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! op with great unaninity.
From that timc until his death he .w"s
constantly cnGa.e, in :lIn !:,i,hij discharge
! OF his episcopal duties, Notwithstanding at,
! iiictions and niirn:;ics. lie did not hcsi-
tate, wherever the Church appointed him TO
20, 10 obey her demands. Unappallcl ly
past sickness or the dread of fatal cpidcmics,
; he WAS ever found at the post of duty.
! The eloquent preacher then entered on
;:n analysis oi the Bishops character, allu-
dnt first to his apostolic simplicity and
! .p;:ffHoHtH lie never sought popularity,
aud sl,unncl its decisions. Humble, faith
iul and active usefulness alone w;ss his great
and darling Object.
! Secondly, he spoke OF his scfsacrificing
a'l .l,vo!c'! character. The call of the
, Church WAS always with him obeyc,l, an,
adopting as his motto ";,s much as in he Ia
Third, the mildness and persnasivencss
which characterized his preaching. Iu the
scripture some otthe dispensers Of the Cos
pei were called Hoancrgc* or "Sons of Thun-
der" others were called Sons OF Cousol:,-
! tion." TO this latter class the Bishop l,,-
lonycd and Will" h" was not deficient in
warning sinners to fee from the wrath to
I'":l", his most dearly cherished occupation
was TO exhibit The io1" o. God.
! IL the next place lie alluded to the cnthoi-
ic;fy of the Bishops religious affections and
ministry; and no man. perhaps, during
'.r:sr fifty ,Ee"rs' scrvic" rs :, minister, conll
tm iNun! who WAS less inclined to be iryolv-
'I iii religions controversies. lie had ronlu
enough in lis heart anL affections for all,
as whatever name, who loved the Savior in
sincerity
The preacher then alluded to the desire
"f tho community nf Cu!i,n.tia to have his
body Inferred at this place. This he char
;:"l":izc rs the "scl;isIlnc,s OF love-" But
there WIS peculiar fitness in the location Of
that resting place. In 1881, is pastor Of
the church, he had lail the corner stone of
tkc church in which they. now worsippc,l.
and his name WAS inscribed on that stone.
! liz ministry here WAS peculiarly blessed
Another rc"snn why this WAS Tie appro-
prAi" restin" place: Here his remains
woui.i rest near his Intimate friend and pas
Tor, Rev. w. NJ Kennedy, who to linn WIS
peculiarly cndeareh.
DR.. Smith then very feelingly alluded to
the Bishops return home, after attending
t" the last official duties for the year at the
Florida Conference. lie had returned to the
bosom OF that family whose members almost
worShippcd him, to '';ii on sleep"
"Fall on sl'"p.' how beautiful was this
expression. The scriptures loved to ,lesig-
nate death as sleep. When the Savior spoke
of Lazarus, lie said he 'was not dead, but
sIccpc;il."
In the hymn sung at the opcnin. OF the
services WAS this line:
".tt midnight came the cry" ~
This to" w;,s peculiarly appropriate he
was attacked 10y intense pain Oh Thursday
ni-iIt,": =. O'clock. Two lines III the same
hrlnn also presented a striking cn:mctlcncc:
Ills tent, a: sunrise, the ground
y 'iar.cncd ruin !,y.'
! i!a !iel exactly 1T sunrise on Monlay
lat.
The Friday previous to his death WIS
hi. birthday, (hc was G5 v.:,r, and 3 days
"!l when he 'liad) On tie evening of ftlat
day he told his children he "laI lik" 20 spend
! his birthday in Havana" When death up-
preached he told his children that tIlcv had
l:";hi.ic 10 Go bu; give him h!ck to his God,
AMI BE- thankful that IIc had spi.c, linn to
them 50 long. He said to them, with the
confidence of Il Christian, that "thc prepar-
alton WAS not then to he ma'.c." With him
It had been for many years.
The body was then removed to the grove
III the rear of the pulpit, where the service
for the burial of the dead was read by the
Rev. Nicholas Tallcy.
Thus closed tie melancholy scene anil
the mortal remains Of great and good man
were left to rest till the Resurrection of the
Last Day.
One Of the most affecting features of the
occasion was that OF SO many ministers of
the different denominations, deeply affected
sitting by the altar around the corpse. It
seemed n fitting tribute to the memory Of
one whose character through life had been
marked by so much liberalty and cathoicity.
! Carolinian.
| A PoLITIcAL SpEEcH.-The editor of
tho Day Book was not fortunate enough to
be invited to the feast Of f;.t things at Tam
many Hall on Monday evening, and there
fore did not hear the following rich confess
ions tron4our Methodist Know Not hing
friend, who has so long enjoyed tho honor
Of printing democratic papers in New
York. We copy from the II Herald =
70 the eleventh G.. G. Chids, ESQ.,, res
ponded He said that he had been con-
nccted with the democratic press in this city
for twenty-five years and therefore fet no
hesitation (Laughtc) in rising to, respond to
this sentiment. During this long time (said
hey I.l,avc bccniof all religions = Methodist,
| lUnivcrsalist, Presbyterian, Quaker-and no