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pastor and of his faithful and successful
ministry among them, was still lovingly
cherished, was evident from the large
congregation assembled. or the clergy
there were present Rev. John D. Hills,
rector of the parish; Rev. Angus Craw-
ford, of Trinity Church; Rev. Geo. Nor
gan Hills, d. D., ST. Mary's, Burling-
ton, and Rev. G. D. E. Mortimer, of
St. Luke's, Philadelphia.
The funeral procession was met by the
clergy at the door of the church, the bier
being borne by members of the vestry,
and the sentences recited by the Rev.
Mr.. Mortimer. The bier and casket we're
placed in the choir. The anthem was
sung, the Rev. DIR. Hills read the lesson,
and after the hymn "Brief Life is Here
Our Portion the Rev. MIR. Crawford of
fered appropriate collects, the Rector
pronouncing the benediction. The hymn
''Hark, Hark, My Soul" concluded the
services in the church. AT the cemetery,
the committal was said by the Rev. Mr..
Mortimer, specially dear friend of the
deceased, the pastor reading the opening
sentences and final collects.
Rev. George P. Schetky, d. D., was
born in Philadelphia, August %, 1924.
From his earliest years he was devotedly
pious, early aspiring to the Holy Ministry.
he was an aluminus of Nashotah, where
be spent seven years in the prosecution
of study, and was ordained by Bishop
Kemper, ON Trinity Sunday, 1851. His
first parish was in Manitowoc, Wisconsin,
He subsequently filled the rectorship Of
st. Johns Church, Louisville, KY; Grace
Church, Memphis, Tenn; St. Andrews
Church, Mount Holly; Trinity Church,
Marshall and Trinity Church, Bay City,
Mich. His last charge was ST. Marks
Church, Paw Paw, Mich, from which he
went forth. establishing various mis-
sions in Van Euren county, and laboring
therein with that utter self-sacrifce and
consuming zeal which characterized
his entire ministry. AT the time Of his
death, Dr. Schetky was president of the
Standing Committee of the Diocese of
Western Michigan, and deputy to the
General Convention.
AT meeting Of the clergy present at
the funeral, Rev. DR.. Hills in The chair.
the following preamble and resolutions
were adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased God in His
providence to remove from the Church
Militant another devoted soldier and
servant, our dear brother the late Rev.
George P. Scheiky, D. D.; we desire to
place upon record our sincere and affec-
tionate appreciation of his character and
labors We recognize in him one pre-
eminently characterized by singleness of
purpose in his career, thoroughly self
devoted, and divinely consecrated to the
service of Christ and His Church. He
possessed strong and penetrating intel
lect, which was broadly and profoundly
cultivated, and sanctifed by faith as
simple as that of little child. His
spirit was loving and sympathetic, and
this rendered his pastorate peculiarly ac-
ceptable to the sorrowing and afflicted.
His devotion to the poor Of his cure was
a marked characteristic of his lifelong
ministry. In the pulpit he was
strong and earnest preacher never
deviatiDg from the standards of the
Church in doctrine, preaching Christ
faithfully and declaring the whole coun-
sci of God" He has laid true and firm
foundations wherever he has labored.
He. was great greatly useful" His
praise is in all the Churches wherein he
has served his Master, and many, at the
last Great Day, will rise up and call him
blessed, as the instrument, through grace,
of their eternal felicity. To him emphat-
ically, "to live was Christ, and to die is
gain.n
RESOLVED, Therefore, that while rendering
to the bereaved family of our late brother
our sincere and most loving sympathies
under their irreparable losa, we rejoice in
the confidence that their consultations do
also abound, and that theirs is the
reasonable, religious and holy hope"
that their beloved one, having fought the
fight, finished his course and kept the
faith, is now "in joy and felicity
Resoived, That this minute be published
in the Mount Holly papers and in the
Church Helper, of the Diocese of Western
Michigan, and that copy of the same be
presented to the family Of our lamented
brother.
G. D. E. MORTIMER.
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