The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-12
YALEDICTORIES.
Touching Words of Enlogy
Over Charles H. VIM
fields Remains.
CRUELTY OF PUBLIC OPINION
Addresses by the Revs. Charles J.
Allen and 2. J. Pockman
Floral Tributes.
CRUELTY OF PUBLIC OPINION

home at Danforth and Garfield avenues
last evening. The services were OF
simple yet dignified and impressive char
acter. The quartette of Rev. DR.. Brett's
church sang, the Rev. Charles J. Allen,
pastor of the Greenville Reformed Church,
which Mr. Winfield attended, conducted
the services. The Rev. P. T. Pockman.
Mr.. Winfelds former pastor, now of New
Brunswick, made an address. The casket
containing the body of the dead lawyer
rested in the south parlor.
The two pastors spoke and the quar-
tette sang from the main hallway below
The rooms below and above the stairway
were thronged All could hear distinctly
every word spoken or sung
A silver plate in the centre of the cas-
ket-lid bore this simple inscription
CHARLES H. WINFIELD.
Born March 5, 1929.
Died March 8, 1898.
tributes. Among these was a. mounted
wreath from Mr.. Winfield's household
help, occupying a conspicuous position at
the head of the casket. Near the foot
rested beautiful wreath of violets, bear
ing the card of Mrs. John P. Feeney. The
tribute of the Second National Bank was
a beautiful cross and pillar. Other de-
signs bore the names of Mrs. M. e. Nor
man of Washington, LIE Roy Taylor of
Washington, Justice Jonathan Dixon,
Judge Hudspeth, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
Stack, Mr.. and Mrs. f. M. Lockwood,
John P. Feeney and Miss Lilly Van Horn.
Among those who attended the services
were Chancellor Alexander T. McGill, Su-
preme Court Justice Gilbert Collins.
County Judge Robert Hudspeth, the Rev
Paul Van Cleef, Prosecutor James En-
win, ex-Assistant Prosecutor William NJ
Klink, ex-Judge Thomas F. Noonan, May
or Edward Hoos, Chief of Police Benja-
min Murphy, United States Commissioner
Isaac B. Romaine, Colonel John Grimes,
Finance Commissioner Reuben Simpson,
DIR. Joseph Finn and Dr. U. Allen of the
City Treasurer Nugent, Alva A. Bedell,
J. G. Haskins. Colonel John G. Toffey,
Edward A. Dugan, Major Armstrong, B.
L. Stowe John Morell, Maurice Stack,
Benjamin Van Keuren, Mungo G. Currie,
ex-Director of the Board of Education
John M. Jones, H. Lilliendahl, O.. P. Vree-
land Prosecutors Detective c. B. RELAY,
Tax Collector James Baker, Louis Wood,
John Morrell, Dr. Margroff, H. N. Walker,
G. Gennert, County Court Interpreter Jo-
seph Filoramo, Henry Holmes, J. C.-Duff,
Michael Schultz, Robert Carey, William
H. Speer r. ]. Bunnell, Detectives Dali
ton, McNally and Doyle.
The Rev. Mr. Allen, after prayer and
the singing of "Oh, Paradisep by the
quartette, read a short Scriptural lesson.
Then he spoke from the text This is
the victory which overcometh the world
even faithw The sermon was not intend
ed as eulogy. 1t was eloquent and full
of comforting passages for the mourners.
Among other things, he said
prosecutor Winfield is dead. Such
were the sad tidings spread a few morn
ings ago So stated friend of the Naz-
arene, Jesus, centuries ago, as he said to
the disciples:-'Come, let us go to Beth
amy One at Bethany had passed away
He pictured the home life of Mr.. Win
field, and his relations with the church,
and expressed the belief that could the
dead rise and speak he would still declare
ssrThe world for Christ" He would de-
clare that there should be no spot SO dear
as Calvary. The speaker compared the
grief depicted upon the countenances of
those present with that described in the
Biblical narrative of the death of Abner,
when the King and fathers expression
of grief pleased the people and he said
to them:--sKnw We not that prince and
a great man has fallen in Israel?'' The
minister said he had read just enough to
express the general feeling:-.'Abner is
dead Would be were alive. Cut down in
the midst of his usefulness"
There comes a time he said, when
the eyes must close and the lips be still
and the body be placed beneath the sod.
Friends will come and take a last look.
Past associations are naturally upper
most in the mind and the latter naturally
wanders into that realm where we are
+ told we shall all be gathered before the
Judgment bar of God.' Speaking of Mr..
Winfields home and public life, he said
it was that of Christian, and declared
that if this world is to be made better,
Christ and humanity must come close to-
gether.
The quartette here sang "Hark, Hark,
NV Soul"
Then the Rev. Mr. Pockman of New
Brunswick, Mr.. Winfield's former pastor,
made an address. He said
sod in his providence has summoned
us here to bury Caesar, not to praise
him.
Mr.. Winfield, he continued, had achieved
fame and honor. So fifty had he quail
fed himself to live it was pity he should
die. Twenty-seven years ago he, the
speaker, was one of a party with Mr..
Winfield in the formation of church at
| Greenville. Several times had he invited
Mr. Winfield to deliver a lecture or adj
dress at the commencement exercises of
| Rutgers College, but Mr.. Winfield, owing
to press of public business, which he all
ways regarded as a prior obligation upon
him to private matters. was prevented
from accepting such invitations, except
ON one OCCASION when he delivered an
address upon Public Opinion
II remember some of his grand sayings
in that address and one was to the eff
feet, , continued the pastor, that while
| public opinion should be regarded as the
concensus of the community, and should
| be respected as possessing great binding
force. yet that it was only when public