Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-02-26
THE DEPARTED.
Memorial Services for Joseph r..
k1lllam and Miss Laura A. Dough.

y Asbury NJ. +. church yesterday morn
ing, the occasion being a mernOria
u, service for Mr.. Joseph f. Killiam an,
l. Miss Laura A. DoughtOn, late member
Of the church, who recently died will
the smallpox.
y The service, which was conducted b,
y Rev. Henry Hill, pastor Of the church
was opened by singing the 9S2d hymn
: "How blest the righteous when b,
}, dies" At the conclusion Of the sing
o ing, the pastor announced that as 1t wal
the regular day for baptism he wo,llt
h proceed with the administration Of tina
| ordinance. Three little children were
| brought forward by their parents and
baptized according to the form of the
, Methodist Episcopal Church, In a
solemn and impressive manner. This
I was followed by prayer, and singing
the 9S5th HYMN:
son for IN overcoming faith
To cheer my dying hours"
The Goth Psalm and a portion Of the
4th chapter of the Second Epistle OF
Paul to the Corinthians were then read
as the morning lesson.
Mr.. Hill stated that the service was
intended as q memorial for Mr.. Joseph
, S. killiam and Miss Laura Doughton,
both Of whom had been members Of the
church, but whose deaths had occurred
under such circumstances that pre-
cluded the possibility of holding the
usual service at the time and an
nounced as his text the l7th and 18th
verses of the 4th chapter of I'd Corin-
thians " For our light taffliction, which
is but for a moment, wOrketh for us a
far more exceeding and eternal weight
of glory. While we look not at the
things which are seen, but at the things
which are not seen for the things
which are seen are temporal, but the
things which are not seen are eternal.
This is Il world of atf1iction no mat
ter how good person may be-, no mat
ter how CLOSE they may commune with
God, they cannot escape suffering
Christ has suffered, and the servant is
not above his master. 1t is often a
source Of wonderment to many that
the righteous are called upon to suffer.
ence is there between the righteous man
and the ungodly, and the question can
only be answered in this way, that the
righteous in all their sorrow and
all their atilirtionS, find their comfort
in Christ
The good are often called upon to
suffer 50 severely, that they are led to
exclaim with the psalnist, 81 sink in
deep nirr, where there is no standing !
| am come into deep waters, where the
floods overflow me-" But even such
great depths Of suffering are light, |
compared with the sutf'rrngs of Christ
who had not where to lay hrs head
What must have been his sutferngs,
when in his agony he exclaimed in that
last hour, rs he hung on the cross,
" My God, My God, why hast thou
forsaken me-" compared with this, all
our sutfrringS are light.
The sutferings of Gods people are al
ways lightencd by sustaining grace,
and in the hour of their trouble and
sorrow, they can hear the voice of God
saying, Fear not, be not dismayed,
for am with thee" These earthly af-
firtion> are but momentary, and even
If person were called upon to
suffer all through life, it would be but
a trifle, when compared with the un-
fathomable eternity. Even if we were
to count our days Of atflictiol, how few
they are, when compared with the days
vi n'''iS'I'n. we az n",e ''.t u"sa Vi
sorrow, pa, ,i's al" litoie ,'.,,;' t,it'i 'o'h
'eIUa'Illce u1 "y stais ,i; " s"''Si,,ne h,
W. navy 'ni "''ii..''.H, p"' '"'y ~
"",h .'s'.n'' s"' '.i ',.'."' sn ~, s',"'' W
''ninS 'u' "h'o''o,'' ii'''i 'nI 'i'ns,
" eal'h, any; .e"'n "' " p.; p,'uo ou'
'lGar.S G, .n.lHs .n. ANY, no'l,eai,lies' 'l,.'
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III" an Is Slns,l'"e, we ot'o'''e ''he 'lle
y wne,, IT, sa.n, ,t ht. US ,s; stt our our
iapcli'a',' "e'e' ,r nni NAN 'h'n o.i
'oil''S P'ac'' ineHc ''i'l..l'h' are
lecesSary 10 'eacil US res'sla!loh ~ ~
'tly easy loi ,''tn W pe l'niSne'i III
'a'e "' h'i'lun' nu' "heh MS lca''n is
so"e, anu aiiilr'ioh coiie "P,'h hiiil' MS =.
r'ehuS lakeil from MN all', 'ohsi?neo
!" the si'eht to'no' "neh t,lest .hlhes
.o'i'e upon MN, II ne is ri'a"le'l 10 say
rom MS ih1noSt nearl, 'he Loru gave
'Eu ,he l,orn h''h nakei away pleSsal 5
'e his holy hai'ie' theh ~ MS strehR'h i
'ehe"eo' l
These light Affections wOrketh for us e
rot only glory, but an eternal weight v
If glory, an exceeding glory that con- I
inues throughout all eternity. Look ;
It it: on the one side light atfiiution, and t.
N the other, an exceeding, an etrr d
lal weight ofglory." This is the source
rom which ,hc Chrlsi'ah draws ms
omfort', ana when he is0Nertaken by
orr"" ne looks from EARN 10 1ea'eh; a
ne man "t science taxes ms grass ana f
Jews stars ana distant worlds, hut the {.
LOOKS with an eye OF fitlth,ahh \
Jews MS future nome. q
THESE remarks Will well apply. to II
'rother kllllam, VINO, although he had a
is troubles ana trials, his sorrows ana II
isappolntnlentS, he looked beyond /
hem mall to his home in in Heaven. Two T.
ieeks before his death he attended his /.
lass meeting, and when called upon for :,
is experience said, Jesus is mine 81 <,
ever felt more fully saved than ] am h
his evening :" that was his evidence, n n