. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . churchwere affected to tears. On the morning of Wednesday, April 16, the remains, which had lain inthe church all night, were taken to the Pennsylvania Railroad depot, and placed THE LAST OF EARTH 357 on board a special car to be conveyed to Brooklyn. The car was the same thatwas used as a funeral car to convey the body of the late President McKinleyto Canton. The train reached Jersey City at 6135 a. m. Accompanying theremains were the members of the Talmage household and their immediaterelatives: Mr. T. McCutcheon, a relative; T
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . churchwere affected to tears. On the morning of Wednesday, April 16, the remains, which had lain inthe church all night, were taken to the Pennsylvania Railroad depot, and placed THE LAST OF EARTH 357 on board a special car to be conveyed to Brooklyn. The car was the same thatwas used as a funeral car to convey the body of the late President McKinleyto Canton. The train reached Jersey City at 6135 a. m. Accompanying theremains were the members of the Talmage household and their immediaterelatives: Mr. T. McCutcheon, a relative; The Rev. Howard Suydam, ofRhinebeck, N. Y.; Dr. Louis Klopsch ; F. M. Lawrence, and E. H. Branch,members of the old board of directors of Dr. Talmages Brooklyn Tabernacle;the Rev. James Demarest, and the Rev. Dr. Thomas Chalmers Easton. Long before 9 a. m., the hour set for the interment in Greenwood Cemetery,people began to flock in at the various cemetery gates, and there was a largegathering at the Talmage family plot. It was a very simple and unpretentious. Copyright,lq02,LouisKlopsch ARRIVAL OF THE CASKET AT THE BURIAL SFOT home which was to be the last resting-place of the worlds greatest in the centre of the enclosure was the newly-opened grave. A WREATH FROM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT All around the grave were great mounds of flowers in various Presidents offering had been brought or. from Washington, and was con-spicuous by its beauty. Dr. Talmages associates on The Christian Herald hadsent a great cross of white roses and autumn leaves, and a fine stand of liliesand roses was sent by the readers and scholars of the Brooklyn TabernacleSunday School. Among the large assemblage present were many who had beenhearers of Dr. Talmage during his Brooklyn ministry. There were hundredswho came from considerable distances, drawn thither by the love they bore 358 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK the dead pastor. A number of former deacons and trustees of
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