Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11
HEYWooD cosANr.
Funeral OF the Talented and La
mented Young Journnsist.


HEYBoOD c0sANT.
Funeral OF the Talented and In
mented Young JournRlist.
All that was mortal OF Haywood
Oonant, late associate editor of EVERY
EVENING, was laid to it's eternal rest on
cemetery at Philadelphia. The obsequies
were plain aud unostentstious. The body
of the deceased lay in black, cloth
covered casket in the parlor. He was
dressed in black suit while white roses
and other natural flowers were strewn
over the body. II there can be character
in death, the features of the deceased
seemed to bear the same look Of determin-
alton and high resolve which were his
chief characteristics in life. The express
sion was calm, peaceful and lite.like,
and he only seemed to be sleeping.
The esteem and respect in which the
deceased was held, were manifested by the
presence of large concourse OF mourning
relatives and friends who took farewell
look at beloved form and paid the last
silent tribute TO one about to enter on
his eternal rest.
Service was commenced by the Rev.
Francis S. Thatcher reading selections
from the Psalms, beginning "Thy way,
o God, is in the sea, and Thy path in the
great waters;" Psalm XuYI, "God is our
refuge and strength" Nahum l.. "The
Lord is good, stronghold in the day Of
trouble;" Jesus said, ~ am the resurrec-
tion and the life; he that believeth In
Me, though he were dead, yet shall he
live, and he that liveth aud believe'h in
Me shall never die" Isaiah XXVI.,
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace"
Following Psalm XXITI., 1.-The Lord is
my shepherd, y the speaker read John G.
Whittier's poem commencing
Within the N ailening waya OF things,
And tossed by Storm and tloOd,
To one fixed stake my spirit clings,
know that G ID Is good.
The Rev. John b. Haywood then spoke
as follows;
We are all brought together by ono
great thought, by one common sympathy;
our hearts AMI minds are one by this
grief. Thirty years ago I baptized this
dear child. uniting with his dear parents
in st. Louis in consecrating him to jus.
tice, love, benevolence and purity. We
asked his Father in heaven that these
blessings might light on his young life.
We asked that his life might be always
in the line OF purity and conscientious
ness II has been richly fnlfilled to the
uttermost and richest ex ent by it's
| truthfulness, unstained purity and filisl
| obedience, so complete and full that
every demand of parental love was Joy.
! His life was one OF great beauty. Where
be came the sulliRht filed the house. 1t
made life's burdens less and ali of life
/ lighter and brighter. And this not alone
at home but in the larger, wider circle
\ where his life was spent. How sincere
he was How transparent; no preten-
sion about him; always aiming at the
1 highest. He sought to find the exact
truth, the solid g-opnd where truth
stands. He was an ides!ist in the high.
est sense Of the term.
How his life reminds us Of the sacred
writer when he e1claims, II was obedient
to the heavenly vision" We mey say
our young friend was faithful to his
heavenly vision. From it he never de-
parted seeking always to do the right.
So we loved and respected him-telt that
life was richest III his presence.
We all know that real life is not meas.
ured by years. It is marked by itt
quality. Some are 80 pure and rich in
the quality though short in years they
fulfil long term.
Our great leader said: "Mau does not
live by bread alone but by every word
that pIooeedeth from the mouth Of God. y
Man lives by great truths, faithfully
carried out. These make the heavenly
food the true mama Of the soul. ON
dear friends life was not filed by
material food but by the heavenly food
of high aspiration and action prompted
by all that was truest and ncblest. Sc
in these brief years he has lived Ions
life.
He has passed on to that higher life Il
which so many of our brethren have
passed on. He and they are all living
there.
There is no death in His sight. 1t is
precious thing to believe, and may W,
not say, TO know, that all these live anC
are perhaps near us now. How deer Il
believe that we are linked to the i'm
mortal world with them.
The Rev. mir. Haywood then offered
prayer and closed the services with ben
ediction.
The psll-hesrers we're; N. X. Benson
Jr., Joseph A. Riabardson,J. b. Cheyney
II. b Bradford, Charles Nj. Curtis AM
Lewis O. vandegrit The funeral Part,
left the house, No. sol West Fifth street
!, at l,45 p. M, and proceeded to the 7.
W. Il b. station, whore they boarded
special car attached 70 the 2.27 o'cloo
: Washington and New York express
Arriving at Broad street station, carriage
in waiting conveyed the Borrowing part
TO the beautiful burying ground on tn
! banks Of the Schuylkill, whore intermen
s was made.
Among those present were ex ,secretar
q of State Thomas f. BRyard, Thomas I
!. Bayard, Jr., Mayor Harrington, Edwar
' Belts Alfred Belts, A. d. Warner, Wi
/: liam LAYTON, Wilmer Palmer j. Pay
3 Brown, Isaac T. johnson, Fred f. Bacl
r John NJ. WhitfGrd, George W. Humphr,
Z W. IL. Bill, william Child, Benjami
! hields, Esq, Job H. jackson. James {
i Knowles, f. o. Painter, George c
s Barker, A. II. Smith, Thomas Darlin,
Il ten, Edward Andrews, George Il. Ho
o fecksr, Attorney general john Biggs I
o L. Fuleuwider, JUhn W. Haley, Georl
( A. Elliott, Esq., SREnel A. Price, Edwj
= W. Head, Onarles +. Thomas, II. ]
I Kenney of Ridley Park, George /
4 Brown, F. W. Gooken, Frederic H. Ro
1t inson, 4. James Belt, II. o. McLea
n Daniel w. Taylor, j. Travers Jones,
u II. Hyatt, Joseph u. wilkins, Solom,
!, Hersey, W. F, k1rtz, William A. Smt
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