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DR.. Van DYKE read Vordswortb's

DS DUN VI SOluliOu Sii'.
The services at Westland were con-
cluded with the following prayer.
spoken by DR.. Van Dyke:
20 God. Who art the strength Of
Thy saints and Who redeemest the
| souls of Thy servants, we thank Thee
| for all who have died in the Lord and
| who now rest from their labors, haV-
ing received the end of their faith,
even the salvation of their souls. Es-
pecially We call to mind Thy loving
kindness and Thy tender mercy to
this Thy servant whose memory we
honor and whose loss we mourn. For
Thy good hand upon him, leading
him through all the trials, tolls and
conflicts of this mortal life to the
final victory, blessed be Thy name, o
God. For the great duties which
Thou didst give him to perform in
the State and for the high courage,
wisdom and success with which he
was enabled to serve the common
wealth, blessed be Thy name, 0 God.
For the largeness Of the talents
which Thou didst commit to his hand
and the faithfulness with which he
used them in Thy sight as Chief Mag
istrate of the Republic. blessed be
Thy name, o God. For the warmth
Of his friendship, for his constant de-
light in the great out-of-doors, for
the quiet JOY and love of his home
and for the peace of his death in the
faith of Jesus Christ, blessed be Thy
name, O God. Continue forth Thy
goodness from generation to genera
ton and Thy grace unto the children
of the faithful. Let Thy blessing
rest upon the house Of Thy servant
and his name abide in perpetual re-
membrance, through Thy mercy and
Thy truth in Jesus Christ u Lord.
Amen"
There we're no hymnals or other
singing. The services were concluded
at $50 o'clock. Those in the house
remained standing for five minutes
while the casket was being trans
ferred to the hearse. T~Wenty-seVen
carriages were waiting along the
driveway. Mrs. Cleveland came OUT
attended by DR.. Bryant, and there
was a short delay before the cortege
moved slowly forward.
The pallbearers, all close friends or
neighbors of the dead man-Mayor
Mcclellan, of New York; Commodore
E. c. Benedict, Richard Watson Gil
der, President Finley, Of the College
of the City of New York; Professor
Paul van Dyke, of Princeton; Profess
sor Andrew F. West, Professor John
G.. Hibben, Paul Morton, Junius S.
Morgan, A. D. Russell. Professor
Howard McClenahan and Bayard
Stockton-carried the coffin to the
hearse, and the funeral procession
started to the cemetery.
In the first coach were the clergy
men. The second was reserved for
Mrs. Cleveland, DR.. Joseph D. Bryant
and Richard Cleveland.
The third coach took Miss Rose
Cleveland and Esther, the eX-Presi-
dents elder daughter and eldest
child. In the fourth were Cleveland
F. Bacon, a nephew; Miss Hastings
and Professor and Mrs. Wood. Next
came Mr.. and Mrs. Huddleston, OIL
Princeton; Mrs. John H.. Finley, OF
New York; Mrs. Richard Watson Gill
der, George Shipley, Miss Annie Heck
Ter, the Cleveland trained nurse;
Louis Yoemans, of Chicago, and
Charles Rogers, Of Brooklyn.
After the family and intimate
friends came President Roosevelt and
Secretary Loeb in the seventh car
riage, followed by another containing
four Secret Service men, and in other
carriages were Chief Justice Fuller,
Governor Fort, Of New Jersey; Gov
ernor Hughes, of New York, and Sec
rotary Cortelyou; John G. Carlisle,
former Secretary of the Treasury;
William F. Villas, Of Wisconsin, and
Mrs. Daniel S. Lamont.
Richard Olney, former Secretary OF
State; Charles S. Fairchild, former
Secretary of the Treasury; David Il.
Francis, former Secretary OF the In
terror, and Judson Harmon, of Gin
cinnati, former United States Attor-
ney-General.
Hilary A. Herbert, former Secre-
tary of the Navy; Governor Hoke
Smith, of Georgia; United States Sen
ators Kean and Briggs, Of New Jer-
sey, and many other distinguished
men.
AS the funeral procession drove
slowly between lines of mounted
troopers and at the cemetery through
lanes of infantry standing at "atten-
tion,' hats were dotted and CONVEX
sation ceased. 1t was, in its SIMPLE
itv and dignity, a fitting popular TRIP
ute to the man who, when his ofhclal
life ended, identified himself so COM
pletely and thoroughly with the peo-
pie as did Mr.. Cleveland.
Business In Princeton had been
suspended at 1 p. m. Curtains were
drawn and flags were flying at half
mast. AS the hearse left Westland
the bell in old Nassau's tower began
to toll. The route traversed by the
cortege was the same as that over
which George Washington passed
with the officials of the old Continent
al Congress to Nassau Hall. Presi-
dent James Madison had traversed
the streets when a student at Prince
ton.
The. hearse entered the cemetery
at 6 O'Clock. The sun was dipping
behind the trees and a softened light
bathed the sacred precincts where
Aaron Burr, John Mclean and Jona-
than Edwards, presidents of Prince
ton University, and other distin-
guished men of later days were bur-
led.
The ~pallbearers, six on either sidu
and led by Mayor George B. McClel-
Ian and Commodore E. G. Benedict,
raised the casket and waited until
Mrs. Cleveland had alighted. The
coffin was covered with loose flowers
carnations, sweet peas, lilies of the
valley and one wreath of ivy clipped
from that creeping over old Nassau
Hall. The procession moved slowly
mp the gravel path. Within a few
feet Of the open grave was the rest