The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-10-26

enuufen as seeming Dim VINO II fnFelUte,
rs with the distinctness OF immediate vision.
He walked with God consciously aud by
choice; and this soul.sight OF the Unseen
was the charm OF his solitude, the source OF
bis serenity. patience, courage, steadfast-
ness, and loyslloviDg obedience to the end
To him the voice OF Gods command sounded
above all other voices and silenced them.
" hen The sea is agitated with storms the
winds and the waves make great tumuit; but
when the voice OF the thunder comes rolling
across the storm, then all the din OF the
waves is husbed by that migbtier voice. 10
such an attitude OF unquestionine obedience
he held himself. ' Mine eve seeth thee!"
"Speak, Lord, Thy servant heareth !"
Those that be planted in the house OF the
Lord shall flourish in the courts OF our God.
Their leaf shall not wither, their fruit shall
not fail. In DR.. Plumer's history we have
a beautiful exemplifcation OF an old age
halowed by pious activity and usefulness
TO the end.
Let us adore the goodness Of God in
spariDg him so long; in giving him so rich
an experience OF the power OF divine grace
TO strengthen for duty and to cheer In ad-
yersity: in permitting him TO see during
his own life the wonderful progress OF
Chris's kingdom in the world.
Instead OF being snatched away with his
plans yet immature, and bis hopes and aims
unattained, be was spared until he had filled
up the measure OF Symmetrical life, full OF
useful labors and crowned with abundant
honoTs.
Age had cast its frost upon bis head, but
had not chilled the warmth OF bis heart.
Time bad furrOwed his brow, but the eyes
dimmed with so many tears never lest their
light, nor had the cbastened spirit which
beamed through them ever lost its love.
He was often heard 10 say that when The
parting hour came, II his physical sufierngs
should be extreme, he trusted he might not
murmur under them; that nothing should
tempt him to self-righleOusness or to de-
spair; that he might then be fIled with sup
porting and victorious grace, and that he
might obtain one glimpse OF the heavenly
glory before his departure from earth.
God graciousy fulfilled these desires. At
times his physical pains were almost in
tolerable, but in the midst Of his greatest
anguish he would say: at is all right"-
mot my will, but thine be dOne"-
" One night in the bosom OF Jesus is worth
all this" BY degrees the severity OF pain
abated. and at last death stepped nOiselessly
into his chamber, and his heart grew still a.
with the touch OF an angel OF mercy. To
him death was indeed translation. He did
not cease to live, but only ceased to live
here. lie ceased TO walk with God on earth
only that he might walk with him in Hea-
ven. He ceased to serve God in his Church
below that he might enter upon the nobler
service OF the upper sanctuary.
We cannot say Of such man that be Is
gone. He lives in his descendants, whom
he might have addressed in the parting
hour in the words OF the old patriarch:
'sBcbold die. but God shall be with you"
What more could he wish for them than the
guidance, the protection, and blessing Of
the angel OF the cOyenantI He lives in the
truths he preached and in the example OF
his long and laborous life. He lives in the
writings which have fortite d the faith and
comiorted the sorrows OF countless readers.
He lives 10 the labors OF more than five hun
dred young ministers who were his pupils
In the theological sen inares in which he
taught, and who are now scattered al! over
the worId-some Of them in these States,
some among the Indian tribes OF the West, in
Brazil, Siam, Japan, India, and China. He
lives ia the souls OF those converted by these
varied instrumentiities. "Tbey that De
wise shall shine as the brightness OF the
armament, and they that turn many to
righteousness as the stars forever and ever"
| do not wonder that he desired only joy
ful and triumphant hymns 10 be sung at his
funeral. In the last letter he ever wrote
me, after speaking Of some perplexties and
trials then casting their shadows on his path,
he added q postscript, and the postscript
was this: " HaIleluia the Lord God On
nipOtent relgnetb." :"
Precious in the sight OF the Lord is the
death OF His saints. Precious. also, in the
sight OF the Lord is the dust OF His saints.
Farewell, then, TO these mortal remains
Peaceful shall be their slumber, and sure
and certain their resurrection from the
tomb. for the Lord himself shall descend
from Heaven with shout, with the voice
Of the archangel and the trump OF God, and
then shall we who are alive and remain be
caught up together with Them TO meet the
Lord in the air; and so shall we be forever
with one another and with the Lord.
SO as we make ready to take up this PIE
ciOus dust and bear il 10 the grave, through
our very tears "hOpe looks beyond tue
bounds OF time" and sees the morning OF
the day which shall have. Il resplendent
noon, but no evening and no night. 10 the
midst Of our grief we rejoice that the ties
which bind us 10 those who die in the Lord
are not severed by the stroke OF death, but
that these halOwed friendships, cemented
by the love Of Christ, shall have resurrec-
tion beyond the grave, and spring up and
flourish beautiful and immortal in the para
disc OF God; aud so we may sing, though
il be with voices made tremulOus by many
cOmmingled emotions, Glory be to the
Father and TO the Son and TO the Holy
Ghost, as il was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without emo.
Amen.
REMARKS or DIR. CURRY.
Rev. j. l.. M. Curry also addressed fhe
congregation. He said that the Presbyterian
Church sits to-day as the chief public
mourner at the funeral OF this man OF God
When this temporal affection shall have
passed away; when the differences OF creed
shall he Oblterated, We shall rejoice In 4
common Saviour anda common Father, aud
after the songs Of the Harvest Home it viii
be found thar these eminent servants Of the
Master, though gathering their sbeayes in
different parts Of the. field, II will be all for
the same cause. He then spoke OF Dr..
Plumer rs great man physically. mentally,
and morally. Once .he speaker saw Daniel
Webster in an assembly Of thirty thousand
people. His special admirers were won: to
call him god-like-t be was representa-
tive Of Natures nobility. Truly ii was so
prominently with DR.. Plumer, with his
stately step, eagle eye, massive brow, erect
stature, graceful carriage, snowy locks, and
flowing beard.
He did not remind him OF Moses, but be
alwavs associated him with Abraham. The
heather would have wOIshipped him and
d,itied him. Verify, the elements were so
mixed in him that Nature might stand up
before all the world and say, This was
man