Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-04-06

fv%1 1poeSd. Size at once realized her con-
dnlon, having long since become impressed
that hel death would be sudden. Her voice
soon failed, after which she several times wav-
Ell her had In token Of recognition. Her change
to spiritual life, was natural and peaceful, and
no doubt her pathway was illumnied by the
brightest rays Of celestial morn, and that she
was met by fiiends gone before, and angels
poised on p,nions Ct light from the regions of
eternal day, who welcomed her to their
joys.
The funeral services were held In Oiivet
Presbyterian Church, by her pastor Rev. l..
Marks. She was then taken to New London
Church, where few remarks were made by
her former pastor, the venerable Mr.. Dubois,
who recapitulated the history Of the family Ia a
very feeling and fatberly manner. After this
the corpse was viewed by the many friends
present, and then deposited in the grave.
d may say continued Mr.. Davis, slhat IL Is
worthy of esperiai notice, and 1t Is happy re-
iection 10 know, that her religiou3 sent imenis
were liheial aud broad enough to embrace all
humanity, and were only eqaed by her gensr
osiiy Of heart. Holding the position she did, of
wife and ihotller, the suddenness of her death,
was moi only appalling to the family and reia-
tives, but to the community in which she lived
1t is truly death much to be lamented.
The next speaker, was DR.. Brown, who said
he did not belong TO the society, but was happy
to be present at the dedication OF the al. He
+. OF the last speaker; and said he was present
-, at the funeral services, and rejoicad 10 notice
! the progress made BY the orthodox clergy with
| In his own memory That the time was when
ministers on such occasions, thought they ere
doing Gods service by iacerating the teelil "a
of the beresved in every possible manner. 10
| Illustrate, he read an extract from a sermon by
the Rev. Thomas Boston, az follows;
'rhe godly wife shall applaud the Justice OF
the judge In the condemnation Of her ungodly
husband. The godly husband shall say amen
to the damnaton of her who lay In his bosom
The godly parents shall say halleluJah at the
passing of the sentence on their ungodly child
And the gody child shall from the bottom Of 1t.
heart approve the ddmnation of its licked par
ent who begot him.
The following is from the Rev. Mr.. En-
mons:
The happiness OF tie elect In heaven, will
In part, consist in witnessing tho torments O
tie damneo Ia hell. And among them it may
be their own children, parents, husbands o
wives
The Doctor said that many more such ex
tracts were al hard, but the two just read wer,
enough TO show what old theology was, ant
now, said he, to show what 1t Is rapidly com
Ing TO, will read q short extract from a lee
ture bv Mr.. Robert Harper who was formerly
Methodist minister. II Is called, Spirltnalsn
the science Of the Soul.
'On Sunuay evening last, says the Londor
Spiriiuaiist, of Nov. 2lst, Mr.. Robert Harpe
delivered au address at Goswell Hall, SO Cos
well Road.
1t was one OF the regular Sunday evening
lectures giventhere Ia connection with the 81
Johns association of spiritualists. He sal
spiritualsm was not merely a system of com
munication between the living and the depart
ed, but it had beautiful philosophy and tru
science. In studying its teaching, LA foun,
there Is only one force 10 the universe-th
l.fe-current of God, who Is at once the life an,
substance OF all that exists. The speaker he
iisved in a grand pantheism not the panthe
i'm of the materiali,ts but that of Paul. "I
him We live, and move and have our beng
Spiritlialisu was the science of the soul, an
had taught him what NO books on physic Sc
ence could do. It was able to penetrate til
:, region of our inner working, and to demon
strate the true science of the conditions wbic
:, control our mental and moral being. Th
clairvoyant could show that many persons IL
\ herted specific disease from their parent or al
!. ces'ors, and couli often point out where, man
generations back, perhaps, disease had orgna
W ed. Ciailvoyance also proved that every pc
L. son was Affected by be thoughts and lives
" others; for the thoughts aud emotions of eac
one Of us Influenced some other being. Spin
Q. ialism showed clearly the conditions of our Il
to dividual existence, and the obstacles and aic
to our development, and taught that no b.
man being Is wholly depraved, as the Orth
dox churches would have us believe, and as h
= many years ago, as Methodist preacher, hi
. told the people. lie knew now that the 10,
. est In the scale of being had germ of exc,
lencs, and was as dear to the Divine Faith
- I as the most slintly. There was q commur
+. cation between thisand the disembodied worl
and the advanced spirits could rain down
m rs their intellectual and moral qualities, Al
in this way, through comparatively infn