New-York tribune., 1908-07-25
DIR. POTTER'S FUNERAL
Priuate Service at Cooperstoun
y. Y.-Body Brought Here.

Cooperstovn. n. Y. July 24-The funeral of the
Right Rev. Henry Goldman Potter was held here this
morning in Christ Church. Only the immediate
family and few invited friends attended the ser
vices. but all the morning the village of Coorers-
paid silent tribute TO the dead Bishop. All
places of business closed during the funeral
and until the special train bearing the body and
funeral party had drawn away from the station
air of Sunday quiet prevailed throughout the
village
Christ Church. which stands directly opposite
Fernlegh. the Bishops home, is an historic
building 1t was in this church that James Fenl-
more Cooper the novelist worshipped. and his
grave is in the churchyard- Here Bishop Potter
attended service with his wife during his summers
in Cooperstown, and here the people of Coopers-
town frequently heard him preach. At n:3o O'Clock
the bell in the old church began TO toll. and the
funeral procession left Ferneigh and moved slowly
along path covered with evergreen boughs 70 the
churchyard
The coffin was borne by old employees of the fam
fly On the plate was the following inscription
Henry Goldman Potter. D. D. seventh Bishop of
New York: born May 25 1894: died July Ii. 1908"
rich purple pail. which purple cross OF
darker color. covered the coffin. A palm branch
alone lay the pail Following the coffin came the
members of the family. the invited friends and
last. the family servants and other employees.
At the gate of the churchyard the procession
met by the vested choir, and led by the clergy
and honorary palbearers proceeded into the
church The opening sentences Of the burial ser
resurrection
Lord were read by the Rev DR. George F
Nelson. archdeacon of the diocese of New York, rs
he entered the church door. After the choir had
reached the chancel and every one 7as in the
church the special selection of psalms for the
funeral service sung. after which the lesson
from the First Epistle Of St Paul to the Corinth-
isns beginning Now is Christ risen from the
dead and become the first fruits OF them that
slept was read by the Rev Percy : Grant, rector
of the Church Of the Ascension. New York
hIr0n No n
Father Whateer of Earthly Bliss" then
sung The Apostles Greed read by the Rev
Ralph Birdsan rector of the church. while the spe
cial prayers were read by the Rev Dr. G. W
Douglas, Of the Cathedral of St. John the
Divine Following the hymn For All Thy Saints
Who from Their La Rest the Right Rev
Charles T. Olrnstead. Bishop of Central New York
pronounced the benediction- The recessional hymn
The Strife Is Ger sung while the process
sion leaving the church.
Otseso Lodge of Masons, in which order Bishop
Potter held high rank. attended the funeral in a
body. and acted escort from the church TO
the railroad station.
The members Of the Bishops family in the
funeral procession Mrs. Henry c. Potter,
Alonzo Potter. Of New York the Bishops son;
Mrs Mason Davidge. of San Francisco. and Miss
Sarah Potter daughters the Bishop; Frank Pot
ter. OF Katonah, n. Y, a brother; Colonel George
scrfven. of New York F. Ambrose Clark. Edward
s. Clark and Stephen c. Clark OF Mrs. Potter,
and Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark. all of Cooperstown.
Mrs. Potter is well enough to take the trip
to New York, but all the others left here on
special train at 12S0 o'clock. Archdeaco7 Nelson,
the Rev. Mr.. Grant and Canon Douglas were also
on the train.
The special train bearing the body of Bishop
Potter and the funeral party from CooperstoWn
reached the 125th street station OF the New York
Central last night q few minutes before o'clock.
Carriages waiting. and the body was taken
to Trinity Cemetery, at Amsterdam and
154th street. where special prayers were read by
Canon Douglas and the body placed in
Of the receiving vaults of the cemetery. where 1t
will remain until the public funeral in the fall
The suggestion has been made by several mem
bers Of Bishop Potter's diocese that he be buried
within the Cathedral Of st. John the Divine. with
the building of which he Intimately con-
nected Archdeacon Nelson said last night that a
strong hope had been expressed that the Bishop
should he buried there
II think Mrs. Potter will approve OF the pro-
posal," said DR.. Nelson after he reached the city
last night. but of course nothing will be done un-
I'll Bishop Greer returns from England. He will
leave there as soon the Lambeth Conference
ends. on August s. and then he and the executive
committee Of the docess will decide the time
and place for the public funeral and burial
Dr. Nelson also said that Bishop Greer had sent
out circular to all of the clergy OF the diocese
requesting them 10 use the prayer for those in
af1iction at the services next Sunday morning
The pillars of the Cathedral of st John the Di-
vine were draped with black yesterday and many
bells tolled from L. the time set for the
funeral of the late Bishop of the diocese at Coop
erstown The following minute was also adopted
by the Trinity Corporation:
The reverend corporation of Trinity Church.
reaIizjns the loss the diocese OF New York has
sustained in the death Of Bishop Potter and being
desirous of accentuating the expression OF sincere
sorrow which felt by clergy and laty alike. has
intrusted the Messrs, Lamb with the task Of At
rireIy drapne the emblem of mourning the
puipits OF the parent church Of Trinity and its
chs peIs of St John. st. Luke St. Augustine, ST
Agnes St Chrysostom. St Paul. the Intercessi0n
Trinity Chapel and st. Cornelius. It being the
tom of the Church 10 wear these outward symbols
for at least a calendar month