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"REQUIESCAT IN PACE."

THE LATE BISHOP WM. MERCER
GREEN'S FUNERAL.

Distinguished Clergymen Follow
the Remains to the Grave.

Special to Commercial Herald.

JACKSON, Feb. 17,- The last solemn
rites over the remains of Bishop Wm.
Mercer Green took place at 1 o'clock
to-day at St. Andrew's Episcopal
Church. The funeral was the most
imposing of its nature ever solemnized
in this State. The body arrived here
at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, and
was carried immediately to the church
where it lay in state until the funeral
hour. All that was mortal of the dis-
tinguished Divine was enclosed in a
casket enveloped in the folds of a
heavy pall. On the coffin, which was
placed in the chiancel fronting the
broad middle aisle, the insignia of the
deceased's ecclesiastical rank rested.
Caredfully chosen flowers adorned the
burial case and the soft light through
the stained windows gave te church
a cheerfully solemn appearance.

Many of the admirers of the dead
bishop came from a distance to attend
the duneral. A special train from
Vicksburg brought three coaches filled
with people from tat city and the
country along the road to Jackson. A
number from Meridian were also here
and attended the last services.

The funeral hour was 1 o'clock. At
that time the church was filled with
the visitors and citizens. The pall-
bearers and visiting and officiating
clergymen marched solemnly into the
church to the soft music of the choir.
The Right Reverend Dr. Green an-
nounced the service as the procession
moved into the church and the choir
began to sing an anthem. Rev. Dr.
Harris read the funeral sentence and
was followed by the Rev. Mr. Short,
who read the lesson. A prayer by
Bishop Adams and a hymn by the
choir preceeded the funeral march to
the grave yard.

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