The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18


dent were Senator and Mrs. Fairbanks,
Senator Beveridge, Gov. Nash and party
of Ohio, Gov. Yates and party of Illinois,
Congressman Watson, Cromer, Overstreet,
Steele, Crumpa cker and many other dis
tinguished men.
When all had taken their seats MIR.
Haines advanced to the front of the pulpit
platform and. resting his left hand upon
the large church Bible, opened the SER
vice by saying:
II am the resurrection and the life. He
that believeth on Me, though he were
dead, yet shall he live, and he that liveth
and be,ieveth on Me shall never die"
Mr.. Niccols then read from 1 Corin-
thians, XIV, 1888, INCLUSIVE, after which
Mr.. Hsines offered prayer.
After the prayer the choir rendered the
hymn, Rock of Ages" in beautiful and
impressive manner. This was Gen. Har-
risons favorite hymn and it is said it is
the only one he ever attempted to sing.
Following the hymn, Dr. Niccolls read
portions of Scripture from the fourteenth
chapter of St. John, and the 21st chapter
of Revelations, after which DR.. HaineS
delivered the address.
Rev. Mr.. Haines' Address.
In his address the minister said:
Full and fitting tributes to Gen. Har-
rison's pubic career and to his high
achievements have already been paid by
many of you, by you who knew him so
well and for long years have been as
sociated with him in high places. ms
is no time for repetition of the life record
familiar to you all. We are all mourners
here to-day. There is no gathering of
strangers offering perfunctory tribute of
grief. Some of US are comparative strang
ers to one another, but ali of us, whether
from distant cities and states or from
this, his own commonwealth and home
city, are friends and neighbors who hold
him in deserved personal esteem and
honor. The story Of his life, strenuous In
it's endeavor, high in its IDEALS persistent
in its loyalty to recttude and to country
and to God is a rich heritage. We will not
be ashamed to open that page in our ma
tion's annals where his name has a fore
most place. The camps and battlefields
where he exhibited the devotion of he
roic soldier of his country, the courts of
law in which. by ability and industry, he
won merited competence and wide fame,
and kept good name; the fierce, passion
swept arena OF political life. where he
batted unto the last, courageusly and
continuously, for what he believed to be
principles of constitutional government;
the tremendous burdens and responsibili-
ties of the office of chief magistrate,
where he never failed to keep principle
above policy and furnish the American
republic an administration nobiy wise
just and clean. and in the years sinde
broad-minded citizen. close in
touch with the great problems
! that are most affecting the lives of men,
the problems of government, of educa ton
of charity, of religion, recollection of all
he has said and done comes to us now
with pecu.air impressiveness. What is
brought home to the minds of us all IS the
number of ways through speech and pen,
| and deed he touched the different grades
OF society in the city, in the common
wealth, in the nation and in the church
and always touched them to finer issues.
| His life was dilgent and many-sided in
| its activities and never stopped growing
| and expanding. II has seemed to many of
us that that life was never more vigorous
Intellectually. perhaps wider influential
| ly, than it was at the very time the sum-
mons of God came, calling His servant to
| come up higher The departure of such
! a man from the land leaves a heavier
weight of responsibility upon you who re-
main. Like all really great men, he gave
one the impression of a reserved power
| upon which he had not drawn and we
carried the feeling that there were re-
serves in his nature for achievements be-
| yond any yet realized. 1t may be the in
| It
vice for him yonder. OF the life of that
realm we know little, but we are told that
| there His servants shall serve Him.
Was American to the Core.
The fiber of his patriotism was Ameri-
| can to the core. Fifty does the flag of the
| nation cover his casket and adorn the
walls at this service That fiagi How
| must it really meant to him. How time
| and time again 1t sent the blood racing
| through his veins! How his very tones
| would grow tremulous as it's waving fold )
| met his eyes and his voice was uplifted
| i'm support of all that 1t symbolized. Pa
| triotism is a great word here in America
| and is growing greater. A distinguished
| scholar has declared that the development
| of individual manhood is all that is vital
| In human history, and that is true. 1t
| is the highest product of our civilization
"He was never false to himself. Under
| meath his speech and actions there was
the bedrock of moral principle. When
you reached that you reached something
| that was immovabe. | speak of it as
manifestation of the power and grace Of
the living God in whom he believed, for
at the foundation Of his character was
his religious faith. strong and clear"
Dr. Niccolls offered prayer. The SER
vices were closed with a baritone solo,
"Hark, Hark, My SOUL
Thence the party were driven to the
| cemetery where gathered around the Har-
! rison lot in Crown Hill Cemetery and
standing in solid masses along the wind
| ing road which led to the place, were
thousands Of people.
Mrs. Harrison's Grief.
Mrs. Harrison took her place at the
head OF the coffin, which had been borne
TO the side Of the grave by the pallbearers.
Through the heavy mourning veil which
she wore there were visible marked signs
OF her grief. Her lips trembled contiu-
ually and il was evident that she kept
her emotion under control by a great
effort
Near her on the left was the General s
son. Russell b. Harrison. with his wife
and MIR. and Mrs Mckee. Col. Harrison
kept his eyes fixed upon the casket never
taking them away from It during che ser
vices. Mrs. Russell Harrison and Mrs.
Mckee were composed, but now and then
a little storm OF emotion would shake
them. and their faces would be buried
IN their hahdkerchiefs. The brothers OF
| Gen. Harrison. John Scott Harrison and
| Carter b. Harrison. stood close together,
| ala men, with faces that revealed how
deeply they felt their loss Mrs. New
| conner and Mr.. and Mrs s. v Morris
were together az the side Of the grave.
The other relatives stood 20 the left enc
| siRhtiy below them IN the circle, which
was formed for the service Of burisL
The President st the Grave
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