The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-05-03
FUNERAL Of DR., MORGAN DIX
MANY CLERGYMEN AT TIE SER
VICES ~ TRINITY CHURCH.

BahOp CoadJutor Greer Presides In the
Absence OF Bishop Potter and Il A.
sisted by Or. Manning Russian Prelate
Attends-Buriai In Uptown Cemetery.
Funeral services for tho Rev. Morgan
Dix, who died last Wednesday night, were
hsld yesterday morning In Trinity Church,
Of which DR.. Dix had been rector for forty
Sx years. In the Absence Of Bishop Potter,
who ls confined to his home by sickness,
Bishop Coadjutor Greer. assisted by the
Rev. DR.. William 7, Manning, vicar Of st.
AEnes's Chapel and assistant rector OF
Trinity, ofhciated.
While the funeral itself took place at
1870, there we're two celebrations earlier
the day, one at 1880 and one at 0 O'Clock.
q which Curate Charles H. Wells and Vicar
Caleb Rockford Stetson were the cele-
bnnts. At the final service every seat
va taken and the doors had to be closed
By the time the services commenced, while
INSPECTOR Titus with a force Of twenty
reserves had all he could do 70 keep the
street clear OUTSIDE,
The peWs on each eide Of the church
behind the great 1uted pillars we're assigned
10 the general public, together With a num-
bar Of wooden benches which had been
put In the aisles. Those pews on each
aide Of the entire aisle to the front we're
reserved for the late rector's family. for
those officially connected with Trinity
parish and for various organizations.
The Pensioners whose pews we're thus
taken found seats on each side Of the centre
aisle further back. Eight pews were'
reserved in the name Of the late rector's
family.
Pews were reserved for the General
theological Seminary trustees, the vestry,
Columbia College trustees, the Society OF
the War Of 1912, the Sons Of the American
Revolution, the Leake and Watts Orphan
Asylum, the British Schools and Univer-
stiles, the Sailors Snug Harbor. the Sons
Of the Revolution, the John A. Dix Post,
q. A. r.; the City Mission, thG Sisters OF st.
Mary, the wives Of the vehtry, the. clerks
Of Trinity Corporation, the House OF Mercy,
the Leate Home for Old Men and Aged
Couples, and the students OF the General
theological Seminary. Courtney W. Ben
Aett, the British Conhul-GenerRl; y. do
~Lodygensky, the Russian Consult General;
Justice Goff, Alexander f. Orr and Gen.
Grant and staff also had pews reserved.
Others who attended we're Rear Admiral
Erben, retired. son Of Henry Erben, who
gave Trinity It's gallery organ in ls4e;
Joseph Choate, Stephen Nash, Seth Low
and William Rhinelsnder Stewart!
The musical programme, which began
half an hour before the exercises, was OF the
simplest order. Assistant Organist NJ. L.
SohwarS played four pieces on the gallery
orEan-the andantes from the third aud
fifth symphonies Of Beethoven, the funeral
march by Beethoven, the Dead March in
Saul and Mendelssohn's funeral march.
By this time the professional had formed
about the coffin in the tower room, which
is the main entrance TO Trinity. The pro-
cossional itself was silent. The sex
tons OF the nine chapels Of Trinity parish,
headed bv William C.. Broughton Of old
Trinity as verger, proceeded slowly down
the aisle. Then came the c%rucifer, followed
by all the curates Of Trinity parish. The
standing committee Of the diocese we're next
and after them came the Archdeaconry-
the Rev. DR.. F. B. Van Kleeck. Archdeacon
Of Westchester county; the Rev. George F.
Nelson, -Archdeacon OF New York county;
the Rev. Dr.. ". r Thomas, Archdeacon
Of Orange county, \. Y; the Rev. DR., A. 7.
Ashton, Archdeacon OF Duchess county,
and the Rev. Z. S Bgrch, ArchdeaCon Of
Richmond county These preceded the
Wears Of Trinity parish-the Rev. William
II. Vibbert Of Trinity Chapel, the Rev.
Philip A. II, Brown OF st. Johns Chapel,
the Rev. William Montague Geer Of st.
Paups Chapel. the Rev. Thomas II. Sill Of
st. Chrysostom's Chapel. the Rev. Arthur c,
Kimber Of ST. Augustine's Chapel and the
Rev. Edmund Banks Smith OF st. Cornelius's,
Chapel.
Behind the Wears went Archbishop
Alexander A. Hotoyitzky. the head Of the
Greek Church In this country, In his gor-
keous mourning canonicals Of black and
gold, richly embroidered. and wearing the
Russian cross upon his breast, Another
crucifer separated Archbishop Hoto-
vitzky from Bishop GCoadjutor reer and
Bishop Mackay-Smit Of Pennsylvania and
the Rev. pr. Manning. The vestry Of
Trinity, acting as pallbearers, followed last:
Col. William Jay and Edmund D. Randolph,
the church wardens, and Richard Della
field, Hermann d. Cammann. Flihu Chsun-
cey, Sidney Webster. John y. Lockman.
David B. Ogden, ~Stuyyesant Fish, Nicholas
T. Palmer, William VI. Polk, Francis s..
Bangs, J. Howard Van Amrnge, s.. Edward
Nash, Henry c. Swords, Charles A. ScheT-
merhorn, William Barclay Parsons, George
F. Crane, Francis B. Swayne, Ambrose y.
Murray. Jr,. Vernon NJ. Davis and Egerton
Winthrop. Jr.
The coffin was covered with pan OF rich
purple satin overlaid with a cross Of white
satin and a cross Of Easter lilies covering
all. II was placed in the chanoel between
the stalls Of the singers, who had ,meantime
fled In from the vestry. The flowers that
were banked about the coffin when once IL
was placed in the chancel we're very few,
and in accordance with the wish Of Or. Dix
that his funeral be made as transformations
AZ possible there we're few signs Of mourn
ing about the church. Only the pulpit
was draped in black, with small festoons Of
purple.
All the invited clergy, consisting Of the
rectors Of every parish in Manhattan, were
seated Immediately In front Of the Chancel.
In the sanctuary sat the nine Wears Of
Trinity parish. three members Of the stand
ing committee Of the diocese. Archbishop
Hotovitky. Bishop Mackay Smith Of Penn
s~ylvania and the Right Rev. Frederick
Courtney OF 81. ,James's, Madison avenue
formerly Bishop Of Nova Scotia. and the
Rev. Joseph W, Hill. who has been a curpte
at Trinity for twenty-seven years. The
other curates Of the parish sat in the
ohencel.
The opening sentences. Il am the res
direction AMI the life we're delivered by
Coadjutor Bishop Greer. After two burial
chants, Lord, Let Ne Know NV End
and Lord, Thou HIST Been Our Refuge
Sun9@Byt The full choir Of forty voices and
accompanied by organist Victor Baisr
On the Dhanoel organ, the ltsson was read by
Vicar. 6tettJn. Then followed the hymn
'Praiss 10 the Holicst,' by Dykes, and the
burial anthem 'Man That is Born Of a
Woman by Croft. The committal was /,
Rad by Bishop Greer, and then tho choir :