The age-herald., 1901-03-18
BEFORE THE GAZE OF MANY TEAR STAINED EYES THE REMAINS OF
 GEN. HARRISON ARE INFERRED


 and party of Illinois. Congressmen Wat son, Cromer, Overstreet. Steele. Crump- acker and many other distinguished men.
 Dr. Hsines opened the service by say
 ing:
 "I am the resurrection and the life He that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. and he that liveth and believeth on me shall never die"
 pr. Niccolls then read from Corinthians xv., 35-Ss, inclusive, after which Dr. Haines offered prayer.
 After the prayer the choir sang the hymn, Rock of Ages" This was Gen eral Harrison's favorite hymn and it is said this is the only one he ever attempt- ed to sing.
 Following the hymn Dr. NiccoIls read portions of scripture from the fourteenth chapter of St. John and the twenty-first chapter of Revelations, after which nr. Haines delivered the funeral address.
 Address of pr. Haines.
 "No book recognizes more fully than the Bible the sad facts of life in this world" said Dr. Haines. His judgments
 
 impressed on us a lesson of caution,
 judge nothing before the time, for we see but one part and pnrtial knowledge is misleading
 What then remains for us when we pass through such an experience? Wait and trust. The three great shadows that darken human life sin, suffering and death. Jesus Christ has by his sufferings and death and resurrection made atone ment so that forgiveness is assured, and where sin has been abandoned, grace does much more abound. He does not promise to keep men from suffering, but to sustain them under it, and to trans mute every experience of it into gain to the immortal spirit, and in the valley and shadow of death we need fear no evil for Jesus Christ has abolished death and brought life and immortality to life, so that even in the presence of the king of terrors, the true man can sing, Q, death, where is thy victory?'"
 Speaking of the subject of the funeral sermon, Dr. Haines said: This IS no time for repetition by me of the life rec ord familiar to all of you. The story of his life, so strenuous in it's endeavor, so high in it's ideals so persistent in it's loy- atty to rectitude and to country and to God, is a rich heritage. We seem to see the very scenes in which he played 50 ac- tive a part. The camps and battlefields where he exhibited the devotion of he roic soldier of his country, the courts of l law in which by combined ability and in- | No a5 nd wide fame and kept a good name; the | fierce passion-swept area of political life, where he battled unto the last courag- eously and continuously for what he be- lieved to be principles of government, the tremendous burdens and responsibili- ties of the office of chief magistrate where he never failed to give principle above policy, and furnish the American Repub- lie an administration nobly wise and just and clean; and in the years since, as a broadmnded, patriotic citizen in close touch with the great problems that are most affecting the lives of men, the prob lens of government, of education of char ity, of religion, recollection of all he has said and done comes to us now with pe- culiar impressiveness. His life was dili- gent and many-sided in it's activities and never stopped growing and expanding. It has seemed to many of us, that that life was never more vigorous intellectually perhaps wider inf1uentially than 1t was at | the very time the summons of God came calling his servant to come up higher. Like all truly great men he gave one the l impression of reserved power upon T | the feeling that there were reserves in his nature for achievements beyond any | yet realized. It may be the Infinite Father | has larger spheres of service for him yon- | der.
 | What noble example he furnished | of intelligent and courageous and con | tnuing patriotism. The fiber of his pa- | triotism was American to the core. Fitly | does the flag of the nation cover his cas- | ket and adorn the walls at this service. | That flag, how much it really meant to him. How time and time again it sent the blood racing through his veins. How | his very tones would grow tremuIous as it's waving folds met his eyes and his voice was upifted in support of all that | it symbolized. He loved his country with a passionate devotion and believed that | 1t was a country worth dying for and worth living for.
 "'Our responsibilities to God'-often have heard him use that phrase in talk and in prayer. It would be impossible to say how much we will miss him in this church; for forty years he has | adorned the doctrine of his Saviour and sustained faithful life.
 Last spring as the presiding officer of the worlds conference of Christian mis- | sions in his address, after speaking of threatening aspects of the social evils of | our times he said
 | Agencies of mans devising may ele- | vate, but they cannot cure. Christ Is the heart and His gospel of love and ministry in all the activities of life are the only 1 cure.
 1 "He being dead, yet spcaketh. ..I but voice that which I am confident l he would most desire when leave your | thoughts in this sad hour to that Divine | Redeerner in whom he trusted and be- | seech you to make him more fully than ever the guide and companion in life's 1 journey, for Jesus Christ, the son of God, | the son of man. Is the supreme power of l life and the supreme power for life, is | life indeed in this world and in that which | is to come"
 l After tho address, pr. Niccolls offered | prayer. The services were closed with a | baritone solo, "IIark, Hark, My Soul'', | in the chorus of which the entire choir | joined.