, 1874-06-01


borders Of other oitles not founded now and
rerl1aps NIL we now aoc Bhall bo dust. The
| modern Church In its many forms is tho only
enc that etell over pass along before or aoule.
from tllose shores. 1t will DO In I1oayon. Grasp
the altnrs that aro erected here; grasp them
with both nrms; thoy viii keep you until death
comes, and shall In d moment boar thco to tho
glorloB md loving prosoncs Of God.
THE LATE REV. DIR. HAVEN.
| snru,on by tho 1tcv. DR.. TIon,na, Of tho First
Methodist Church.
THO nov. DR.. Thomas, Of tho FirAt Methodist
Church, yoptotday morning proaoilea discourse
| III memory of the iato rrof. Joacph HnYcn,
LII. D. iIo choso for lila toxt tho words:
| Comfort ono mother with tlcao words+-Thsss9-
| lonfats, !, II,
and spolo as follows: "Thoro is seldom 4
| doath without sorrow, or funeral without
mourncrs. Eyon tho coffin Of the unknown
stranger when borne along tho street bids tho
busy multitude pause and thiu1s. Tho o1tent OF
| the feeling Of loss and sorrow folt at tito close
Of ]ifc, ia measured by tho sphere that life
nlIod. Wheh little Child brcathes It's last tho
grcnt world knows It not, because it's lilo
bad not gone out beyond tho house
Only tho parents, wlo gazo upon
tho empty cradle, nud whose hoarts
/
their souls-only tlloao may tltly mourn isa going
away. When youth Of a fow moro years. whose
life has taken slight hold on tho world outside
Of homo, is takon away. tho toys and tho ball,
sad momentoos. arc put away with tho school,
I books, and tho p1nynlatea como In to woop. When
| death tallcs QUO from tie communion Of q
church, or tho companonship Of business or
professional life, these crclcs feel the loss,
| When a lifo which AaH oxtendol over many
years. or has broadoncd out oyor many interests
| OF charity or benovo1ence, comes to O close, q
| whole city OF community may mourn. Whom
life has rlsen to such lioiglt az to DO aoon OF
all men, aud has wrought in such 8 manner as
to touch In somo Of its phases tho life of all
n,cn-w1en such lifo closes, tlcn not only the
city aud tho nation. hut tho Whole world become
| mourners.
Thus thoro ie not u ycnr nor a dny hut Borrow
| comes to some heart or homo In our world.
Tho nation mud tho world liavo mournod Of lato
the loss from our shores Of tho pationt, toillng
statesman. Charles Summer; and now, as citl.
| gems Of Chicago, no nsH from our proHonco, and
mourn with all tho lands whero he has travelled
and all the pupils he has taught. and tho colleges
OF tho whole world, d,-witl all thcae do wo mourn
tho death OF tho great scholar, philosopher, and
thoologiap, tile 1loy. DR.. Joseph Haven. When
n fo becomes thus broad, it necessarily passes
tho poBsossion Of tho broader public. Not only
gu this general ground, hut from tho love OF my
hoart, and from DR.. Hayens relation to tho
Philosophical Society, an I leg to spea! of Ills
ciety has requested Or. Fostor to prepare q paper
| upon DR.. Haven'a lita aud writings for publ
| cation III one volnmo Of the transactions Of the
Society, und DR.: Hclmer will, at NJ carly day, in
formal funeral sermon, aiscuss tho same. So
| that I shall not attempt m exhaustive Analysis
of tlloao points in thin discourse, but speak OF
thcin in general sense, ltnd refer more pnrlcu-
ariy to Dr Haven H. a. President Of tie pho
! aueh life aud death.
Dr.. IIayon was blessed with good const;tu-
tion aud a ano, commanding personal appear
nuco. Hia mind Was 90 remarkable for itn gen-
e1a excellence Of tono aud quality. and 30 strong
md gront in all directions, MI to leave little room
for tic manifestation of spocinl powers. It is
seldom We meet with . mind 30 evenly balanced
by both nature aud culture. His perception waa
large, his reason clear, and bis Imagination
warm and quick whilo, running through al. wna
pleasant, gontlo humor, md ovor all, aud
| crowning all, WAS wealth Of love and sympathY
oyesmoro yelling up from his great a,d gener-.
| unobsruRiye, md oven dlllidout. So quiet and
| unassunai,,g was he, TINT the weakest beginner
in literature or philosophy could 60 to him with
any question. He possessed. in G marked
| dcErao, that sure ayn OF greatness, q
1,ail,d 80 much emphasized by Ruekln,-a read-
ness and quickness TO perceive tho best qHaAtios
| III othcrs.
Dr.. Navcu's culture was most careful! and
thorough, from enf!y youth. and hs Ma0,.a H. OF
atnoy hteaa1iS nuAoIeu u 1HIoufn nls WHOM !lo'
rosnis Of th.s his seha!assA, %as 1einasEn @ q.
nlo tGr ata oSenneea, a,a tnofoagnmssa uha 'ta
great breadth aud extent; 10 seemed eqqal'y a.
homo ~ almost every ilelu Or learning. Ae tels
. deep interest IN tue exercises and warm lo.o
for poetxy ahd sst; hat gave mose @ OF MS nme 80 80
phtosophy ana tneolo6y. NOV !ons slhee, ~
conversation, hn told me that whom he was at-
pointed to tho ehs!r Of Aetaphysles 1T AMA,esst,
he Thought ne Know saMotAlu8 OF nhuoAo-
ply, but after teaching whilo h9
,e thas he mus. 60 aeeise sa:n .sse sao3ees nna
g!ish iaEgnago hn. : ehnpses IN the Nh!e 10 daily,
giving q! h!n time to tle ssnay o. p!illosophy
~ the creek, ana Eattan, a''tl Herman, ana
syeneh sataors' u sn's IVY WY rs Vs. Vent 10 sn9
fountains Of nIl streams, anu to tho VERY ground
1Honena o. al syh;os alSen. iae anu ra ouofn