Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-05-18
NEW VOL. 7--N0 46.
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Nh. EpIToE-Tho following remarss
respecting funeral, ami funeral sermons
viii think approve themselves toInNst
ot your rralerS, and be useful il tho
community Ey
Most o! The funerals that | witness
, nave ccltain youcouIiau;S which. il my
Judgment. had better be omitted. Tho
practice. tor example OF having the All
Glvnce after sermon, march Sul,mnlv
pas, the coffin to look 4; III, corpse, sud
then having The mourn2rs take their
last look in the prcsel,c If that audi
cnce. No eve but Cod, should witness
that parting look. Who would WISH.
in A scene 80 sacred rs that, 10 br gaz,d
Al by staring world Nor 10 like
the custom, once universal a:i stii.i,ry
common, OF having 4 special address Ia
the mousucrs IN funeral sermon lis
an unnecessary woaliiag o! ones pIlIe
10 have Speci.l cNhortatIon Sddrcssed
10 him before an ~ Hence; and II their
own homes mourncrs viii cJmmuniyl D.
more edited by a ministers words "i
sympathy and codn>y,, than by personaI
cNhortatious addressed 10 tlcm in tie
funeral sermon Bur what Is moro dis.
tasteful to me than any thing have
Vet named, l. the way IN which some
ministers preach 1T funerals Ii seems
to be Thought by many that II Is thu
perfection ui funeral sermon Il, IN sd.
dressing the mcurHe's, the preacher can
melt IN M into foods OF teals There
... .... -,.lS who cater 10 this Nitlated
..... ..4 Nao acquire much popularity
.i, vmi.u.c one IN my judg
.~.aca,rS who, at funerals,
ilJN 4J.. Sd ulNt the mDurncrS weep
and sob Worse than all this thcr" arc
not 4 i,w ministers who, 10 gratlty
mourm'rS ears and srcurc popularity,
leach 10 funeral sermon without laud-
.,- ,Ir deceased person, often times 1t
a.. cAy,a-c 81 truth. 50 customary IL
th.,, and 50 universal is the craving for
hAtt,riug funeral sermons, thSt y sci.
mon iu which nothing lAudatory ~ slld
about the dead would greatly di-appolut
most audiences, and would, by many,
/ hr deemed no funeral sermon ut all
will no.; SAY tuIt ~ Ho cNt should dpv
lauMlion pr uttered at the funeral Of
one who WAS not Christian IN some
rare Instances. sumr commentator may
bc appropriate. But | am free to ray
that habltuM and mdiScrlmina,e lsuda-
ton t.uya,al in funeral sermons should
b, ,di,..u,t,ugur.d and lebukcd.
Pam NOR. to bc condemned than MI
the tn,ao> Vet named is the funeral scr.
mon ,I.,r r.rr.,.n,, tic departed as
h,..u.r. .......l. when his Iii.
had arfor,.cu. .o ,,,icnc. Of his b,i.2
on,iltirdr,. .,o there. In thousands of
fln,rl sermons = passp,rt To heaven il
,cy.r ,b.. deceased when lb,rc i, mo-
Satisfactory evidence Of ,i,ty in tho
ease. Iii, painful and shocking to SEQ
nm vbY, >I;0ut g., i,i,ucc some ministers
.,, nre,.L }, man into heaven Tb.r,
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t,,- n,4,,,,L IA. '.;cL man Uc die. and
., ,l, t,r.rl tho r.,,.l. oro ,,ld thu,
Ih.;r dead nci,bbnr has undoubtedly
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