middle OF which was a grOtto NJ flowers
and ems rising head high on either hand The
by the Citizens ommittee OF Fifty and acnrns
o. ushers made up AZ iu.ows; John X, Beam
E XIII aAh dsw R; Oq FnBk F GyGs Hmm Eny
" I, bell. % IT, Lessitt %i.ss.. ~ cfevss"d
1t waf quarter hetore. when tn funeral
proces- lon reached thu church an marched in
March. When the comm was half way Town
the aisle there rose above the mutiled beat OF
ann The CT and the hat
hslisyeth in Ne. though no were dead. yet
II was Dr.. Magic. reading as he walked. He
sterped INTO the pulpit. The CONN was set on
the standards and the march throbbei though
Gs sagssh IA tn the 0as S s1wy
KreRation ever sat in an American church.
Through the body, OF the church the..ye re-ted
reputation, The seats had been carefully as
siHned and the ushers instructed. so there was
no disorder or d!fti 'ulty in the seating. When
oil were In place the arrangement was this:
On the west 81 :. OF the middle ais,e Mere
hHr n Hckiney and secrstary oi state .
Secretary Of War Root. Secretary ~ the Navy
Long; Secretary o. r. TIeH.ury Gaze Secrs-
rotary q AsIcglturs Wilson 50, IN the next
Supreme Court, nliIng double, pew Tint sx.
tended through n the site aisle. br RiIsy.
President M st ohy.iGissn ME pGT,s1'
the Assistant Secretary, hal the n n seat. aud
from there TO tho rear OF the church, along the
vest side OF tn. middle aisle, the United states
The east side 3t,he mil i,e aisle was given
the ,my and son lends o. r .Gs Ssnd
Hobart Garret 4. Hnbnrt. il. and Hobart
lutte. Then came David 4 Hobart, tn Vice:
William X Nsw!2u. JUG and Ms. Bar dow
;h this one wers oecutiet bv the personal TsiI.
bearers; the rallb 'arers rom the senate and
he sanrar"Ts rom w. ,1ss ATrHss irS n
on 'he east side OF the aisle sat nemuers OF the
Hou,s OF EeIf-ssntH,ives .,,,.,,,..o.
SAFE %ar,s. nd CO.. TT.@d%S.i: rsr5s.rn,.ps
sur r Court II New. Jsr-1y, the chance Tor
aud Vice. Chancellors Of. New Jersey anil State
cre eH Of '1 Which M Fn H@Ss t0@ Was % an
The socieiy Of Useful Nsnn'a'tursr-. the PARK
s''s rev; were re Tssr S,s for he ovSfraow
who could not flnd place in the mid lie aisle
seats Ip the, first new on the east ais'e sat
ex:vIc et s..'sHt Levi No,,On and s.cr.i
! Gary and rx-secr'tary Of the Interior Bliss sat
| In the next seat. api behind th"m A. Wilcox.
.hs personal REPRESENTATIVE OF ihe Hobart
family; On this alsie, ,h,, rsmaT!gg psws
Tassac county Officials. md delegations from ON
the Hpb"ke Ferry Company. various banks,
Of trade and the Hobart Guards: Further along
Of "a. Pssr sor Pos, 6ea ocas e..
tIustees and elders o. the church: c'eraymen
ss EsaS fa ss. nng .as
on the west side were the Republican County
! Committee and a special delegation from LONG
personal friends oi The HohsTt family. ~
The Row DR. Charlie. u, shaw, pastor NJ the
Iopd, thou hast been "" our dSainS &C" IL
al genera,,ons. and the passage from Job be.
rh. @a mo refI by WSa thu
Ny Col. to Thee" Dir. Hobar''s favorI'c hymn
| pealed out from the organ and the notes had
! hardly died away yhen the har monies were
taken IN. by the orpb.r. Club; a .pentit
chorus OF mems voices. the singers b~Inl
/ almost concealed behind The palms and flowers
st the front OF the church: President McKin
| ley. who htd sat upright after the prayer. BEN
his head again, and there were many othe
heads bowed all over the church as the music
| o. the old hymn sweiled and died. and sweiieC
again to the end. DR.; Magic rose at the close
OF tn. hymn and made this address:
God alone is great. From everlasting e
the work OF His hands. They shall perish
but He shall endure. yea, all OF them shal
| wax old as q garment. and "a q v~stnre shal
| they be changed. or His years there In M
, end H" doeth according to His will in III,
army OF heaven and among the inhabitants %
the earth, none can stay his hand. nor have
any right TO gay unto Him what doHst Thou.
cause our days upon earth are n shadow.
We all do fade as a ieaf;' Al lie down alike Il
tho dust' Man being In honor abd"th not.
Dust returns TO dust AMI tho spirit unto Coz
who gave IT,
in this day OF national calamity and grief I
Ia ftting W. should come into the house o
God and bow in submt.slon before the Mos
High God, Garrett 4 Hobart, the man whom