Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-16

SHE oBskQUIEs OF THE LATE JOHN G. AIILs-THE
NFIDEL ORATOR DIsCOURSEs ON DESTINY AND
DEATH
A simple funeral service was held last evening
at the house of n. w. Fitzgerald over the remains
OF John g. Mills whose death was noted In Satur-
days STAR Mr. Robert q. Ingersoll delivered an
address The pall-bearers were Senator Van Wyck,
Judge j. j. Nash, Hon. I. B. Murch, ID. D. Lum H.
n. Howard, Henry like, W. W. Jackson and r. 1.
De Akers. The remains were taken to the BaIti-
more and Potomac depot to be forwarded to Port
JerVis, n. Y, where the interment will take place
Mr.. IngersolPs address, which was impressiyely
delivered, was as follows: Again we are face TO
face with the great mystery that slrouds this
world We question, but there IS no reply. Out
on the wide waste seas there drifts no spar. Over
the desert OF death the sphinx gaZeS forever, but
never speaks. In the very May of life another
noon, but he lived. he loved, lie was loved. Wife
and children pressed their kisses his lips. This
nils the vase OF Joy
he who lies here, clothed with the perfect peace
OF death, was kind and loving husband and good
father-a generous neighbOr, an honest man: and
humblest grave.
full OF hope as spring He divided all time into to-
day and Tomorrow. Tomorrow was without a
cloud, and OF tomorrow he borrowed sunsn! ne for
today nv -''
He was my friend. He Will remain So The
living OFT become estranged-the dead are true
he was not Christian In the Eden OF hts hone
there did not crawl and coil the serpent eternal
pain In many languages he sought The thoughts
of mep, and for himself he solved the problems of
the world. He accepted the philosophy OF Auguste
Comte. Humanity was his God-the human race
the supreme Being In that Supreme Being he
rested He believed that we are indebted for what
We ENJOY 10 the Labor. the sefdenial the herOis:n
OF the human race, and that have plucked
tne irqit OF what Others planted We in thankful
Immortality was the eternal consequences Of his
own good acts. he believed that every good
thought, every dsinrereSted deed haStens the hlr-
vest OF universal good This Is a religion that en-
riches poverty. that enables TO bear the sorrows
the happy millions yet 10 be-a religion born NOT
OF seinshhess and fear, but OF love and hope-the
that gladly bears the burdens OF the unborn.
In the presence OF death, how beliefs and dog
mas withes and decay; how loving words and
any life theSe flowers, and there remain but the
barren thorns o. bigotry and creed.
All wish Tor happiness beyond this life All hone
70 meet again the loved and lost In every heart
there grows this sacred flower OF eternal hone
has oTsn s9rS that hSge tRpsun
thought we cannot understand. The mystery OF
csled 1 the N0g This chaos
golden bridge OF life from gloom enierges and on
shadow rests. Beyond this we do not know
tate Is sreechiess-destinyi is dumb-and the secret
OF the future has never yet been told We
I'VE. we wait, We hope. The more we love- the
more we fear. Upon the tenderest heart the
deepest shadows fall All paths, whether flied
with thorns or flowers, end here Here success
and failure are the same. The rag OF wretched.
ness and the purple robe OF power lose difference
and distinction In this democracy OF death Char
aeter alone survives Goodness alone lives Love
alone Is immortal
But to all there comes time when the feyere1
bps OF life long for the COOL delicious kiss of DEATH
Tired OF the dust and glare OF day, they hear with
Joy the rustliDg garments OF the night
What can We say of death7 What can we say of
the dead7 Where they have gone, reason cannot
80, and from thence revelation has not come. But
let US believe that over the cradle nature bends
and smiles and lovingly above the dead In bene-
oietion holds her outstretched hands
A DEAD Child EATEN BY BIRDS OF PRrY-Onlcer
shelton, OF the eighth precinct receiving Informal
Slon mat there was q dead infant thrown into the
nsstern Branch, near 18th street southeast, went
shere ana found nock of buzzardS and crows
nying about the place. He procured q boat and
maue search. but all there was left was the Skull
tns chlo In oag, which had been tied to stake
v. ING nats where the tide could wash over It.
fosIroNEAEN1-The sale OF furniture. which
vas advertisedto take place aI I4O6 street north
west TOMORROW Is Indefinitely postponed.
IND OF DIVORCES CAsx-ln the rou,tv co,,r,
Judge Cox, this morning. the bin In the case ri
6alne b Craig against W. J. Craig for a diyorce
nled IN December, 1877, and in which case there
appears 70 have been no action taken since July
Rss, was ordered TO be dismissed.