New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-09
FUNERAL OF THE REV. JOHN McCLISToCK., d. d
The fnncral services over the remains OF the

FUNERAL OF THE REV. JOHN McCLISTOCK, ID. d.
The funeral services over the remains OF the
Rev. John McCintock, ID. D., President OF Drew The
illogical Seminary, held yesterday at Madison Nh
where liz breahed his last The services were conducted
by the Rev j. NJ futile, and the Rev. Dr. Porter and the
Rev Dr. Parsons, members Of the Masonic Fraternity,
were the bearers OF the coffin. The students Of the
Seminary were present. and large company attended
the remains to this city and TO st. Paus Methodist Eps
Bangs James Bishop. T.. V. Stout, J. r. Cornell James
Raymond Oliver Hoyt Fletcher Harper, John Elliott
mud L. skdmOre; then followed the Trustees and Proes-
Of the Drew theological Seminary at Madison among
the former being Daniel Drew the students Of prn E Se
Methodist clergymen aud laymen OF New 1ofh ana new
long before that hour the church WAS crowded The
church draped in mourning, and the pulpit ana tle
cket In which the remains were deposited adorned WIN
After q chant by the choir, the Rev. Dr. Holdrich read
tor Of 81 Pau's the Rev DR. Rdgeway other ceremonies
being conducted by the Rev. Drs. Tiffany, Curry Stevens
the brought To many hearts by the demise ot
DR.. McCntock. lie spoke OF how he was loved ana now
worthy he WAS that He ready to sympathZe
with SORROWS and counsel us In afcion ana always
ready TO help us n our GhIeniiies me gentle HnGs
els. his genial spirit made him the charm OF the social
circle His profound scholarship his thorough knowledge
OF men and things, his keen logic, his brilliant
wit. and his social communications made nun he dehgh,
OF his literary associates. lie most engaging and
ediIying Christian. His intellectual endownonts, his
mental culture his religious experience, MS ueologcal
atfainments, and his sympathy with human welfare,
made him a worthy servant of his divine Master and
his writings inspired by the same motlNcs ana
prosecuted in the spirit For the Lord he lived
aud Tor the Lord ho died. Bishop James then alluded to
their youthful acquaintance ana TO the lhIehce lo5
good which deceased exercised over him The good
that he attained aud the good That he accomplished were
likewise eloqucntly treated Of. Richly endowed as ho
was It was the development. the discipline
and the employment Of those intellectual powers
that God him that constituted the greatness OF his
character and gave mlgnaniulty To his achievements
one OF the fest elements OF his powers was MS ardent
spirit Hscnergy exhaustless. Whatever he under
took was accomplished lie could not fal Bishop James
referred to the udous nature OF the deceased and
observed that when professor In Dickinson College he
was the most ndcftigabe students III That nsu
ton The Reverend culOglst, after dllatng On the
systematic habits Of the deceased both III Official, aud
private life closed eloquent panegyrc by maintaining
that in his decease the Methodist Church had suffered
loss that could not be- supplied
After tho singing of hymn by the choir Bshop sliDI
son delivered brief euiogy, touching the public life
81 the and how simultaneously lie served his
country the late through the influence OF hs lar
reaching popularity iu other countries
At . the remains were removed from the church TO
Greenwood Cemetery, where they were inferred.