New-York tribune., 1908-01-22

Christ himself A life like his does not see death.
but passes through it,
After reading selection from Mr.. Stedman's
lines The Protest Of Faith, DR.. van
Dyke read the following poem OF his in ap
probation Of his old friend:
@ quick to feel the ightest touch
Rich h1'as n the thoughttalness id@ ns of .se.
The hopefuness of youth
The n courage 7ago. of - the sss gentle ntTe heart
To labor and endure
The blue of sprinstime IN your
AND @s TtneS sS bT9ught TaSSS youT ~ head crown
OF snow without a stain:
IRs YoB Ros kept 'lRfi an5ii the the e1t's end ns
A"2 And STe never aetd failed friend.
You followed through quest Of lie,
The light that shines above
And shows US what TO love.
itiges gss1Eqy 4ys5 a. 70 tresr 1ne pest you A1s"
You lss55y ran the-race sa-tg You fought the fight
You 4f Followed still the gieam.
We lay upon your well earned grave
The wreath of asphodel 49,, .,
We The sPfsR tsndeF sPovs word g095 FaaTewel
And well you re; fare; in &c GoS,s dis. good care
You know to-day your dearest dreams
Are true and true, and true
Mrs Kavanagh then sang John White Chad~icks
hymn 1T Singeth Low in Every Heart" set 70
the tune of Aud Lang Syne," after which an
opportunity was given the congregation to take
last look az the face of the poet
The platform of the church was strewn with
flowers from relatives friends and organizations
OF which Mr.. Stedman had been q member The
wall at the rear was hung with Wreaths' among
them one from Mr. Stedman's associates on the
Stock Exchange and another from Ambassador
UbIteIaw Reid. Fastened to the front or the pull
mir was wreath of mountain laurel studded with
laurel blossoms in gold. the Greek symbol or VIC
tory and knotted with purple ribbon and ounches
Of z-ioIets TIC this wreath was attached the card
of the National Institute of Arts and Letters OF
which Mr.. Stedman once president Five
other vreaths of like pattern, and designed TO ex-
press the appreciation of Mr.. Stedmans contrlDu-
tions to the arts, came from the Players. the
American Copyright League. the Authors Cluo
the Century Association and the executive conf
,,it+ee Of The Keats Shelley Memorial in Rome
The Psi UpsiIon fraternity. of which Mr.. Stednan
became a member Yale sent a large wreath or
mountain bearing the garnet and gold coiors Oh
the society. Other tributes from Mrs. Thomas
F2afiev AIdrfch who came from Boston to at
tend the services: the Whittier Home Association,
Mrs Mabel Osgood Wright. Mr. and Mrs Richard
Watson Glider, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Underwood
Johnson. Cyrus L. Baker. the Century Company,
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Fuller and family. o H
CTruner Miss Gertrude II. Stedman and Robert Liv-
inggton Stednan Thomas Il. Hubbard. Colonel and
Mrs William c. Church and the class of Yale, '53,
"to their poet laureate"
The members of the family at the services were
Arthur Stedn7an the poets son: Mrs. Douglas
Stedman. his daUghter-n-aw; Miss Laura Stedman,
his granddaughter: MIR and Mrs. Nelson s. Easton
the latter a half-sster of Mr. Stedman; Miss Mary
Easton Mr.. and Mrs. William Burnet Easton.
Laird Easton Clement Easton, Mrs. O. J. Church,
Of Orange. niece Of the late Mrs, Stedman; the
Rev. DR.. D. Stuart Dodge. DR.. and Mrs Thomas L.
Stedn1an, Miss Gertrude H Stedman and Robert
Livingston Stednan.
The paIIbearers were Henry Z. Rowland Rich
ard Watson Glider Robert Underwood Johnson,
Howell H. Barnes. Charles Henry Phelps. Charles
Collins William Winter D NJ. Rollins DR.. James
NJ Wilton Yale, SO, Charles G. Whiting, August
Franzen. Colonel William c. Church, Albert F.
Horton and DR.. John c. Gleason. The Players
was represented by a large delegation, headed
by William Bispham vice-president: Harrison B.
Hodges secretary. and Arnold Drummer treasurer
The Authors Club represented by Henry Nj.
Holt chairman of the executive committee, and
+ S Dellebaugh. r R. Bowker, vice-president:
Munroe Smith. treasurer, and others were present
from the American Copyright League and, besides
DR. van Dyke, Bronson Howard, vice-president
Hamilton W Mabie treasurer, and Robert Under
wood johnson, secretary, formed the official dele
CATION from the National Institute of Arts and
letters Among the members of the Century As
socia+ion of which Mr.. Stedman second vice
,,-es,dsr+ at the time his death, present
John Bgelow, president; J. q. A Ward, first vice
nresident and DR.. William H Thompson. Six OF
Mr. Stedman's classmates in Yale, 80 were among
the nnourners-Dr. James NJ. Wilton. Sherman W.
tznevaIs Theodore weston, Judge a. B. Wood
ward Judge f A Catin and Joseph NJ. Ives
There were also delegations from the New Eng
land Society and from the Stock Exchange
Among others present At the services were An
drau carnegie the Rev. Thomas r SIcer. Seth
Tou, T1r James H Garfield, of Columbia Unver-
s+v. Jobu La Fargo Daniel Chester French, Presi-
aan+ John H Finley of the College OF the City of
New York Hart Lyman Irving Bachelor, Robert
Reid Miss Anne Partlan Francis Hovey StOddard,
f.eoree Cary Eggleston Mr.. and Mrs Royal Cortis-
soz General Thomas II. Hubbard, James Symng-
ton J. L c Clarke, Frank H Dodd Henry Gallup
Paine Joseph p. Ely, Mrs Custer, widow OF the
Indian fighter: Davis Barnes J. Rhinelander Dillon.
IJovd Farragut <. II. Allen. Frank II. Scott, Evert
Jansen Wendell, Charles Battel Loomis. Charles
d Jansen Milton Mobiles, Charles Genung, James
Carhart Arthur Lumley, Howard Kyle. Douglas
TAYLOR Henry Mills Alden, editor of "Harpers
Magazine: General Brayton Ives. Rudolph Kepper,
James Lane Allen, Charles Barnard f. l.. Burlin-
game George W. Cable. Titus Munson Coan. Alfred
r. Conkiing Daniel c. Gilman, Professor I. II.
Lounsbury OF Yale; Brander Matthews f. d. MIL
let William Vaughan Moody John Muir, Thomas
Nelson Page, Booth Harrington Augustus THOMAS
Professor William NJ Slnane. Of Columbia the