The morning call., 1893-10-23
SIMPLE SERVICES.
Obsequies of Rev. John
Doughty.
A Large Attendance of Mourners at
the Swedenborgian Church
ON O'Farrell Street.

The quaint little Swedenborgian Church.
on OFarrell street, near Webster. was
crowded yesterday afternoon with the
people of that faith, who came to attend
the obseauies of their lata beloved pastor,
Rev. john Doughty. who died last Wednes-
day. The reading-desk was draped with
smilax, studded with white blossoms.
Pots of ferns and blooming white chrys-
anthemums were fenced in the various
recesses around the desk and on the
tables.
The body was enclosed In metallic
casket, covered with heavy broadcloth.
and was covered with a profusion of
flowers. Shortly after 1 o'clock it was
brought from the pastors residence, ad-
joining the church. The choir of Ply
mouth Church, composed of h. 5. Sted-
man (organisD Mrs. w. B. SWEET, Mrs. j.
w. Madden, f. M. Coffin and c.. l.. Parent
Jr., sang Il Heard Voice From Heaven"
as the cortege entered the church. The
services were conducted by Rev. Joseph
Worcester, pastor of the Second New
Jerusalem Church, on Sutter street. who
frequently displayed his emotion while
reading the burial service. After the
opening prayer the choir sang abide
With Me-"
Rev. Mr.. Worcester made few brief
remarks. touching upon the life and works
OF the deceased pastor, He spoke OF the
humility of his character. his good nature.
his answering devotion to the tenets of
Swedenborg and the purity Of his life.
Many of the congregation were moved 10
tears during the brief discourse.
The choir sang Still, Still With Thee"
and a prayer closed the simple and sincere
fha inf in a nj
lows Cemetery. Rev. Mr.. Doughty was for
many years a member of Tempiar Lodge,
|. 0. o. F., which was represent ted among
the pallbearers by E. ID. Feusier, B. Sarle
and Robert Bright. The pallbearers Sc
lected by the family were Messrs. Exc
lund. Sanders and De Prossi.
Rev. John Doughty was the father of
the New Jerusalem, or as it is popularity
known. the Sweden borgian church on the
Pacific Coast. lie was born in Brooklyn,
n. Y, in 1926, and was educat ted for the
ministry. but the year OF 1919 finding him in
Ill health he set out for California princi-
pally to regain his health. Becoming
separated from his party on the plains he
was captured by Indians. but escaped.
The savages having encamped for the
night all went TO sleep except one Indian
left 10 guard the captive. During the
night the young minister. seeing his guard
crouching half asleep over the campfire,
CItpL uD DoHiuu ulul, puSUcQ lltIi
into the bed of Goals and darting away
mounted his horse and galloped off, fol-
lowed by shower of arrows. Later on In
his journey he found himself minus horse
and shoes and was forced to finish the
march in shoes made from the bark of
trees.
Being a lawyer as we'll as minister, he
practiced law in Fairfield, Solano County,
for some years. In 1867 he was called to
the pastorate of the newly organized New
Jerusalem Church in San Francisco aud
occupied its pulpit until his death, a
period of twenty-seven years. He was a
tremendous worker, and in fact broke
himself down physically in church work.
He was not only pastor of his own church,
but for some years conducted Sunday SER
vices in Alameda and Berkeley as we'll
He was president of the Pacific Coast
New Church Association and editor OF the
New Church Pacific, the organ of the
church on this coast.
For twenty-Seven years prominent
minister, no breath OF der0gation ever at
tached to his name. He was a scholarly
man of marked purity of thought and daily
life, and was highly respected by the diff
ferent clergymen of San Francisco for his
intellectual capacity. His society loved
him intensely and are greatly affected by
his death. He leaves a widow, Two sons
and nlarria1 donphtar