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'ffjjt ftosttm Hailit (Slob: Itongag Itomntj, Partly 10, 1874. citations from Scripture. Fourthly th man is the secret of history," and there are few men notwithstanding, be always did what to, him seemed cannot enter into tbe kingdom of Passing on from this subject, be touched on the duty of parents, in regard to the education and training of children. Bring tip a child in tbe way be should go, and when he gets old he will not depart from it." If there Is one trait of chnracter. said Mr.

Dunn, which should our orrow for this bereavement and our gratitude for bis life and services, do unanimously agree upon these the benefactions of his public service bave rVet.ated to the depth of our clu.ztio touched the springs of our national life, and will be felt for p-neraHohs in the renewed and purified organ- To'fRreat result. affecting humanity M.lfevervwhere aud in all aaes, he contributed not "nTy brwbathebas said and done and suffered in the chamber of the Senate, but by sOrrinx and tireless anneals, for thirty years, to the conscience and heart, the magnanimity and sensibilities of the whole people recall with special satisfaction his Inexhaustible moral enemy, his marvellous intellectual vigor, bis untirinR inlustry. his varied attainments the purity of hisprfvatechaxacter.thelofttnessor his public purposes, the scholarly chai of his life and conversation, the dipnity of his Ijeanng, his indomitable resolution a capacity of enthusiasm for right aud indignation aeaiust wrong.and a civil courage which neither i AAirtri the hate or favor of men. i Summer. Winter, Tremont, Park and Beacon streets, to tbe State House, where tte remains were placed on the cataf alque prepared for them in the Doric Hall.

Tbe crowds were immense all along tbe way, and these, together with the tolling bells and minute guns, gave evidence of tbe deep lament for the departed statesman. No disorder was noticeable in the streets. A crowd was in waiting at the State House, and many of jhose present bad mourning badges about their persons. The Governor, Executive Council and personal staff were in waiting in the Doric Hall, and to the chief executive, on the arrival of the body, Senator Anthony spoke as follows May it Please Your Excellency We are commanded bv tbe Senate of the United States to render back to you your illustrious dead. Nearly a quarter of a century ago, you dedicated to the public service i a man who was even then greatly distinguished.

He remained in it. quickening its patriotism, ini forming its councils andWding in its et'xt having survived in continuous service all his original associates, he has closed his earthly career VV.th reverent hands we bring to you his mortal part, that may be committed to the soil of the State, already renowned.that gave him birth. Take it it is yours. The part which we do not return to you is not wholly yours to receive, nor altogether ours to give. It belongs to the coumrv, to mankind, to freedom, to civilization, to humanity.

We come to you with emblemsof mourning which faintly typify the sorrow that dwells in the breasts upon which they lie. So much is due to the infirmity of human nature. But, in the view of reason and philosophy, is it not rather a matter of high exultation tbat a life so pure in its personal qualities, so high in its public alms, so fortunate in the fruition of noble effort, basclosed safely before age had marred its intellectual vigor, before time had dimmed tbe lustre of its genius? May it please your excellency, our mission is completed. We commit to you the body of Charles Sumner. His undying fame the muse of historv has already taken in her keeping.

Governor Washburn, in responding, said that he ith members of bis Council and staff and the citizens present, was there to receive the mortal remains of the loved Senator of Massachusetts. He said he desired to tender to the committee tbe thanks of the Commonwealth for the tender care of the precious dust of its representative, and be assured them that it should ever be cherished by Massachusetts as among its most precious treasures. In closlng.be said, for the present, he committed it to the chargo cf the Legislative Committee appointed to arrange for its final disposition. The Congressional Committee then left and went to the Revere House, where dinner was partaken of. AT THE CHUECHES- Eloquent and Fitting Tributes to the Doparted Statesmen by the Clergy of Boston and Vicinity.

The clergymen of this and neighboring cities, almost without regard to denomination, took occasion in their sermons, yesterday, to dwell on the lessons to be learnt from the life of Charles Sumner, and with a unanimity which, perhaps, has no parallel, except in the case of the death of Abraham Lincoln. "Words of praise were given in memory of the man, whom ministers of all creeds pronounced an example worthy to be followed by men of all degree. Below will be found brief abstracts of the sermons of seme of the more prominent clergymen of the city and suburbs, ou the subject which is first in every one's mind at this time. PABKEB MEtfOEIAL. Eulogy on Charles Sumner by the Rev.

Samuel Johnson. The services at Parker-Memorial Hall were conducted by the Rev. Samuel Johnson, who delivered a warm eulogy on the character and services of Mr. Sumner. After a statement of the salient features of tie career of tbe deceased, he said: His best achievement is precisely tbat which makes the keenness of our grief and fills us with a sense of irreparable loss.

He who shows what a throne of instant power, in a throneless land, a stainless reputation may be; be who is a living root within it of tbat faith in the reality of political virtue which neutralizes tbe effect of countless treacheries and corruptions, so that citizens can still strive with heart and hope for self-government, as the truth of the coming time, is doing for us every day more thau any special cause be pleads. To generate such personal confidence is tbe very highest form of productive force. And it is tbe very soul of political education to learn bow to estimate this supreme form of credit, on which all material values rest to appreciate it as the sheet anchor of all public hope, the enforcer and upholder of every ideal aim. Of all loves, it was said of old, that is the strongest and divinest which is by cities and States borne to a man for his virtue. In ibis connection, tbe preacher said: In days when ability to sift out the worship of duty from the worship of self is the rarest of gifts, as it is the most momentous of needs; here was unmistakeably the public manhood that could say with Algernon Sydney, "I will live no longer than my principles will preserve me.

I will not blot my past by providing for my future. I live by just means or not at all." Here, amidst the subserviency to party gauges, to mass and machinery, was the grand self-poise and self-reliance. Here, amidst the extempore recklessness tba; degrades American speaking, was a conscientious and respectful labor of preparation, that seemed to say witb Demosthenes, I should be ashamed to throw out what comes uppermost to an assembly like this." Here was the scorn of intrigue, tbe contempt of covers and feints and crooked paths, tbe utter sincerity, tbe frank demand for all his conscience craved, the lightning of righteous judgment that could not be stayed and tbat went straight to the mark, making dark plot and hidden peril a blaze of light before all eyes. What can measure such a loss? He was tbe idealist among statesmen, and proved his ideal the most practicable, the only practicable path for tbe nation. He came because politics were destroying us because the disease that corroded us was the absence of faith in ideas, in principles, in moral power and in moral penalties.

And he came armed for the task of affirming these sovereignties, held to have no rights within the political sphere; armed with qualities so accordant with it that they seemed given in bim once for all a self-sustainment that could dispense witb all tbe appliances on which politicians are wont to rest; an absolutism that was proof against discouragement or opposing will a power of concentration on bis work tbat protected him from much distraction and waste of time in listening to tbe paltry talk and schemes of others; a dignity and culture that saved him from those familiar approaches by tbe coarser kind of politicians, tbat breed entangling policies and thecorrupt ions of personal subservience; an idealist, constituted for a certain isolation, which compelled attention and respect, fitted to be tbe spokesman of a truth and a duty so much beyond tbe experience of most around him that it must be uttered from Ibe commanding elevation of a character which they not only could not hope to tamper with, but not even conceive as walking on the same level witb themselves. There are many who well oll this "heresy to American democratic ideas." Whatever its heresy, it was necessary, and, therefore, it came in its hour, and it is justified by its fruits. This is the power we miss from eur front now in the very cleft of our perilous passage from the consequences of civil war through the fierce temptations of political corruption. MUSIC HALL. An Eloquent Kulosry on the Departed Senator by Colonel T.VV.

Hieelnson. Col. T. W. Higginson delivered a discourse on Charles Sumner at Music Hall, iu tbe forenoon.

He began by saying that a Greek writer had said that tbere were days when tbe greatest city of tbe world, Athens, bad but one voice within its walls, and tbe stranger entering its gates, startled by tbe silence, was told: Demosthenes is speaking in the Assembly of the people. Today, said be, tbere is but one voice within this city, which sometimes bas boasted of itself as the new Athens. There is but one voice coming from that silent form the lips tbat spake so eloquently in life never spake so eloquently as today, and the exquisite words of Emerson, to whom Sumner sent bis last message, are fulfilled for us today: "The silent form loudest chants its master's requiem." Said Colonel Higginson When I stood at the State House, a little while ago, I thought not is this Sumner, but is this Boston tbat fired a hundred guns at the passage of the fugitive slave law. The material changes which have taken place in Boston are as nothing when compared witb tbe moral change since the day when Sumner was first elected. Colonel Higginson said that, in speaking of Mr.

Sumner, he wished to consider, first, his surroundings, which are half of every great man, and, second, himself, which is the other half. A nation which had been founded in blood and tears, found itself in danger of death from tbe giving up of the principles of the revolution the great wrong of slavery had come forward to paralyze the nation. Washington was at that time ruled by slavery, and it was in that condition when Sumner reached the capital. If he stuck entirely to tbe slavery question he was called a one-idea man, and if, on tbe other hand, he went beyond it, he was stigmatized as a demagogue. Colonel Higginson passed hurriedly over Mr.

Sumner's first years in Congress. SDeakincr of thn mej r. uwaa 4VJ the important results which followed it. uaytng described Mr. Sumner's surroundings dur ing bis first years in Congress.

Colonel Higginson passed to a consideration of the man himself, physically, Intellectually and morally. After speaking of Mr. Sumner's magnificent physique, which enabled bim to perform the tremendous labors of his life, the speaker came to a consideration of his intellectual qualities. He said tbat it seemed to him very clear that tbe great characteristic of Mr. Sumner's Intellect was not so much iu quality as its amazing quantity, breadth and power.

He had not highest order of creative intellect, for instance; not the highest order of scientific genius which involves imagination, and is almost akin to it. He had not the finest structure of philosophic intellect; be had not the finest military or administrative height of Intellect. He did not possess the highest quality of statesmanship; but wben we come down from tbat to quantity.we find bim surpassing all Americans, living or dead. Sumner had sat at the feet of a great teacher who had solved the problem, and bad given the key-note for the nation's future. Not only did Charles Sumner possess a wealth of power and resources, but he had the power of statement, of presenting a thing systematically; and we always felt that behind bis sayings there was a man.

These resources of intellect, this breadth and volume, this inexhaustible mind, be laid upon the altar of freedom. In speaking of Mr. Sumner's moral character. Colonel Higginson said that he built on tbe rock of ages, and he has bis reward in eternity. Colonel Higginson spoke of Mr.

Sumner's great adbcreuce to truth. This was this great feature about Mr. Sumner's morals, said the speaker: they extended not only to bis ends, but to bis means. He never connived at an indirect procedure, or at a dishonorable act, even to save a great measure, nor to speak of serving his own Interests. Can any one Imagine for an Instant Charles Sumner wlre-rulHng or button-holing to secure bis own election; or on tbe platform at a political convention, marshalling men to vote for himself? His very faults were the faults of his virtue and strength.

He bas sometimes been complained of as being domineering and egotistic; tbe very simplicity of bis nature entered there; he had nothing to conceal, not even the knowledge of his own great possessions. Colonel Higginson iadignantly denied tbat Mr. Sumner took no interest in individuals. "I thought," said the speaker in this connection, "that the one thing wanting in tbat heroic death chamber in Washington might bave been so easily supplied. There were present wise men and Ignorant men, powerful men and weak men, white men and black men that was as it should be: but all that doesn't comfort a man, as he knows, who bas ever been ill among strangers.

What must be the essential solitude of a death bed where there is neither a woman's weeping nor a woman's touch 1 There were scores of women in Washington who would have been glad to walk on their knees up the stairs of Mr. Sumner's bouse, to save bira from one pang. Can anyone tell wby those doors were shut against tbeiu? Colonel Higginson concluded by urging all, tbe young in particular, to try to do the same good for their race as Charles Sumner did, expressing tbe hope that a worthy successor might take the place made vacant by the death of tbe great Senator. SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHTJBCH. "Uvinc for an Idea" Sermon by the Rev.

Edward Everett Hale. The service at the South Congregational Church, Union Park street, yesterday morning, was very folly attended, in part, doubtless, owing to the announcement that the pastor, the Rev. E. E. Hale, would speak on the life and cbaractcrof tbe late Senator Sumner, and tbose who were present bad the pleasure of listening to a sermon more than usually interesting, and delivered in Mr.

Hale's best and happiest style. Tbe text announced by the revere ned gentleman was Revelations, 12-13: "And be bad a name written tbat no man knew but be himself. And his name is called Tue Word of God." Through all the images and symbols of tbe wild, weird poem of the Apocalypse, said the preacher, out from the figures andpresages of agony and direst conflict, there conies at last the happy, peaceful prophecy of the triumph of the Word of God of tbe cause of right. Its lesson, as we read it, to-day, is that they who live for an idea, who strive to do the will of the Lord on earth and to fur ther the progress of tbe right shall achieve the high est and truest success. Among the ancient peoples, in whose times St.

John lived and wrote, the Grecians did as they would, tbe Romans as they were obliged to do; the Hebrews and tbe young Christian Church alone lived for an idea. In later times, there bave always been found the exponents of tbe same principle; whether tbe early martyrs, tbe mediaeval reformers or our own ancestors, tbe Puritans, brave men and women baye come down us in history as daring to live for an Idea. Our revolution grew out of this spirit, and later, within our own recollection, tbose who believed that "God hath made of one blood all men" bave carried forward the same high purpose. Do we seek for individual instances, we need none better than be who bas just passed from earth. Throughout his life be lived for an Idea, witb a fixedness of purpose, an indifference to the ordinary inter ests cbeiit-hed by tbose around him, and a carelessness of personal considerations which, though at times causing bim to be stigmatized as -'fanatic" and "im- itrocticable, bave won tor bim tbe nation's love and lonor.

So deep and abiding was his faith in tbe ulti mate triumph, that he was often careless of tbe means to tne end, ana was not understood or believed in by many of his more calculating coworkers. Tbe mere politicians never understood and never liked him. but he was understood and appre ciated by the mass of the people who prove their descent trom puritan ancestry by their belier, expressed twice a day in their prayers and once a year at tbe polls, tbat the will of tbe Ixird can be done ou earth as it is in beaven; a belief no less rtissed, tboucb perhaps differently phrased, than that which actuated Cromwell's Ironsides." Very likely they nowadays phrase it "doing about what's right," but ail tne same it is tne expression of tbe principle of living for an idea. The preacher gave illustrations, from his acts and writings ot Sumner's devotion to principle, and drew the lesson for tbe youngof following tbe path pursued by tbe ereat Senator, as the surest and only road to the highest success in life. WEST CHTJBCH.

A Moral Greatness "Eulogy on the Late Senator by the Rev. Dr. C. A. Bartol.

The Kev. C. A. Bartol, D. preached at the West Church, in the morning, upon the all-absorb ing topic of the day, bis text being "He made him to teach his Senators wisdom," Psalm 21, 22.

In bis introduction, he said that however opinions may differ of bis prudence or ability, the weight of his word or importance of bis position none will doubt. In culture be was a match for nobles, in temper he was a champion of the oppressed and a friend to the poor. No American tame is so widely known and celebrated in all civilized lands, for he was a cosmopolite, deserving tbat name as truly as any man who since tbe settlement of these colonies has lived within their bounds. Dr. Bartol considered the reason of the wide consequence of the event which bad put a nation Into mourning, and bis conclusion was that in the moral region lay the real greatness of this man.

His conscience was original, and he had no original sin. No imputation on bis purpose but cleared awav like the cloud from the breath on spotless steel, leaving the metal bright as before. As art antagonist, handling quest ions of motive or policy, he was as frank as tbe lion-hearted Richard, and simple as a child. He had no tricks, no management, no intrigue; he showed his hand. An example, indeed, to the caucus-packers and municipal contrivers, of a man who never pulled a wire, rolled a log, laid a pipe, listened in a lobby, whispered in tbe ear what might not be proclaimed on tbe housetop, or blew any trumpet but of the public good, however in his magnificent self-respect he might be falsely accused of wishing to blow his own trumpet.

Dr. Bartol concluded as follows: "Twice has been bis conspicuous entry into bis town. First, after be was outraged for bis freedom of utterance in his place; next, yesterday, with whatever connection the spirit may have with its forsaken robe. How but as a. man of principle shall be stand forever in our memory and in the human mind? Let his name, like that of Washington, be a lasting rebuke to veuality, selfish ambition, bribery and ail political intrigue.

You can rest, soon," he said to the familiar friend and companion in clerical labor who was rubbing the hands fast growing cold in death. No chafing can restore what turns to the clay of which it was made. Tbe flowers that cover his grave will fade, but to cherish his honor we will never ceme Let bis body "be buried in peace; his name livetb evermore." H0LLIS STREET CHTJBCH. Upright Men in Offlce the Best Political Economy-Sermon by the Kev. George L.

Chaney. At the Ilollis Street Church, in the morning, tbe Rev. George L. Chaney, the pastor, preached a very eloquent discourse on the character and greatness of the honored dead. He took bis text from Genesis, 38: Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the spirit of God is?" This, said Mr.

Chaney, is tbe question asked by Pharaoh wben he sought a ruler for Egypt, and be displayed the greatest amount of political wisdom and political economy in choosing Joseph from tbe bright galaxy of his advisers and councillors. He recognized the efficiency and power of the right man in the right Rlace, and was determined at all hazards toput him there. Great men are the guardians of public opinion and of public safety; their actions and words are not of the present, nor yet of the oast, but Of find tfr all times; progress halts untU they take up tbe reiiis, aou gmu ner car turough the mazy ways of the world's opposition. Guizot flays, truly, The great tbe Lord's coming was great source of omfort bereavement, since we know that when thir kingdom Is established there will be I. 18, II, 12.

Lastly sons showed the encouragement given bv till promise to tbose who are laboring to eafn Christ, and the absolute importance of tlie nh-every one who would be prepared for the Christ's kingdom. of CHTJBCH OF 0TJB FATHEB. Humanity's Tribute to True Worth, Iustratei in the Death of by the Kev. J. J.

Lewis. At the Church of Our Father, Broadwa tbe pastor, the Rev. J. J. Lewis, spoke upon inanity's Tribute to True Worth," choosing text, Proverbs, 7, 8, 9: Wisdom is the prlx-tlnl tbing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy.

ting get understanding. Exhort her, and she shifl promote thee; she shall bring tbee to bonor thou dost embrace her. She shall give to thine hI an ornament of grace; a crown of glory shallrfl deliver to thee." The city, the capital, the ntk I could say the world, said tbe preacher, are In man" ing, today, and are paying their last tribute of rearaet to the dead statesman. The plaint of the man, the wail of the distressed, shows the erovaef glory humanity bas given him, and we feel it in own hearts. Intellectually and morally V8 i.4 sustained an irreparable loss.

Intellectually Charfel Sumner, I may safely say, was without a' peeu the English-speaking world. Morally, we cootea plate bim with awe-struck admiration. Upon ,1, ever subjects men may bave differed from hira. will agree that bis intentions, like bis MiMer'i holy, purely, divinely good. Faithful to hit io'T4 humanity, even in death, bis last words were a prttw for roan, for the success of the nation.

An pay bim homage, for humanity honors the Loo? tion of its possible greatness and goodnesswivi others were corrupted be stood white and pareiCl the rock of temptation, never losing sijbt of thrTTJ? of bis lellow-men. We may ponder well tbe nu of the hour, for we need this lesson; in il thiI answering duty's call, and at last wiunine EnT.S riches of recompense. THE POWEB OF rNTZGBTrr, Sermon, Tetterday Morning, by the Rev. H. 1.

Cushman, at the Col umbos Avenue Unl-versalist Church. At the Columbus Avenue Urnveraaliit Cbnrcb, yesterday morning, the Junior pastor, tit Rev. H. I. Cushman, preached on tbe leuonj of Charles Sumner's life, taking as his text, Um first four verses ef the twelfth chapter of tht first book of Samuel.

Tbe words of the prophet, "Whom bave I defrauded of bis right?" might well have been spoken by tbe mia whom, said tbe preacher, a whole nation mooiM, today; and, at such a time, no subject can better be considered than tbe power of persona fa. tegrity. Mr. Cushman went on to speak cf tte power in good lives, so much greater Hun tag of good precepts to lift society to a signer level. Mr.

Sumner was referred to as a remarkable illustration of tbe principle. His character was the centra about wbicb all tbe elements of right thinkinj npi human equality crystalized. Such life aj his possesses also a quickening and reclaiming power, bribing tbe indifferent within the vortex of his Inspiration. Tbe value ef such a life of personal Integrity in confirming our faith in the better destiny of tbe race, the preacher thought, could haroiy be overeat iiuateil. bat a rebuke in his life of all low aim, narrow views and selfish meannesses; wbat a call a nobler living! Mr.

Cushman said, in closing: "if we revere the name of Charles Sumner, let ni sway witb all corruption from both public aDd private life: and, if we would weave into tbe web of ourconntry'i history one thread whose color sball never fade, wg must imitate such examples of devotion and fidelity to JOY STBEET METHODIST CHTTECH. Charles Snmner the Champion of the Colored Kace The Rev. Alexander Ellis's Sermon. The Colored Methodists' Church on Joy street was crowded in tbe evening, the occasion heicg a memorial service to tbe late Charles Somner. Tbs sermon was delivered by tbe pastor, the Rev.

Alexander Ellis, who took for a text, in tbe fourth vans of tbe eleventh chapter of Hebrews, the words: "Hi being dead, yet speaketh." Of no man who ever lived, said tbe preacher, could these words be more truly spoken than of Charles Sumner, for nomas ever lived who combined in himself such loftiness of thought, such majesty of purpose, such honest; of motive and such consummate powers of mind anl soul to make potent bis ideas. In him tbe United States have lost a most noble-hearted man, tbe City of Boston a most useful citizen and tbe colored race their proudest champion. In view ot this last thought, bow eminently fitting it is that the colored men and women of Boston should meet in their churches to pay their modest tribute to the memory of tbe one tbey so dearly loved and to take to their hearts anew tbe lessons of bis great life and philanthropy. THE CAMBRIDGE PULPITS. In the Harvard College Cliapel.

Frequent and eloquent allusions were mad by tbe pastors of tbe various churches of Cambridge, yesterday, to tbe late Senator. In tbe chapel of Harvard College, tbe Rev. Dr. Briggs of Cambridgs-port, who occupied tbe Rev. l)r.

Peabody's pulpit, referred to Senator Sumner's long battle witb the cans of slavery as an instance of the fact tbat it ii ty espousing some great principle and becoming Ui champion that men of genius are enabled to naol down their names to be honored bv posterity. also spoke of Mr. Sumner's great love for educatioa and culture, which was displayed as mucb in biilaat noble gift to bis alma mater as it ever was ia the example of bis life. The Shepard Memorial Church. In the Shepard Memorial Church, the Eev.

Mr. McKenzie, referring In his sermon to Mr. Sinner, said We have bad wbat seems a noteworthy instance of confidence in God and His rigbteoasaesi in tbe statesman who, tomorrow, will pass thronga onr streets on bis way to tbe grave. Then praiss bim for tbe simplicity of bis purpose and the parity of bis life, this knight without fear and without reproach. He was more than this, for he was in advance of his time in a strong humanity, in loyalty to tbe oppressed, in a passion for liberty confidence, la justice, in faith, in final victory; defamed, restated, stricken down with violence, he would not bate a jot of heart or bope, but still bear np and bear right onward." He kept bis solitary place till the cause he bad espoused became the nation's endeavor and shame bad turned to honor, fiercest blame to load applause.

He knew tbat, sooner or later, the came must triumph. It was sooner, not later. He believed in tbe eternal principles of right and rigUteousnea. He knew tbere was a God, and in this, at least, he proved himself in accord with Him. Thii confidence in tbe promise of tbe future, tba promise of Him who is thn Father of all mea He bad made all men, this gave the statesman daring, persistence, success.

"In tbe universe of God tbera are no accidents." be said. From tbe fall of a sparrow to tbe fall of an empire, all Is according to taat 1)1 vine power whose laws are everlasting." Let add whose promises based on His laws are everlasting. As be passes from sieht let no man form tB9 lessons of his life. Let us not forget this lesson, ta need of faith, the power of faith, the fitness of taw promise to tbe faith. Our lives are on another pitst from bis but our need is like his.

0THEE SERVICES IN BBIEF. Pulpit Utterances at Chelsea on the Sad Eveat- The Kev. I B. Bates at the Mount Belling ham Church, yesterday afternoon, delivered a ccnirse on tbe subject of "Charles Sumner's Deal and its Lessons; and in tbe evening the Kev- A. J- Canfield at the Cbnrcb of the Redeemer preached me same Funject.

tfotb sermons are repreaeniea have been eloquent aud able pulpit efforts. Sumner a Godly Man. In the Central Church. Berkeley street, tha Rev. H.

Clay Trumbnll of Hartford preaebfd. jeHer-day morning, Trom I Timothy, 8: "Godliness fat profitable unto all things, having promise of the Ufa tbat now Is, and of tbat wbicb Is to come. Tha Cbristlan virtne mentioned in the text was attributed to the great statesman as follows: The city is shrouded in mourning, today; for the remains of Its O'5 distinguished son lie uuburied in iu midst, until th last honors can be formally naid to tbem on their to tbe silence of the tomb. I ask you what eoa- stituted the chief glory of the statesman oto whose death the whole civilized world in sorrowing sympathy with you, today? Was It not nnllincbing integrity; bis never-varying devotion the right, in his sphere of public influeuce and Not bis official station, not his eloquence of not his political activities, not bis sound aenwa. varied learning, bis unbending will, but his godliness in statesmanship won to Charles Sanw the place be bad In tbe heart of Christendom, public man who stood for the right, regarmes seeming personal consequences.

A Sermon by the Bev. John De Witt- At the Central Chnrch. vesterdav morning, the Rev. John Ie Witt preached an interesting sermon on the relation of business to religion, taking a bistextRomans.xil.il: "Xot slothful in bulne. serving the Lord." The reverend gentleman tat that there was no more Important subject than relaUon between Christianity and business pawn'-.

Continued on the rifth Pace. In tbe historv of this nation whose life cast so mucn glory and lustre on her annals aa does that of Charles Summer. Mr. Cbancy then gave a brief sketch of the Sen ator's earlv life, his industry in study, his am bition for preferment, and tbe success which marked bis university career. His first appearance in public or political life was when he delivered bis famous speech in Fanueil Hall against tne a lmission of Texas as a Slave State.

The eyes of the nation were turned upon him from that day, and the great est statesmen of the republic recognized in this young tribune the material for a legislator whose principles could soar above the trammels of party or creed, of race or caste, and be bounded only by the needs and tbe moral elevation of the entire numan family. He was tendered the nomination to Con cress in 1846. but bis love of study and the attractions of bis social position deterred him from accepting the office, and for five years be devoted bimseic to tne books which be loved so well, and which in all the turmoil of public life were his best friends and most constant companions. But fate may be postponed; it cannot be averted. In 1851 be was elected to tbe National Senate, where he spent the rcmaineder of bis life, wotklng strenuously for the elevation of the human race, and for universal freedom.

You all, said Mr. Chaney, are familiar with his history, and the struggles and triumphs which marked his Congressional career. He fought persistently for the right and to Its attainment he sacrificed every consideration. He was covered with obloquy, he was shunned by bis former friends and bated by his political oponents, but lie pursuea nis own way to the end nnd lived to see his predictions verified. The man who could provoke so much of love and so much of hate must have been a man of power.

Let us imitate his great virtues; let us never swerve from the paths which duty points out, and by doing so we i 1 1 Will honor ine memory ui iuo imusiumub fnoinsuiau whose remains repose in our midst, tnis morning. "THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN NATTJBE." Sermon at the Barton Square Church, Salem, by the Kev. George liatchelor. At most of the churches in Salem, yesterday, sermons eulogistic of the life of the dead Sena tor were preached. Below is given an extractor one, tbat of the Rev.

George Batchelor, at the Barton Square Unitarian Church. Tbe text was taken from realm, 4-6. He treated briefly of t09 liberal idea of tbe dignity of human nature, saying that tbe thought which Cbanning put at the heart of bis re ligion, Charles Sumner put at the heart of bis politics and statesmanship. He then reviewed his career as a man, a scholar, a politician, a statesman and Senator, dwelling especially on those qualities in bis character which make bis example a lesson for these times, in which public station is held to be not a trust bi a perquisite. He fitted himself for tbe highest sta tlon in society and the State, and then held bis dignities above tbetumultjof partisan strife.but never failed to risk his place and reputation whenever the rights of any oppressed man claimed his vindicating word In tbe modern sense, be was scarcely a politician at all, and one limitation of his influence came froai the fact tbat be would never postpone politics for political exigencies.

He sometimes mistook tbe dictates of bis imperions will for tbe decrees of justice, and seemed haughty because he would not yield a point which seemed to bim right. He nursed bis wrath at tbe degradation of tbe public service, and refused to treat on equal terms with men who seemed to him to forget the traditions of high-minded devotion to tho public good. There was something dramatic in his endurance of the censure of the Commonwealth, and the reception of tbe retraction of that censure on that last day before be went borne to die. Massachusetts wonld hardly care now to lay that tardy re traction among tbe funeral wreaths upon bis coffin. The speaker described tbe riendship ot Lincoln aud Sumner, tbe contrast in their characters, and the tie which bound tbem to a common cause, and led tberu to sutler alike for its sake.

Had Sumner, like Lincoln, been more putient and kindly, be might have lncr ased nis power to serve. But tbe decrees of duty were inflexible, and why not be the servant of duty? Kroiu such a life we get inspirations for tbe living ones, and hope for tbe dead. His mortal career is elided, but the instincts of the people already cry out, Why seek ye the living among the dead?" The sermon closed with one of Wbitlier's poems, of which the last verse is And now he rests. In his preatnoss and his sweetness. No more shall seem at strife.

And death hath moutdol Into calm completeness, The statue of bis life." SPIRITUALIST SOCIETY. A Tribute to the Memory of Charles Sumner Lecture In the Music Hall by the Kev. W. K. Alger.

The Kev. W. K. Alger lectured in Mr sic Hall, yesterday afternoon, before the Spiritualist Society, on tbe "Wants of the Times," and in introducing bis subject betook occasioa to pronounce a brief panegyric on tbe life and character of Charles Sumner. He said tbat the greatest and chiefest needs of tbe present time were men both iu church and State who wonld have the courage to shake off tbe bonds and fetters of sentimentalism and of personal interest, and speak out their convictions.

My worthy predecessor, said Mr. Alger, was a man who could represent tbe church in this regard, as he was fearless and outspoken and fully consecrated to the God of truth. There lies, today, in in state, at the capitol of this Commonwealth, the remains of an illustrious fellow-citizen, the representative in the National Senate for many years of the people of Massachusetts, whose history in the council of State corresponds with that of Theodore Parker in theology. Tbe most conspicuous quality in this long and luminous career which has just ended as the dawn ends in the day, by a transition from this life to a higher aud a brighter one, the most conspicuous quality, I say, was his uncorruptcd honor and honesty. Whatever errors of judgment be may bave made, he was known to have been con.

ec rated to truth and tbe elevation of our human nature. We are struck by the brilliancy of his genius, the weight and significance of his every utterance, the comprehensiveness of his preparation for offlce, and the fidelity which he displayed in every principle which he advocated, but, above all, by bis love for consistency and truth. He was not a politician; he was a slutesn- an be never traded or bargained for office or political preferment. He was a master of science and art, a man of culture and refinement, pos.esed of a store of knowledge on international and social questions, and all these treasures of mind and soul be brought into tbe service of his couutry. Many of our politicians and officeholders are wholly unfit for their position; they are but detnagoghes, who seek the office not out of patriotism or a desire to benefit their fellow-beings, but for the emoluments and honors which it confers.

Let our statesmen follow aa best they can the shining example left them by Charles Sumner; they may not hope to reach the point to which he attained, for It is rarely that such talents as bis are combined in one man, but. let them be truthful and consistent, and imitate bis virtues if they cannot acquire them. TBEU0NT STBEET METHODIST CHTJBCH. The Perpetuity of Moral Forces Sermon by the Kev. J.

W. Hamilton. At the Tremont Street Methodist Church, tbe pastor, the Rev. J. W.

Hamilton, preached in the morning, using as his text the seventeenth verso of tbe ninth chapter of Hebrews: "For a testament is of force after men are dead." The preacher began by speaking of tbe perpetuity of moral forces and the Immortality of the men in whom tbey dwell. Under this general theme, be came next to speak of tbe recent bereavement of the nation aud to pronounce an eulogy on the late Charles Sumner. The grief at the news of his death was by no means confined to a few personal or family friends, nor even to tbe State whose pride be was, but was as uuiversal as the human race; and while the people of Boston were paying their last tribute of love in tbe honorable care of Mr. Sumner's remains, tbe people of other cities all over the land were listening witb admiration to the eulogies from thousands of pulpits. The preacher then proceeded to consider the elements of Mr.

Sumner's greatness, his rare scholarship, his wonderful statesmanship and bis unsurpassing oratory. But above all qualities of genius and attainment was to be placed the high moral courage which, as the foundation of the noblest philantbropby ana the strictest integrity, had made Mr. Sumner's life the most perfect ever lived by any American statesman. Time may wax old and worlds may pass away, but the life of Charles Sumner shall live on through all aces and into eternity for of itself it is eternity. BEACH STBEET PRESBYTERIAN.

Fidelity to Principle Sermon by the Rev. James B. Dunn. The Kev. James B.

Dunn, the pastor, conducted the regular morning service at the Beach Street Fresbyteiian Church, yesterday, and, as there was an unusually large number of baptisms, his sermon bore particularly on that subject. Ha took occasion, however, to say a good word for the memory of the great Senator whom Massachusetts mourns, and whose loss is felt throughout tbe nation. His text was from Mathew, 14 Even so it is not tbe will of your Father which is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish." Mr. Dunn dwelt at some length on tbe love for children which always manifested itself in the character of Christ. His teachings and sermons were filled witb injunctions on bis hearers to become as little children, and Ho even made this childlike simplicity the condition of salvation, Unless ye become even aa these little ones ye right, taking counsel with Ged rather than with man He locked upon war as a great misery, as great as any to be avoided but it was because be bated war and believed in peace.and finding organized in this country a standing war of a little minority of whites upon millions of blacks, be committed himself to tbe anti slavery cause.

Massachusetts did not always show ber love to bim. Boston was sometimes very cold to bim, but be did love Massachusetts. Just let me read to you a little note of bis, written in wbat seemed to be tbe darkest times, just before tbe firing on Fort Sumter: WianiDornv Tiecember 30. 1860, MT PEAR Ha LB: I doubt whether anything can be done, this Winter, for ancient history; that of today will be too absorbing. Meanwhile pray keep Massa chusetts nome ana true at tne nean or uw comum where in character and intelligence she belongs.

Noth' ing can be gained by subserviency or by acute argu mont tn ffnri tinman frpcrinm and its safeguard uncon- Kni in vnln Iirva I studied mv dutv here and I know tbat nothing is more importaut than for mi, rfuor ('nmmnnvMith in ittfinil she is nreciselv. nor more nor less. In the catastrophe which is immt- ment I wish her to bold fast to tne out nag. i-ray neip her. But I count upon ner uovernor.

tioa oiess you Ever yours, Charxks Scmniu. Young men, remember that; and remember bim in these davs when we want to bring tbe State back where our Governor left it. Mr. Hale concluded by relatiDg an anecdote illustrative of Mr. Sumner's entire indifference on tbe subject of his reelection.

His Honor closed the meeting by remarking that the honored Vice-President of tbe United States, Henry Wilson, was present, but unable to speak, but be read letters from bim and tbe Hon. Charles rancis Adams. Tbe Hon. 'William Gray moved, on behalf of many of his fellow-merchants, tbat the business men of Boston be requested to close their stores on Monday during the funeral. The motion was adopted, alter which the meeting adjourned, and the assemblage gradually dissolved.

THE FUNERAL CORTEGE. Departure from New York The Progress Hither Demonstrations of Sorrow All Along the Koute. The conveyance of the remains of our late senior Senator was made from New York by a special train, tbe drawing-room car "Crescenta" being one of tbe three cars composing it, the others being a baggage car and tbe drawing-room car Governor Ingersoll." Tbe body was placed in tbe baggage car. Tbe train left the Grand Central depot at precisely 10 o'clock on Saturday, the body having been conveyed thither from tbe Fifth Avenue Hotel under guard of a squad of Washington colored police and of New York officers, and escorted by a delegation from the Union League Club, headed by the Rev. Dr.

Osgood. The cars of the train were decorated with tarletan, black and white cambric, and alpaca. The style of decoration was in festoons, caught up with rosettes, with banging tassels and with streamers of black ribbon. Tbe coffin was placed upon a travelling box of white pine, over which there was a thick fringed velvet pall. The paH was removed when the doors of the car were opene to allow the public to see the casket, and replaced when tbe train moved on.

Tbe guard of bonor around the casktt, during the passage was composed of the Capitol Police, eight in number, under command of Lieutenant S. A. Bizden. In the two drawing-room cars were the gentlemen composing the escort. On the part of the Senate, Messrs.

Anthony, McCreery, Scburz, Stockton, Sargent and Oglesby; on tbe part of tbe House, Messrs. Hurlbut, Beck, Clayton, Kainey, Foster, Hancock, Scudder of New York, Hale and Randall. The members of tbe Massachusetts delegation were Messrs. E. It.

Hoar, George F. Butler, Dawes, Pierce, Williams, Gcoch and Harris. Messrs. Boutwell and Hooper, on account of illness, were nnable to leave Washington. A delegation from the New York Chamber of Commerce was also present, consisting of -Messrs.

S. B. Ciittenden, Cyrus W. Field, A. A.

Low and E. Condin. George Downing, President of tbe Civil Rights Council, and James Wormley were present representing the colored people of the South. T.G.Dorsey and C. Bass came in behalf of the colored people of Philadelphia.

Mr. L. Pierce, A. B. Johnston (private secretary), Ben Perley Poore, Sergeant-at-Arms French and bis son, and Captain Blackford, chief of the Capitol Police, who represents Sergeant-at-Arms Ordway, were also present.

At Coscob bridge tbe train stopped to take in General Chanley and Mr. William T. Ingersoll, the former of Governor Ingersoll's staff, the latter bis secretary. At Stamford and Bridgeport tbe train stopped, and the citizens of those places gathered around the casket car, bat got no glimpse of tbe remains. A short pause was made at New Haven, where tbe same respectful curiosity prevailed, and mourning, signs were displayed.

At Hartford, the train was a half hour late, and a change of engines was made. As tbe train approached Springfield, minute guns were fired, and the city belle were tolled. Emblems of mourning were profusely displayed. Tbe crowd at Springfield was great, having gathered about 2 o'clock, at which time tbe train had been expected. Among those who were admitted to the cars here were Mayor Stebbins and the members of tbe City Council, ex-Lteutenant-Governor Trask and other prominent citizens.

Tbe State Legislative Committee, consisting of the Hon. F. B. Hayes, the Hon. Z.

C. Wardwell, tbe Hon. F. W. Jacobs and Messrs.

Cod in an, Fitzgerald, Noble, Blunt and Cu turnings, attended by Doorkeeper Tucker, substitute for Mr. Morissey, had arrived here at 11.30, and when tbe arrival of the train was announced at the Massasoit House he gentlemen made their way to he station, escorted by Colonels Palfrey and Storer of the Governor's staff. Senator Hayes, when the delegation had been escorted to the palace car containing tbe Congressional Committee, spoke as follows: Gentlemen of the Congressional Committee The Legislature of Massachusetts has charged ns with the duty of waiting upon you and receiving the remains of our beloved Senator. With the remains permit me to conduct you and the members of the Mas sachusetts delegation in Congress, and tbe honored guests of tbe State, to its capital, when It shall please yon to continue your journey. Senator Anthony replied in behalf of the delegation, thanking the State legislators for this reception, and tbe honor and sympathy thus shown.

About twenty minutes were then allowed for dinner, and the train movi on, stopping at Palmer and Brook field, then at Worcester Junction and at Worcester proper. The crowds bere were immense and the greatest difficulty was experienced in keeping tbe people away from the train. Several Boston detectives and a colored delegation bere joined the party on the train. Among those who were bere to pay homage to tbe memory of tbe honored dead were Mayor Davis, with the Board of Aldermen and tbe Common Council, Colonel A. H.

Bullock, Colonel John D. Wash-burne. General Josiah Pickett, General A. V. R.

Sprague, and Colonel Titus, the dole-gates to tbe Legislature, Messrs. George W. Gill, E. B. Stoddard, Peter C.

Bacon, W. W. Rice, D. L. Nelson, Judge Cbapin, H.

C. Rice. Colonel Wether-ell, formerly of Governor Andrew's staff, Colonel Woodward and Mr. Goodhue. Tbe merchants of the city were represented.

Tbe train stopped only once between Worcester and Boston, and that was at South Framinghara. Here and at many of the other stations along tbe route there were mourniiig.emblems and popular demonstrations of grief. EECEPTIOIJ OF THE REMAINS. The Crowds at the Bailway Station and in the Streets No Formal Ceremony at the Station The Body Taken to the State Honse Remarks of Senator Anthony Governor Washburn's Beply. The train frnm Vpw VnrV rAacliAcl "Rnafrm at 6.52 o'clock on Satniday, just as the shades of evening weie dispersing the twilight gleams.

The Solemn arrival was anticlnated caoerl. a lorira crowd, which bad begun to assemble for nearly or two nours before tbe cars bad reached here. The railway station of the Boston and Albany road was packed, and it took a la rPA forPA tt Statu nsiHno under the charge of Chief Boynton, to clear a passage snouia reach bere by the funeral train. The neighboring alreou by the crowds desirous of bearing and see- "8 )umiK wnicn might be said and done. Soon after the State officers had made something of a clearing, the Reception Committoo lature arrived, in company with Sergeant-at-Arms ine committee of the City Government, consisting of Mayor Cobb, Aldermen Cutter, Clark.

Stebbins and Prescott, and Councilmen Shepard, Page, Kent and Cawley, soon after arrived, and ex-Governor Claflin. A little later a force of police reached the scene and cleared tbe thoroughfares of tbe immense throng which blockaded them and bad stopped all travel. The committees in attendance were in the meantime reeu forced bv a denntatinn of colored citizens, including Messrs. J. B.

Smith of the State House or Representatives, Robert Morris, and Mr. Ruffin. and Colonel Roberts and staff of the First Cavalry. The funeral procession was soon formed without anv formalities, an, I march of the cortege was taken up through Lincoln, be developed more thau another, and fostered into ripeness, it is fidelity to principle, and in no reature of his illustrious life did the great statesman, whose loss we are today mourning, shine more forcibly than in this. He possessed a mind which could quickly grasp any subject, aud could detect its best and worst sides at a glance; and wben this was done ne tormeu bis opinions with the same rapidity, and Once formed and confirmed he clung to them witb the force and power of bis energetic nature.

The great work of his life, the one which will live as long as tbe English language is spoken, as long as there is a spark of humanity alive, was the emancipation of tbe slaves. Not content with partial jus tice to a down-trodden race, he worked to the close of bis career, that they might be elevated to a social equality with tbose who differed from them only in color, and his last breath was an earnest request tbat tbe work he had so nearly completed would not be abandoned. He was the negro's friend he was the friend of struggling slavery the world over, and wherever, today, the sparks of freedom are lighted, but not completely fanned into a flame, the news of Charles Sumner's death will be received with sadness. He was faithful and consistent through life, and be died calmly in the scene of his labors, his struggles and bis triumphs. Let us venerate his memory and imitate bis sterling qualities; let us be faithful to our principles and preserve them at all cost and ia tbe face of all opposition.

THE BBATTLE CHTJBCH. Eulogr on the Fallen Statesman by the Rev. Dr. Lothrop. The sermon preached by the Rev.

Dr. Lothrop, yesterday forenoon bad reference to tbe eminent Senator deceased. It was based upon tbe text of Proverbs, "The path of the just is as the shining light that shinetb more and more unto the perfect day." After a general exposition of the truth embodied in tbe text, be said: When a distinguished public man, holding a high position with great responsibilities resting upon bim, with strong, varied and subtle temptations surrounding bim, suddenly dies witb no stain restiqg upon his Integrity, so that all can join in the eulogy, if not always wise be was always honest, while there may and will be sorrow there is occasion also for gratitude and praise. It is not given to man to be always wise, for human judgment is fallible and human discernment is limited; but it is given us, we bave the power, if we will exert it, to be always honest, faithful and true to noble and deep convictions. This bigb need of praise will be awarded by all to tbe late distinguished Senator from Massachusetts.

He entered political life at a mature age, admirably fitted for it by bis vigorous intellect, his large and various learning and culture, and his commanding alike in tbe persuasive and philippic. Save a few weeks in tbe Constitutional Convention of 1853, be never held but one public office, tbat from which death bas just removed him. To this he was first elected by a small majority, and took bis place in tbe Senate amid the hopes and high expectations of his friends and the fears and distrust of hU opponents. He bore bim with dignity, resolution and independence, and upon the great question of the hour be uttered bis opinions and poured forth his unanswerable arguments with a fearless, and perhaps a provoking, boldess and force. Having referred to tbe earlier and some of the later experiences of tbe Senator, tbe preacher alluded to tbe still more recent, wben Mr.

Sumner drew upon himself tbe dislike and distrust of some of bis party and friends by bis opposition to some of their favorite measures, which bis opposition defeated. He was punished by being deprived of the important chairmanship he bad long held and subsequently was rebuked by resolutions of bis own State. Still he stood firm, offered no apology, made no retractions. Then, just as be bad seemed to have recovered a strong position in tbe Senate, and was gathering up bis strength tor one last effort in behalf of the civil rights bill, aud cheered by the kindly message from Massachusetts tbat ber rebuke and censure were rcscinded.be is suddenly summoned from all earthly interests and labors. His death buries all animosities, throws into shadow all faults and mistakes, brings into prominence all noble services, and all parties gather in sorrow around his bier and acknowledge in lamentations that a mizhtv power is gone from us.

that a great man has fallen in our Israel. Grateful for all of honor and usefulness unfolded in bis life and services, we bow in submis sion to the appointment of Providence in bis death, and would learn from both this lesson, tbat character is higher and mightier than office, that an unim peachable integrity, an unstained honesty and honor are the best legacy that a distinguished public ami political man can leave to bis country and the world. THE ELEMENTS OF GREATNESS. Sermon by the Kev. George C.

I-orlmer, D. at Tremont Temple. Tremont Temple was crowded to repletion. yesterday afternoon, by a congregation which listened attentively to an interesting discourse by tbe Rev. Dr.

Lorimer on The Elements of True Greatness. Tbe preacher showed, in tbe first place, how few were tbe men who might really be called great. Charles tbe Great was fretful under disaster, Frederick the Great was a tyrant in his family and a bane to his age, and only a few can be pronounced as really great men. These few men bave always possessed qualities in common tbey bave appreciated the great fact that they are sent from God, that they are bat creatures in His bands. Every man is what Napoleon called himself, the creature of circumstances, and knows tbat God bas placed bim in the world at a par ticular time, to accomplish a particular purpose; and knows, also, tbat no other man can take the place tbat he occupies.

God's finger is seen in history as well as in the physical universe. Dr. Lorimer uext showed tbat a truly great man is ahead of his time; that be foresees tbe thought of humauitv, and takes the lead. In Charles Sumner, tbe speaker found all tbe attributes of a great statesman, and one whom Boston should specially hold in honor. He was born.

like all great men, in a transition stage, at a time when Wllberforce was awakening the mind of England on the subject of slavery. Born aud brought np in this citv, he learned to love freedom and hate slavery through tbe teachings of that noble man, William Kllery Cbanning. He was the man for the time; and be led tbe people on in the awakening of America to the evils of slavery upon both bond and iree. Always aneau oi tne common people, tbe great statesman lived to see accomnlished ilw him by God to do. and.

today, he is honored by a whole nation. In conclusion. Dr. Lorimer enforced the lesson that God rnles the world in nil thi i) rr ami that, in subjection to His will, all men should leru to love anu ouey ills precepts. THE DEATH OF SUMNEE, Sermon by the Rev.

James Freeman Clarke- Read in the Church of the Disciples. At the Church of the Disciples, yesterday morning, Mr. Henry Williams read an eloquent ser mon on Charles Sumner, written by the Kev. James Freeman Clarke, who was present, but unable to preach on account of bronchial trouble. The church was bung with violet cloth, and, in front of tbe desk, was a bust of the dead statesman, crowned by a wreath of evergreen.

No death since tbat of Lincoln, the sermon began, bas made such an impression on the publio mind as tbat. of Charles Sumner, That of John A. Andrew was mourned as deeply, but not so widely. umner's death affects all classes. The colored people, whose beads are not always right, tnougn their hearts are, now see tbat tbey bave lost tbdr best friend; and even tbe men who, In former years, bad bitterly opposed him who now lies dead at the capitol, now bear tribute to bis memory and lay wreaths of laurel on bis tomb.

Mr. Clarke's sermon drew a comparison between Andrew and Snmner, showing the potnts of resemblance be- ween tbem, and then proceeded to show that Sumner was a true statesman, in that he looked at no subject from any mere party point of view. but. at the risk of losing that popularity for which he craved, dared to be indetendent aud true to his own convictions. In conclusion, it was said that when Mr.

Sumner lay suffering on bis bed from the blow dealt bim by Brooks, he felt that his life's work was done; but, happening to take up a volume of Milton, bechanced to read that passage wherein the great poet seks of his blindness. The words leaped forward two centuries and brought with them comfort and hope to the statesman. So in the future shall Sumner's example come to the minds of tbe statesmen that are to be, bringit encouragement and hope for a couutry which could boast so noble a defender. HOPE IN CHBISrS COMING. Sermon at tbe Union Church by the Rev.

II. M. Parsons. The sermon at the Union Church. avenue, yesterday morning, was delivered by the pastor, the Rev.

H. M. Parsons, from tbe text, II. Timothy, 8, on tbe dependence of aU hope, whether earthly or heavenly, on the second coming of our Lord. Hope, in the first place, was shown to be needful to make efficient tbe labors of men In this world's affairs.

Without a definite hope, a definite object, no man can win honor in this world. The preacher referred in eloquent terms to the example left by Mr. Sumner of a life whose one object was to free a race from nonrlnctA. Tn )ia nt woa shown that Christ's coming was the great cause of nope tor nts church, x. Peter, 13, 4, Acta, 1..

3. Thirdlv. this fat ahontd motive of every earthly action. This point, like all tne outers in mo discourse, was estabiisnea by many Jinolrrd While we unite with other citizens of our Commonwealth and of the republic in expressions of sorrow for such a loss and satisfaction aud pride in such life and service, we have a nearer chum and more special interest as citizens of Boston, the place nf hie i.inh and home whose institutions he was educated, and to whose peculiar care his mortal re mains are TO De cuuuueu. KKiiuwteuKV ihmji-est he always took in our institutions of education hrii-v rt science and letters, and the aid he ren- iorvA In them hv his nen and toncuc.

his counsels and labors. We recognize that his name will add lustre to our history. And we desire especially to record our testimony' to the fact that while his thoughts were directed and his powers devoted to the enfranchisement of a race, tne reorganization of our national sys tem, the adjustment or our relations wren UDercy ana law and to our intercourse with foreign powers, he never failed as a nublie aeent in the Senate to give full attention and conscientious labor to the material interests of our city and to anything that concerned Its dig nity or weirare. ud the city in preparing for the remains or Charles Sumner a public funeral, in which all our people may unite wiin tne nonors nas Deen me wuut ui uui wij and community to pay to its illustrious dead. Raolrrd.

That there should be erected a permanent memorial of Charles Sumner, such as becomes a com- inanity not unmindful of its duty to its great ana goou citizens, ana nrtea to Keep uwwwrarwtBu'i bomiwd luxfnria tiiA miiiHa nf fiitnre ceneratinns. We recom mend that this memorial be one to which all. however poor, and of whateyer age. race or party, may mno contributions. tetolved.

To carry out the purpose of the preceding resolve, the Mayor is requested to appoint a committee oi nny citizens. After reading these resolutions, Mr. Dana said that be was aware that he owed the honor and privilege of the post which he occupied, to the fact that he had been a personal friend 01 air. somner, irom oujuuou to the last. It was most fitting, he said, that he should restrict himself to a little testimony of what be knew and remembered, and is not known by the rising generation.

He then spoke of the reputation as a scholar and thinker which Mr. Sumner bad won at the age of twenty-two; of bis journey to Europe at the age of twenty-six, when he bore credentials from tbe first men of America to the first men of Europe, for they knew that be would justify all that they could say of him of bis studies and success in Europe, and ef the respect In which be was held by tbe foremost men, who foresaw in him the great publicist and statesman to which time developed him. Mr. Dana spoke of the meetings which were held in Mr. Sumner's chambers in Court street, and of the men who composed them previous to the Buffalo convention of 1848.

Our thought, today," said the speaker, "are directed to one of its youngest, who became tbe most eminent of all." Mr. Dana testified to tbe manner in which Mr. Snmner bore himself "during the most powerful trial of consistency and dignity," said he, which I ever knew any man to be subjected to. In this, the speaker alluded to the time just pre ceding Mr. Sumner's election, and be related tbe manner in which tbe great Senator had been tempt ed to swerve from tbe path of right for tbe purpose of seeming that popularity, the possession of which would have made bis election a certainty.

He was firm and immovable as that rock at Plymouth, surrounded by the dashings of a December sea; neither by what be did or did not do or say or did not say, did be contribute anything to tbe result. Mr. Dana, after speaking of tbe doubt of bis own powers, which Mr. Sumner entertained, said "But, Mr. Mayor, could be have foraeen then the scenes of the last days; could he have foreseen that, in three and twenty years, tbe news of bis death would have been met by the tears and sobs of of an enfranchised race; that his seat in the Senate, from which be should once be driven by violence, would be draped in mourning by the hands of his colleagues, and adorned with the freshest flowers of tbe Southern soil; could be have known that tbe news of the event was to be spread in a few hours through tbe civilized world, and responded to by tributes of honor and praise from more than one continent and from the isles of tbe sea; that 'business and thought would be arrested throughout this republic, and held as by a totelllor davs: that flags would be worn at half-mast aud bells tolled in Charleston, S.

that Independence Hall in Philadelphia would respectfully solicit tbe bonor of holding for a few hours his-remains on their funeral march; that tbe great emporium of Kew Tork could not be satisfied in the eagerness of its demand to do him bonor; and that here, in bis own Commonwealth and city, the entire community should unite past differences forgotten and buried in tbe most tender and respectful tributes; ah, sir, if be could have foreseen this, or tbe one-hundredth part of this, he would not have feared that he could 1W UICCI LUC jruUilb CAfCVMIIVU. After Mr. Dana bad concluded, Mayor Cobb introduced as tbe honored friend of Mr. Sumner, Mr. Joshua B.

Smith, who began bis remarks by saying that, in tbe death of Charles Sumner, Massachusetts bad lost a Senator, the nation bad lost a statesman, the world had lost a philanthropist, and he had lost a friend. He spoke of the last conversation with Mr. Sumner, when be received from his own lips the assurance of his feelings in regard to the recent act of tbe Legislature of Massachusetts. Mr. Smith spoke of tbe time when be emerged from slavery into tbe world's cold atmosphere, like a chrysalis prematurely launched into an air too chill for its winged existence.

Then it was, he said, that Charles Sumner opened his all-embracing arms to succor, by his warmth in tbe cause of the emancipated. And he bad continued to so cherish to the end. Five million people, be said, American citizens, are now drifting iu a ship that bas lost its guiding band while still in an ocean storm, and be begged the great people to select as steadfast a mind and as strong an arm as of the philanthropist whom we have lost, to further steer the barqe of an enfranchised race. Mr. Smith concluded by seconding the resolutions.

Tbe Hon. Alexander H. Rice was next introduced by tbe President. After speaking of tbe end which bad come to an illustrious career, be said tbat it is too soon to give bis history, too early for even bis eulogy. Then continuing, he said that in character the deceased was a moral hero; in learning and force, a model statesman.

After paying a glowing tribute to the noble qualities of Mr. Sumner, the speaker said that to these there is no death. He said that Mr. Sumner, to a remarkable degree, exhibited bis life as it were in duplicate, for while engaged in tbe activities of bis career be seemed an historic personage. He passed ont of this world in tbe maturity of bis manhood, in the triumph of the cause which he bad so ardently espoused, blessed with the esteem and affection of his 'countrymen, aDd bis deeds and example will live forever as potential forces in the veneration and gratitude of posterity.

Thus, then, in this world is his mortality swallowed up in life. His spirit bas gone to tbat hieher Congress above where the blessed and purest of earth sit together torevermore iu the pres-euce cf tbat Divine Father. Guide, who is none other than tbe King of kings aud Ird of lords. Grave! tbou canst receive of the departed statesman only another clod of thy kindred dust Death thou art robbed Of thy shining victory, for again the holy declaration is and thus the mortal bath put on immortality. The President then introduced tbe Hon.

N. P. Banks, who first spoke of the original design of the fathers in constituting the Senate, saying that every State had endeavored to send to this august body the very flower of its statesmen; this was especially tbe case with tbe State of Massachusetts when she sent as her representative in the Senate of the United States, the Hon. Charles Sumner, who, beyond all men who bad ever served this or anv other State, was faithful to bis trnst; he was the defender of ideas and principles, the propagandist of great I 81 016 TerT moment when bo was struck down he was engaged in carrying but the great work of progress in which he had been engaged ever more patient DreP.aratMn of himself for the duties to oval aker allu1" Foien the Committee on nT "tailed for Same mSa" fore aVh wmcThis name ni ever more be iiri If.rinn: ---uv liv xiao mctu du jemmy accorueu mm. next sneaker was tbe Hon.

William hflt in thfl TlPrflnn nt Phdrlaa CnmnA- ize something not alwavs found in leeisla You will recognize that integrity of pur- always leads to triumph and extorts -om its opponents. You will recognize that rd courage which leads to victory in tbe end. recognize In him tbat faith in principle ys comes from Ged. He was possessed of to tbe future almost like that of aproph- Iight beyond in which laid tbe triumph South Carolina always bated Senator bitterness or hatred. Massachusetts course, but now, thank God, he has i rue to mm.

Today, Massachusetts na join their voices in lamentation. justice, runty in public service ich he wore. Hfs life, his labor, ict nave enaea in victory, glory Wating that although Ralph sent, be was nnable to ad- wed as the next speaker, He spoke of tbe 1 met In bis career, bat,.