The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-02-19
TRINITY 7. Z. CHURCH.
An Unusually Large Congregation Both
Morning and Evening
Aad an Eloquent Tribute ty Bishop Lay 10 the
Memory of the Late Henry g. Writ.

Aad an Eloquent Tribute by Bishop Lay 10 the
Memory of the Late Henry g. Writ.
That the visits of Bishop Lay to this
portion Of his diocese are occasions of
pleasure and profit. not only to the COM
mUnicants of the church over which lie
presides, but also to a large number who
are not regular w"rshiperS ut the Episco-
palian Church. is evidenced by the III
creased size of the congregations that
meet him whenever he breaches III Elkton
This was especially noticeable on Sunday
last, when congregations unusually large
assembled, both morning and evening at
, Trinity Church, the announcement Of his
7 intended presence at both services at
tracing many interested listeners. 1t
/ is true. that the general sympathy awak-
ened i'll this community by the death of
j Mr.. WHIT. and the Unofficial announce
ment that the Reverend Bishop would.
in suitable manner. refer to the loss
the church in EIkton had sustained
by the death of SO exemplary Nestry-
man, drew many friends of the deceased
to the church, vet Bishop Lays reputa-
tion as an earnest and eloquent divine,
had no little to do in augmenting the size
of the congregations of last Sunday. If
the theme was prolific of exhortatlon and
good counsel, no less potent factors in
awakening individual concern and reflec-
ton, were the eloquent words and persua-
sive tones of the Reverend Bishop. 1t is
not tlattery of Bishop Lay to say that lie
is an impressive speaker, and that his
language is chaste and scholarly. His
manner Is at once parental and pleasing,
and his mellow, round tones come full
voiced and swelling. from a deep. broad
chest. in which, without knowing the
man, you feel it would be impossible for
a little heart to dwell. Profound as are
his attainments as Il theologian, he is no
less impressive as a preacher. intoxicating
and expounding the simple lessons of the
Scripture 10y words which touch alike the /
heart and the understanding.-the former |
by tlkir warmth and evident sincerity, |
the latter by their chastc simplicity
This was particularly apparent in his .
short sermon OF Sunday evening, in .
which, while enforcing Solomon's injunc- /
ton. " Remember now thy Creator in the
days of thy youth. &c. he upon the
suggestions contained in the twelfth chap
ter of Ecclesiastes, presented a touching
contrast between the possibilities of
youth and the disabilities of old age.
His treatment of the subject, il not philo-
sophically profound. was religiousEy po-
etc. Youth, said the speaker, paints
life through the bright prism of hope.
old age views it through the sombre and
gloomy medium of experience. And so
by short automatic statements. he pre-
Sented the contrast twixt old are and
youth, as periods of religious suscepti-
bility. The danger Of procrastination
was forcibly illustrated by the lemorscful
reply of prominent statesman, who on
his death-bcd said. There is not enough
If the man left in me to make Christian
'ut of. We regret we have not the space
% report at length an exhortation to
which no ordinary procrastinating sinner
'ould listen without some profit. i
On Sunday morning the Bishop took
or his subject the parable the Laborers
n the Vineyard Corning the gospel for |
he day. and at the close of his discourse =,
'aid the following tribute to the memory |
# the late Henry b. WHIT:
Such an one. my brethren. one early !,
allied and early released from Toll and r
orr"w. Is very present in our thoughts I
o-day. His name will be whispered in {
ur hearts when presently We shall COM Y
nemoratc the faithful departed who, we '
umbly trust, have fallen on sleep to lie '
With Christ.
l have little fondness for funeral SER
lons. The last funeral before this, on r
friday last that | attended was that of =,
prince and great man among MS. the Ii
,te Bishop of North Carolina. And it r
eemed to me there that. however it may ii
e suitable i'll due season to gather up f;
he recollections of an eventful life. there p
eral, in refraining our speech and listen b
IL i'll awful silence to the lessons of God az
M of his great teacher Death. "
And this last funeral cannot soon for :
ct. With no outbreak of emotion. with
o attempt ut 0stentatiuuS signs of woe. n,
do not know when | have been SO i'm -
rcssed with the exhibition by the whole
of sadness and of sympathy:
'dness for a life So happy, so bright so
Ill of promise, cut short in the early
forming: a life like the grass, indeed. a
Nv days since green and growing. but
NV cut down, dried up and withered:
al sympathy for the SORROWS of house
old more than usually devoted and af
ctionate, and in which this was the
cry benjamin of their hearts. We
,uld bat weep i'll silent tears with
other. brothers and with the Young
lie who has To endure among her earli-
It experiences of sorrow, the heaviest of
| hereavements.
We must needs hnry our dead out of
II sight. and then il remains as the
ice al affection to hang upon their
mhS tho sarlands of pleasant recollec-
ons and of holy hopes.
| have known our departed brother
ON his youth, ard even if his own in
'nuouS temper had not won my regard, !
could not have helped cayin. Tor him.
cause he recognized the claim of his
shop to his loyalty and interest: be.
use he was pleased to be with me and
talk with me about his matters and to
i'll to the warmth of welcome in his
others house.
| suppose he was always a religious
rson. receiving in due order and with