The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-11-25
Funeral Of the late Alfred Goodman.

The funeral ceremonies of Rev. Alfred
Goodman took place at ten clock Friday,
morning, the 18th, from the Union NJ. E.
Church, Fourth street, below Arch, Phila-
delphia.
Previous to the funeral meeting of cler-
gymen was held at the rooms of the Meth
odist Repository. No. 1918 Arch street, and
the following pall-bearers appointed
Rev. c. F. Turner, Cohocksink Church;
Rev. William Major, West Chester; Rev.
DR.. Patterson, presiding elder Harrisburg
District; Rev. D. w. Thomas, of the Meth
odist Repository; Rev. Mr.. Osborne, of the
New Jersey Conference, and Rev. DIR.
Crane, of the Newark Conference. Long
before the hour of service the church was
crowded in every part, and hundreds of the
friends and admirers of the lamented cer-
gyman were unable to obtain admittance.
Directly in front of the pulpit platform
was the catafalque, which was the one up
on which rested the remains of President
Lincoln when they were conveyed through
this city. 1t was framed of black cloth.
ornamented with white trimmings. At
the head was pedestal covered with black
cloth, trimmed with heavy bullion fringe
and with heavy tassels of the same mater
ial, surmounted by beautifully arranged
IL
browning and surrounding the whole, was
a cross of natural flowers.
At a quarter past ten clock the cleygy
men marched solemnly down the middle
aisle, the organ playing the Dead March
from Saul" Then followed the pail bear
ers. The remains were in Il burial caSket.
constructed by E. S. Early, and heavily
silver mounted. The coffin was covered
with floral offerings. On the plate was the
following inscription:-DiedN Nov. 10. 1871.
ALFRED GOODMAN, in the 44th year of his
age.
Addresses were made by Dr. Suddards.
of the Episcopal Church; Rev. Longacrc.
of New York: DR.. Alday, DR.. Foster, and
Rev. VIM. Mcdonald.
The remains were inferred at Laurel Hi!
cemetery.
From sermon by Rev. William Payne,
preached in the Spring Garden NJ. Z.
Church. on Sabbath, we make the follow
ing closing extract:
The fires of genius may not flash in your
hearts; they did not in our departed broth
erS. You may not possess talents of the
highest intellectual order; neither did he
possess them. Goodness, purity, true char
ity and love, who of you may not be pre-
eminent in these? The power in him was
pre-eminently the power of Christ. There
was no sentence he loved. to utter like this
''Alfred Goodman washed in the blood o
the Lamb" That same spirit lives to make
our hearts as pure and gentle as his When
| lying on his last couch Of illness said 9
friend to him" Could you choose con-
| corning the future what would be YOU
choice?" The reply was:-'' would rath
| or the dear Lord would choose
| He had in his dying hours, as many Of
you know, a vision in which he seemed, to
himself, to have left this earth and ascend
| ed to the new Jerusalem, and there he met
| the dear ones who had gone before; the
father that SO suddenly had been taken
| from him; his grandfather; his precious
| boy, buried from your own church, and in
| his thoughts, each took him to the throne
and presented him with this sentence
"Alfred Goodman, washed in the blood Of
the Lamb When, at last, the time came
he seemed, in thought, to see the chariot,
enter it and rise up through distance. Al
! length they came nearer to the Heavenly
! CITY, and shout of welcome comes from
within. the pearl grte swings back, the bat
| tie is fought and the victory gained. When
the supreme moment of triumph is at hand
he sends back to his weeping friends his
last message:-"1 am sweeping through
| the Heavenly gates, washed in the bloodoi
| the Lamb The words of such mat
come to us as perpetual benediction. lie
said to his wife and friends on parting, 81
| will be at the gate to receive you" At the
| gate of the Heavenly City he is waiting
and God grant that every one of you may
| meet him there. For US it remains to say
as did that devoted companion" Fare
well, Alfred, will meet you in Heaven.