Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-27
SIMPLE SERVICE
MARKS FUNERAL
OF CLEVELAND
DISTINGUISHED MEN WATCH
CEREMONY
BODY is LOWERED INTO GRAVE
AT SUNSET
Last Sad Rites Like Those of a
Citizen in Private Life and with
Nothing of the Official
About Them
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
PRINCETON, N. j., June 26.-Grover
Cleveand's body lies buried tonight in
the Cleveland plot in Princeton ceme-
terry.
At o'clock, just as the sun was sink
| ing In the west, a distinguished COM
pany silently watched as the body was
lowered into the grave.
Then the simple burial service of the
Presbyterian church was read, and be-
fore the last carriages in the cortage
| mad driven up to the path leading to
the burial place the benediction had
been pronounced and the members of
the family, President Roosevelt and
others who had gathered about the
grave were leaving the cemetery.
Many of the personal friends of the
dead statesman fingered about the spot
which was to mark his last resting
place, and each in turn was permitted
to cast a shovelful of earth into the
| grave
| Agreeable to the wishes of Mrs.
! Cleveland, the services both at the
| house and the cemetery were of the
| simplest character
An invocation, scriptural reading, a
brief prayer and the reading of William
| Wordsworth's poem, Character of the
Happy Warrior" constituted the SER
| vices at the house, while the reading of
the burial service at the grave was a
brief and impressive ceremony.
Prominent Men Present
Although the funeral was of a. strictly
| private nature, those in attendance
numbered many distinguished citizens,
including President Roosevelt, Gov
| ernors Fort of New Jersey, Hughes of
New York, Smith of Georgia, former
members of President Cleveland's cab
met, officials of the Equitable Life AS
surance society, members of the Prince
ton university faculty and friends and
| neighbors.
| Mr.. Cleveland was buried with all the
simplicity and privacy that he himself
might have wished, as a private citizen
rather than as the former chief execu-
| tive of the nation. There was nothing
that savored of official, and military
element was injected solely as
measure of protection to President
Roosevelt.
The president arrived at 4:3S this aft
ernoon and was met at the station by
Governor Fort. The president, Gov
ernor Fort and Secretary Loeb were
driven at once to Westland. Upon his
! arrival at the house the president went
to Mrs. Cleveland. offering his SYM
pathy and expressing keen regret at
Mr.. Cleveland death.
The president then returned to the
! reception room, where the body had
been removed in the afternoon from the
room on the second floor, in which Mr..
| Cleveland died.
A few minutes later the four clergy
men who off1ciated came down the stairs
leading to the reception room, followed
| by Mrs. Cleveland and the children,
| Esther and Richard. AS they appeared
on the landing, accompanied by DR..
| Joseph D. Bryant, the whole company
rose and remained standing throughout
| the services. Mrs. Cleveland was
| gowned in black and wore a becoming
hat with short dropping veil. Esther
was also in black, and Richard wore a
white suit and black tie.
Service Is Simple
| The services began with an invoca-
| tion by Rev. Sylvester w. Beach of the
| First Presbyterian church of Princeton,
which was followed by scriptural read
| ing by Rev. Maitland ". Bartlett of
| the West Farms Presbyterian church
| of New York, a former pastor of Mr..
| Cleveland's, who read from the four
| teenth chapter of the Book Of John.
| number of passages from the fourth
and twenty-second chapters of Thes-
| SaloniaIS.
"And they shall see His face" read
DR.. Bartlett, in closing, land His name
shall be in their foreheads; they shalt
hunger no more, neither thirst any
more; neither shalt the sun light upon
them, nor any heat, for the Lamb
which is in the midst of the throne
shall feed them and shall lead them
unto living fountains of waters. and
God shall wipe all tears from their
eyes"
DR.. Henry Van Dyke then said that
| according to the request of one whose
slightest wish at this moment we all
respect, there will be no address or
sermon. but there was poem written
more than 100 years ago by William
Wordsworth, which is expressive of
his character"
He then read the poem, Character
of the Happy Warrior" This was fol-
lowed by readings from the Presby-
terian book of common worship, the
services at the house concluding with
this prayer:
"Oh God, who art the strength of
Thy saints and who redeemest the soul
of Thy servants: We thank Thee for
all who have died in the Lord and who
now rest from their labors, having re-
| ceived the end of their faith, even the
| salvation of their souls. Especially 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 NOR
tai life to the final victory, blessed be
Thy name, Oh, 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
| commonwealth blessed be Thy name.
oh, God. For the largeness of the tall
ents which Thou didst commit to his
hand and the faithfulness with which
he used them in Thy sight as chief
magistrate of the republic blessed be
Thy name, oh, God. For the warmth
of his friendship, for his constant de-
light in Thy 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.
Oh, God. Continue forth Thy good
ness from generation to generation and
Thy grace upon the children of the
| faithful.
LET Thy blessing rest upon the house
of Thy servant and his name abide In