The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-13

lTeJOlc0Q WITH US, anu III CNCAS
he showed himself a friend. Of his
worldly achievements and dlst1nctlon
we knew nothing from his 1ps- from
sources entirely outside OF hlmselI we
| of his life He could always be ap-
| preached by us and when we needed
advice his best thought directed us.
His Religious Side.
"You need not have me owen on the
religious side of his nature. At the
| time of NV arrival here he sent to
every man employed on the place the
| following letter:
Arden, Orange County, New York,
| october 10, 1895.
TO the Men Residents of Arden:
| The lack of interest on your part
is discouraging to those VINO provide
| Important privilege of attending
Fair weather Christians are of no
more use in community than the
same sort of laborer, milkman, dairy
man, farmer, carpenter, blacksmith,
railroad man or any kind of a fair
weather man.
Tt seems to me that your response
bility does not end with yourself, but
extends to those over whom you nave
an influence.
1.-The opportunity is give your chill
oren FOR DELICIOUS training at Sunday
school and the church for yourselves
and families
ut is not a favor conferred on any
one else than yourselves and famlnes:
Tt is not a favor conferred on any
ore else than yourselves If you avail
yourselves of it.
I hope by next Sunday that you will
evidence more interest by attending the
services.
"'Yours faithfully.
"'E. H. HARTMAN
Was Constant Attendant at Church.
His realization of the tremendous
Importance of regular attendance upon
divine worch hip was illustrated not oniy
in the sending out of that letter, but IN
his constant personal practice When
health permitted Many times WITHIN
the last few years ne conquered the IN
tense pain of his infirmities to come 10
this church. He was also a most faith
full commandment. At the time Wnen
his daughter was Frustrated by a serl-
Gus illness and during the crisis Wnlcn
followed he sent me a note in his own
handwriting requesting prayer 1Or ner-
Time and time again he declared to me
his firm belief in the teachings of our
holy faith The mighty power which
he welded, his personal lnh4 tE nGVe OF
obscured in his own mind the need OF
cbsoluta reliance upon the hand tnat
governs the universe.
Long after our children's children
have passed the way of all the earrn
viii make Harriman's career stand out
brightly in the pages of history.
disting Iished American in speaking OF
him to me recently, said:
Mr.. Hartman has done more 10 LOT
the DEVELOPMENT of the resources of the
country ard the expansion OF It's power
than any other individual in the last
hundred years.
I'VE are proud to know tnat ne
achieved all this distinction without vio-
lating the minutest principle or the
great laws of morality. He was an
Instance and I say with all the know
ledge OF criticism made when ne was
not able to more than vindicate him
self To those who maligned and mis-
represented him he showed no resent
ment; but was willing always 10 aIlow
time to prove his case and the PROOF
never failed The pettiness of Jealous
T.etition never for an instant embft-
tered him. He remained throughout an
those trying years sweet tempered AMI
able, loYable. ,.1+
HE was a burning and shining hght.
God be thanked for such lives
Privacy Is Inviolate.
Elaborate precautions were taken to
preserve the privacy OF the AFTERNOON
service. Several score of employees
guarded all roads over which the fu-
neral procession passed and kept
watch at intervals of twenty yaros
around the patch of woods Wh1cn IN
cludes the Hartman burial plot
Eight carriages followed the hearse
from Arden house. The first carried
Mrs Hartman and her two unmar-
ried daughters, Mary and carol. ana
sons,
Mrs Robert L. Gerry. the married
daughter, drove in the next carriage:
Others in the party were Mr.. and
Mrs Simons, Mr.. and Mrs Ollver
Hartman, Charles Peabody, Judge
Robert s. Lovett and DR.. W. 81. Lyle.
The casket-one solid mass of lilies
of the valley, and green vines, with an
immense bunch of crimson roses on
top-was carried to the altar by eight
bearers clad in black and wearing
black skull caps. The regular 1uneral
service of the Episcopal church was
conducted by DR.. McGuiness, assisted
by the Rev. G. Nelson. archdeacon of
the Cathedral of st. John the DeV1ne,
in New York. A male quartet and
the choir of Grace church, New ork,
sang "Abile With Me- and There Is
a Land of Pure Delight Mr.. Harri-
mans favorite hymns.
The service lasted but twenty min
utes Then the bearers carried the
casket to the burial plot, one hundred
yards up the hill.
There was not room inside the bu-
rial ground for more than fifteen or
twenty besides the mourners and the
two officiating clergymen. Others
stood in the road outside and looked
hundred Hartman employees and
their families stood with barred heads
outside the church during the service
and gathered at respectful distance
from the grave during the interment. |
1t was 5 o'clock when Archdeacon
Nelson took a handful of earth and
sprinkling it over the bed of lilies that
hid the metal casket, consigned the
body of Edward H. Hartman to the
earth on the spot he loved best
Mrs. Hartman and her children
drove home Immediately after the
ceremony.
Every one of Mrs Harriman's
friends in Arden and Turner, received