Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-04-14
IN MEMORfAM.


MEMORIAL SERVICES AT TRINITY CHURCH
THE CHURCH DRESSED IN MOURN
ING-REMARKs RY REV. WALTER @
uULLIIEN, DIR. E. C. FIS.! Err AND COL
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On Sunday night at Trinity church the
services held were in memory Of the be-
loved Bishop of the Diocese, whose death
was published last week. A large congre-
CATION was present. The reading desk .pul-
pit, and some portions of the church were
draped with black cloth. After the read
ing of the service for the day by Rey. r.
III. Phillips, Rev. W. Q. Hulli!len, the
rector, who had returned from the Bishops
funeral in Alexandria, conducted the me-
mcrial service, which was opened by the
singing of the hymn, s'There is fountain
filled with blood,'' which was the favorite
hymn of Bishop Johns during his life, and
which was sung at his funeral.
REV. MIR. uULLIHEN.
Mr.. Hullihen explained that the meeting
was held that an appropriate expression OF
feelings of the church at the bereavement
it had experienced, might be given. The
death Of no man, he said, could have 50
deeply moved the congregation. 1t was
here that in 1912, Bishop Johns had been
elected to his high office. How he loved
the Diocese, none could have known but
himself. He, the speaker, had heard while
in Alexandra, that during the last hours
of his life the Bishop was heard constantly
praying for the Diocese Of Virginia. He
was born orator, and the speaker had
heard that when little boy in Delaware.
he would go into the court house and sit
on little stool for hours listening to the
oratory of the grandfather of Senator Bay
ard, who was then Chancellor in that State.
At the General Convention in Baltimore,
five years ago, after the sermon of Bishop
Johns on the power Of the love Of God,
Dean Howson Of England, one of the au-
thors of Conybeare and Howsons Life Of
st. Paul, recognized as the standard work
On that subject, said to the speaker stand
ing in front of Emmanuel church, that he
had never heard any man preach, who, so
nearly approached his idea Of st. Pauls
preaching, both in the matter and method
The speaker had been confirmed and Or
dained by the Bishop, and alluded in a
touching manner to the recollections, all
who had been confirmed by him, had of
the solemn ceremony. OF Bishop Johns
preaching, he said they were largely indeb-
ted to him for the true Evangelical preach
ing of the gospel in Virginia. When in
quired OF, ON his death led Of his hopes he
replied, s'Many years ago placed myself
in the Saviour's hands and he will not for
sake me now. [ have not the slightest
shadow upon my mind.''
JUDGE sHEFFEY.
Judge Hugh W. Sheffey made brief but
eloquent introducing remarks to the fol-
lowing resolutions
s'The Rector. Vestry and congregation
of Trinity church, Staunton, desire to give
expression to their emotions i'll connection
with the recent affiction which has befal-
lien them, the Diocese Of Virginia, and the
church at large.
lit is peculiarly appropriate that they
should do SO, because here, i'll May, 1872,
he whose death we mourn was called by
the Diocesan Convention to the holy office
of Bishop.
s'Our Right Reverend Father in God,
John Johns, Bishop Of Virginia, has ceased
from earth and has gone to be forever with
the Lord And the Diocese he loved and
labored for so long sits in sorrow as one
bereaved.
"Honored servant Of the living God !
We grieYe that we shall see his face no
more! That the chief messenger OF right
eouneSs and mercy and peace shall no more
comes among us to cheer, encourage and in
:struct us. We shall hear his wondrous elo-
.quence no more. The tonguewhicl for nearly
sixty years proclaimed as its most precious
theme, Jesus Christ, and him crucitied, y
is stilled in death. The hand which so long
held the Bishops staff, never as all emblem
of mere power, but to direct and guide his
flock, to keep them in safety, and to warn
them away from the Wilderness of Sin and
the precipices Of error, Lies motionless nov
mo more shall his heroic boldness il de-
Tending truth, his far-seeing wisdom, his
sagacious prudence, and his heaven given
tact in ending the church safely through
periIs which threatened it, fill us with
grateful admiration and with feeling OF
.'ecurity and peace! No more shall our
he arts throb with Christian sympathy I'M
der the inspiring influence Of his words OF
good ciieSt 10 Ine cnulcn' ms ben1eI ap-
peals III enc wanderers TO return TO thelr
Fathers mouse ana loYe, MS IeJoicihgS III
the liberty whereWlth Chrlsb aoah make Us
free; his a. Sosiollc exhofla6iGlls 70 Clie I.ils
tors under h 1m. as good shephefas, 70 leeo
the fiocks EN- THsSea 10 Gnelr GAZE, TO Aeel
them in the OIL I. safe folds, and to carry
the lambs in th, lr posoms Win :ehael love.
Never again, as t . him, Shall the Diocese
of Virginia have occasion to bfeak Iofttl
with united praise and thanksglvlng &c
God for the gift of such q BISHOP as she
did on the memorable occasion OF LIE
opening services of the General convention
which met in Baltimore in October, 1871
at time of doubt and pe rplexity and peril
tn the church the thick clouds OF Il pOr-