The Century illustrated monthly magazine . its way, through one continuouscrowd of mourners. At Syracuse thirty thou-sand people came out in a storm at midnightto greet the passing train with fires and bellsand cannons; at Rochester the same solemnobservances made the night memorable; atBuffalo — it was now the morning of the 27th— the body lay in state at St. Jamess Hall,visited by a multitude from the western coun-ties. As the train passed into Ohio the crowdsincreased in density, and the public griefseemed intensified at every step westward; thepeople of the great central basin seemed tobe
The Century illustrated monthly magazine . its way, through one continuouscrowd of mourners. At Syracuse thirty thou-sand people came out in a storm at midnightto greet the passing train with fires and bellsand cannons; at Rochester the same solemnobservances made the night memorable; atBuffalo — it was now the morning of the 27th— the body lay in state at St. Jamess Hall,visited by a multitude from the western coun-ties. As the train passed into Ohio the crowdsincreased in density, and the public griefseemed intensified at every step westward; thepeople of the great central basin seemed tobe claiming their own. The day spent atCleveland was unexampled in the depth ofemotion it brought to life, the warm devotionto the memory of the great man gone whichwas exhibited; some of the guard of honorhave said that it was at that point they beganto appreciate the place which Lincoln was tohold in history. The authorities, seeing thatno building could accommodate the crowdwhich was sure to come from all over the 442 ABRAHAM THE MONUMENT AT SPRINGFIELD. (AFTER A PHOTOGRAPHTAKEN BY J. A. W. PITTMAN FOR J. C. POWER.) State, wisely erected in the public square animposing mortuary tabernacle for fhe lying instate, brilliant with evergreens and flowers byday, and innumerable gas jets by night, andsurmounted by the inscription, Extitictus ama-bitiir idem. Impressive religious ceremonieswere conducted in the square by Bishop Mc-Ilvaine, and an immense procession moved tothe station at night between two lines of torch-lights. Columbus and Indianapolis, the Statecapitals of Ohio and Indiana, were next vis-ited. The whole State, in each case, seemedgathered to meet their dead hero ; an intensepersonal regard was everywhere evident; it wasthe man, not the ruler, they appeared to becelebrating; the banners and scrolls bore prin-cipally his own words : With malice towardsnone, with charity for all ; The purposes ofthe Lord are perfect and must prevail ; Letus resolve that the
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