The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27
Simple Burial Services Are. Held At the Grave In Prince- /
 ton Cemetery
DISTINGUISHED PERSONS
 ATTEND CEREMONIES
President Roosevelt and State Officials Are Present-Military Is Present Only as Protection to the
 Presidential Party.

Princeton, N. J., June 26.-Grover Clevelands body lies buried tonight in the Cleveland plot in Princeton ceme- tery.
 At o'clock, just as the sun was sinking in the west, distinguished ed company silently watched as the body was lowered into the grave. Then the simple burial service of the Presb yter- ian church was read, and before the last of the cortege had driven up to the path leading to the burial place, the benediction had been pronounced and the members of the family Presi- dent Roosevelt and others who 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 to cast shovel full of earth into the grave.
 Agreeable to the wishes of Mrs. Cleveland, the services. both at the house and at the cemetery, were of th 9 simplest character. An invocation, scriptural reading, a brief prayer and the reading of William Wardsworth's S poem, Character of the Happy War Iior' constituted the services at the house, while the reading of the burial service at the grave was brief and inn pressive.
 Although the funeral was of a strictly private nature, those in at tendance numbered many distinguished citizens. including President Roosevelt. Governor Fort of New Jersey. Governor Hughes of New York, Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia, former members of President Cleve1and's cabinet officials of the Equitable Assurance society. members of the Princeton university faculty, friends and neighbors
 As Private Citizen.
 Mir Cleveland was buried with the simplicity and privacy that he himself might have wished, as private citizen rather than the former chief execu tive of the nation. There was nothing that sa vored of the official and the military element was injected solely as
  President Roosevelt.
 The President arrived at 4ss D. m. and was met at the station by Governor Fort. The President Governor Fort and Secretary Loeb were driven T Westland On his arrival at the house the President went to Mrs. Cleveland. offering his sympathy and expressing keen regret at MT. Clevalnd's death.
 The President then returned to tn e reception room, where the body lad been removed in the afternoon from tn e room on the second floor in which MT. Cleveland died.
 few minutes later the four clergy men who offciated came down the stairs to the hall leading to the re- ception room. followed by Mrs. Cleve land and the children. Esther and Richard As they appeared upon tin, landing, accompanied by pr. Joseph D. Bryant the company rose and re- nained standing throughout the ser vices. Mrs Cleveland was gowned in black and wore a becoming hat with q short dropping veil. Esther was also in black, while Richard wore a white suit and black tie.
 An Invocation.
 The services began with an invocation by the Rev. Sylvester w. Beach of tho First Presbyterian church of Princeton, which was followed by scriptural reading by the Rev. Maitland V. Bartlett of the West Farms Presbyterian church of New York, q former pastor of Mr. Cleveland, who read from the fourteenth chapter of the Book of John and number of pas sages from the fourth and twenty-second chapters of the Thessalonians.
 In al, Book of Revelations as follows:
 And they shall G7IIs face" read Dr. Bartlett in closing, "and His name shall be in their foreheads; they shall hunger no more nor thirst any more; neither shall 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 water. and God shall wipe all tears from their eyes,
 Dr. Henry Vandyke then said tha:. ''according to the request of one whose slightest wish at this moment we all re- spect, there will be no address or ser mon, but there was poem, written more than 100 years ago by William Words worth, which is expressive of his charac- ter"
 He then read the poem. Character of the Happy Warrior
 This was followed by readings from the PreSDyterldn DOCK or common worship, the services at the house concluding with this prayer
 Presbyterian 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, Lord, and now rest from their labors having received 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 uponr i'm, 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 the state and for the courage, wisdom \ and success with which he was enabled to R dom and success which he was enabled to serve the commonwealth, blessed be thy name o God, for the largeness of tie tafents which thou didst commit to him and the faithfulness with which he used