Connecticut western news., 1884-04-02

of those choice spirits who are priZed most by those who know them best. As his pastor have been enabled to dis cern excellencies in his character that would not appear to the casual observ- er.
 His heart and hand were ever enlisted for the good of his fellow man. In him the needy had sympathetic friend. In him the cause of God and the church of Christ had an ardent and generous supporter, but everything was done. in his own inimitable way, that is quietly. His spiritual life was as the deep though plac1d stream, gliding noiselessly along without ripple on the surface. Ever thoughtful, and thoroughly spiritual, he conscientiously served his God with in- tegrity of purpose. "Mark the perfect man and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace"
 His last illness was short, and al- though attended with physical pain and weariness; yet his soul was staid on God; all was peace within. When he became conscious that the end was near, after his parting words with the loved ones left behind, he repeated our Lords prayer; then calmly committed his soul into the hands of his God in tine words of that beautiful little prayer of his childhood:-
 'Now lay me down to sleep,
 I pray the Lord my soul to keep;
 If sh nuld die before wake,
 pray the Lord my soul to take"
 Thus hls peaceful spirit sank to rest. He sleeps in Jesus.
 ADDRESS BY REV ROBERT HUNT
 Friends: The brief but comprehen- sive address of Mir Phillips, together with the judicious and admirable obitu- uary, written by his competent and ap- preciative friend, Colonel Hardenbergh, and sent forth to tho public in your ex- cellent paper-precludes the need of further amplifcation or expansion along those lines. But I wish to speak to this living and deeply thoughtful audi tory.
 Since we are moving forward to the same home of dust-into the same boundless eternity-and destined to stand before the same august bar of God, every dictate of intelligence indeed the commonest prudence bids us take every element of risk out of our future, by instant and honest compli- ance with the acquisitions of divine truth.
 It is surely commendable ito deal justly as did our brother ever-"to love mercy" by which he linked to himself so many hearts in loving at- tachment-but ito walk humbly with God" transcends in importance in the dying hour, every requirement. of duty which is bounded by the visible pre- cincts of this life. I seek therefore to appropriate this providence in urging upon your consideration the highest needs of our being-in especially em- phasizing the piety-the Christian char acter of our deceased brother as most worthy of our regard to-day-that in i the midsts of life, amid its tolls, it cares, its frictions and its mighty rush of events, we should steadily look to the God of heaven for overcoming, ,vanquisE- ing power-linking time with eternity, making this W, rid lock arms with the world to come. And friends when We heed the revealings of the Bible, or listen to the voices which sound forth from the yearning, out reaching, imploring heart of our humanity, we instinctively join in concert with Abraham, the fath- CT of the faithful, who said long centur. ies ago, when the race was young, And now we seek better country, that is an heavenly" That great desire has come rolling down the ages, cutting channels deep as the bottom of human conscious ness. From this yearning comes tn, worlds betterment and our present aG vanced civilization.
 What was it that carried Columbus
 across the western wave What sus tained him on the unsounded ocean amid the untraversed waste of waters
 The hope of better country.
 What was it that sustained the heart of the Prilgrim Fathers, when driver forth from their native land by stern ec clesiastical persecution ? It was tn
 hope and prospect of better, even
 free and peaceful country.
 What is the explanation of the ire f quent mad efforts to revolutionize Flu rope? What explanation for those bru tai spirits who gnash their teeth an construct their internal machines an hurl their cartridges of dynamite Why ) 1t is the belief of man that he can creat what only can come down from heay en--a better country that Is an heaven ly. How can we have better country better condition, only through tn t processes of religion ?
 l Mans erroneous impression is, ths . were his country, its climate, its air il soil, its government transfgured, b would be happy, whereas Gods test