New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-23
AMERICAN METHODISM.
BoNoRs TO PHILIP EMBURY.


TIE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL METHODIST
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF MONDAY AND TUES
DAY-ADDRRssEs AND RESOLUTIONS.
YRoM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TRIBUSE.l
CAMBRIDGE, N. Y, Oct. 21.-In addition to
the address of Bishop Simpson In honor Of the memory
OF Philip Embury published In Tuesdays TRIBUNE 9th
ers delivered the fret being by the Rev. o. A.
Brown, pastor OF the church He spoke as follows:
It ia thought fitting that the pastor OF the society or
ganized by Philip Embury hundred years ago snouIu
decessor with word OF welcome to the many gatnerso
here aud personal tribute TO .hs Circle Of
its influence is forever widening, very meager Is no re
ord OF What must have been so grand me- ro' Sp
second what say more to prove that yon ar a,
come, then simply give utterance 10 lhe WIZ gecoms
from warm and loving hesrt-douoB neme Of
since Won have come TO Join In hoDorng inc ban VI
him whose memory so richly cherish ,, % stand
last could pay more firing tribute tnan over the
with bowed head and fearful eyes, IN S"oN'o' ~
grave OF the departed - a.. a, ,-ss ar ,7ao
an nnyertd In i75s and became iontihed with Yves,
Ieyan Methodsm lie emgraled TO America ~ ~ W a
was the frat Methodist minister IN tne NO" w, ii,a
Afer his arrival in New-Yok little Is known OF ms luo
Tor the next six years BIT ~ ne sao Tn i7 he
organized class and began preaching IN ms Ts
house at rst then hired house. am S rthnsce
W Methodism In New York. God blessing MS laoors
most abundanty, the rigging lot soon az 81 bniIS
oon ~ accommodated the people, and the ldea on
Ing church was taken into payeiu ,dher Wes
The result was that In 1903 the Slh ub ~ eyica was
icy OhaPe ' ~, Ga he who organized the society
continued to serve 1t as pastor u h,ryr m the mis-
ou,res sent out by John Wesley ana ee ~ nc
county in which now are am noI sne V1 "pser
WIS With heavy heart he left this. his cn1' 10 osne.
hands But whether or not. he cOnthe9 n,s
as local preacher, and organized seco nrTy h. All
King though under another name ana 800 strong, Us
IL psstor 10 welcome you to-day to the ceremony o u
vaiine monument 10 its dead pastor AZ AsnsrS9e,
our hcro-for hero he was-labored Ialthlmy LOT uI
ypars when suddenly. like the grass he was MOVING
the accident occurred which caused his DEATH ne
was cut down. and his soul returne1 10 uou W." thi ~,
and his dust lies in the beautliui cemetery 'n tlS
Tn ibis brief historical sketch have forgotten 10 name
me wond know that name read it then. when that
Monument shall be unyailed, craven WIN pen non
on that everlasting grane-Phiip EmDufy. ~ may
Seem strange 90 some that large place IN our
memory and hearts IS gwen 10 one M1 ~
40 small place in history. But II Is nol by the NUMBER
on pages the record or his life occupies thdt We arc 10
Judge a man. The grandest characters are oIe a,e1
most easily recorded aud furnish the ie%est hateras
fop history The simple noble, godly life OF man
honored above all humanity,s written Ia one ShS,o
sentence: EnOch walked with Cod. Nor IS ~ no"
much that's written OF a "a i is how good IT'S.
upon which his immortality depends. rage aiter page
of ponderous have been hled ana dotted Dy he
record OF te the printed word mas not Deen aDe
TO save oblivion luto me awful silence OF forget
funess the life and It's record nave gone. On the olner
hand let il he but the history OF good NE, though
never 80 brief If only deed or word Is recorded thht
word and that deed go singing III me hedIts Va men
down the ages, and the memory OF the ire hhGefs' ana
lives, and can never die. ., ,-- l., a.,
True, Embury occupies put a snaiii place. an tnc
printed page but the world is filed with tho influence
of tho work which under God he wrought outside Oh
the associated with him IN ms WORK MS name Tas
unknown while ne lived but now, after century that
name goes flying the wings of the wind; as swift as
light 1t Is borne TO distant cities the and over anu on
the morrow. at many a hearthstOne ana III many q
countingroom his work will be recalled the memory OF
him refreshed aud his enshrined in the hearts OF
those who love the cause OF our common LOrd. NO
know not when or now We arc n no. nostSnmops
for fadeess immortality: In seeking postiunouuS
fame men IT, BY standing IN one place. ana WORK
ing faithfully and well unnindni o. Tnas san CD ~
by standing where God placed him and DONG what Goa
ordered. !.
have struggled through tolls and tears to gain the
applause OF men anu ho v, onns nrn t dscend
ants The grandest thing Is when one has done his duty
in lOwly way. hidden from the worlds eye ana golns
has passed thousands gather together TO pay him
honor Fory-one wears ago another assemblage might
have been seen about the grave OF TINS same mai no
to bury the dead" "a was said by the siiyertQngued
orator OF the OCCASION not TO dsinter his modcring
remains, not to shed tear over EpburY dead but 10
thank God that good man ever llyed ana 10 rear
our reverence for virtues four five generations
10 come We met again to unyail more lasting
not die but that the everlasting granite shall tell for
ages TO come that here lies the dust of one known loved
We welcome you to the old home OF Embury. We well
you to the bosom Of the society which ne organ
made sacred by being the restngplace OF his dust-a
valley which, so far as its physical features are CON
here to-day he would be at home, knowing in moment
which way the brook runs singing the same old song,
and which way the mountains trend. and which peaks
of the mountains would first FURNISH with gold Here
be lived fragranty, here he died fragranty, and his
Summers morning | cannot say more. The memory
Of Embury is dear to me. reach back and grasp my
mothers hand and In doing Joined 10 one OF Erins
daughters. claim hnshIp with the noblest OF her
sons and feel the inspiration OF Their ives. Enough.
pray not for hOnors in life that the world give;
pray not for a grand and mournful pageant at my
burial when hundred years have come and gone that
thousands shall gather TO uny lasting memorial over
my sleeping dust but do pray, Lord Jesus that thou
wOuldst make a worthy successor OF pious EuDury
.H-piaaa Of
Philip Embury was present, and greeted by men,
hers OF the Convention Letters read from Presi
dent Grant Bishops Andrews of Iowa. Bowman of Mis-
souri, and Haven u Tennessee, and Clarence u Embury,
nephew " Philip Embury. The Rev DR.. b. l. Ives
sang with ne effect, "a Hundred Years Ago" The az
ternoon session closed with the formal unvang Of the
Embury monument
The evening open ed with devotional exercises
after witch the congregation listened with marked at
tention TO the following address;
ADDRESS BY REV. DIR. j. b. wAKELEr.
We are living in the manhood ofnthe world. Never
did It's great heart beat and throb does now. We
travel by steam, do correspondence by lightning
we take llfe-ke portraits by sunbeams Progress is
written in capital letters. We moving for
ward 40 rapidly that we have scarcely time
TO look back though is both duty and interest
do Mankind appear TO be divided into three classes
wholly in the present and those who live wholly In the
future. DO you inquire who Philip Emburyi What
dlu he 90 ndt ne shoulu ha so h.oio thhu
otbers Was he person OF colossal mind, OF imperial
intellect No. Was he a person OF noble origin.
descended from long ue OF honorable ancestors No.
Was he man OF superior education, who made great
attachments in scencei No. Was he man or super
lative elOquence- tOngued- speech distilled
like the dew and the rain upon the erassi No Why,
then, do ven erect monument to perpetuate his
When you have heard his history and his character you
will have answer to the question,
Philip Embury converted 10 God In 1857. He
account of IL fiyeaf OF small volume,
Deeember in the YEAR i7s2 the Lord shoDe into m 1T soU
by ri d M
my redemption in Christ Jesus, to whom be glory for
ever and ever. Amen" He writes the account in a