Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-06-26
THE Late HfsHUp SIMPSON.
Resolutions of Respect ana Esteem
Passed by Grace VI. Il. Church
punFferIv S'nuTarenca

Quarterly Conference.
j. Taylor Cause, job H. Jackson, Alexander
Kelley, Henry G. Robinson, William NJ. Field
and the Row. j. Richards BOYLE, a special
committee OF Grace NJ Il. Church, appointed
to prepare n series Of resolutions conveying
expressions OF regret at the death of Bishop
Simpson, reported the following, which were
adopted at the quarterly conference Friday
evening
WnEREAs. II has pleased our Heavenly Father to
call from labor To reward. the venerable and be
loved senior bzhnp of tile Methodist Episcopal
Church, the keY, Matthew Simpson, ID. d LII b.
WiERE,s, The death Of this eminent citizen and
servant of the church not only fills mutitudes Of
hearts VAIN nnwuntcd sorrow, but ends the earthly
career oi 4 great and sanity soul, distinguished
fame " ~ W
Il is titgrcfore by the quarterly conference of
htsuLNEp. That with q submissive acceptance
Of the great loss which this dispensation Of the
DlNlhc VIII entails tpun u.s. record our profound
Hfa!itHde 10 God for the PROLONGED, laborious and
useful hie al our beloved bishop. and for the in
Spring ihhuence for good which that life be-
iueAtls to tile church as its iinal and abiding
kHsol.Nl,p, That in the death OF Bishop Simpson
TINS undy purns tile loss of spiritual father and
friend. whose name has been sacred household
word. whose Christian sympathy and mature judg.
ment we're a potent aid to IN the incipiency and
progress OF our own church enterprise, and whose
klndIy interest in the general work Of Methodism
in onr city ha. never failed.
RESOLVED, That the church Of Wesley and
Asbury throughout the world has loEg recognized
Bishop SIMPSONS exalted personal character ripe
seuularshil, peerless eloquenCe and unswerving de.
Notion to the highest Interests Of Methodsin, COM
blnatl0h Oi qualities that have made him d worthy
successor OF uur Methodist sires, and great hts-
tlrlc hture III our American church.
hESolNEl, llat tile grasp OF his mind and the
cutholclty OF his spirit nave rendered him ac-
ceptahle exponent OF evangelical thought, whose
leadershlp has dlgnteG his own church ,enbalmed
us name IN the Professionalism of his age and done
very much 70 effect the universal fraternity that is
to-day one OF lie dlstil gushing glories of Protest
ant Christianity.
RESOLVED, That his great influence has extended
from the church to the nation, and that his lifelong
devotion to the cause of human liberty his patriotic
denFeT4uces during the war for the preservation
OF tue UmOnlus prudent cOunsels which the general
government was glad to invoke in the hour of its
extremity anu his consistent service in behalf of
every moral ami social reform and all national
progress. have constituted him an American
ciiHen, whose life adorned the public annals, aud
whose death Is 4 loss to human civilization.
RESOLVED, That these resolutions be spread at
large upon the minutes OF this quarterly
Terence that copy OF the same be furnished with
our prayerful sympathies, to the family of our
beloved bishop, and that an additional copy be sent
to the press for publication.
cUmlnlttee consisting OF Ii. +. Pickels
Alexander Kelly aud G. Wesley Weldin was ap.
pointed to attend the funeral.
Services Of memorial character pertaining
to the late Bishop Simpson will be held in
the Methodist church, New Castle, tomorrow
morning.