The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-03


OF roses, BrsmhalI LsNgne; pinks, John
n. Grant; wreath. yellow roses. Cumbsr-
land Club; wreath, bsll American beau
tiss, Mr. and Mrs.. W. =. Eaton; cross.
MFR. Geo. W. viii ams. Salem; star.
Country club: anchor. Mains Eye and
Ear IDnrmary basket OF roses, Portland
and Rumford Falls railway; Tyre. ssso-
cite general ofiio1s Maine Central rail-
way; lilies, AR. and Mrs. I II. Randall;
lilies, Col. and Mrs. n. N. Dow; crescent
and stand. MIR. and Mrs. Il. b. Wnnslew !;
ards; white. roses, John, Robert and
George Aurphy; basket PINK roses, Port
land and Rumford Falls railway; pillow,
Twitohsll- ChampIin Co.; pink roses,
Mira Sarah J. Glover; pink ross, Mrs.
A K. Wight; red and white roses, MIR.
]. p. Murphy: broken column, Ars. W.
h. Grant: set piece. Ancient and Hon
orable Artillery company; roses, Mr.. Il.
4. bacon; pInks. Mrs. David A. Stanley |;
lilies, MIR. and Mrs. John A. Lowell; PINK
ROSES. Miss l.. @. Russell and Miss Rus
cell; 80 pink roses and ferns, Mrs. ELIAS
MiIliken; large bunch of red roses. nep
haws and nieoss.
The services Mt the church were under
charge of the knights Templar. and
Portland Commandery formed In front
of It's : sylum on Exchange street, under
command OF Eminent Commander
Charles u. Clark, with the American
Cadet hand at its head, snd proceeding
to the church accompanied By the officers
of the Grand Commandsry In carriages.
A delegation from st. Alban Comman-
derry and other knights were In lines.
At the church the Knights marched to
the places assigned them, while Rev. DR..
Worcester. the PIslats Of the Portland
Commandery, dressed In h!s full robes
of oiiioe, stationed himself at the head
of tho caSket and tendsrly plaosd on c
beautiful cross OF white flowers, the
smblsmatlo floral Offering Of the knights.
Near the Prelate and along either side
Of the cesket and at its front stood the
guard Of honor.
Aftsr the voluntary on the organ, hsv.
John Carroll Perkins read the palm be-
ginning "Ihe lord Is my Shepherd"
after which the Mozart quartette, com
posed of Mes5rF. Nicksrson, Merrill, Bar.
nard and Pierce. sang 'Isad Kindly
Light" Rev. MIR. Perkins then spoke
rs follows;
REV, JOHN CARROLL PERkINS'S
REMARKS.
AS IL . land scape changes when dark
cloud in the sky hurries aorois the fsos of
the sun, as a swift and lucid brook
turns to dull and heavy flowing, when q
turbid stream joins waters with 1t. so
our life is CT anged and cayksned by the
quick approach of death. Death Is the
same my stsry today Ms In the Gin twi-
light of the worlds morning. There Is
no solution to its profound, eternal Sc
crets. And while the fear of death. that
fer so many ages has pursued our shrink
ing terror stricken forebears, now gives
place 60 the universal sense OF Chris
tian love, that o. ststh out all fear; yet is
the my stsry but greater, more transcend
emit still. For now It has the keeping CT
our homes aud joy, our belief In higher
finer life to come, our trust In buoyant
opportunities, hitherto tesst by hinder
ing bounds and limits, our aspiration for
time and season when our passions
shall he held In balance and our better
genius cover all orr efforts. as the waters
cover the SEA.
1hs mystt rles Of life and death are 10
the hand OF God. He alone knoweth the
way thereof. But as his children we have
the lady entrances into all that life and
death can give And in our consciousness
of love for God, our Father, l fe and
death nre one. DsAtn calls Us here today.
But BY the side of death stands life. 1t
lie not death for which We weep, for
which our heerss are heavy. 1t Is life,
which at the call OF death stands forth as
our companion here. Our sorrow is but
the measure and the standard by which
ne estimate this life we have.
1t 10 life of power that greats us now,
holding in his hands q mighty wealth of
memories and associations. For mora
than a generation, NO thought CT act OF
his has lightly passed before the vision
OF our city or our state. There has been
no great and wide-rsaohing undertaking,
which has not turned this way CT that,
under the Influence OF the power that ne
welded. His personality has given
stamp and mark TO all those plans OF In
itiative and OF development that lie back
of the material wells 70 OF our state. 9th
or citizens shall NIL the sac rsd niohes Of a
memory that preserves the IT idltions OF
great leerniug, OF a cultured refinement,
OF deep spiritual self-oontrol aud an In
depreciation of the Inward reflective quail
tiles Of mankind. This citizen marks
an epoch in the prosperity OF our state,
with personality that begat the snthu-
siasiu and the affection OF his fellow men.
Civilized manhood Is o many sided
achievement. The building of q common
wealth in which these Institutions shall
flourish which represent the native in
stinot of the human heart and mind, Is .
divine task. For tue varied processes in
such a task, are raised up men Of
strength and genius to contribute each
hIs special gift. The ancient Gothic GA.
thedrals of France, that stand firm today
after eight centuries nave passed over
Al. 10 nd l,oI Of