Evening journal., 1901-05-28

tical recognition which gives to bust
ness Credit itg value and which mr
nishes it with IFS strongest credcntial
Early in lie. how early am not
able to say, ne identified himself with
the Methodist Episcopal Church. When
Grace Church was organized. he became
one Of the organizes. and one Of the
leading spirits In the new and import
ant enterprise, HE not only gave hisI
Thought aud time and counsel. but he
gave literally Of his means toward the
building Of that great church, one of
the most beautiful and imposing
church structures In the entire denomi-
nation, or In any denomination and
perhaps the c0atlest public bnildmgI
of any kind in this entire Stabe In
speaking Of his connection with the es-
tabliahment ~ this church. | would not
seem TO give him undue credit. but
think IL is perfectly fair 90 all others
10 state, that along with a few other
men. whose names are familiar 10 the
members Of the church. and win be held
in lasting remembrancen by those who
love ii, he deserves as much credit for
the establishment 1T that church ae
any other.
He was made q member OF iis first
board of trustees. and from that time
until his death, remained continuously
a member of that board. For q num-
Der OF years he had been its president
] No interest was closer or dearer 90 his
heart than the interest of Grace
Church and in no place viii he be
more missed. A member Of his family
made the statement that during his
later years there were only three things
in which he took any active interest
his home. his church and his business.
Anything that was OF interest TO the
church, was OF interest to him. and his
face I'm the public congregation on the
Sabbath and in the business councils
of the church viii be sadly missed. The
! parting from the sphere OF action of
such man, and the closing Of such a
! life Is always an occasion for regret
and sorrow, not only to those who
are most intimately associated with
4 him. but TO the people generally foI
such men can lily be spared.
To those who stood closest 10 him, In
the most intimate and confidential re.
Z iations-the members Of his own fam.
i lily, to whom he was the impersOnatior
Of everything kind and gentle and low
!
D confidential friends. who knew his In
) ner life and came to appreciate hi.
2 splendid personal qualities, the Still
} wider circle who knew and esieeme,
S him as a friend and brother IN churcl
! relationships, as a member with then
2 OF .he household of believers-thl
- church family. his death viii seem q
) be an irreparable loss. and cannot b
~ ar.rt f.f.rtIuFaN ttfffhnrff fnfltuu ..F n
: expresslhle sadness and sorrow
= But to these Of whom his death
e such deep personal bereavement
e there Is much comfort His work wa
a done. not simply in the sense that
s was cut OF. but In tho sense that
s seemed to bo completed and finished
An the scattered threads OF his lif
d seemed to be SO gathered together 4
the closing days Of his life that
looked as 10 he had reached the pOin
D at last when he could lay aside tn
{ burdens and enjoy the rest which h
o had so honestly earned after Sd man.
q active years Then, that about hin
Q that was esteemed and loved. Is no
b dead, and cannot be buried from sight
p His body will be buried from sight. bu
S It was not the body that was loved an
y honcred except as It was the tempt
@ Of those things which constituted hi
character. and made him what he wa!
e These qualities Of mind and hear
r which constituted his personality an
i endoared him to his friends, these d
G net die They survive; they are i'm
t mortal; they live on and on in IN
2 memory Of those who knew hin
j. These are the jewels. and while tn
p casl1ei which held them may he de
stroyed, they are left
Then there Is The comfort OF Chris
tian faith and hope, He who Is tn
resurrection and the life, speaks I'll
message Of hope IN the darkness q
1his experience and those who hea
Z, and believe already see the daybrea
I and the shadows fleeing away. "WeeI
! ing may endure for a night, but 10
y cometh In the morning" u may b
, night now. but the morning cometh-
y the morning of a cloudless and endles
q day "and with the morn. those ang'
faces smile. which we have loved Ion
= since and lost awhile"
Bishop Foss also made touching n
a marks. He spoke words OF cOmfol
y for the boreaved family and paid tril
y ute 10 the life and work OF Mr.. Jacl
~ son. He offered the closing prayer
I, The resolutions adopted by th
III beard OF trustees of Grace Church WEI
n read by Frank W. Helsler
~ Following the funeral services intel
>" ment was made IN the Wilmington an
10 Brandywlne Cemetery,