New-York daily tribune., 1842-10-11
.nueral of DIR. Channiug
Correspondence OF The Tribune


of that elaopence as a preacher for which he was
so widely celebrated. The house was mica 10
overAowiog. and ansng the audience were large
,,,rher af opr most distinguished men, and many
Of the poor. who had felt in their hearts the genial
;nanence of DR.. Charming disiaterested sympa-
INV and love for the whole human race
tn, services were introduced by the following
anthem:
heard voice from heaven,
Saying unto me,
Write from hence blessed are the dead
Who die in the Lord
Even sn, SAITH the Spirit.
For they resi- from their labofs.
Select portions of Scripture were then read by
the Rev. Mr.. LoTHRoP; after which most ap-
proprate prayer was offered by the Rev Dr.
PAKxMAs The following hyma was then sung
Go to the grave in III ,by glorious prime,
In inli ACTIVITY of zeal ana power;
A Christian die before bis TINT
The Lords appointment is The servants hour
Go TO the grave, for there Thy Saviour lay
In deaths embraces, ere he rose un high;
And all the raBsomed, by that Harro" way
Pass eternal lie beyond The sky
Go,o the .ravc-po. take thy above
Be thy pure spir! present with the LORD
Where thou tor tai,h and hope hast perfect loVe,
And open VISION for the written word
Rev. ERA S. GaNNETT, for sixteen years the
colleague und intimate friend OF Dr. Charming
and now his successor III the pastoral ohcc de-
livered beautiful and eloquent address upon The
life and character of the illusrious dead. A fear
of doing injustice to the speaker would deter me
from any attempt ts give u sketch OF his euloSy,
even if were not restrained by the consideration
that your columns aie at this time Unusually
crowded There is less need Of report in this
case however, from the fact that the address will
probably be soon spread before the public. will
con,ep, myself with saying tllutit Just tribute
to those noble traits of character which marked
the public and private life of the deceased, and
which will enibam his memory not alone In the
hearts oC his coatrvmcn but in the hearts oi tie
levers of Freedom and Huuaaity throughout the
world DR.. CHASHING was Il great man, as Mn
~Gannctt veil remarked, not much account OF
superior intellectual endswmcnts, as by virtue oi
the richer and more ennoblins qualities of a hear,
devoid of seltish0ess and suprcmey devoted to
God and the best good of man In other words,
he was a great. because an emlnenlly good man.
The clearness of his intellect is TO be aScribed
rather to the purtyof Lis heart than TO the gifts
Of Nature.
" His main design,
In all his contempIations, was 10 trace
The wisdom, providence, and loge OF God,
And TO his fellows, less cbscrvant. show
Them forth.
.'Whcre' 'cr he Went,
His lesson still he taugat To fear no Ill
But sin, no being but Almighty God.
Dr. Charming had enjoyed better health the
past summer than usual. He had spent the sea
son amidst the magnificent scenery OF the Honsa-
tonic and was his way home alter bret so
iourn among the Green Mountains of Vermont.
where exposure to an atmosphere unusually cold
brought on typhus fever, which his fragile torn
could not throw of. He died at the ripe age OF
Sc years and his end was calm and peaceful as
hiL life WAC usafnI and beneiceut
AT the close Of Mr. Gannett's address, prayer
was!offered by the Rev. Mr.. YOUNG; after which the
following lines were sung:
Calm or the bSsom of thy God,
Dear spirit, rest thee now;
Fen while with US thy footsteps troc
His seal was on Thy brow
Dust to it's narrow house beneath,
Soul to It's place on high
They that have seen thy look in death
No more may fear 10 die.
At the conclusion of the services the audience
were permitted to drop tear over his remains be-
fore they were borne in solemn procession to their
final resting- place.
"Geu,lest of spirts.-not for thee
Our tears are shed-our sighs are given
Why mourn to know that thou art free
Partaker OF the joys of Heaven!
Finished thy work. and kept thy faith
In Christian hrmness unto death;
And beautiful As sky and earth,
Hhen duttnn's is Sosrneedrd sotnS,s
The blessed memory OF Thy worth
Around thy place si siumber glowing
o loved Of thousands. 10 thy grave,
Sorrowng OF heart, thy brethren bore thee
The poor and tue rescued slave
Wsps as the broken earth closed DER thee
And grateful tears like summer rain,
Ouickened its dying grass again!
And there, as 10 son'e pilgrim shrine,
Shall come The ontcast and tbe iowiy,
OF gentle deeds and words OF thing,
Recalling memories sweet and holy.
Oh for the death the righteous die!
an end ike ag:amn's day dtc!mins'
On human hearts, as on the sky,
With hoier, teDderer beauty SHINING