The entire route of the procession, on every side, was lined with devices of unique and classic conception, inscriptions, busts, monuments, and other imposing reminiscences of respect to the great man's memory.

Upon the arrival of the funeral car in front of City Hall, it received the honors of a marching salute from the military, as they filed around the esplanade, and occupied the entire space in front of the Hall; and each division, as it passed through the Park, in review, was dismissed.

Ceremonies in the Evening.

Metropolitan Hall had been engaged, and was appropriately decorated for the close of the obituary services rendered as an honor to the memory of the greatest American statesman.

The entire building was crowded to its utmost capacity by ladies and gentlemen, gathered from all sections of the country. The platform had been greatly enlarged, to render more ample accommodations to the immense concourse of

distinguished citizens, military and civic ; the clergy, dignitaries of the State, corporate authorities, Grand Marshal and Aids, and the Guard of Honor.

REV. EDWARD LATHROP, D. D., commenced the ceremonies by offering up the following

Prayer.

Almighty and everlasting GOD, we adore Thee as the King Eternal, immortal, invisible-the only wise GOD. Our fathers trusted in Thee, and were not confounded. We bless thee for the knowledge of Thyself, through JESUS CHRIST, our LORD, by whom we have access to that Throne, and on account of whose merits we obtain forgiveness of our sins and hope of eternal life; and we acknowledge our indebtedness to Thee for every good and perfect gift. We would recognize our obligations to love and serve Thee, and we humbly invite Thy blessing while we seek to derive instruction from the impressive dispensation of the Providence which has brought us together upon this occasion. We give Thee hearty thanks for our civil and religious liberties, and for the lives of those whom Thou, from time to time, hast raised up to expound and defend those inestimable blessings. We thank Thee for the bestowment of those rare intellectual endowments which Thou hast conferred upon some of our fellow-men above others, and by which the principles of government and of law are unfolded and made

plain to the comprehension of inferior minds. We would not be unmindful of these Thy gifts, and we pray that we may ever appreciate those institutions of our country and of religion, that one adapted to the development and right use of these Thy bestowments-of these the noblest powers of man. We bless Thee especially at this time for the gift to our nation of him whom Thou hast recently removed from his high place of power upon earth, and whose loss we now deplore. We bless Thee for his wisdom in council, for his service to the State, and for his life-long devotion to the good of his country. And now, Thou sovereign disposer of events, while we bow in humble and uncomplaining submission to Thy will, we devoutly entreat Thee to enable us to derive profit from a review of the life and character of him whom Thou hast caused to pass away from among the living. Whatever was wise in his counsels, may we appreciate and honor; whatever was just, may we adopt; whatever was excellent, may we imitate; and thus may he live over again in our own and the generations following. Impress us, we implore Thee, at this time, with a proper sense of the transitiveness of all earthly good-with an abiding conviction of our own frailty, and with an intelligent estimate of that true and only lasting honor which cometh from Thee. May we be partakers of the inheritance which is incorruptible and undefiled, and that "fadeth not away." We earnestly supplicate Thy blessing upon the family of thy deceased servant; upon the official circle from which Thou hast removed him, and upon all the rulers of our nation, from the President of these United States to the lowest in authority. May our nation be ever the object of Thy fatherly care; may peace and prosperity dwell in