Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-02-02

Services at the House ~ the Rev.
j. Farm malee - Christian Clavey
also MAX o. q few Remarks.

also Makes . fow Remarks.
Yesterday afternoon the funeral OF
Mr.. Joseph Hart, the we'll known
liberal, took place from his late resi-
dence Eighth and Bennett streets. The
body was dressed in black suit. and
was laid in plain walnut coffin. Rev.
Mr.. Parmalee, pastor of the Seweden-
horgian Church was present by request
of the relatives, and otiiciated at the
funeral. A number of free thinkers
were also present, who seemed some
what surprised to see the preacher. Mr..
Parmalee took his position at the foot
of the coffin and delivered the follow
ing remarks:
For what was called to officiate at
this funeral? Would Mr.. Hart have
desired me- or any other minister who
belle res ia God and In future life for
man, 10 speak at his funeral? Perhaps
not. 1t would be unreasonable to sup,
pose that he wonld, at least for any of
the ordinary purposes of a funeral
except eu'oty, in which case it was
much more fitting to select a speaker of
his own faith and well acquainted with
his every day life and character.
lake it, therefore, that the survivors in
this circle of relatives have invited me
with a knowledge Of the fact that be-
lieve in God and in immortality for
men. Also that you expect me to speak
according to my belief. To deluand
otherwise we're. q breach of good order
of which you are incapable.
| My acquaintance with Mr.. Hart WAS
quite recent and limited, having visit.
ell him only three or four times and
had met him otherwise not more fre-
qlentiy. Judging from our short &C
quaintance | esteem him a gentleman,
for his treatment of me WAS invariably
kind, which is more than III be said Of
many proiessed Christians. We con
ver5ed at each meeting upon our differ
encrS of belief, but he never exhibited
a hasty temper, nor did he speak in
that. metallic voice which indicates a
hard, selfish heart and a determination
to crush his opponent at whatever cost
| OF feeling, and hold the field tor SELF IN
stead OF truth. No angry flash of the
eye, nor menlcing gesture was offered
me by him-those ugly things which |
h we 80 often witnessed in professors OF
better re!igion.
/ therefore conclude that he was of
gentle disposition naturally, or else had
attained Il goodly degree OF sell. govern
lnent. OF his life and character further
than this know nothing and must not
sneak. Others are at liberty to speak |
who knew HIN in his domestic, social,
business and civil relations. AL! this
pass. Re!igious!y, he is OF that class. |
OF which there are several in this city, |
aud some present, perhaps, who have
adopted creed which to me seems
passing strange, as it is a system OF
|Degatious- and negations are life |
DESTROYING and gloom .producing--n |
personal God of love ~ d wis ION, iniin
ite and eternal in all His attributes, "in |
whom we live and move and have our
being" No God but nature-of which
we are individually a part, hence no be- |
ing SUPERIOR TO ourselves none to whom |
we can look m for Instruction (men |
tai iighD - nor for love - (mental
warmth.
No future personal life in which we
shall identify ourselves, and thus get |
the benefit OF the thoughts and attiec-
tions born in this life, aud the know |
ledge attained here. If Mr.. Hart has
ceased to be forever he might as we'll
have never been. for it is, in fact, as |
though he had never been. am sure
there is something better for our de-
parted friend lhan that. His reSurrec. |
ion from the mortal casket in which |
he aeusib,y acted for nearly three score |
and ten wears. is now taking place, if it |
IA not already cUmpletrd, which CON |
gidrrIug his age and lral,ty | think |
most probable.
Swgd.uborp, who witnessed things |
in the spiritual world eanally with |
things in this world for near thirty |
years, assures us that the rising OF each |
deceased person from the material body |
occurs on or before the third day, de-
Dpndinp upou their pbysical condition |
at d.alh. am haury. therefore. to |
state as nv conviction that our friend |
is now risen III tie spiritual world |
wLirh lies about uS biidcu from our
view only bv the thin veil of those
,,1dowv material bodies with which !
yr-th., real man-are invested
He ia renewing the acuuaintance of
MI, nartuer-who preceded him only a
few wpaks-and Of otbers whom he
knew here. who NAV be able to assist
him in uuderstanding that lifa and
III II-l
eI- huL thot death is an ORDERLY stem in
our lif, which il unbrn,,en. eycent nv
the brief sleep preceding the res,irreG.
zion NOT to -xnted three davs At frat
il viii seem Ia him that he ia still here
and tnat th, drnarLment have returned
IN him which is tbe cas-, with all un.n
rising, because they awaLs there with
the tnnuphI. and atlrctinns b,jir ia and
Characters nrincinle and motive. thev
lad last hare and n.cessariiv 40
Mr. Uart is therefor. hannilv Gisap.
noin,ed to dnv in tinhino that death il
hnt a short sleen and NOT an eternal
~ne sav harnilv disannoint.d he.
ana. if WAR. ht,t.r IN h.ya a c,,,t;nn-
.sI liz, If m mora comfortable than this
i;f, ,ho, ~, nn n,,t n ax;ot..n,a Va nntira
iv b. 0'
put ae,,b br;ncs M 4, ,p,oa to ,nv
nam far ~. vy;ii Cot ~, r"t;i ;7 is Lnttar
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