Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-28

absent from the Lord. To-day absent from the body and at home with the Lord. What a wonderful-what wonderfully blessed ex periencei Who of us would not wish for the same experience for himself, when the end comes? The dying of our friend seems little like death. It seems, rather, like what St. Paulspeaks of when he says in such ex- pressive language, ssThat which is mortal is swallowed up of life. ?
 I think of our honored friend once more as he comes into the society of kin dred souls in that other life. What does the heavenly vision reveal to us? mind like his, which has so realized the life of other times within itself, must, as it would seem, now find itself associated with the per fectsd spirits of the early Christian fathers of our own city and of New England-with men like Hooker and Davenport and Pier pont and Brewster-it must be brought into union with the heroes of civil and religious liberty who struggled for the good cause in former ages and in this and other lands, some of whom died in the dark days of the conflict, and some with the first sight of the victory ;-it must ally itself with those who have from the beginning been honored by God with summons to peculiar and Illus trious work for him on earth and with the thankful remembrance of sue- ceeding generations it must draw very near to the glorious company of the apostles, and the goodly fellowship of the prophets, and the noble army of the martyrs The as semblage of the great and good must gladly open their ranks to welcome such man as he enters on his new life, ransomed like ! themselves from the power of sin and re- ceived by their Lord and his with divine benediction.
 I think of him, also, as joyfully meeting with the brethren in the ministry of the gospel with whom he labored here before old age had come upon him, and to whom he l bade farewell long since as they went to
 heaven; with the brethren and fathers elsewhere, also whom he knew and honored. as they equally knew and honored him with that little company of faithful men whose presence among us all the older I portion of this audience we'll remember-the men who made up so large part of the life of Yale College for so many years-Day and SilIiman and Kingsley and Goodrich and the l rest. AS they recognized him in the days gone by as their associate and helper, it must | be with an especial joy that they-see him again, now that after so long time he is ad- mitted once more into their society, his work
 on earth so happily completed. We think of him even more tenderly as we try to realize his reunion with the great number of believers who have listened to his teachings and his prayers 1 in this ancient church, but have finished their earthly course before him. For more than 1 fifty years they have been entering, one by 1 one, into the world to which he has now been called, and in their happy thanksgiving ! for their own blessed life in heaven we may ! not doubt that they have often borne his name upon their hearts As he has folio wed | them tc the same glorious home ana is begin ming his new life there, what must be their 1 feeling and the holy greeting which they 1 give! He stands among them a loving and beloved friend, ito find, for all the future, the happiness of his soul manifolded by the happiness of theirs the satisfaction in his 1 Iife's work deepened and heightened continu- l ally as he is able to appreciate more fully | the measure of it's good results. And-if we may draw still nearer to the in- l most circle of his past ife-we think of him, I still again, as seeing once more the members | of his family whom God has taken to him. | self in other years among them that one l who cared for him with an eldest daughters 1 affection for so long period, and at whose ] grave we saw him standing, 1t seems as if but
 a few months since; and that gentle, loving I son, whose death in the prime of his age was 1 so great 8 loss to the church and the minis ] try-the beauty of whose Christian living l and whose generous spirit, which had shone l so clearly all the way through life, seemed tc ! beam forth with an almost unearthly l brightness when, in the later hours of l the day before his death, he said, 'sIt may l be that tomorrow I shall be allowed
 to touch the hem of the Saviour's garment. , l We may not trust ourselves with the thought | of such a meeting. But it must be one l which passes in its joy the power of our pres | ent understanding and one which shall b. 1 followed by happy, hopeful waiting for l those who are left on earth.
 And then-above and beyond all else | there is revealed to us the vision with whicE the New Testament prophet was blessed | sThey serve Him day and night in his tenn pie. He that sitteth on the throne shal spread his tabernacle over them. They shal hunger no more, neither thirst any more neither shall the sun strike upon them, nol l any heat, for the lamb which is in the mids of the throne shall be their shepherd, ano I shall guide them unto fountains of waters o1 1 life and God shall wipe away every teal | from their eyes.''
 I Such was the past and such, we ma1 believe, will be the future for this noble Christian preacher and teacher, this pure
 minded lover of his country and of mankind l this friend of ours who labored and prayed for the Kingdom of God unceasingly until h,
 had almost reached the age of eighty years and then in moment, and in answer to
 sudden call, went to his reward.
 mortal arrow pierced his frame,
 l He feIi-but felt no fear.
 I Tranquil amidst alarms
 It found him on the field,
 veteran slumbering on his arms,
 Beneath his red cross shield. | His spirit, with bound,
 l Left it's encumbering clay
 | HIS b0nIs aG sunr1S6, on the ground,
 | darkened ruin lay.
 The pains of death are past,
 Labor and sorrow cease
 And Hfe's long warfare closed at last,
 His soul is found in peace.
 Soldier of Christ we'll done!
 Praise be thy new employ;
 And while eternal ages run.
 Rest in thy Sayiour's joy.
 | CONCLUDING SERVICES.
 After the address prayer was offered b
 Dr. Hawes, the choir then sang the S62t
 hymn, written by Dr. Bacon, and beginnin
 ssHail tranquil hour" :" The benediction wa
 pronounced by Rev. Prof. Dwight. Afte
 the benediction Prof. Dwight requested tn
 audience to remain until the mournin ! friends had passed out The entire audiene
 rose as the remains were borne out Six son
 of the deceased, Professor Francis Bacon, Re,
 Leonard W. Bacon, Rev. Edward Woolsey Bf
 con, Rev. Thomas B. Bacon, MT. Theodor
 Bacon and MT. Alfred Bacon, acted as bearers l While the remains were borne out Chopin
 March Funebre'' was given by MT. Shelley
 The interment was in the Old Cemetery
 the family lot Prof Barbour oficiated at th
 grave. The rain was falling fast at the tim
 and darkness was fast approaching.
 At the church during the viewing of the rt J mains Thos G. Shepard, Prof Stoeckel an l
 organ suecessively The choir was compose ) of Miss Maggie Roberts, Mrs. F. s. Shit
 and Mir. P. W. Bush.
 The clock at Center church marked
 o'clock, the hour at which Dr. Bacon died ha,
 ing been stopped at that hour on the after l noon of the day of his demise. The funeral arrangements at the churc
 were under the charge of the society con mittee. MT. Wm. L. Kingsley, edi tor of th Neso EslglGnder, acting as master of cert l monies.
 The place where Dr. Bacon lies buried
 lot No. 50, on Cedar avenue, near Myrtl
 Path, in Grove street cemetery, rich wit historic associations. Near are buried man
 men of name and note.
 Picture Frames Regilded. Picture frames can be regilded and mad | as good as new, or even better, as they al likely to be thoroughly seasoned. and in r gliding the cracks would all be filed up an not likely to crack again. Work done in th very best manner at
 d28 2t CUrLER's ART STORE.