The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-09-15

Her Husbands Address.

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We copy from the New Harmony
Register, Of Saturday, the following
with reference 10 ceremonies at Mrs.
Owens grave:
Her funeral was early on Sunday
morning last. the weather being most
beautiful. and the ceremonies were con-
ductcd at the grave.
FUNERAL CEREMONIES.
They were opened by Mr.. Owen him
self. lie said
Il think il is n c0mmcndahlc custom
that, as TO funeral ceremonies, tie wishes
of the departed on that subject should.
rs far as possible. be carried out, when
these wishes are known.
During Mrs. Owens illness, she said
nothing in regard 10 her funeral. But
some two or three months ago, il chanc-
ed. as men say though there is no such
thing n chance but il happened that
my wife and had Il conversation Oh
funerals. She said she would not wish
10 have any hell tolled at her funeral,
especially ifthcrc Was any sickness near.
She thought sick persons sometimes sul-
fcrcd by hearing it. and she did rot wish
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suffering of any Kind. Music. 81 G said.
Inappropriate indeed. but also hopeful and
encouraging. will: nothing of The Ics-
ponding and scpu!chural about it; for
gloom seemed TO her most inappropri-
ate. And wha. abont "a tnmernl SER
an ordinary funeral sermon: for these
~. v1 .c,,
unmciiicd praise. But l should like,
she added, that some one, who has the
same ideas of death that have, would
express them at the grave
"All this was said incidentally, and /
think without the least idea in her mind,
that might soon have to recall il; for
she was in perfect health at the time Il
and |, being more than ten years her
senior, expected TO 60 before her, but il
was otherwise ordered.
"Them sought 10 fulfill her wishes.
requested that the bell should not be
.ollcd, there being at the time lady
Il dear friend Of hers seriously i'll at
my house. Then selected as suitable
for music on such an OCCASION as this, a
poem by Mrs. Stowe, entitled 1.-THE 9th
cr World!' and had few copies
printed for distribution here"
tThcy arc distributed accordingly and
Mr.. Owen resumed.
"Some friends have kindly volun-
tccrcd TO aid lis. They will now sing
portion ofthat ode. Afterwards shall
cndcavor to say few words OH the
subject Of death. Then we will sing
the remaining portion of Mrs. Stow c's
beautiful verses. And afterwards. ifmy
esteemed friends, the Rev. Mr.. Mitchell
and the Rev. Mr.. Erwin : one or both
desires to speak, am quite sure you
will hear them with great pleasure
The singing was conducted by Mrs.
Bella Golden, Mrs. Chas. A. Parkc. Miss
Louisa Duclos and Mr.. Jno. ID. Jones,
several other persons joining in. Then
Mr.. Owen said:
mo article Of belief. moral or rclig-
ious. seems to me MS important as the
assurance of immortality. You rcmcm-
Der the text: III there be no rcsurrcc-
ton Oftlie dead, then Is Christ not risen.
aud if Christ be not risen, then your
faith is vain
'Fcw deny this: but comparatively
few feel any absolute certainty about IT,.
Even The most earnest and dcv0ut Chris
tiams sometimes admit low wavering
faith often is."
Mr.. Owen then related conversations
which he had had on the subject, at one
time, with well-known Presbyterian
clergyman Of New York; at another
time with the Episcopal Bishop. The
former, n wealthy man, declared TO MIR.
Owen, who had been saying 10 him
hat lie (Mr. Owcn) Gid not believe more
firmly in the cxistancc OF the visible
world than he did in that Of the invisi-
bic : that he (thc clcrgyman) would give
half that he was worth in the world to
be able 10 saw the same thing. The lat
ter stated TO Mr.. Owen that assisting at
the dcath-bcd Of an aged clergyman : u
perfect cxcmplcr, throughout long life
Of usefulness. in faith and conduct and
the conversation turning on the cvidcn-I
ccs Of n cutnrc state, the dying man cx-l
claimed: "Ah, Bishop. the proof the
proof. five only had it, Then Mr..
Owen resumed:
81 did not believe and here speak
also for her whose departure from among
us we mourn to-day ] do not believe
more firmly Iii these trees that spread
their shade over us, in this hill on which,
we stand, in those sepulchral monu-
mcnts which we sec around us here, than