The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-04-21
Simple Dignity
Marks Last Rites
for Bishop Tuttle
Flags in St. Louis at Half
Mast as Cathedral Is
Thronged-Shayler
Takes Part.
by RT. REV. T.. V. SHAYLER,
Bishop Diocese of Omaha.
Special Dispatch TO The Omaha Bee.

st. Louis, April 20.-All the flags
of the city are at half.mast in rever-
ence to the great civic and church
leader. whose voice is now stilled.
The sun shines brilliantly upon the
day of mis- funeral as If heaven it
self were attesting the beauty of
Bishop Tuttle's faith and service in
God and for man.
From the moment of the opening OF
the cathedral doors a large eoncourse
of people from all walks of life knelt
in devotion and viewed the earthly re
mains of a beloved friend. The cas-
| xet faced the altar and the bishop.
In full robes of the episcopal office.
lay alseep therein. Poor and rich.
black and white. employer and EN-
pioye with groups of children inter
mingled, paused for a moment, shed
a tear or uttered a prayer.
Christ Looks On.
Overshadowing all IS the great mar.
BILE veranda OF the cathedral altar. IN
the very center OF which hangs the
form Of the Crucified One. seemingly
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has often said: MY faith looks up 70
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Hundreds of the clergy are here.
including bishops from the stretch Of
country between the Atlantic and the
Cascade mountains. Bishop Gailor.
president of the national conference;
Bishop Brown OF Virginia chair
man of the house of bishops.
and Bishops Faber. Mize, Ander-
son. Partridge. Shayler, Beecher,
Mccormick. Webb. Sherwood. Wise.
Winchester. Burleson, Thurston.
Longiey. Roberts. DENLY. Vincent. and
Johnson OF Missouri. who succeeds
Bishop futile. constituted the episeo.
pal group. The service began Wi h
a procession Of these bishops follow.
ing the vested choir OF Christ cathe.
dral. the clergy staff and all the clergy
of the diocese OF Missouri. The vast
cathedral was thronged, thousands IF
people thronged the adjacent streets.
the police maintaining a special guard.
Services Simple.
The services were simple. There
was no sermon. The simple and I'M
equalled dignity OF the Episcopal
burial Office suiiiced. the choir singing
two favorite hymns. Lead. Kindly
Light and "For All the Saints Who
From Their Labors Rest" the latter
for recession.
The long procession. all the bishops
In vestments. then proceeded to the
cemetery. Thousands stood with bare
heads as the cortege passed by. Tho
courtesy and efficiency OF the police
guards at every street intersection
was an evidence OF the passing OF a
great citizen.
Under the huge elms of Bellefon-
taine cemetery the final rites We're
held Bishop Johnson read the com.
initial. the bishops encircling the sa.
cred mound and back into the great
distance a throng OF the deceased
bishops friends, friends OF an classes
and conditions
The most informal. yet appropriate
ending came at the conclusion OF the
funeral service; without instruments.
save the human soul. without
trained quartet or choir to lead, the
vast congregation simply, solemnly,
affeciionately. faithfully sang to-
gether. the whole OF the hymn.
Nearer My God. 70 Thee"
We left his body there sleeping un-
der the flowers whose fragrance was
eloquent symbols of sane and saint
" life az n man. and as an apostolic
bishop Of the church of God.