Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-25

ried out, win make IL one Of the most At
traetive places of public worship in the
city. The edi6ee 10 to be improved in
architectural beauty by an elaborate cor
nice. The ceiling 10 90 be handsgmely
frescoed, and the walls elegantly papered.
A new pnlpis OF handsome design, with
m elevated platform for the choir, Ia In
the programme. The wood work is 20
be handsomely grained in imitation Of
oak Inside blinds viii soften the light,
while the well cushioned seata In iuxuri-
cua ease win mitigate the prosiest posi-
bic sermons. The world moves, and we
notice with gFafi6cation, that our Meth
odiat brethren to whom Christianity
owes % much, no longer consider il @
cardinal principle Of faith that they
should harrass the flesh and do penance
on the soft side OF d wooden bench.
Visitor Hmwe aa a AHrthodast Funeral.
The Gmernseg Star contains an &C
count of the. funeral of Miss Emily du
Putron, who was inferred In the Foulon
Cemetery on that island on Thursday
week, the Rev. aousfenr Nicolle, Wes-
leyan PaateaE, officiating on the melan-
choly occasion. The pecnliarities Of the
case were, 6rst, she was one Of two sis
ters, ths other Of whom had been mar
ried but O few weeks before; secondly,
that Victor Hugo, the French poet and
exile fseling himself indebted 10 the
deceased for her hospitality to him ss
political proscript, came forward to pro-
nounce the funeral Grafton. Thus be
began: Within q few weeks we have
been occupied with two aisters--the ona
ws hasensaeried, and now we are bury
ing the ether. 6aeh ia the perpetual
agitation Of lifa. Let VA bow, my breth-
ren, before infexihle destiny And let
us bow with hope. Our eyes are made
TO weep. but they are also made 10 see.
Our heart is made 10 suffer; but IA ID also
made 10 believe.'ia sAfier confiuning in
an eloqpent strain, .M. Hinge concluded
rs follows. = And now /, who am speak
ing, why am / here7 What brings me |
10 this grave7 BY what right do | ad-
dress the dead7 Who am 10 Ncshingi
But / am wrong-T am something. |
am q proscripk Yesterday exiled by
violence--lo-day a voluntary, exile. A |
proscript 10 vauQuiahed, caIumniated, |
apersecuted man, man wounded by fate |
and disinhfrited by his country; pro-
script is On innocent man weighed down /
By fnaEedie.i0t. Hisbleseing ought to |
have n virtue In it, I sbIesa this grave |
4 biees the noble HAd gracious being |
that lies there. In tae desert we find |
the oasis, in exile we meet with souls.
Emily da. Putron has been one Of the |
lovely souls that we have tnee with. |
come 20 pay her the debt owing by q
proscript whom she has consoIed. / i
bless her in the dark profound. In the
name Of the sorrows whereon she bland
ly beamed, ia the name Of the trials Of |
destiny which for her. are ended, but |
which continue for us; In the name OF
terrestrial things which she now obtains
in the name of all she loved, bless this |
lifeleaa being / bleaa her in her beau
ty, in her youth, in her innocence, In
her lifa and i'm her death; / bless her in |
her white aepnlchral robe, in her home
which abe has left desolate, in her coffin |
which her mother has flied with Hot.Ars.
and which God 10 about 10 Gil with atars."