, 1870-11-28
THE LATE MRS. AVERY,
Services In COmmcmorntton OF
Her Trn.ic Death.
Sermon by Rev. E. P. Goodwin, in
the Fir.t Congregational
Church

tleral t7urch. The tsndaoce was very large,
stl The asa!ah,r space Ct The great audience room
..r,rs tr, ueht into rcquis,tton To accommodate
tho drrkF cfnwd
sncr a tn.,aNlc voluntary by The eho!r, prayer
vas offered by the pastor, Kev. :. T. Good*!n,
who Was followed by the reading Of selections Of
Nupru1c-lhe farr1h AID nftn chaptc1a OF the
second EPlstle Of p4u1 10 the Corinthians ney.
". ". 1'nilor. II. D. The second prayer was Of
feed hy prT. Mr.. Good ain, AID the hymn,
"Ca&t Thy burden On the Lord"
w'1s HunE by the ca It no.t c1rKrtcatton.
7,.r It 1tnOu vas Preached by Rtr. Mt. Good
a.r. who t0ok fur tas teXs The ninth ma tenth
,r.st> u! thr n'rrty.nrst Psalm:
s,a;r sr h, 'as ,asas H. tss Tn; which my
ias.t 1s. ~ ~ s.1.a taee :1istes shaa any
II. sAld rasIe x.sy yi.t NttstaktuE euch language.
II Wa. Al uhs4uls.c4l =. tt1ns f-Eth pf Gotis care
i,r Ills CalllTstl- POL LII SUBJECT had the scrip
',s!r St:'.rs lat .. 1aaca to aas as cooeetnipg
rt.s caic ri Col. 3si uu13tr nf dnle0ltles
t7.uts ur =. tna On Set, AMI The question: oc-
eurreu: 4" L. this 3rh1ttr u Christian expeH-
ttre: srr tsuA,s ctl!.iren 50 projected o., are
tHtt. Ike the a..sfy, the spa!t of circumstances,
tEt fsctin's ot ninio sune aud atstrSltf. Here,
fr Kali rt~, wss great snd terrible bl1w fallen
W. u a'o.sess.'iA ~ xn'ch God ressned, and tn-
a. nr t. have r>.l,.t it ntth positive dspleRs-
me-. The uatter- conscientious, faithful Fer
~. II H. hs.,iri,nr s:ozs na ana a'ser sa,pense swe
an nnE her fiir.t = game the EtorY OF min,i de-
:hrtlsl, of ssit-r>tt nctlop, life taken, house
.as.t,,us,. a ch.i,ca aud cramurIiy III tsa,s over
II. rusnuien III h GA the f4cespf 1t II looked IS
t:a'Eel 'ae e rs~ ncsls IN ftblts, and as though
Ia Ard tI.-et-S- Ths, tnder.t, way the cur-eMt
a'IIttnt ei :'.t' Es.tin III eentEa not except,ag
1..:s II t''Ais 1ut'trsn The sreak-r shuultl al
i:.'t IS tAtn' f!'% II Ht+-
lIs.-l: q d seeEs from evil those that, lore
IT, ios l. II =. 1hry arc =uh!ect.'! to 50 much
t+1h Il Il r. p
Ssc4uf-uuw IS 1t ;aa1 they are LEFT to endure
sirath, cfteu .E the n.c>t a-Gsavateti forms:
It's. 90 suffer. L. l. a nark Uf Gods discipline
AID system tua1 ts,y sa,u:d eu1*r. Whom The
f.1td i1vtrn h. eh1st~ue'h. Mnd He sbusReta the
k'l wh,a liz zecssv.Ih. The rrasou why this
kt',H;d ir 70 hul I.'; ss%1 r7eale't 70 t1aa u i
E.luv o:heE x:t. Of ls@<t had been suffered to
r,I-.iu \ r:3-te:y. TIE fs'1 m more Proved
ia:n,r 1aos.s, 10 o. t.e ~ ns; esri because hts ACTS
wtlr I1cs.mrKet:nsth!e u The child. 1t wns no
ra.1 OF tioaa ll1n'f sairs'ion 10 eecurc the de-
i:s-;atcc OF nl,neHt ft0m natural eS1l G1tf
hal III: one grad sEsttm. which WIS ,nade up
ii IEL1s rat'.r 1Jcts Is " fa':Mente all Tending,
A'':e nnsl roa ., +. ne E'o!J 81 * Ss AtmonS
ns1n, and his e: d :w1arii1 WITH n7turc open to
IN: e1u lts.ff; The rn-stqntaces: the Etath ol
t;.d; 1hs cun4tuf VI cnr1s1 aud Ills mtlaiiou and
neE, IN II, WAS Coils, and; must be good tsot
,.ii not thALrt lis pf,.-e~rnalisaed laws sisur!!
u nssated t:t< ny ship in the nauds OF sktlfuI,
cA;vr.CItrd riN, wt.lcn FAUST lace al tue daa'
gus IT tho ts-r, ulCst he subject to tie action q
ihr ti'1c, u.si si-st 7; the Pressure Of Inc wind
must hetd b+fo"e TIE si6rn, and the onty differ
rnce III the snan II tae wheel. and the sftrec
Tim tsksn: ..t:oi-ssnx !slsisn;r ,; be a. saia sa1
:H-auNs. TIE vasIm maI 'r1ty OF Cnr1st3 miracles
haA tn bea.'nx upon The 'tll:t5us cFee1s or ten-
a*se mt nc, 70. zsel for ,s, purpose Of showing
THE. tcac, Of 1ur faith cn1cated by Hin. but Il
t>;a !.rh Hui ttcrteistn1 t. unbelleEeEa the fac
Wtat crtr c,.mtt er,, rtcsoucd AZ evils verf
rn1 al .ucn. tu. w-ie l1-Ftly lie tnst.Hnentalt.
,:~> 1.5 wh!ch G,ra shower His love. A. God saw
f-n1a tnisfnr, En*. cstxrnt,y, etc, we're not The
lu..t. hut nttrn The WORT, Things IN His slgnt
stLce .hry l+r,':.st to i a The heart axar from
linn. Frnul t:-,.trls to Revocation this vas se
1urt1. 1t wx, 171,Ltasirn wh'ch topk OF, 4e31at
,Gre. lis al u b,ouxht INF Art 10 Gel. Money,
ts,r. :"~,'. II ro., lLtr"tc used a. 9 I'd mean
III. -',-u4l H. r.-,., ~-fe aacaEu1a5!c blessings
til 1s.u s:etn IL EN- t.ty xs1c as milestone.
t:r':=1rr 1a+ >oa :" 'utn. Etea, II trouble ant
-r:rus Au'c.r.+ II Was eor. Tne truth Was
TIL. ,!n: i.ev-rsa :,iit.t ua n Ills affections a,
rtca IT. stEi ttss = i1ti!tui,ss Fatns Moe- ant
.>t sion: Ills fesft MES rl~e5 than ever to u
H!rutuct a ctip was at u lifs.
III, 1n'.et "sxra,4 y. Of tor1ns7 WaY not srans
:.t.. is tr .'az- III s'o's. IS Fs. Eal1h7 sut.i
1H.- A're = ns',. = '"~te II erfninr Ills eiogdo1
f;.raH.r s"sth na. III c 1t the tne%'t1be fac.ora
{: II. s.- en- al z.!ras:on As Il natural fact, an
A. the result ot 1t.fusa laF, death had no coanet
tl'n with saliva In". ( tntisti1u vas as lahl
q. aoybouy turn thu IRE. sIrowu In the wat@I
,nla- NJ ,itet,,.ct:au1. It tho ChI1stan uoms
~ saa 1 rs . fnn, s rse, R
wrrr no rxIeItt';ns T.. t"ts laws Death.
whatever furn,. y is thing 10 Thsen tie Cattstla
t:<aS " Il II nsa ~ =. r sh,rou @ :n5 @ IemonssIaieG
er1:nrut medic II sr.Cot'i-s that The physical pk
ota5lns haa ''.a :sr:1. ex.sgerssed; than, IN
ss intense nj .ucs1'es: 1ese;t' sas ~ mt H. ?,
,s1n u Il. . IT, p..1 ,.n aa1 Seen expeence d,
nt.er cay during the llress. But, however II
1r.c11 he. n*a1a b ui1 be 20 soufEs Of terror
:ausu.Cs in Sculpture s1ro1cer o. mort Ja,ial
ta.n tEal Eaieh n 1a!e<i to ceath, which vas
NBss xaItatti III ~ The chi OF care, toll, q
gret. No IA arg f-nd "r hezrs- no children vi
rntl! rat !+ c-,t4' '"r. 20 fEuttlt-s aims.
hxlIts,l loie-. no ss.rsom* ur suffering. W
r":;h' ih.nk .E T.. ~ shutting ont such e1pe
eures- without Delight hi thS prospect7 And
rea,i tn:+. e!rfr.a' r.~;, rsacr. AID joy. 1eunit
thxt should never t,e h1..lere.i, and the blessi
II Tin; p e. .va. II stai1e rta Gn as
c0uforte. therein, n.saFt-l that nothing H1ll q
Arnte us tro,n tn~ t.vr Ct Cns1st.
Yes. Grant tnet sht. Pr,viteucc waa sad VIII
oyerthreE u,int nt.d tetl II <ef-destructlou,
all tha nppt,-f. but. II aay here thtak that de
t<thc easiest xas t., stsc2 TIE ClttS 4n1 iroao
life III yaur keeMnz, atst G ID has said: n
t.hc teSraseI, aee~.1-sce INTO everlasting :
tecnu~c Ter sltr &a~ the result OF Eethsaned Il
son, hapci:ss 1u-atit liz believed that the 81
jtIt OF tEt2Ilty uss hut l1tptrftcay understf
Jl.N?-c IN EsEc vi, u'u were apt 70 lo0f Up
II rs ii her flcnzF nr tsltrF. Tncse WIS no 10
that which I'D. ct~a the deceased. whose ma
hat assumed the &hnTr Ct growing belief t
she WIS u.tiLEs hArIcn 2nd q
.IrADce to t.e h.pn1ness Of those
lored- 1t was lot that the nn7a had been Str1n(
Of lts faculties ais, t--,accd to chaos, but thai
u1tscA NrpptsfF. The great moral fact lad.
IN the Inst couitnltt 'r tf 1ne body to the wal
tut III that flres Ssaye.fu4 Of tne mind "a to
..ity which she OFT d N her home, her chlldT
husband fr!enhr, htr God, herself 4 Won
wonderfully cansctehflnus, rrcssed with the c
v1ct,on thai she must remove tho hlndEaace
the happiness oS hrr family, the insanity ex!s
all the way from Its primal cause down 70
unal act. While t,reir,ng 70 impress, upon nu.
duty OF extl& NE cure 6f l!fc and fnCu ties,
would give ~ his earnest hflitt. toat II ans ri
.nould ever ne 81, overwhelmed, We SHOULD
lie IN Goes T. entEg I. the last
The PASTOR tn n rald fesrent tribute TO
qualities Of the deceasc.,. whom he spoke o
an earnest, praJe tu!- exemplary Cnrisuan won
whose he III aud purse wcft a1WaEa OPEN to
ronr, Anit who latoTtsl unc' aetnEniy 10 DO hct
ter's ~Trk. G+ wt1aesl tuat he mtEct leave
l-kron OF her life xltn the 1lothefs OF his cha
II WIS hrr 1!fc-s fongtnF, her lat desire. G
vaguely expressed iu TIL letter written hut 8
.!,cr irfuf+ hrr ,Ira;h, th4i her children n :gh
CttFefted to GuH4
lie el,>ed hT kAJtug that It only remAiuc1
AK what wss the rn-anuE of Gol'a voice, So
to aeannuu!tv IKE tatS. It Mexut that q
sshirwrck OF The sou& without hope, a
hcet that yc bc not TINS lost tc4fhous GodT