The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-24
a blessing to Ireland, to Germany, and to

a blessing to Ireland, to Germany, and to
all nations.
ADDRESS OF BISHOP JAMES.
Along orlabored speech at this time would
be work of supererogation, which you
know is contrary to our discipline. We are
here to honor and perpetuate the memory
of man and of the work he was an instru-
ment of doing. This Is the design Of all
monuments But the one great thing now
commemorated is the wonderful work God
wrought 1t was so with the monument of
Bunker Hill, with the opening of the Red Sea
for the nationality of a race of bondmen.
1t is so in the annual observance of Easter in
remembrance of the resurrection of Christ.
And this monument is not so much to per-
petuate the name of Embury as to show
what God has done by him. The great
principle evidenced in his life and rccog-
nized by this shaft is that humble services
in humble circumstances often lead to the
greatest results. This was true in the case
of Embury as of others in preaching the
Gospel to the poor. In memory of this
work we are about to unveil this monu-
ment.
AT THR MONUMENT.
After these addresses the association and
assembly moved to the cemetery and, sur
rounding the monument, proceeded to un-
veil tia service brief, appropriate, and
eminently satisfactory. 1t is a noble col
umn, simple, massive, an honor to the
church and an ornament TO the cemetery.
EVENING SERVICES.
These memorial services were continued
in the evening. Mr.. S. T. Tasker of Phila-
dephia, a noble representative of English
and American Methodsm, and Rev. J. b.
Wakeley, d. D., a .hstoriographer of early
| Methodism in New York, making addresses
Mr.. Tasker spoke in behalf OF the associa
ton, and said This is a great day 1t is {
day of brotherly love. | am local preach
err, the son of local preacher. My ances
tors were of the Church of England; bu
not satisfied with the ritual nor with til,
sermons, and reading pamphlet in refer
ence to Methodism, my father determined
to hear for himself And having an earl.
opportunity to hear Rev. Joseph Benson
he was happily converted. But amid man.
prosecutions he became preacher, and
am in the succession. The venerabl
speaker closed with beautiful tribute t
to the triple workers, Embury and Mrs
t Barbara Heck, in New York, and MI
t Strawbridge, in Maryland.
r The Rev. j. B. Wakeley, d. D., the
gave written and carefully prepared di
y course, full of facts, old and new, in refe
ence to the relations of Embury to our nj
e tional Methodism, in his own peculiar an
: felcitous style. The monument, said Ii
has not been erected to Embury because
!. was man of splendid genius, for he WI
II not such nor for his scholarship, for
C was not scholastic; nor because he was
local preacher, for there are many such
l. not because he built a church edifice,
is came from Ireland, for of many the
IS things can be said. But it has been ereC
g ed because he was an honored instrlime
}. for good to this land.
n These lengthy and impressive service
2. soon after the centennial of Embury
e death, were brought to a close by an il
FASHIONED and unctious address fro
e Bishop Campbell of the African church.
II All parties unite in declaring yesterd
al (the Goth inst.) to be the greatest religio
le occasion in the history of the associatio
1t and as standing side by side with that o
d when, in connection with the removal
10 the remains of Embury from the first SEPT
le chre to the Ash Grove burial ground,
" celebrated J. N. Maffitt delivered
IL masterpiece of eloquence and power.