Show I GOING TO HS GRAVE The Remains of the Dead Warrior I Leave Mount McGregor This Morninsr Impressive Exercises at the Cottage and a Sermon by I r Newman His Family Take Their Last t Look and ToDay Give Their i Dead to the Nation In Y IVefttiulutcr ATbey Tolflny LONDON August 4rhe Grant memorial services in Westminster Abbey this afternoon after-noon was an imposing event added to the history England The edifice was crowded with the congregation nearly every member of which was a distinguished person The order of the service was as follows serce folows 1 Schuberts Funeral March 2 Funeral procession up the naive of the l cathedral to the choir 3 The opening of the burial service 4 The Ninetieth Psalm 5 The Days Lesson 6 Funeral sermon by Canon Farrar 7 Spohrs anthem Blest are the Departed De-parted 8 Handels anthem His Body is Buried i hi Peace 9 Two concluding prayers i 10 The burial service i 1 Blessings t 1 The Dead March in Saul T FUNERAL ADDRESS DELIVERED imv CANON FAHRUJ Was most impressive and listened to in almost breathless silence Canon Farrar took his text from Acts chapter 13 verse 36 He said he desired to speak simply and directly with generous appreciation but without idle flattery of him whose death had made a nation mourn thot he would touch only upon his public actions and services The speaker then traced GENERAL GRANT FROM BOYHOOD And compared bun with the great men of the world and rank him with the foremost In the course of his sermon Canon Farrar said General Grant has been grossly and unjustly called a butcher He loved peace and hated bloodshed but it was his duty at all costs to save the country In his silence determination and clearness of insight GRANT RESEMBLED WASHINGTON AND WELLINGTON WEL-LINGTON And hi the hottest fray of battle his speech never exceeded yea yea and nay nay Among the distinguished English personages person-ages present were Mr and Mrs Gladstone Earl of Iddesleigh Earl of Cran brook Right Hon Mr Forster and a great number of peers and members of the House of Commons There were also present Prime Minister Salisbury the Duke of Cambridge commanderinchief of the the British army the Marquis of Lome General Lord Wolseley Senor Martinez the Chilian ambassador to England Chief Justice Waite AttorneyGeneral Brewster Senator Edmunds Senator Hawley Haw-ley and other prominent Americans Queen VIctoria was represented at the service by her equerry The Prince of Wales the Duke of Connaught and the Duke of Edinburgh were also represented by equerries |