The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-01
DR.. rod | Buried.

oeFV!CeS pVcr inc remains OIL Lev. JACOB
Todd, former pastor of Grace chnrch was
conducted at Green street Methodist church
Philadelphia, yesterday afternoon. The
church was crowded with the frionds and
parishioners of the deceased clergyman
and there were few dry eyes among the
mourners when Bishop Foss had conclud-
ed his eloquent tribute to the dead.
Tho services ct tho church were under
tho direction Of Rev. DR.. Hughes, presid-
ing elder, and were participated in by
Bishop Foss, Rev. Dr.. Martin. of Trinity
Church; Rev. DR.. Lorab, associate pastor
of Green street Church, and Rev. Henry
Baker. OF Wilmington.
The honorary pall.bearers wero the
boards of trustees OF Green Street Church,
representing DIR. Todd's first aud second
terms as pastor: DR.. John E. James, DR..
T. Granville Wardle, David Jones, E. Y.
Williams. Edward Gadsby, q. Charles
Knauer, DR.. l., w. Thompson, Frank
Mitchell Charles H. Dowler; st. Jamos'
Church, Olney, Samuel X, FELTON,; Fifth
Street Church. In 1870, Howard Roop;
two terms, Washington Hastings und
Robert ID. Wheeler; Trinity Church, first
term, GeorgeI Bodine second term, NJ.
5. Mccullough; ST. Stephens, German
town, William A. Church; Spring Garden
Street Church, Stephen Greene and Will
liam Stevenson; ST. Pauls Church, Now.
ark, N. j., Franklin Murphy. Interment
was made in West Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Among the Wilmingtontans present
son. Rev. Robert Watt. Mr.. and Mrs. II.
4. Pickles, Mrand Mrs Washington Hast.
ings, Colonel Enoch Moore, G. Wesley
Weldin, James Bait, Erancis w. Heis-
Ter. John :. Mullin, Jr., r.. b. Wheeler,
Job H. Jackson, Dr.. J. NJ. Curtis, George
". Todd, W. H. Billany. Fl. G. Robinson,
H. C.Downward,H Henry Evans and Mr. and
Mrs. j. Augustus McCaulley.
Rev, w. l. S. Murray and Rev. Robert
sociation at the funeral. NJ. Murray read
paper on the death of DR.. Todd, which was
recently adopted by thePrsachsrs' As
soclation as follows:
1--WE heard with profound sorrow OF the
death of Rev. Jacob Todd. ID. d broth
or beloved. A man who walked with God
and among his brethren with an unwaver-
ing and unfalterlng faith, an orator far
famed, prince and mighty man in Israel.
Or. Todd having served two terms In
Grace Church, spent about one-ffth
ference. We had the benefit both Of his
earlier and later ministry. The former
out with great prominence. The
latter bore the ripe fruit of golden au-
tumn.
The church that was so fortunate as to
secure his services for first term, almost
Without exception desired him second
While he was u member of our conference
he made himself one of us. We claimed
ications, helped to lift our burdensome
debts. was with us on our anniversaries
and we always accorded him the first place.
We elected him at the head of the vii.
mington Conference delegation to the
General Conference of 1888 and would
have rejoiced to have seen him In the
highest position tho church had to give.
He more especially endeared himself TO us |
by his regular attendance upon our
Preachers' Meetings. His love for Mstho-
]ism, his knowledge Of her history, polity
avs and his fam .liarity with almost every
Iubject and his fondne.s for debate made
lin leader among us. Yet SO modest
md unassuniing was he that the weakest
olt he had in DR.. Todd friend.
Therefore because Of the faith we had in
lin and the love we bore him we desire TO
ay this tribute on his bier, and to express
'ur sympathy for his greatly borrowed
amily and also for the church that looks
With q sad heart to-day upon the face of
lin who said, Let death with vandal
and strew all the universe with wreck
nd ruin, death and darkness are not the
nd of human existence. Above the earth's
ecropolis, over the graves Of all the ages,
piritual man shall walk through the
ates OF the city and be forever with the
Iord. Death ends the toll, it cannot touch
he finished work. Out OF all this wi,her-
ng dying foliage, comes at last flower OF
adoless, dcathess bloom. Light after
arkncss and life after death Is the song of
9th nature and revelation
w. L. S. MURRAY
ROBERT WATT,
JOHN FRANCE.