Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-10-02

Rso'ord That we hereby tender TO the First proabv
terrain Church aud Congregation, ana especially 20 IA,
hcfenvcd family 81 our departed brother 10 this hour
their affection pfotlundest sympathy and that H.
testimony OF our respect and affection will wear III,
usual badge Of mourning for thirty days
Rs iced, That the proceeding Of this meeting pro.
pcry at,csted be published n the daily papers of hi,
ciy and communicated the First PRESBYTERIAN Church
and 60 thc family 81 lho deceased.
During the meeting various informal ex.
pressions Of deep and heartfelt grief and oil
high personal appreciation Of the deceased
were given by the ministers present, which
abundanIly proved that the meeting and the
resolutions were very far from being merely
formal matter but t'ok unusually deep hold
on the hearts OF ALL
JAMES b. SHAW, Chairman
f. d. Yeomans, Secretary.
We copy from the Rochester Express the
eloquent and touching tribute to the memory
Of DR.. Pease, below it being a report of the
remarks with which Rev Mr. Boardman, OF
the Second Baptist Church OF Rochester, pre-
faced his customary evening discourse, on
Sunday. Sept 20;
feel that IL would be doing keen injus-
tice 20 my own heart did permit this great
calamity which has recently beiallen our re-
lgious community, TO pass by without some
public recognition for the late pastor Of the
First Presbyterian Church, in this city, was
m peculiar and very tender sense my per.
souai friend. count il a. one Of the rare
treasures of my memory that he houored me
with his intimacy. Twice we have exchanged
sabbath services. and in both instances, IN
der circumstances Of peculiar friendship. A
special sympathy in the profouader elements
Of the Calvauistc orthodoxy endeared US TO
one another.
But why should thus speak Of myself as
being his friend II is enough that he was
mig friend, as indeed be could not bu, be the
friend Of all whom he knew Sympathetic
without sentimentalism. manly without i'm
peuousness, atiectionate without blindness,
constant without obstnacy, capable without
iueriness, courteous without fnicalness, grave
without mofoseness, cheerful without leYity.
ingenious without feebleness, winning the at
iectton Of the young without losing their res
peet, devoted to his family and yet true to
bis church, scholarly without ostentation,
doctrinal without being poemical, rich in
menphysc lore yet deeply yerscd in the high
er ranges of poetry, devoted student of
scripture yet an enthusiastic lover Of nature :
-his was beautiful yet transparent christ
ian character, an lsraeite indeed, in whom
was no guile. No wonder, them that those
who were so happy as to know him loved him
with an affection that was C a e1ed by rev
erenoe. But be has gone. Beautifully has
IL been said that "the churches Of earth are
but like the receiving ships OF navy from
which Death 4. daily drafting his instructed
and adept recruits for. his entrance upon ser.
vice 10 the far and peaceful! seas of the heaven
ly Immortality Thrice during my brief
passionate have | been called 20 pay my public
tribute 10 the memory Of fellow-servauts at
the affairs Of Messiah's church Mott the
youthful and radiant; Colt, the generous anu
true Pease. the manly and devoted-three
christian noblemen, are no more. Their
bodies ore m the grave, but their spirits have
Joined the spirits of the Just made perfect.
] have spoken of the loss Of DR.. Pease as a
great calamity which has behllen this entire
religious community For Whatever The de-
nominadonal lines which separate the christ
ians Of Rochester into distinct assemblies, the
real Church of Christ, as it exists among US,
is unity. There is but one chief Fold. a.
there Is but one chief shepherd.
And here | gladly seize the occasion 20 say
publicly, that the ministers of Rochester
glory IN this unity. Ours is a "guodly fell
lowship." God grant that it may ever CON
tiuue as it ever hath been, an unbroken
Brotherhood in peace and love! And yet
though this great be eavement falls on us, a.
ministers with peculiar weight, still all Of US
who are really Chr,st's are alike members Of
His Body, which is one, aud so, we mem.
bers one OF another. We have a community OF
life flowing from one fountain, even Christ
the Head. And so, under this sad calamity,
we feel that the Apostles saying is true:
when one member OF the Lords Body suffers
all the other members suffer with it. And
l. "A
yet earnestly tender to that other stricken
flock, who have lost their Shepherd. our most
heartfelt sympathies. Ours is common
grief; God grant that ours may be common
consolation
Calvin Pease is dead And it is me
that il he must die, it should be at his former
home, in sight of that glorious, surprising
scenery he loved so well. | shall never for.
get the occasion on which the Clergy of Roch-
ester met together to pass resolutions on the
death Of the lamented Colt. Many OF US paid
tributes of personal affection. When DR.,
Pease arose, he spoke very tenderly and beau
ufully of a happy vacation which he once had
spent with Mr., Colt, amid the grand scenery
Of Vermont and specially Of their visit to
Mount Mansfield Little did we then think
as he spoke so tenderly of that vacation that
he would so soon enter upon a better one,
from near the spot Of which he spoke so beau
ufully. Yes: His is now the soul s true ia
cation a vacation from toll, and trial and sin,
and temptation, and sorrow; vacation end
lessly health-gvng and bissful
And / heard voice from Heaven saying
unto me Write Blessed are the dead which
die in the Lord from henceforth Yea, saith
the Spirit, that they may rest from their la
labors. and their works do follow them
Falling as a sentinel at his post on the
walls Of Zion, /, a fellow Waterman. tremb-
hngy weave this garland for Love to bang
upon his memory.
The rebel government reinforced Bragg
with 10000 prisoners who had been paroled
by Gen. Grant-not one Of whom had been
exchanged. To this dishonesty is adding ly-
ing, as the men were ordered to report for
duty on the ground that they had been ex-
changed