The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-09
NOTABLE FUNERAL.
Remains Of Rev Love H. Jameson Laid to Rest
with Fitting Services.


with Fitting Services.
There was large attendance at Central
Christian Church. yesterday afternoon. at
the funeral services of the late Rev. Love
ii. Jameson. The reading of the Psalm.
The Lord is my sheperd. shall not want"
was by Dr. A. X. Benton. of IrvIngton,
which was followed by prayer by Governor
Chase.
There were many white heads in the aud
fence. q large number of the Tippecanoe
Club. of which Elder Jameson was one OF
the oldest members. attending to pay
their tribute of regard aud love to their
comrade.
Il read today said Rev. ID. r. Lucas,
who preached the sermon, from Paurs let
ter to the church at Rome. portion of the
eighth chapter. Our good Father Jameson
delighted in this book. and once said to me,
speaking of the safety and security. of the
Christian. that there were no sentences
like the closing part of this chapter:
"who shall separate US from the love of Christi
Shall tribuiQtlOn. or distress, or persecution or
famine, or nakedness. or peril or sword. etc.
Il would say, in commencing, l shall talk
to You but briefly. Arrangements will be
made hereafter by which this church and
the brethren of the State will hold q prop
er memorial service in honor of our de-
parted brother. Fifty years ago he became
pastor of this church. and his membership
has been with 1t all these fifty years. So.
at the proper time, this service will DO held
and proper estimate of his character and
work will be given to the world. Born
May IL. 1911. in the Territory of Indiana,
just at the close or the first decade of the
century. and passing away April 6, 1892. at
the beginning of the last decade
an the Ssnssy sra he Has h. hn xsd
the growth and development of this State
in all it's institutions. He was o student
and ne never ceased to be one while he
lived. Not long since in talking to him
son, did you graduater He answered: I
have not yet. but l expect to before great
while. in the Lords providence; i never
expect to- graduate until l pass into a
higher sphere Those who are familiar
twenuies know there was little to excite
an ambition in the heart of q young man
for education. which was then held to be
rather harm than help to mon. The
enough. In the midst of such influences
this man determined to have an education.
He studied Greek and Hebrew; became
n good mathematician. He became an edu-
Gated man In the full sense of that term
self-edueated. and In way that what he
did know he know well and understood
thoroughly. He was not only student,
but q preacher. NV acquaintance with
him began thirty years ago, and fsaid then
that he was q clear, logical. systematic
preacher. He was one of the pioneer
preachers. and we will lie recreant to our
duty unless we ever cherish and honor the
noble characters who planted in Indiana
the cause that We to-day have come to
adore. He was patriot. There was no
one more devoted to the honor of the flag
and the glory of the country than he. In
1862 he went TO the field as chaplain of the
SeyeDty-ninth Indiana. lie remained with
that regiment year and halt, and was
then assigned TO duty at Camp Morton un-
til the close of the war. He was q member
of George Fl. Thomas Post
HE was not only q preacher and pa
triot, but he was poet. His talent was
given to the writing of hymns and scarce
~ any collection in use among US but has
been enriched by his pen. 1 could not pay
a better tribute than TO read some of these.
Here Is one written of Gethsemane, begin
ing:
Might with ebon pinion brooded DER the VALE
and another:
"Be of good cheer We friends of Jesus,
Meier succumb TO doubts and fears;
Cherish the great and gracious promise.
To reign with Christ a thousand years.
"You find in all his hymns the substance
of abiding truth. To-day / looked over
some traces of his history and found that
III tuio tuOutu, III lOSO. WulIc tBo DOuJ VI
Abraham Lincoln was in this city. that m
this church great congregation sang one
OF those grand hymns of his. which he
Wrote for That OCCASION. fou veterans VIII
remember while read il, and IL will bring
back to YOU the memory of those days
which tried mems souls. when indeed to
live and breathe was TO grow to the full
height OF man. The hymn reads:
'Thou, before whose awful throne
Angels and seraphim adore,
Thou art the living God alone.
The fountain of eternal power.
"He had beautiful voice and sung his
own hymns. In the early part of his life he
sung the sweet songs of Zion and was
known throughout all the brotherhood as
the sweet singer in Israel. The power and
influence of his hymns will live long after
he has gone. Yet be never thought any,
thing of q song or music only as an instrn-
mentality. We have often heard him sing
Gathering Home"
Mr.. Lucas closed by repeating some lines
he had himself composed on the death of
the beloved Elder Jameson:
Our venerable father sleeps, We say,
And bow our souls in prayer,
That He who as guardian keeps
His sons beloved in his care
Will bless us. while with trusting faith
our hearts this fDOurnful tribute pay
To one who. true In life or death,
Has gone TO paradise away.
The pail bearers were all officers OF the
church: John l.. Avery, James Davidson,
w. Il. Steele. Charlton Eden. Howard Gale
and w. Mckee. The remains were taken to
Crown Hill.