Smyrna times., 1900-06-27
MEMORIAL SERVICE AT ASBURY.
Methodist Sunday School Pays Tribute to
the Memory of the Late Hon. John
Henry HOffecker.


The Sunday School of Asbury NJ. E.
Church dispensed with the regular
lesson Sunday afternoon, holding in
its place Memorial Service in recog-
milton of the nearly quarter of a CEN
tury service of Hon. John H. Hof-
fecker as its superintendent, which
he gave up last December to make his
residence in Washington during the
session of the 56th Congress.
The raading of the 14th chapter of
st. John, / to 10 verses, by Miss Mar
garet Robinson, was followed by we'll
timed address by l.. NJ. Price, the
superintendent, of from ten to twelve
minutes, dwelling on the merits of
Mr.. Hoffecker, and the interest and
fidelity he had ever manifested for the
school throughout the years.
An address was also made by the
pastor, Rev. G. A. Hill, dwelling on
'oOrk as the measure of success, in all
departments of christian duty. This
he pronounced the crowning feature of
the life of the deceased. Several ap-
prOpriate hymns were sung by the
school, and A. N. Reading, of Phila-
delphia, Pa, sang solo, Sometime
Well Understand. as did also L. NJ.
Price, entitled Beautiful Land"
Miss Mary W. Thompson read with
marked effect the following preamble
and resolutions, embodying the senti-
ment of the school:
Charged with the sad and tender duty of
seeking to voice the sense of loss of our
Sunday School in the sudden exit from the
scenes of human life of our beloved ex-Sup-
intendent Hor. John Henry Hoffecker, We
would present the following:
WHEREAS, We have been stricken with as
tOnishment and grief, and can but dimly
realize the proportions of the great bereave-
ment which has so suddenly overwhelmed
us, and
WHEREAS, The clouds hang low and chill
about our hearts, as we sit dumb with sOr-
row, amid the wreck of our fellowships,
trying in vain to realize that all we now have
| of John Henry Hoffecker is only memory
memory of kind cheer, of wise cOunsels,
of rOble example and of unwearying help
fulness, therefore
ResOICed, That we testify that during all
the twenty-five years through which he has
gone IN and out, before our Sunday School
as the leader of its activities, as well as the
| burden bearer of its manifold interests, his
! christian integrity and fidelity have shown
cOnSplcuOuSly forth, in the varied scenes
/ of duty and devotion which have marked his
life: And we realize that we have lost a
christian friend, a stalwart leader a diligent
/ or fTTI uIysans
| yard.
ReSoloed, That we tender to the bereayed
hearts of the stricken home, our deep svm-
pathies, and assure them, that while we
know that no human words can scatter
the gloom of their earth born shadows
which now envelope them, yet we NAV re-
mind them that Behind the Clouds, the
suns still shining" and remembering, that
as we firmly believe our beloved departed
one has only passed beyond the last of these
earthly shadows into the clOudless and eter.
nal sunshine of God, we may lift our eyes
ear-blinded as they are over our loss, until
the very drops that dim our vision, NAV
prove the lenses through which we NAV
catch some CLEANS of the brightness of hi.
eternal gain.
ReSOLCed, That our hearts share the bur
den OF loss sustained by our whole church
recognizing that the genial faithful anC
efficient leader and burden-bearer of the
generation past. has suddenly dropped tn,
implements of toll, and weapon of Christian
warfare, and gone to his reward. leaving tC
us, heavier burdens to bear, and wider
range of the exposed battle line of the
church warfare for us to fill and defend il
the great conflict against Satan and sin
And we pledge our renewed diligence to lif
a little more and take another step forward
IN effort so fill up the gap which has beer
left.
Res0tced, That while we wreathe his mem
DRY with the cypress, which tells of our sor
row, we will entertwine with it the lay
which tells of immortal hopes, and liftin!
anew the burden of our humans life still lief
TO us,we will labor on, till our sunset come.
and then go to share with him the rewart
OF the faithful, and hear with JOY the Mas
ter's well Donen'
From the dust of the weary highway,
From the smart of sorrows rod,
Into the royal presence,
We shall go as the guests of God.
The veil from our eyes will be taken,
Gods mysteries will be shown,
And with doubts and fears all over.
we shall know as we are known"
l.. NJ. PRICE,
ELIZABETH Mcdowell,
WALTER w. HyNsoN,
MARY w. THOMPSON.