Daily Republican., 1883-09-26
EDITION
FUHERAL Or m. 0OsEWIM.
4 Large Asssnaaace-serv,c..
the New Jerusalem Chu,..

4 Large Administrations. .
the New Jerasslem Church
The funeral Of DIR. Gosewiscb ~,
place at 3 o'clock Tuesday aftern1O.. NV.
from his late residence, No. sl6 ShinIsaa
street. There was large number y,
persons present ut the house, whs,aaa
short funeral service WAS held by ~
Knights Of st. John and Malta, ''
The funeral Was In charge NJ
X. Killmer, undertaken ut Ninth ,,a
French streets, and the remains vas
laid In . handsome silver mounted wal. M
nut coffin, with fine engraved siIrs.
plate on the lid, bearing the name % a"a
age of the deceased, and weII.sxer"n, "
ed Grand Army badge.
When the coffin was closed a hand
some silk flag and q wreath furn,hI
by Smyth Post, q cross of evergrssS.
from the Knights, and q floral auchos
from Harmony Council, United Friend.
of America, were laid on the cover, win
his Grand Army cap, the Knirh.
sword and the regalia Of the Uuitsd
Friends.
The funeral left the house sbor,
after 3 o'clock, with about forty mem.
bers Of Smyth Post, headed by ,bei,
fifo and drum corps and guards in ad.
vance. The Post carried the National
flag and Post colors heavily drapei n
mourning, and was under the connapd
of Post Commander Pickles, while tbs
guards were under Captain Schwepprn.
heiser. They were followed by dsls.
cation of twelve members of Moria
Encampment, commanded by d.
Peter Cooper. There was quite a largs
NUN bsr OF Harmony Council U. F,%
A. present, hut they did not take par
as an organization. There were DO
carriages In the procession, neither did
any of the family attend the funeral
The pall-bearers, Jacob Lamplugh and
j Il Slifer of SIN y tn Post, Richard HsrL
tags and George H. Conner of Ha.
mony Council, Henry Davis and Jamu
McKelvey Of Moriel Encampmsnt
bore the remnins to the hearse aud tAs
cortege moved out Shipley stree, 70
Delaware avenve, thence to the Nev
Jerusalem Church At Washinga
street.
In addition to the pail. bearers ths,
was also . guard af honor Oh either sid
Of the hearse, who, a. we'll as the Pot
guards, marched with reversed arm,
while the drum corps played slow and
solemn march.
The church was crowded when tbs
procession arrived, with the exception
of a portion of the middle aisle, which
was reserved for the members Of tn
Grand Army and the societies. The pail
bearers carried the coffin into the churct
and deposited 1t Immediately in front d
the altar.
The services were conducted by the
pastor, the Rev. j. B. Parmalee, who
said that, with the exception Of ths
mother OF the deceased, he did not lhut
there was a single person in the word
who knew him as well az he did. HI
had alwacs found him, as far as it wa
possible for man to be, free from faults
and said that the act which be had com
mitted was one that he could not help
and for which he was not responsible
Man is born with two natures, tn
physical and spiritual, and while ta
latter may be com paratively pure
there may be some blot or taint in tn
former that will at some time cause tk
man to commit an act while his reasa
Is for the moment deth:Oned, that h
cannot help, or for which he will 10th
held responsible. Such was the cOudt
ton of the deceased, who had cOmulT
ed an act, that while 1t was not direca
by Ged, still, be had in his wise aDdf
finite wisdom permitted 1t.
He spoke of the happiness which ~
spirit of the deceased was now eDJOyIt
and gave a very clear and concise d.
PLANTATION of the doctrines and belief q
the Swedenborgan Church.
At the close of the services in th
church, the cortege moved to the WI
mington and Brandywine Cemetery
where the members Of Moriel Encamr
melt first gathered around the opa
grave and performed the burial serna
of their ordsr. This was followed y
tho beautiful and impressive ritual q
the Grand Army, conducted by Pos
Pickels, with DR.. l. a
Keables as Chaplain, and assisted
Senior Vice Commander Perry and 'E
first and second comrades, who laid y
rose as the mblem of purity, and
laurel AS the token of victory upon u
coffin OF their deceased comrade I'D
burial rites of the church were pd
formed by the Rev. j. b. ParmaIT
after which the Smyth Post Gla'u
fired the usual military salute.