Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-06-21
Resol olulions OF Respect.

j. Taylor Cause, Job II. jackson,
Alexander Kelley, Henry G. Robinson.
William M. Field and the Rev. j
Richards Boyle, the special committee
of Grace M. E. church appointed tt
prepare suitable resolutions upon tht
death of Bishop Simpson, held meet
ing on Friday evening and submitted
the following, which were unanimously
adopted by the quarterly conference
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased oul
Heavenly Father to call from labor tt
reward the venerable and beloved
senior bishop of the Methodist Episco'
pal Church, the Rev. Matthew Simp'
son, d. D., Ill. ID. and,
WHEREAS, The death of this eminent
citizen and servant of the church not
only fills multitudes of hearts with un.
wonted sorrow, but ends the earthly
career of a great and sanity soul, a
distinguished Christian bishop and
pulpit orator of worldwide fame.
1t Is therefore by the quarterly con.
ference Of Grace Methodist Episcopal
church
Resolved, That with a submissive
acceptance OF the great loss which this
dispensation of Divine will entail upon
us, we record our profound gratitude te
God for the prolonged, laborious and
useful life of our beloved bishop, and
for the inspiring influence for good
which that life bequeaths to the church
as its final and abiding legacy.
| Resolved, That in the death OF
Bishop Simpson this body mourns the
loss of spiritual father and friend
whose name has been sacred house
hold word, whose Christian sympathy
and mature judgment were a potent
aid to us In the incipiency and progress
of our church enterprise, and whost
kindly interest in the general work Of
Methodism in our city has never failed
Resolved, That the church of Wesley
and Asbury throughout the world has
long recognized Bishop Simpsons ex'
alted personal character, ripe scholar.
ship, peerless eloquence and unswerv-
ing devotion to the highest interests OF
Methodism, a combination of qualities
that have made him a worthy successor
of our Methodist sires, and the great
historic figure in the American church.
Resolved, That the grasp Of his mind
and the catholicity of his spirit have
rendered him an acceptable exponent
of evangelical thought, whose leader.
ship has dignifed his own church, en-
balmed his name in the heart of the
Professionalism Of his age and done very
much to effect the universal fraternity
that is to-day one of the distinguish
ing glories Of Protestant Christianity.
| Resolved, That his great influence
has extended from the church to the
nation, and that his life-longdevotion to
the cause of human liberty, his patri.
otic deliverances during the war for
the preservation of the Union, his pru-
dent counsels which the General
Government was glad to invoke in the
hour of its extremity, and his consti.
tuent service in behalf of every moral
and social reform, and all national
progress, have constituted him an
American citizen, whose life adorned
the public annals, and whose death is
loss to human civilization.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread at large upon the minutes of this
quarterly conference that a copy OF
the same be furnished with our
prayerful sympathies, to the family of
our beloved bishop, ard that an addi.
tional copy be sent to the press for pub
lication.
H. f. Pickels. Alexander Kelley and
G. Wesley Weldin were appointed a
committee to attend the funeral.