New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-12
HENRY EDWARDS'S FUNERAL.
rR1gITE BY WILLIAM WINTER.
s,,,p,n SERVICES AT THE ACTORS HOME

s,>rpyE SERVICES AT THE ACTohS HOME
THE BODY oREMATED.
Tho funeral Of Henry Edwards TOOK pace q. ms
IN. No 1876 East Onehunoreo-sho 'oenhs"'
o,ersay afternoon. The occasion was an eAceeuinsy
mia and quiet one, but considerable numoer OF
,he dead mans professional ana o'her irienos was
ue -. Among them Joseph Jefferson, Henry
ro,r,tt Joseph Levy, Frank Cotter, L. S. Quincy
:" 49,, r Auston Brown, Joseph Tookcr. Daniel H.
'niUs T F Mackey, c. W. Couldock Sherry Coroyn,
rs aldrich. A. NJ. Palmer b. T. Ringold, Percy
,,rter Louis Harrison, George Conway, John MOORE
,..nr Drew and Harrison Grey Fiske.
The service began with the hymn Rock OF ages
hv male quartet and after this william Winter
made an address as follows;
"1 I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me:
s.n Ressed are the dead which die in the LORD IRON
M.ncsiorh Yea, saith the spirit that they may i0e'
tm their hbors and their works do follow them
They shall hunger no more nel1ner or INN any heat
There shall be no more Death neither sOrr1m 9 1e
crying neither shall there be any more pam AO' ''
Behold the tabernacle OF God is with men, anu nc
VII rnr The Lamb which is IN the midst Of the throne
hau feed them, and shall lead them unto hvIng i s
iains Of water, and God shall wipe away all 'eS No"
us The Bible belongs not the Church but TO the
wo,cr,s which are Inspired precisely the words Of
Shakespeare are often nspred-with tS Fly au ont
mas ~ an existence Of happiness beyond me grave
xhich Is
n me yooe that hero IS hushed forever cSua 0rs
as in tsssS SoSd SSi look y upon the
fath that all ought 10 chels1 usta,n ms would
Sc dashed into heart In shs re TSSea ~ ''T re-
and dogma--in what is enc eaii eetqion which de
nspS upon printed documents and when nrol sn'
Sc seriously imPe,rIsd Od friend MOI for whom we
by EPSfd 1o4 mn his trust He was, nevertheless
deeply religious lie knew that tne IN he test f.
&ba
e the h@T o sSH WHICH highest expression Of
humanity point to one ana Te SAM TneDdns develop
ment He knew that to be the logic 81 Is with his
lie believed that and ne nd GS and noble aspiration
% Se,rei the laws o; his lie , .,.,r religious
In once had with the Rev. Dr. Bellows,
Ss smoke especially Of Joseph Jefferson IN AND NINE he
character and md art a5es ne was HeiS he cSn Ike
a. no replied member Of any ChrlsaSn SIe and
but has passed his lis by R esSsS
tbe hest kind of Christian and good enough Id give
wish ,t tsat sonf SGqd to the heart woman who
here mourns for her lover her M World she viii
s ne more We would all comfort her II we So him
Bnt all that we tell her Is that we a1so We Know
and and we would beg her remember not only maj me
was tender and loving but that s%s' comfort and
Sessng to him No duty was left rnaone DS ne
word Of love q s5 s because S she loved him
because he parted from her Bnt se remoreefu
te hitter grief that brings its whitening roses
IA its useless tears to a grave-stOhe: ~, -. 4hoso
wish t t9sI their grief for the loss q this good
nan their deep sense Of his noDlnty' ms , spIo
talents nus bs potent excellence example his
anu as comrade his simple dignity and his nde.S
and ~ this to the craving OF love and honor for
eug Of the dead aor I bede '% 9 a Of
HsSpv Edwards are reasons for our consosGn IN t b
hauD
Srat life unreazed and unsehleved ne ma" Born
almost 70 he usual u p Pay q G a1nsR he early eyced
Seep sympathy with the dramatic art OF %Dh
SE 't remains %dRn the he 3 aed to and there
formally sdOPted TIE P T9SaGn 90 anty prospecting
M scor orator and scientist, prosperine ever VV any nt
morn In his conquest OF the esteem any a. .bI Allan
gentle people and I here he took and steadily held IN he
highest Of theatres his cresye actor but
otSeT the product Of scholarship and tradition ne
represented not the original genius Oh Tue lie did not
vefsaue pS dazzle he satisfied His attributes were
intellectual character taste snaDT ao by Gened
inc onay and by that fine distinction OF manner " I1;
{ the Hover Of Innate simplicity TeSr ana marks the ample
career Ur Of his character and the benecent oe eau
M and admirable an oaf SSpsass Rad been cCmpd
liz work in this world was done anu nus d p ceTowned
blessed with love- Sant one blenish What richer
s~acv than that could talent ana virtue ie-''9 ~ ~
ECnaIIy i'm life and in art success Is oepenuen1 O
eoarity and sympathy, Henry Edwarus was sontuue
slI S man do not suppose that any one 10 Whoni
Sa was known ever thought OF him %ltnout ~ his
feelnp OF kindness and pleasure ING oni1 80 ano
norns always brought smile IwehG-V"o ua5s asO
cIasned his hand for the last time. lie was az otoD
20 90 away and we were 10 meet no more renieInueI
o5S rejoice TO remember--that he produced upon
nv mind then the selfsame impression that ne nae
yrodneed at every meeting between us duI1ng uhS Iut
Tss- ~ our friendship-the impression OF s9sOIuUe
coodness benevOlence, simplicity ana rum. re WIS
~ mis- heart was an impulse of Kindly interest," ~ the
welfare and happiness OF Others And now mat tae
smile Is frozen his face now that the cheery vOoe
can sneak no more now that the kind hand VIII never
be stretched forth again tn greeting, our way grows
very lonely and cold -, NJ, 49,,
In All our hearts, as mournful hght
That brOOdS above the fallen sun
And dwells 10 heaven half the night"
In the awful presence of death all vanity Is reouKeo
all prde becomes humility ell the greatness OF the world
is a mist that drifts away. Let US endeavor, While
there is vet time to learn te lesson Of our bereave-
ments TO look at death great and solemn fact
n draws nearer and TO each one OF us every ho
we live "Man gOeth 10 his long home, ana the
nourners 20 about the streets 49,
There is no more but this. " Earth to earth Ashes
70 ashes. Dust TO dust
Sleep sweetly, tender heart In peacel
Sleep. holy spirit. blessed SOUL
While the stars burn, the moons increase,
And the great ages onward roll"
Mr. Winter closed his address by repeating the |
Lords PRAYER and then the quartet sang ANGELS !
Ever Bright and Fair" The body was Immediately |
placed in hearse and taken to the crematory at |
Fresh Pond L. l. Mrs. Edwards was not able 70 &C |
company it. and II attended only by william |
Winter and HIS son Percy and the undertaken in charge
Of the funeral. In their presence the BODY was |