Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-04-23

Funeral Services Over Remains
OF Rev. t. Dewitt Talmage.
Or. Hamlin, In His Beautiful Address,
Pictured Or. Talmage as One Of
the Greatest clersymen of
the Century.

h'S
Washington. April 16-Funeral serv-
ices were held at the Church o: the
Covenant Tuesday afternoon over tho
body of Rev. DR.. T. Dewitt Talmage.
who passed away Saturday. rhe large
church was packed and crowded to the
doors.
The funeral ceremony began at
o'clock and lasted considerably over an
hour Rev. DR.. Teunis s. Hamlin. mas
tor of the Church of the Covenant. and
Rev Drs. Thomas Chalmers Easton,
OF this city; S. J. Nichols and James
Demarest, both of Brooklyn. oficiated.
The casket rested Immediately in front
OF the pulpit, and over il was a mas
sive bed of violets. The floral offer
ings were humorous. mostly of lilies
OF the valley AID white roses. includ-
Ing a wreath sent from the white
house by President and Mrs. Roose.
welt. The members of the stricken
families occupied pews on the right.
while across the aisle from them were
che honorary pall-bearers: JUS
tees Harlan and Brewer. of the
United States supreme court; Senators
Cullom (IllD, Burrows (Mich0 and
bolivar CIaD; Representative William
Alden Smith (MichO, eX-SeCretary of
state John w. Foster. Rev. Drs. Louis
hlepsch. Of New York, and Bittinger
and Fiske. of this city; DR.. c.. l.. Ma.
gruder. of this city; +. +. Branch and
T. NJ. Lawrence. life long Brooklyn
friends of the dead minister, and r. II.
Warner. of this city.
After the family had entered the
male quartette sang Lead. Kindly
Light" a favorrte hymn of DR.. Tai.
mage, and during the services sang
Beyond the Smiling and the Weep
Ing and 1T Is Well With My Soul"
DR.. Hamlin in his address pictured DR..
Taimage as one of the greatest clergy.
men of the century. He said DR.. Tai.
mage in his marvellous word pictures
always bespoke hope and cheer; that
he aimed at the hearts and emotions
OF the people instead of at their in
tellcCt
DR.. Demarest referred TO the stu
dent life OF the deceased. He said DR..
Talmage some times had been charged
with being sensational, but he was
sensational because he must be. and
L was natural. He had in his early
college life shown the same marks
OF brilliant. meteorici genius that won
their way TO great achievements in the
latter life.
Dr. Easton sand that Beecher. Spur
geon and Talmage were the three
greatest preachers of the century. but
that the last named was the prince of
the pulpit.
Dr. Nichols referred to the dead
mans philanthropic deeds and char
actcrized him as a brave heart and
noble soldier of the cross.
Dr. Hamlin closed the services with
prayer. asking the divine mercy and
consolation for the stricken family.
Then the immediate relatives. first
Mrs. Talmage leaning on the arm OF
her eldest son. Rev. Frank Talmage,
Of Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence L..
Wyckoff of Utica. n. Y; Mr.. and Mrs.
Maganu. New ork; Mrs. Donnau. OF
Richmond, and others of the family
following passed to their carriages.
Following this he crowd within the
church passed before the bier. The
casket remained in the church until
late Tuesday evening, when It was
placed on a special car attached TO the
Pennsylvania railroad train leaving
here for New York at 1910 o'clock a.
m. where the remains will be inferred
at Greenwood cemetery in Brooklyn
after services conducted by Rev. DR..
Howard Suydam. OF Rhlnebeck, N. Y.