New-York tribune., 1901-09-20
IN ABBEY AND CATHEDRAL
STATELY SERVICES IN WESTMINSTER
AND ST. PAULS-ALL CLASSES
HONOR MKINLEY.
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London, Sept. 20 q. ma close approach to
church unity made by the religious bodies
OF London in honoring the memory of the muir
dered President The Nonconformist and Free
Churches united in the memorial service in the
City Temple where the platform was decorated
with flags of all nations and occupied by min
listers Of many Protestant bodies. The burial
Office was repeated in Westminster Abbey with
stately simplicity in the presence of repre-
sentatives of royalty. the full Doplimatic Corps,
many leading Englishnlen and vast concourse
Of spectators. A service, a solemn supplication
modelled closely after the one held after the
death Of Queen Victoria, reverently fol-
lowed by an assemblage filing every available
yard Of floor space in st. Paul's Cathedral.
There Were special services in st. Martin's-in-
the-Fields and other English churches and yes
rers the Roman Catholic Cathedral We're
we'll nigh converted into a memorial service to
the President. An anarchists revolver has
united the religious world in reverent acts of
homage to the memory of the hearty. old fash
icned Methodist who was the first citizen of the
great republic.
Among these services the most impressive
was the in the storied Abbey. The nave
and north transept were filled long before noon
and the south transept was occupied mainly By
members Of the American Society and their
friends The staff of the American Embassy
acted as ushers for the choir. where the repre-
sentatives Of royalty and members of the Cabi-
net were seated with the Diplomatic Corps and
distinguished company. Lord Rosebery's in
telectual face was near Lord Pauncefote's bent
figure. and Lord Cranborne Sir William Har-
court, the Lord Chief Justice, Sir William Col
the choir stalls. The service opened with
IsehaikOwskys and Chopin's funeral marches,
the calm. reflective. almost logical, movement
OF the one contrasting with the purity and eX-
aiation of the other The procession of Choir
'sters and clergy was seen through screen door
advancing from the remote end OF the nave
crowded with spectators. The opening SEN
fences OF the burial office chanted by the
choir Of thirty-six men and boys and the clergy
"a three groups with the insignia Of the chap
Ter draped, slowly passed to their places
Nearer, My God to Thee" sung to the
Lnglsh score written by the Rev. j. B. Dykes.
the voices of sopranos and tenors ringing out
N the higher passages. The Ninetieth Psalm,
with Purcelrs setting. was followed by the
iesson. read with simple eloquence by Dean
bradley. passage from Arthur Sullivan S
Light Of the World" beginning Yea, though /
cacy and shading by the choir and was a fitting
prelude forsan interval of silent prayer for the
residents hereaved wife Spohrs "Blest Are
'he Departed from THE Last judgment" was
sung most impressively and followed by
,he Dead March from saul" magnifcently
played on the great organ. Beethoven was sub
'ected TO a supreme test in being reserved eor
Hle hnal number after this uplifting funeral
march, but the organist's judgment was vindi-
eated The funeral march from the Death of
nero closed the service with epical dignity
worthy OF the glorious memories of the Abbey
ana The supreme act OF reverent homage for a
PRESIDENT suffering martyrdom for the cause OF
civilized government
ihe service at st. Paul's was opened by series
y funeral marches played with refinement and
ieehng by the organist. 1t was simple but beau
uiui choral service. beginning with the Lords
rfayer, continuing with Sir John Martins set
ing OF DE Profundis" and Stainer's "Miserere
ana closing with the anthem. "I Heard Voice. "
pfayers from the English service with William
Achinlcy's name written In, and with the hymn
Goo, Our Help In Ages Past" sung by vast
congregation with thrilling effect. The supreme
'o'hent was reserved for the end when the
thousands stood reverenty while Handers
"achiess funeral march was played on the sill
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