St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-16

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Tributes to the Great Preacher.
Simple but deeply impressive funeral
services were held on Thursday and Fri
day of last week over the body of Rev.
Charles Marion Lamson, whose sudden
death was chronicled last week.
The services at the North Church were
held at $50 Thursday morning. Beau
tiful floral tributes were arranged around
the pulpit, mostly tributes from loving
friends in the North church. The funeral
was in charge of William c. Tyler and
the church was we'll filled with the for
mer parishioners and friends of the be-
loved pastor. The service was conduc-
ted by Rev. DR.. Judson Smith OF Boston,
senior secretary of the American Board.
AS the funeral procession, headed by
DR.. Smith and Dea. L. G. Spencer, one Of
the honorary bearers, entered the church
Miss Margaret Gorham softly played
the organ. Following the officiating
clergyman and the senior deacon were
these honorary bearers; Emerson Hall,
DR.. H. c. Newell, Charles P. Carpenter,
Robert Mackinnon, L. D. Hazen, El-
more T. Ide, DR.. J. L. Perkins, George H.
Cross, c. c. Bingham and John o. Hale.
The pure white casket laden with fo-
raj tributes, was borne by these bearers,
Frank H. Brooks, A. L. Farwell. P. F.
Hazen, Arthur F. Stone, E. A. Silsby,
John c. Clark.
The male quartette from the church
choir sang "Still with thee" after which
DR.. Smith read the scriptures and offered
a most tender and beautiful prayer.
After the benediction was pronounced
the remains were taken to the depot,
accompanied by the bearers and honor
ary bearers. AS special mark of res
pect all the stores were closed during the
service. The body was placed in a spe-
cial car, which was attached to the
White Mountain express. Besides the
immediate family, 13 members of the
North church accompanied the party to
Hartford Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H.
Brooks, Mr.. and Mrs. P. F. Hazen, Mr..
and Mis-. Arthur F. Stone, Mrs. A. r.
Willard, Mrs. c. M. Stone, Emerson
Hall, George H. Cross, E. A. Silsby,
William {. Tyler, L. G. Spencer, and DR..
Judson Smith.
THE SERVICES AT HARTFORD.
The train reached Hartford at 4 80,
where carriages were taken for the
Center Congregational church, which
was filled to OVERLOOKING long before the
service commenced. The pulpit was
banked with palms and ferns and many
floral tributes were arranged in front of
the pulpit, the gifts of members of both
the North and Center churches and of
personal friends. The services here were
in charge of Prof Williston Walker, son
of the pastor emeritus of the church and
professor in the Hartford Theological
seminary. AS the funeral procession
entered the church the assembly arose
and Prot. Walker began intoning the
burial chant, 81 am the resurrection and
the life" with chanted responses by
quartette choir. The following invoca-
tion was then offered by Prof. Walker:
Lord of the living and the dead, we
come into thy presence in our sorrow,
asking thy comfort in our affection, the
consultations of thy spirit in our neces-
stiles, and thy blessing upon us in all the
sad duties of this hour Thou who
dids't shed the tear OF human sorrow
when in mortal form thou stoodest by
the grave of friend, thou who hast
thyself tasted the sharpness of death,
grant us that we may know thee as the
resurrection and the life and may see
through thy opened sepulchre the many
mansions which are prepared for those
that love thee.-Amen."
The choir then sang: 10 God, our help
in ages past" after which DR.. Judson
Smith read the following scripture selec-
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V: 1.1O, Rom. VIII: 1899, Rev. XXI:
II.
The hymn, Beneath the cross Of Jesus
l fain would take my stand" was then
sung after which Prof. Walker offered
the following prayer:
Almighty and eternal God, our Heaven
ly Father, be with us in this hour and
grant us thy blessing Thy ways are
not our ways neither are thy thoughts
our thoughts. Thou givest and thou
takest away. We bow before thee in
common grief. We understand not thy
will. Thy purposes are a great deep,
and thy ways are mysterious to our
finite comprehension. But we look up
to thee in humble trust that thou doest
all things well. To whom can we go in
our sorrow; but to thee, thou God of all
comfort, asking thee to grant us thy
peace as we mourn before thee. Thou
hast laid thy Christening hand upon us
in love, we believe; but we are grievously
afflicted. Thou hast taken from us one
who was our friend one who had en-
deared himself in peculiar degree to the
city in which we dwell; Que whom thou
madest messenger of comfort to those
in sorrow, OF help to the burdened, oi
cheer to the down,cast; one who was a
leader in every good work. Thou hast
taken from this ancient church its pastor
and it's guide. Thou hast removed from