The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-19
were held. Rev. Matthias L. Haines pas

were held. Rev. Matthias L. Haines, pas
tor OF the First Presbyterian Church, of
which Ex-Governor Mount was an active
member, was the officiating minister and he
was assisted by Rev. j. Cumming Smith,
pastor OF Tabernacle Presbyterian Church.
The services were inaugurated by the quar-
tet choir, composed OF Messrs. Nell. Greene
and Van VIE and Mrs. Nell, singing Rock
OF Ages In low tones. full OF feeling. Mrs.
CHARLES +. Hansen presided at the organ.
The only attempt at reserving seats In the
church was TO provide places for Mrs.
Mount and the members OF the immediate
FAMILY and circle of friends. Aside from
this, the church was filled to overlooking
with people of all stations in life. The rich
trapping and uniforms of high military
officers rested against clothes of private
citizens. People of wealth and culture sat
side by side with those whose closest COM
panion Is poverty and to whom learning IS
a total stranger. General Harrison and his
wife occupied chairs near the front OF the
church. II was a graphic illustration Oh
the way in which death brushes aside all
distinctions of caste. The vast congTe ga-
ton. made up as 1t was of all sorts and
conditions of men. had but one moving i'm
pulse-to pay tribute of respect 70 the
memory of one who held the esteem or ali.
The coffin was placed on low PLATFORM
hung with black, just In front of the ros-
trum, which was heavily draped, forming
a black background for rich masses or
flowers and palms-a splendid symbol or
death in the midst of beautiful, fragrant
life. The casket was hidden beneath the
rich folds of a silken banner, which was
in turn covered with wreaths of flowers.
DIR. HARNESS PRAYER.
When the sympathetic strains of the
grand old hymn died away into silence
the voice Of the officiating minister was
lifted in eloquent prayer. DR.. Haines said:
lv,1fO nd mi
Father, who dost not willingly grieve or
afiiict the children of men, look down IN
tender love and pity, we beseech Thee, up
on Thy servants here gathered, whose JOY
has so suddenly been turned into mourn
ing, and accord TO the multitude Thy ten
der mercies. Be pleased to uphold and
strengthen and comfort them. Give unto
US all sense of Thy presence and OF Thy
love to US in Jesus Christ, and help US all
even now to realize that earth hath no
sorrow that heaven cannot heal And may
the peace of God that passeth all under
standing keep our hearts and lives through
Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
DIR. Haines read the burial service OF the
Presbyterian Church, which is composed or
appropriate passages of Scripture. after
which he talked briefly and with feeling
and eloquence as follows:
What great and gracious message is
contained in these wordsl While they Go
not take away from us our sorrow, yet
they reveal those eternal truths in the
as a part of the will of the all-wise and
all-merciful Father. When one loved ana
Eonored goes out from US, the shadow or
a dark cloud rests upon us, but we realize
darkens out sky. No enemy hath done
this. The Lord gave and the Lord
hath taken away Then the darkness
over us is but the shadow of His wing.
Death is no accident, whether IL comes
soon or late. after long and repeated warn
ings or unexpectedly. 1t is appointed unto
men, and so 1t is a part of God s
will. This the large truth which gives
us resignation, and Christian resig-
nation is not mere submission TO the In
evitable. 1t is putting God before us and
our sorrow. Christian resignation is sub
mission to God in hope. II enables us TO
look forward with confidence to that time
and that land when sorrow for us shall
have performed it's mission and be ended;
when darkness shall give way to light and
God shall wipe away all tears from our
eyes. Then we shall begin TO realize that
the SORROWS of our earthly life are needed
disciplnes and are not worthy TO be COM
pared with the glory which shall be re-
vealed in US, and the very heart OF these
messages of God which we have read to-
gether from His word to-day is in that dis
closure of His life to us in Jesus Christ,
in the giving of Him to be the Savior from
sin and from death as well as from the
power of hopeless sorrow. Through His
work of redemption human sin is forgiven
life. %, Death. where is thy sting? Thanks
be unto our Lord Jesus Christ who hath
abolished death-abolisheG deat.,-not the
physical experience of ii, but the fear of
it, and hath brought life and Immortality
to light through His gospel Even in our
grief we praise Him. then, for that tender
and great gospel, the good news of whose
truths and blessings, as deep as mans ut
most needs, as high as mans highest OPP
portunities, and as rich as the measureless
love of the Infinite Father. These are
the truths which, one sent to pc a min
lister of that gospel, am permitted to voice
at this time.
THE BEREAVEMENT.
st am not here to dwell upon the earth
side of this bereavement. That forces itself
upon the minds of us all. j bear in mind
that we are in the presence Of death. /
bear also in mind that we are here in the
presence of Him, the divine Savior, the
Lord of life, by whom death has been con-
quered and changed into a beautitude.
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord;
yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest
from their labors. If any man among us
needed rest from wearing labors he whom
we mourn did. He has in truth given his
life an offering for the well-being of his
State that he loved so Loyalty and served
so faithfully. 1t is not for me here to-day
TO attempt to speak of the service he rem
dered, the positions he filled and the man
ner in which he carried himself under the
varied responsibilities OF the strenuous and
useful life that he lived. All that has been
done by those among you who have been
associated with him in high places of serv-
ice. A mans life is his truest epitaph and
in the case of this man his best eulogy.
Back of all his achievements and greater
than them all was the unassuming
straightforward, sturdy manhood that he
developed and maintained. For he was a
Just man who feared God and eschewed
evil, whose hands were clean and whose
purpose was pure.
I'VE are richer in this commonwealth of
Indiana in that which truly dignif1es life
because he has lived. He has demonstrated
what some men unfortunately have come to
doubt-that the highest success can be won
by combined industry, fidelity, honest meth
DDS and the translation of godly principle
into daily living. A great Englishman once
said: Every man should leave behind him
life by his fellow-citizens.' The recollec-
tons OF the life Of our friend as they exist
in our minds to-day and in the minds and
hearts of multitudes throughout our State
are his real monument. / do not stand
here TO utter words OF eulogy. He himself
were he with us-plain in manner, unpre-
tentiouS in spirit-would be quick to re-
rudiate any attempt at parading his actions
and his qualities of character.
HAD LIMITATIONS.
HE had his limitations, for like all of
us he was human. But say what all of
noble and beneficent, high in its purposes
fearless in its devotion to principle, kindly
I'm its spirit, exceptionally helpful in its in