The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07
DIR. LYNCH'S FUNERAL.
Largely Attended Services at Roberts Park
Methodist Church.

The principal services of the funeral of
Rev. Thomas III. Lynch, ID. d.. were held
ct Roberts Park NJ. L. Church yesterday
afternoon. az = o'clock Preceding this q
brief service was held at the family resi-
dence. No. IS Broadway, at l p. NJ, where
the Scripture lesson was read by Rev. Geo.
Z. Curtis. ID. D., of DePauw University.
and remarks and a prayer were made by
DIR. Chaffee. OF Mapleton. Geo. W. Gadd
and Mrs. Allen of Grace Nj. J.. Church
choir. sung the favorlte hymn of DIR. Lynch.
beginning Jesus, thy blood and righteous
ness.'
The active pall-bearers were r. N. Lamb,
William Smith, Taylor Elliott, Israel Tay.
lor, Merit Wells and J. Leach, the honor
orary pail bearers being the Methodist
ministers of the city.
The audlencs at the service held at Rob-
erts Park NJ. l.. Church WAS q large one The
casket was brought TO the front of the au-
ditorium before the platform, but was nos
opened. Upon 1t were sheaf of ripened
grain. bouquet of Gala lilies and one OF
two other floral offerings. The invocation
was by Rev. Q. A. Van Anda. ID. D.. and the
Scripture reading by Rev. NJ Is; HYDE. A
quartet of the choir sung Rock of Ages"
Dr.. Curtiss took his text from the 37th
Psalm:
Mark the perfect man and behold the upright,
for the end OF that man Is peace.
He showed how admirably these words
spo ken of the ideal man applied to DR..
Lynch; that the perfect man was the God
side of the character, and the upright the
man-side, and that when these are put to-
gether there is O man all over in all the re-
lations OF life-and the end OF such man
is peace.
He spoke of Dr. Lynch as q ply ical man
and as a man with trained mind He had
seen him when. for hours. he would be so
perfectly absorbed in thought and study
that he had been able to bring all his pow
ers and concentrate them in great effort
which resulted In his own good and in the
good of the world. His mind had come in
contact with the divine mind and been in
that contact for many years Blessed DO
God" said the speaker. for having given
TO humanity that which is not born upon
earth but in heaven. What life has gone
out of the body that Is before us. He said
to me. some years sgo that. although he
had trials. and sorrows, ana anxleties. yet
God had been good to him; SO that for
to go over that life again though
the hardness were doubled. The end of
that man is peace. Has that man
ended hfe2 No. he has only entered
upon il. 1t is the end of all dangers from
sin. He is beyond the power and dominion
of sin. He has done with temptations.
Thank God when the soul has done with
the tempting power. The power of the ad-
versary can not reach IL. He lives in
realm of light and JOY. This world was q
period OF sorrow and 1T ended. This was q
world of hope, but hope is needed by him
no longer. There hope has reached fruitIon.
The end of that man has been peace. Many
times he has said as he looked out upon tho
coming dissolution Il have fixed that am
not troubled; am ready: am waiting.o
DR.. Curtiss spoke of the stand that DR..
Lynch took as early as 1914 against
slavery when. though living in Kentucky.
he cast his fortunes with the Methodist
Church North and removed to Indiana.
He had been connected with the church
for sixty-seven years. He spoke of Dr..
Lynch's strong feeling and old of the
Union canse. and that MP to the last he
was In touch with the affairs of the times.
He was q student all his life. He was once
offered the Chair of Greek atAsbury aud he
would have adorned 1t. j have almost felt
as though there was something wrong with
me because / could not weep and mourn
when the news came to me of his death,
and have not been able to do so since. 1t
seems to me i can look and behold what
took place on last Thursday morning at Z
o'clock. An old warrior. rich in experience.
blessed in life, pure In character. left the
mortal remains behind and entered that
realm. What multitudes of loved ones and
old friends were there-Ruter and Havens,
Holiday and Gillet. Giles Smith and
VIM. c. Smith and Bascom. WhaJ q COM
pany! But he has gone. May the Lord bless
that dear old wife whom | looked upon
here to-day with reverence and ave. AS
look upon that mother in Israel now made
widow. | ask blessing and it will surely
by given"
The services at the church closed with
prayer by Rev. Henry A. Buchtel, ID. ID.
The concluding services were at the grave
and were brief and in the usual form.