, 1874-12-14
DIR. BLANEY.

Au8EAkA 1GCA HI katp k0A1t&k AkGae
bytcrtam Oilurcll.-Attttress by prof.
swing.
The obBoquies Of tho Into DR.. Jamoa Van
Zandt Dauey were hold In the Fourth Presby-
ter!an Church, corner Of Superior and Casa
atroets, at ,alf-past o'clock Yesterday after"
noon. Tho odiace was througod to iss utmost
capacity. tho plumed Kughts Of Apollo Com
mandcry mud Of the thirty-Bccond degree
Of Masonry occupying tho coutre aisto.
Tho rematus wero escorted. by carriago,
from the rosidenco Of tho decoasod to
tho church, the brothren OF the Masonic
Ordor forming guard Of honor around tho
hearse. Tho casIot WAS carried by tho pail
bcarers to tho altar, whore 1t WAS lnd, foatooned
In choice flowers and luxilraut In oYorErcenH.
OPENING snnv1 CEa.
Organ musio, singing, aud prayer bogan tho
lyof. swing. The rrayor.oifered up by him Was
extremely Affecting. and waB joined In by all
present. ...-
Tho. Rev. Professor thon read tho Goth Psalm,
taking Ills toxt from tho same. Ho observed
that there waB hardly time for him to do Justice
to tho honorable career Of tho friend WHO had
passed away. At the cemotery. doubtless. somo
eloquent tongue would chronicle tho nob1o patll-
way OF a lilo devoted to noblo profession !;
would detail the great services to SCIENCE, apd
tho goniua, evon, which mado DR.. Blaneya name
the Roud man only won't atlll farther to provo
thnt, uuIess for tho hope beyond tho grave, tho
world was all yality. That was tho
,v G.s0n o ThS tS. m91S asSs sna snass o dy aSyny BY
ali, the highoBt as we'll Oil tho lulnblcst should
Come In tho natural order of things. In twenty
years tho mon aud women he aaw bntose him
who welo advanced in lifo would ba gathcrod to
their fathers. 1n thirty yoarg it was not too e1.
traya1ant to assumo that every person In that
audience would hAvo passed awny.
This wnB how humanity should contemplate
existence. II thero wero no future prospect,
for life. if this woro all, aud uauglt beyond, o.
Earth!" But there WAS Il grand lctsan taught
by this fate. Mnuklnd should lave two distinct
livea Oh eat tb, Tho temporal aud tho everlasting,
L. sacaa 6e WHY tnen cSnbIna,o9 ot tue
former, and making i only a link to brighter
future life. 1t should ho acionoe aud God, med
iclpe aud God, Inv and God. commerce aud God
| profession and God. earth aud Heaven Ibis
! alou0 could rclrem the oarthneEs ut this world,
aud draw down from the shloa tho boa,nB OF I'm.
mortality thai would lumno tho soul beyond
| tue Rravni Contemplating doath tn this nnn-
uer, it ccaeed to 10 torrible, and seemed like
perfect rest for the buby. nud noblcr hope for
the spirit, which .naae tao crown and tho beauty
Of existence. Regarding doath i'll that mauuer
thero was no tarr0r tlore.
Tho flioud vino had 1oparted--traTo!lng along
his busy life-path--had not been an adherant OF
naino Of 10 particular aoct lilo Ind an indie
pendent belief, which became brighter aB hlB
mortal faculties began their slow decay. When
| tho hour Of dccndonco camo-whon tho things
| Of this earth wero fadiug-tho inQuring soua
had time to look beyond tho grave pierce: in
| some sort the mysteries OF tho future. Tho
soul became tho monitor Of tue dying
man, and seeing the enrth, on which, he had
nobiy toiled, slipping from his grasp. be could
raallzo oil it's vanity. and sigh for tho
| eternal kingdom where friends should meet
again, aud where af1lictiop., aud disap.
ha unknown. In hin weakening hours Dr.,
Dlanoy had sent for hln {prot. Swing .:and they
| had Joined In PRAYER to tho Most High. Dr..
Dlanoy canie nearer to bin God. nearer to Jesus.
With ITO aavish fear. but with tho enthusiasm Of
| n nature TINT WAS noble in ita aspirations and
| blamoless i'll its llfo.
Tie beloved friend haa passed away In tho
hope OF all eternal horoafteE. 11c calicd him
beloved because he admired his noble chatHotor,
hin franknosB, s nlanlincss. and his truth and
H. in tho days Of his strength, lie Was not ortho-
dox according to tho ordinary interpretation. tho
faith, aud tho darkness OF death came ovor him
only aH the brief prelude to q luminous immor-
| tality.
| AND LASTLY.
Another hymn was a,iug, Ienediction was pro-
| nonuccI, mud tho body Mas recummtted To the
| the eurth of which tho }lohorca dust Of Or. j. Y.
| e. DIancy will soon hnve bocoulo part.
DR.. J. Adams Allen, Dr.. II. \. johnson, DR..
| Edwin Powell. and many other Lending members
Of The medical profession, wore prominent among
| the mourners. .
Tho Masonic panegyrio was pronounced at the
cemetery by Norman I. Gasse.lo. Grand Pre-.
late who did ample justce to the fidelity, largo
lca,tcdness, and useful labors Of tho departed
/ brother.