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Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of John S. Barbour (a Senator from Virginia)
Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of John S Barbour - a Senator from Virginia Author:United States Congress This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ... President was absent from the city and consequently could not attend the ceremonies. At 1 o'clock and 10 minutes p. m. t... more »he casket containing the remains of the deceased Senator was brought into the Senate Chamber, having been preceded by the family and friends of the deceased, and escorted by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and the committee of arrangements of the two Houses and pall-bearers selected from the Capitol police, and followed by acolytes and Rt. Rev. John J. Keane, rector of the Catholic University of America, Rev. C. Gillespie, S. J., Rev. M. C. Dolan, S. J., Rev. A. M. Mandalari, S. J., Rev. James Smith, S. J., Rev. Jacob Walter, Rev. James F. Mackin, Rev. John T. Delaney, Monsignor I. Schroeder and Prof. Joseph Pohle, of the Catholic University, and Rev. Aloysius Brosnan, S. J., master of ceremonies. The prayers for the burial of the dead, prescribed in the ritual of the Catholic Church, were read by Eev. C. Gillespie, S. J., rector of St. Aloysius Church, first in Latin and then in English, the responses being made by the attending clergymen. After the incensing and blessing of the body, Rt. Rev. John J. Keane delivered the following sermon: Funeral Sermon Of Bishop Keane. Judge not before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then shall every man have his praise from God.--1 Cor., iv, 5. In the presence of the judgment of God, how must all human judgment bow in adoring silence! It is the lesson which the Apostle of the Gentiles thus solemnly impressed on the Corinthians. It is the lesson which in this hour of mourning and of wistful gazing beyond the tomb he lovingly whispers to us. It is the lesson by which he...« less