New-York tribune., 1877-08-22
THE CHRISTIANS INMoRTALIrY.

BISHOP PEcN on TIE LIVES AND SERVICES OF
BISHOP JANIS AND TUE KIY. JOHN II. STOCK
TON.
TFRoM 4 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT - THE TP-fNa.i
OCEAN GROVE, y. j., Aug. 2l.-TO lay was
set apart by the management OF The 'Giu -eeung iof
the holding Of appropriate service in memory OIL tho
late Bishop f. S. James and the Rev. John Il. Stockton
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church whose deaths oc
CURED since the last annual meeting. MIR Stockton was
also member OF the Ocean Grove C,mpMeeting Asso-
citation. After the day-break prlycr-meeting aud
meeting for the promotion VI Christian holiness, held
at A. M, the bell on the Pavilion summoned the
people to the memorial service. Friends had placed
crosses and columns OF cyergreens' t"lhed win pohu
lilies a0out the platform, and high over the preaching
desk the inscription IN ntlhg green, Aleliol "a,
Service Bishop L. :. Jancs-Koy John II. stockton.
were Bishop Peck, Bishop Foster, the Rev Reed, the
WiSon the REV Joseph Asbrook of fNewJcrsey, senator
stockton. Mrs. John III. stockton, and the Rev H. Weed
The Rev BshopJesse T. Peck OF California In speaking
"He iiyeth. The broJker whom mourn as dead
c has pa through the pains the paugs Of natural
death fIe hath passed from human eyesight. Gone
We say, dead. The grave has closed over his body
ings OF the church We miss him. At the Conference
sessions We miss him. The most available acute
ness of intellect gone. From the general conference
we shall miss him We shall fnl ourselves again and
again sadly want Il his grace. has pleased the Lord
tn take him away from the scene OF his labor and the
the lapse OF years will not suffice 70 cure our wounded
hearts aud hardly can avoid inquiry az we hold his
bis life answer: lie hycth"-It was Melchisedek
OF whom il was said, che lyeth." LooSins down
into tLat revelation l discover that this great
uricst was sent forth representative OF a
feathess priesthood and his had become tine
~ the order Of the priesthood The priesthood OF Jesus
Christ was the conquest death. The survivor OF the
sacrifice, a priest forever a perpetual conlueror OF
vcrincaon of our happy immortality. In other words.
claim to have put my finger on the certainty OF life
after DEATH In the highest term III when IL can be used
Al when 1 say OF Brother stockton, He
iiveth" | recognize the living power that flames
ont INFO peculiar immortality. In regard To the matter
az sryiying DEATH it the Immortality OF tho soul IL
shows hat-no matter now closely the physical vitality
~ man is connected with the spiritual yaity- is pos
sbe that the ply steal vitality cease, without the
sniral vitality be injured IN tue catastrophe. There
frre Ne should not dead as having ended eX-
iseuce have idet that the spirit nature OF man
WA formed for annhilation, for Humber that would
he teunory or annihlatOn, There s nothing
to warrant 4 IN the assumption that future life ~
dependent OH natural dea h. When say no hYeth of
our departed Bishop, speak Of NE tHat mas come out
oT union with the living Christ IL presents life,
new creation our departed brethren, dying In the Lord
are eerually alive unto God. May We not then pass
from onr mourning to feeling that departed ones
have gone 10 new life Ia Jesusl This living is the VI
taltv of the souls purified from whicn all drOss
has beeu completely and forever taken He Veth
without the shadows which nfTmltes brought him.
IJyetL i'm unsuled holiness. He liyeth in his own con
sciois fello wship in Jesus.
In the afternoon the Rev T.. 7. Hammond, the revival
is led the service, and was followed by the Rev. J. ;.
Phelps in the evening.
Mr. Francis Murphy arrived from Pttsbnrg Penn,
last evening declined to speak to the people, he
wanted rest. lie left this morning