"Rev. William Goodrich, of the First Presbyterian Church, made the closing prayer; after which the choir chanted impressively the following hymn:

"'With tearful eyes I look around,

Life seems a dark and gloomy sea;

Yet midst the gloom I hear a sound,

A heavenly whisper, 'Come to Me.'

"'It tells me of a place of rest—

It tells me where my soul may flee;

Oh! to the weary, faint, oppressed,

How sweet the bidding, 'Come to Me!'

"'When nature shudders, loth to part