Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-22
ApplE.s pr REY. pR. eu1NrAR6.


At the conclusion of the services DR.. Quiniard de-
Hvered the following address, which was hastily pre-
pared, the Doctor having been engaged until short
time before the hour for service with the arrange
ments for the reception and proper disposition Of the
remains:
Standing by the cOaau, Dr. ouintsrd said, substAn-
There Is nothing more remarkable in all the writings
of the New Testament than the constant fXedness of
attention 10 the things OF another world which seems
10 possess the minds Of the authors of its various por
tons No matter how often they diverted from it
BY the discussion of doctrine-by the statements Of
facts or the delivering of preceps they invariably
turn to the subject They felt that their treasure
was in that world and ththes their hearts and minds
went The prosecutions which they endured-the at
ctions which they had to BEAR aud the sorrows aud
bereavsments which often Wrung their hearts, made
the present scene one Of WEAKNESS and sent out their
affections after thingS worthy OF them in better and
hoIier state
And thus it Il that God fits US for the change that
awaits us-that as friend after friend Vanishes 10 bis
viewess home one earthly tie after another is severed
aud becomes bond to fasten our hearts to heaven
Nor does il require very large accumulation Of years
our heads may not have become hoary with the irosts
which time scatters in his fight before We ind that We
have more friends gone before Us into eternity than We
have left behind.
Where are the companions of our childhood, the as
sooates of our YOUTH the friends Of our maturer years
voice from the spirit world answers that they are
thera Very solemn and Affecting are the adm0nlti0n6
which often reach this subject. The stream Of
ears has hardly ceased TO flow for one friend before its
IL retraced on the cheek by another current from
tba charged heart for some other loved one The
Apostle speaks Of earthly house OF this tabernacle
beinR dissolved You have eeen the tueng and heecy
mists Of morning dissovmg it were into thin ali;
the aurora blending It's tints with the rich traoery
of the sky and thus Disappearing or the rainbow with
IL glorious arch and beautiful hues vanishing amid th
reeedinR roar and lessening tumut of the tempest.
Such is the life OF mani To day he walks abroad on
earth in AL the majesty and dignity Of Gods handy
~orL To-morrow We ask for the being upon whose
hro aat Intellect euthroned from whose lips mellu-
Gus strains of persuasion flowed the Storm of eo-
ouence burst with overwhelming power aud QUE hearts
sink within rs at the appalling annourc ment-he 10
dead These three words suffice to make The perora-
ton of man They conclude the history Of every one
whether great or small in the estimation Of the world
The tale Is soon told-ths tful feverih dream of life
"a soou ended Earth to earth ashes to sshes dust
dust-the spirit to God who gavsil Need enforce
the t Of these observations by reitreEos to the cir
c1mstanoes of the sad event which has called Us to-
vatherP We stand by the coffin OF q great and good
nan. OF one in whom the elements were so mixed,
that an the world might stand beside his bier to-day
and cav thia vas man. man in all manly qualities
and Durposes-brIliant Of mind prompt to conceive
ardent and energetic to execute.
Thare vas united in him serenity OF mind-acalm-
nasa heh "A the gift Of GOds cool and collected wis
5om-s cautious and deliberate Judgment and an
aoouantance and familiarity with details possessed by
few. His too vas q large heart-he was grand in all
hIs sympahies--and be ever bore about him counte
nance warm with gracious kindness, cheerfulness and
culture he was possessed BY nature with teese-they
descended from his fathers, for they TOO were NOBLE