The Washington bee., 1891-12-05

mon human nature OF ours, with
out distinction of race or cline or
color, of poverty or wealth, OF
knowledge or ignorance, is what
Christ took upon Himself. Not a
rich manhood or pUor manhood,
not an iguorant manhood or II
learned manhood, not white, OF
black. or yellow manhood, but
simply human manhood as such Is
what Christ the Son of God as
sumed when He was born of the
Virgin Mary. Christ stood then,
and he stands to day, before the
whole race of human kind, and
said to them, Il am the PerfecI
Man, initiate me l will draw all NEIL
uutO me, | am the Light and the
Life of the whole wOIIu / am come
that you might have life, and that
ye might have it more abundant
ly.' If any man be iD Christ no is
new creature.
1t is in the spirit of this broad
christianity that every man anu
any man Is welcOmrd To the clLl
zrnship of this tIee country. Each
with the same rights, the sam'
privileges anu the same duties as
Ills brother. IL depends Oh th,
individual, not ON the accident vi
his color OF his wealth, as 10 what
be shall make Uf himself. Aud II l.
in the same spirit that the EplscO
pal church is going forward To Will
The cOlored man to the service o.
Jesus Christ. The EplscOpa'
church draws no distinction whal-
sOtver. She tells the white NAL
and cOlOrtd man that they ar,
brothers, possessed of the sam,
IdtDtlcal manhood, With souls alike
aud bodies alike in Gods sIgnL
and that all Uf them alike shUuiu
be the faithful servants of Jesus
Christ.
We stand to day, my brothers,
by the bier of one who in his life
and conversation showed what j.
the outcome of that doctrine. Ii
ever there was true man a thorough
christian gentleman, my dear dean
brother, the Rev. Mr.. Burwell,
vas such. [ desire this morning
TO utter my testimony to his pei
sODal worth, to my own affection
and admiration tor him; and
desire also to set him forth as al
example to you and your whole
race of what th~ christiOn church
Can do for you, aud what our EpIs
cOpal branch of the church desires
to do for you all, aud expects OF
you all.
If eyer it was true of any man il
was true of Mr. Burwell that, a.
st. Paul says 10 the passage that
quoted from his 2d Epislle to the
COrlnth ans, ''be Was new crea.
ture.' If, ST Paul says. any man
be In Chrlst he is new creature
old things are passed away; bp
hold all things are become new.'
Oh, as l look over the millions of
your people scattered through OuI
vast country. fellow citizens with
the white man, with the same
rights and opportunities as theirs;
| have great visions of what they
can be aud do. And believe me,
my visions are NOT of their becOm-
ing rich, merely though they are
becoming that or prominent in
pOllllcs, and in positions of trust
and responsibility; but 1t is as
acquiring the sort of character that
Mr.. BurTell acquired, the charac-
ter of a true gentleman growing
up to the measure of the stature
Of the fulness of Christ. | knew ,
in his work, among your people
and yours, for it is my'privilege as
Rector of st. Johns Parish, to
have as part of my cate st. Mary'e
Chapel.
After the conclusion of DR.
Douglass address, the choir sang
''Nearer my God TO Thee". The
last rites Ot the church were then
performed by Rrvs. Snyder, Rragg
and BuIke. Among a number of
white churchman
from Washington who attended
the funeral, We noticed judge Ban-
croft Davis, who WAS greatly de-
voted 10 the decreased. Mr.. Bur-
we'll leaves a widow but 10 Gull
Iren.