The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-03-08

ing influence as preacher OF right
eousness illustrates finely tho triumph
an, power OF simple goodness Many who
uid not enjoy the privilege of close personal
acquaintance with him knew him neverthe-
Tess as meek. lovahle and faithful disciple
of Jesus. an able minister of the New Testa-
mont and as a devoted AMI self-sacrificing
pastor His departure leaves the earth vastly
poorer but his influence will abide through
all the changing years
Prom scheme and creed the light goes out
ne sanity tact survives.
he blessed Master none can DOUBT
Revealed IN holy lives"
Bishop Van do Vyver. when spoken with on
the subject said His death Is great loss
not only TO his church, but 10 TINS com
inunity. This world is all the better TOT such
a Christian gentleman as he was, one who
was known for tho purity o. his lie aud the
great charity of his heart
Rev. DR.. 4. y. Cailsch, OF beth Ahaoa said:
Il have much regretted that during my resi-
denco in the city the illness OF Dr Ieterkin
has prevented my making his acquaintance.
My friends and acquaintance have All spoken
so highly Of him that ain convinced that his
church and our people have sustained great
loss and that personally have been deprived
of knowing such truly good man"
Rev Dr. Moses ID. Hoge SAID:
The death of the Rev. DIR. Peterkin is an
event which awakens grief far beyond the
boundaries of the churches of his own faith
and order II is felt 20 be a loss To be de-
pored. regardless OF denominatiOnal lines.
not only in Richmond but wherever he was
known and loved throughout the land
When action was taken this morning at
the regular Monday meeting of the Presby-
terrain ministers or this city and Manchester
with regard 10 the sad event II expressed not
only their sense of bereavement but that of
the entire Presbyterian population they rep
resented
IF similar action has not been taken by all
the ministerial associations of the city II 10
not because they DO not equally share with
Us in our estimate OF the worth of the man
of God whose removal has caused such
universal sorrow
And yet 1t is sorrow softened by memo
ries tender and full OF consolation. Dr. Peter
kins NAV be called a completed lie, life
which fulfilled the highest ends of living. 1t
IS not every life that IS crowned by what
have called completeness Some are pre-
maturely snatched away: others who are
spared TO maturity are filed with plans and
aspirations which are sadly disappointed; not
so with our departed brother. Ills was a
youth cOnsecrated 10 God; manhood en-
nobled by successful labors in the service Of
the Lord; approaching age mellowed by rich
and ripe experience: hOnOred and beloved for
hls work $ sake and for the brotherly kind
ness and charity which characterized MIN:
such "a symmetrical and we'll rounded life may
we'll be called q completed life
The church in which he so long ministered
bears the name OF the Apostle james, one
verse of whose epistle well described its pas
tor pure peaceable gentle. easy to he en-
treated. full of mercy aud of good works
The close of the long day was calm and
serene as its morning had been bright. Won
derfuly exempted from bodily pam. IN pos
session OF a sure and certain hope ministered
to low those who loved him best, he quietly
anticiuated the time when his change should
come. and like the patriarch of old. he could
say. i have waited tor my salvation. .
Lord
The waiting is ended now the change IS
from faith and hope to the fruition Of heaven"