Evening journal., 1895-04-11
70 his Saviour who is calling.
CALLING. come home: calling.come no ae.

Caling,come home; calling, come ho1e.
Silently, silently. sweet is his sleep.
Sile tly. silently. for him We weep,
., how We mourn, and how sad our hearts,
When from the body the spirit departs,
But us Jesus who As callirg,
HCsiiins, come homei calling,come home.
Silently. silently bury the dead.
Silently. silently his has fed;
Up 10 our heavenl, Father who gave
And thro' his great loving kindness Will
For Ills j esus who is calling.
Calling, come homei calling, come home.
The euosy WAS delivered by Rev s.
n PiichRrd. pastor OF the church On Ia
timate friend and sdmirer OF the deceased
governor, and whom the governor told
some time ago that be had not much
longer to live IL was an able ADDRESS In
very particular and It's delivery Re quIred
twenty 4 ge minutes. He introduced the
ne and works OF the deceased as follows:
1--WE meet st this solemn hour to pay a
tribute Of respect aud love TO the mem
ory Of one OF Delaware's distinguished
citlzens, Joshua Hopkins Nsrvil Very
early ia life he began building for him
eelf monument OF character, which be
finished on Monday, April 8 1898 We
tenderly unveil the monument on this
occasion to study the inscriptions chiseled
there by his acts. They honor the
builder and will benefit the observer"
He then proceeded TO trace the main
points In the life Of man who began us
poor young sculptor TO carve his fair
name, fame and fortune upon the hard
blocks Of marble that Providence had
placed before him. He dwelt a. length
upon his industry, honesty, integrity,
/ persevei ance, business capacity, good
1 he kfI
scter, the whole tenor of his sketch
being summed up in the follow wing
verses:
chisel IN hand stood the sculptor boy,
vi ith his marble block before him.
/ And his face llt uu with a smile uf joy,
| AZ an angel dream passed DER h IN.
| He.etrved that dream ou the yielding stone,
1 With many sharp incsion,
| In heavens own light the sculptor shone.
He had caught that angel ision.
Sculptors Of life are we. as we stand
With uur lives uncarved before ue,
| Waiting the no lr when, at Cod command,
Our iifo-dredm passes DER us;--
! g US carve IT, hen, on he yielding stone.
With ma sharp inclsOn,
| lts heavenly beauty SHALL be our own,
Uur life that angel vision.
At the conclusion of the eulogy several
of the other ministers In attendance
expressed their deep sorrow over the
uDtimely decease Of Delaware's chief
executive aud asked that Gods blessing
might rest upon his family and sue
cessor In office
This concluded the church service.
The family and friends took last look
at the body and passed out Of the
church
The body WAS carried out and placed in
the hearse, the line was 70 formed, and
the procession proceeded up Market
street to the Methodist Protestant
Cemetery, an unpretentious burs
around, where the remains OF many Of
Laurels foremost citizens repose
The grave was dug in the uarvil family
burial lot and Immediately adi ioi ming th'
grave Of his wife, who was called from
him Eve years ago
The rituslistic services OF the Meth
odist Episcopal church were conducted
by Rev Mr. Pilch ard, he bsing assisted
by several Of the visiting clergy Afte
the benediction the town people and thos,
who drove IN went to their homes, thu
visitors took the FIRST train out Of town
! and Company | marched to the armor.
r and disbanded
a shortly afterwards the earth covere,
al thet remained of loving husbsnl
j. and father faithiul friend aud adviser
D public spirited, phisnthropic and God
fearing citizen, and the hopes and fear
a Of the Republican party Of Delaware
Flags at Half-mast.
During the day fags we're displayed a
half mast at the governors mansion
, aimory, Sussex CountiEn office, post
Office and high school.
{ The Governors Estate.