The daily gazette., 1881-09-26
WILMINGTON. DEL. MONIAY.g SEPTEMBER g. 1881.
MEMORIAL SERVICES.

MEMORIAL SERVICES.
Funeral Sermons at EesrIy ali of
the Churches Yesterday.
Yesterday the pastors Of neariy all the
city churches made the mournful death
OF the President the subject of their pull
pit addresses. Summaries OF number
Of the services are given below:
WEST PRESBYTERIAN.
At this church the mourning decors-
tions we're much re ievea by beautiful
show of ferns and flowers. The pulpIt
was occupied by Rev. MaDgasaria IN.
MaDgasarium, the eloquent young
preacher from Armenia, Asia, who is ia
this country studying for the Presby-
terian ministry. He spoke appropriately
OF the death VI Garfield, 10 whose mem
ory he paid q high tribute, and also
spoke OF the assassination of Lincoln.
He compared the shooting of CART bid
with the assassination OF tho Gear, and
declared that while there might have
been some real Causes for the latter
there werO absolutely none tor the Tor.
mer. The sermen was much admired
by an attentive audience.
AT HANOVER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
the pastor, Rev. Lafayette Marks, based
his sermon on the remarkable utterance
of President Garfield At the time Lin.
coin was assassinated, "God reigns and
the Government al Washington still
lives" Mr.. Marks dwelt with great par
ticularity upon the christian life and
character Of President Garfield, with
whom be enjoyed personal acquain-
tance for some time. Hs also referred
to--as illustrative of the stability of
American institutions-lhe calmness Of
the people under this sore affllcIiOn and
sudden change Of lu.ers. The change 10
eaeced In an instant, without the
slightest shadow Of revolution, and the
people who m0urned the dead Ptesi-
dent were ready to render all due hom-
age and respect to his lawful successor.
He asked The prayers Of the people fer
the success of the new administration,
and expressed the hope that 1t would
follow up the unfinished work of Prssi-
dent Garfield.
R. K. CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER.
At this church the pastor, Rev. J, L..
Estlin preached from the text, 'tThe
memory Of the just is blessed" He
traced the career OF the dead President
rs a grand illustration OF human posi-.
bilities in this great American Republic,
and said the mem0ry of this remarkable
man will live forever in the hearts oil
the people Of this country.
AT UNION M. e. CHURCH,
the pastor, Rev. Adam Stengle, preAched
from the text, "The Lords rule Id the
Kingdom Of Men ~ Rev. xvii, A. He
said the present nstional calamity was
the result Of two things First, the
| general system Of civil servics second
the disappointment Of q wicked office
| seeker, Guiteau, resolved on revenge
| We ought 10 be humiliatsd because W,
have an element la our midst, who ar,
to accomplish their ends by violen
measures. We ought TO be paVrioti,
enough TO sustain lhs administration by
our prayers. When God took Elijah
his mantle fell on Elisha. So, perhaps
when God took Garfield his mani Ii
will fall on Arthur, and he will accom-.
plish the reformation which Garfield
began. We should praise God that the
Government lives though CART i'd |,
dead. Garfield fell a martyr TO refor-
nation, but the reformation will 20 Oh
HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH.
The handsome new edifice built by
the congregation Of the Household O.
Faith, was occupied fer the first time
yesterday, and the pastor, Rev. George
K. Kramer, preached a sermon In Accofs
with the national feeling, from The text
"TbeTe is time to weep and 10 mourn.' n
-Eeclesiastes Ill, 4. He spoke appro.
priately and at length Of the great ma.
lional grief over the deplorable event
He spoke Of the uniyersality OF this sor.
row, and referred particularly te the
feeling III the South, where the people
are yiDg the flowers of off ction upon
The grave of the dead President, as
freely as In any other part of the coun.
try. Abuse not the South Let ".he
past be in the eternal past" Let not the
South speak against the North-as
biothers, meet around the grave. Who
ever stirs up sectional strife is no friend
to the American Republic. Rapubli.
cans and Democrats have both met In
this shadow as American citizens. Let
men honestly differ and respect each
other. Any other course may please the
party zealoi, but it is not wise-itis no,
| safe Let not this lesson OF Gatfield's
grave be iorgotton
Garfield vas representative Ameri
can a scholar man of culture q dis
ciple of Christ. He is buried In honol
as q president, but the highest honor /,
he 10 buried as a Christian In good
standing 10 the communion Of hi.
Church. Blessed man We shall meel
him again in the resurrection.
AT oLIvET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
corner of Chestnut and Adams streets
the mourning draperies were profust
aud tasteful. At each side of tho main
entrance large national flag was sus
pended, draped In mourning, aud the
pulpit was artistically arrayed In black
The pastor, Rev. Charles P. Mallery
held special services OF prayer and scrip
ture reading, followed by brief but ap
propriate sermon from the text, sBehole
take away from thee the desire O
thine eyes with stroke.-.'Ezekie 10
xiv, Is.
CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. j. Howard Nixon, d. D., pasto
Of Central Presby terian Church, ,pteacbet
a powerful sermon on the occasion, tax
| ino tha follOWino taxt. Gan va tha