The Washington times., 1908-02-25
BISHOP SATTERLEE
IS LAID To REST
At MT. ST. ALBAN
Tribute of Words Gives
Place to Silent
Weeping.

Marked by the simple impressiveness
which had characterized his life, the
funeral OF the Right Rev. Henry Yates
Satterlee. bishop Of the diocese Of Wash
ington. was held this afternoon from
the Pro-CathedraI Church Of the AS
censiOn. After the services there, the
remains were followed by sorrowing
hundreds 20 Mt. 81. AIban. near tue site
where the great WASHINGTON Cathedral
is soon to rise as a monument TO the
dead bishops greatest work.
President Roosevelt. the District Com
missioners, and many other men prom
inent In national and civic life we're
among those who gathered at the Pro
Cathedral TO attend the services. Long
before the hour set for the funeral ia
was impossible for hundreds TO obtain
entrance and 10 accommodate these
separate services were held in the near
by Church OF the Incarnation Twelfth
and y streets northwest. The Rev. DR.
e. Ernest Smith conducted the services
at this church.
in Difference to the wishes Of Bishop
SAtterlee, there were no eulOgfes sCoIyea
over his bier. The services at the church
and at the grave consisted of the brief
but beautiful ritual Of the Episcopal
Church. There were no tributes otter
than the tears Of the thousands who
assembled 10 pay their last respects, the
drawn faces, and stihed sobs OF life
long friends, the Wraaths of flowers
that were banked about the chaucel
and every portion Of the church, and the
Teverent. grief-stricken attitude OF those
fcli0W-labCrers who said the solemn
words over the dead form. The ser
vices were such as Bishop SatteTlee
would have approved We're he living.
All during the morning hundreds had
called 10 take the sacrament Of the
holy communion, passing the body OF
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fore the sanctuary. The casket was not
opened. but each communicate glanced
none the less lovingly upon the bier
where lay the body OF the beloved
leader. Every hour, from 7 until y
o'clock, services were held.
A few moments before O'Clock the
funeral party assembled IN the Vestry
room, underneath the main body of the
church. At the appointed hour the
combined ChOirs Of the churches Of st.
Pauls and St. Mark S. headed by the
crucifer. marched Up Twelfth street to
the main entrance OF the church. en-
teriDg to the strains of Chopin funeral
march.
Bishops Conduct Service.
AS the choir took its place within
the chancel, the lay leaders Of the do
cese entered, taking places on the west
ern side Of the sanctuary. Then came
the honorary pellbearUrs. clad in con-
ventiOnal clerical gart. followed by the
remaining members of the Cathedral
chapter and the standing committee OF
the diocese. Next marched tho Cathe-
dral council. and then the clergy of the
washington diocese and visiting clergy
men not having active part in the cere-
monies marched down the center aisle.
The bishops, clad in church robes of
purple and black, brought up the rear
and ma -. EEsrf 70
the sanctuary. Bishop Henry c. Potter
Of New York: Bishop Thomas +. Gailor
OF Tennessee: Bishop CoadiutOr Alex
ander Mckay Smith, of Pennsylvania,
and Bishop William Lawrence, Of Mas
sachusetts, in charge Of the services,
took seats in front.
AS the strains OF the opening march
died away Bishop Potter, of New York,
advanced and read the solemn opening
sentences OF the burial ritual
"Te Deum" Sung.
Bishop Smith then read from the If
teenth chapter of First Corinthians.
One Of the most Impressive parts of the
service followed this rea ding, when the
choir began TO sing the special 'aTe
Deum," by Barrett, which was sung at
the laying Of the Cathedral cornerstone
last summer at MI St. AIban, and
which was one of the dead bishops
favorite selections. The augmented choir
next rendered ''The Strife Is Over" an
other favorite hymn with Bishop Sat
terlee. which was followed by the re-
citation Of the creed by Bishop Gailor
As the services at the church drew
near to a close the hymn "Oh, Lamb
Of God. Still Keep Ne Close to Thy
Wounded Side pealed forth as a bene-
dictiOn hymn.
The funeral cortege, as IL Weuded its
way out Massachusetts avenue 10 Nit
St Albans was one of the longest
and most imposing ever seen here
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