Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-06

From the Richm9aF Siais If Oct. 10Th.
TIE Late Bishop DOJJeu.
To-day at II o'clock the funeral Of the
late Bishop Doggett took placeat Centenary
church. The church was packed. Nearly
all the Ministers in the city were present.
The sacred cdifice WAS deeply draped, and
the chair which had formerly been occupied
bv the deceased when present at the church
wasal,o covered with black Rev. DIR. John
f.. Edwards conducted the opening services
and as the body was brought in the choir
SANG the beautiful hymn, Il Would Not
Live Away
After the further reading of the service
Dr. Edwards read with great emotion the
hvma Servant of God, Well Done, " which
was suug by the choir, after which Rev. \.
f.. Judkins offered prayer. Rev. Dr. Ben
nett read the 18th chapter, lst Corinthians,
after which the addresses by ministers pres
emit We're delivered.
Ray. DR.. Edwards was the first speaker.
He gave an interesting sketch OF the life OF
the deceased, and then proceeded T. speak
beautifully of hecharactcr of theycnemtcd
dead. and gave touching account of the
last hours of Bishop Doggett. lie alluded
in the beginning to the love of the deceased
for the Centenary church, and mentioned
that he said to him in his last sickness that
the time he had charge of Centenary church
was the happiest OF his life Bishop Dog
gctt ne characterized rs prince in the pull
pit. and as preacher he thought me had
no superior on this continent. The speaker
mentioned particularly the sermons preach
cd bv the deceased in the years 1911 to 1913
as hIving bacl elualeI by few mon on this
continent Among the last words that the
deceased uttered 10 the speaker lac named
the following: Tell them that die bcliey-
ing I'm the doctrines of our Church rs taught
bv the founder and standard writers-thc
doctrine, have preached SO long-those
are my solacc on my ,icS-bcI and IN view
of death" DR.. Edwards said further that
his deceased friend had left in his custody
large collection Of mnu,cript from which
me the speaker proposed tomaGc q volume.
Tn speaker then gave an interesting analy
SIS of the s.ylc of preaching of the subject
Of his discourse, and after summing up his
great intellectual cndowment> said that 1t
was as a Christian that Or. Doggctt must
commlpd the admiration Of all. Every
where and always he preached an expert
mental religion, and that religion did not
tlil him at thec1l OF his Journey. He then
gave minute ALL deeply Interesting ac-
c1un. OF the deltb-b,1 scene OF the good
man who has gone. I'm the last sickness
DR.. poggctt was fully convinced that he
would never recover. Tla speaker quoted
the language used on various OCCASIONS by
Bishop Dosgett during the last illness, and
among them tie following: Il have 10 so
licitGdc or anxiety about the matter ! am
at peace A. get nearer the gates of the
city al, prospects of the inward is grand;
the idea that shall pas, over the land on
the eternal shore Is uuSprakabiy sublime,
and all through jesus Christ, M lord. /
believe I'm Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of
God That M doctrine. lie loves me,
and gave himself for me-
Rey. Dr. Read followed DR., Edwards and
spoke OF the great sympathy felt on this oc-
casion and alluded to the fact that this
sympathy was not confined alone to mcm-
Der, oi the denomination to which DIR. Dog
gcH belonged. Hc spoke OF the deceased
from an acquaintance with him OF twenty
years Ile thought the dee ,aSed was one of
the best serm)niz.rs he ever knew. Hewas
alWav, true 20 his text When, said the
speaker, ever told my congregation that
Dr. Duncan or Bishop Doggettwouldprcach,
they wegs always satisfied Dr.. Read also
dwcit ON the last illness Of Bishop Doggctt,
and said that he felt when by his bed side
/ that hewas nearer % God when standing
there. In closing his remarks the speaker
alluded beautifully and toJcLingly to the
floral motto ON the burial caskct-" Rest. ~
/ At thi, point Rev DIR. Edwards read a telc-
gram from the Convention of Northern
/ MethodistS, rendering their sympathieS.
/ DR. Curry, i'm following spoke of the death
of three great ministers in the recent past
Jctcr, PiWmer, and Doggett-Ind of the
/ holy associations which clustered around
/ their names. OF Bishop Doggett he spoke
as lone of the trees OF Lebanon, that has
/ fallen upon the earth Dr. Minnigerode
/ dwclt upon the faithfulncsS of the deceased,
and said DIR. Doggett was especially what
would be called holy man. The loss to
the Virginia Bible Society in the death Of
/ this good minister would be deeply felt.
/ Dr. Hoge closed the addSesSes. John
/ Milton had said on his death-bed: Il am
| like letter that has been fully written,
signed. and scaled, and now it has only to
/ be sent ON It's destination 50 was the de-
I ceased His letter had been fully written
and has gone TO reach its destination. He
/ thought il the people wanted to do honorto
/ the memory of DIR. Doggett il could done
| without erecting monuments or publishing
/ a book. but 10y following Christ as he fol-
/ lowed Christ.
/ After DIR. Iloges remarks the body was
| borne from the church and followed to its
last resting plac, by many mourncrs.