Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-29
A NATIONAL FUNERAL
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and in the rear the diplomatic corps
flied considerable portion of the body
of the church. The cabinet was accom-
modated in two pews, directly behind
the Presidents pew, and the supreme
court was given similar accommoda-
lions in pews in alignment with these.
The Senate committee on foreign reIa-
tions. headed by Senator Cullom, and
the House committee on foreign affairs,
under the lead of Representative Hit,
We're behind the cabinet in the right
middle pews, and adjoining them sat
Lieut.. Gen. Miles and Admiral Dewey
with their stats, the assistant secre-
tarieS of departments and the commits
sioners of the District of Columbia.
The space in the rear of the officials
was occupied by officers of the army
and navy. The galleries We're occupied
by number of personal friends of the
Pauncefote family. a notable feature
of the attendance here was Is servants
from the embassy, for whom Lady
Pamcefote had made special provision.
The services at st. Johns church in
their general contour were very similar
to those which marked the memorial
service held in that church in honor OF
the late Queen Victoria. The large
choir of 40 men and boys took part in
the service at Lady Pauncefote's re-
quest and the three hymns sung in the
body of the service also We're of ncr
personal selection.
AS the funeral party approached the
church the music of organ and harp
were blended in splendid harmony as
II. II. Greeman. the organist, and choir
director. and Miss Anita Cluss played
in solemn rhythm Chopins grand
funeral march. Then through the choir
door on the left came the choristers
singing the hymn For All Thy Saints
ANA followed by Bishop Satterlee and
Bishop Mackay-Smith. The caSket was
borne up the entrance steps and then,
turning about, Bishops Satterlee and
Smith preceded it back into the church
reading the Scripture verses beginning:
II am the resurrection and the life
saith the Lord. and L know that my
Redeemer Iiveth.'
At the foot of the chancel steps the
casket was lowered to the waiting
stand and then the first of the hymns
selected by Lord Pauncefote, THE
Saints of God" Their Conflict Past"
the music by Sif John Stayner, the
famous English composer. was sung
by the choir. The burial anthem taken
from the Psalms was then sung to the
old Gregorian chant by the choir.
When this quaint old English chant
had ended the officiating bishop adj
vanced and read the lessons for the
burial of the dead from First Epistle
of St. Paul to the Corinthians. When
the reading was finished the choir sang
the hymn, ON the Resurrection Morn,
Soul and Body Meet Again" ana
then chanted the Apostles creed, to
music by Sir John Stayner.
The bishop. a splendid figure in his
vestments. advanced to the front Of
the chancel ana pronounced the last
words that will be spoken over the re-
mains before their interment at the
ancestral home at Preston. England
With this solemn ceremony over the
choir sang. Il Heard Il Voice From
Heaven and afterwards the hymn.
Now the Laborcr's Task Is Ger.
The closing prayers We're then said
and after the benediCtiOn was pro-
nounced the choristerS took up the
strains of Jesus, Lover of My Soul"
and marched slowly down the chancef
steps ana out the door to the left.
Meanwhile the p2ll bearers had lifted
the casket again and carried it slowly
out of the door to the right, followed
by the two BISHOPS. AS it was being
placed in the hearse the mingled
strains of organ and harp again sound
ed through the church. this time in
the grand solemn measure of the
Dead March from Saul"
At the sound Of a bugle the head of
the funeral escort swung up the street
leading the march 10 Rock Greek ceme-
terry At the expressed wish of the
family the escort from the church to
the cemetery was limited to single
squadron of United States cavalry,
which passed at first more slowly and
| then more rapidly between the lines
of troops at present arms. Not even
! the honorary pail bearers We're called
| on to accompany the remains further
| than the church, for it was held that
| here the religious services had ter
minated.
So with the mourners in their car
riages and the officiating clergymen
and a few of the embassy staff, the
terry, where they We're placed in the
receiving vault, there to remain until
such time as they should be conveyed
on a United States warship across the
Atlantic to the ancestral home of the
late Lord Pauncefote of Preston.