Evening star., 1901-09-17

win permit him to fall into oblivion? The
instincts of morality are in all good men,
The divine word of the Scripture leaves us
no room for doubt. t. said one whom he
trusted. am the resurrection and the life.
He that believeth In Me, though he were
dead. yet shall he live, and whosoever
hveth and believeth in Me shall never die
Lost to us. but not to his God. Lost
from earth, but entered heaven. Lost from
these labors and tolls and perils. but
entered into the everlasting peace and ever
advancing progress. Blessed be God, who
gives us this hope In this hour of our
calamity. and enables US to triumph
through Him who hath redeemed US.
If there Is a personal Immortality he
fore him. let US also rejoice that there Is
an immortality and memory in the hearts
OF large and ever growing people, who.
through the ages to come. the generations
that are yet to be, will look back upon this
life; upon its nobility and purity and
service to humanity. and thank God for It.
The years draw ON when his name shall be
counted among the fllustrious Of the earth.
William of Orange Is not dead Cromwell
Is not dead. Washington lives tn the hearts
and lives Of his cotrntrymen- Lincoln. with
his infinite sorrow, lives to teach us and
lead us on. And Mckinley shall summon
all statesmen and all his countrymen to
purer living. noblef aims. sweeter faith and
immortal blessednessa =
At the conclu2fon of the sermon. when
the choir began. the hymn Nearer, My
God, to Thee" As b3 Common consent the
audience joined FL the refrain The hearts
Of all vibrated to the familiar words. and a
feeling Of hallowedS resignation seemed to
have crept into fne lire Of all as the bless
ing OF God was asked by Rev. w. H. Chap
man. acting pastor Of Metropolitan M. e.
Church. upon the living and upon the
dead J. = s.f..
The Music. -
The music faEt the service was rendered
by the choir Of the, Presidents church,
augmented by several artists The singers
were seated at the west end OF the cata-
falane I'm q satntcirct around an organ.
Tho hymns. .weEe,r repdsEsd under the, dtrec-i
tion Of Mr.. Perry B. Turpin, tenor, who,
with Miss Elisabeth WaKley, soprano; Miss
Matte e. Gray. alto, and Mr.. Herbert D.
Lawson. bass. and Mr. A, p. Taskar, or
ganist, constituted ths choir, which was
assisted by Mrs. Thomas c. Noyes, So
prano; Miss Elisabeth Stuart, alto; Mr.. w.
ID. Mcfarland, tenor. and Mr.. Frank p.
Reeside. basso.
The three selections. were Lead, Kindly
Light" choir; Sometime We viii Under
stand" by Mrs. Fhos. C.. Noyes assisted
by choir. and Nearer, My God. to Thee"
by the choir.
A Distinsaished Gathering.
1t was a distinguished gathering that
listened to the exercises. Within the ro-
tunda 750 light chairs had been arranged,
and allotted to the Supreme Court, diplo-
matte corps. Congress- the army and navy
and various others; who had been invited
to be present Among the senators who
were present were Senators Proctor. Cul-
lom. Dolliver, Cfxpp. Nelson, Tillman.
Hawley, Mason, Mallory, Pritchard. Nc
Comas, McLaurin. Elkins, Harris, Kern.
Hanna, Frye. Platt Of Connecticut. Platt
Of New York. Hale. Money and Shoup.
Admiral Dewey occupied a seat at the
head OF the section reserved for the navy.
Among the representatives were Richard
son Of Tennessee, Dalzell Of Pennsylyania.
Burton of Ohio. Grosvenor Of Ohio, Sher-
man Of New York. Hopkins of Illinois.
Cannon Of Illinois, Ray of New York, Bin@-
ham of Pennsylvania. BromweI Of Ohio.
McCieary, Livingston, of Georgia, Bab-
cock and Jenkins Of Wisconsin Former
Senators German Of Maryland and Blair
Of New Hampshire. were present. Perry
S. Heath, secretary OF the republican
national committee; was present, as were
Commissioners Macfarland and Beach.
Rev. DR.. Stafford Of st. Patrick's Cath
Ollie Church was among those present.
Mr.. John Wanamaker of PHILADELPHIA oc-
cupied a seat near the President and his
cabinet.
Former Senator Henderson was among
those present. Others who occupied seats
in the rotunda were: Mayor Hart of Ros-
ton. Mayor Myers Of Savannah, Mr.. LIE
Doux E. Smith, representing the state of
Louisiana; Mr.. H. E. .Tremaine, president Of
the Republican Club Of New York: Gen.
Bates, paymaster general; Col Ward. act
ing adjutant general; Col. Kimball. acting
quartermaster general: Mayor smythe Of
Charleston. 8. c.: 4nasSr Of Richmond. Va
Mr.. Chas. H. Butler, REPRESENTING the city
Of Yonkers. N. representatives OF the
city of PhiladelRAia: the Union League of
New York. the UhiohoLeague of Philadel-
phia; Mr.. Crosby 3 MHyes and Mr. Thomas
c. Noyes Of Wasrinsfoa. D. c.: Mr.. White
law fteiUss e4-13faB1esE ,CharleH E. Allen.
ex-Secretary C.odNjeRiiss Of New York
Mr.. ]. w. Fostef Mr1.c. Moberly Bell. edi-
tor Of London meys Colonel Arthur n.
Lee. royal army; eK-aecretary r. A. Aleer.
Colonel Frank il Hscker Of Detroit Mr..
John Byrne of Neweb York, representinr
Democratic Honsat N8bey League Of Amer
lea; General JosephstW. Plume Of New
York. vice commmdesasoyal Legion: Judge
Henry L. Burnett. United States di.trict
attorney. New YHrk: Ar. Howland Of Out
look. General w>oWabudIey. Mra !. Ellen
Foster and Mrs. w. ID. .Beckham of Ohio.
The following governors OF states were
present: Governor Gregory Of Rhode Island.
Governor Yates OF Illinois. Governor Hill
Of Maine. Governor Crane Of Massachu-
sstts, Governor Russell Of North Carolina,
Governor White OF West Virginia, Cover
nor Stickney OF Vermont. Governor voor-
hees Of New Jersey. COL Stone, represents
Ing the governor OF California
The Congressional Train.
The train bearing the members OF Con-
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