Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-01
FUNERAL OF Or. AVERY.
Impressive Services at Scott NJ. T.. Church
Thursday Morning-Interment at Fair
mount, Md.

Impressive Services at Scott NJ. Il. Church
Thursday Morning-Interment at Fair
mount, Md. ...a.
Twilight and evening bell
And after that, the dark;
And may there be no sadness of farewell
When embark.
So spoke Presiding Elder Robert
Watt, quoting Tennyson's beautiful
poem, at the funeral Thursday of Rev,
Walter +. Avery, ID, D., pastor of
Scott Methodist Episcopal Church-"1
hear him saying these words to me,
and then ! hear him say in the
luxuriant triumph. which is Zion;
see my pilot face to face,
For have crossed the bar.
The body of DR.. Avery reposed in
black cloth-covered casket in front of
the altar and was surrounded by many
floral tributes
DIR. Watt presided at the services.
The Rev. A. S. Mowbray of Port
| Deposit read the lesson, beginning,
Lord, Thou has been our dwelling
place through all generations. " The
Rev. Mr.. O'Brien announced the hymn,
Jesus, Thou all Redeeming Lord, "
| which was one Of the hymns sung at
the last service DR.. Avery had con-
Quoted.
After the singing of this hymn, DR..
Watt announced the receipt of the fol-
lowing kilograms from from the Rev.
John Y. Dobbins ID. D., who was a
classmate of DR.. Avery's at Dickinson
College: lone of the purest friend
ships of my life is wounded, but thank
God, not destroyed. Only the most
imperative and unavoidable engage.
ment keeps me from his side in this
sad moment
The Rev. DIR. King, president of the
Wilmington NJ. +. Preachers Asso
citation, delivered an eloquent address
concerning the dead minister, who he
said was one of the first ministers tt
welcome him when he came to Viii
mington. "He was generous, unselfish
frank, openhearted. loyal, sincere, true
as steel. If he had been one of the |:
Apostles. he would have been Peter
; or James, or John. In his ministry
he was the equal and peer of the mos
honored among us, and in this churcl
he two weeks ago closed a ministry o
/ more than one-quarter of u eentur,
, without blot on his ministerial life
or stain on his character. If were tt
be this word from Paul's letter t.
3 Timothy, "A good minister of Jesu
t Christ. "
, DIR, King warmly thanked the con
: gregation for it's kindness to the dc
) ceased.
Q The Rev. W. L. S. Murray, D. d.
{ of st. Paul's Church, then added hi
o tribute, referring to the death of d.
Avery in the harness, triumphant
d blessed. He had climazed his work a
n Harrison Street Church with a grea
g revival and he started his pastorate q
!. Scott Church with ambition to Wis
a every family and to preach better tina
n ever. He exalted Christ and was zealol
8 for Him. He believed that wholene:
e was holiness and practiced what
preached. As friend, he carried
storage battery of sunshine.
The Rev. John France announced IL
10sth hymn, "Thus Far the Lord lit
'e Led Me On"
The next speaker was the Rev. j.
ii Easley, who preceded Mr.. Avery
}. Scott and succeeded him at Harrisc
n Street, and he told of the sorrow
ie the people when the minister W
k stricken.
g The Rev. S. NJ. Morgan of Mlfor
st who was a classmate of DIR. Avery
is Dickinson, spoke of his faithfulness
er IA friend of his gentle, unsullied, gull
IL less spirit and his cultured mind.
h The concluding address by PresidiI
s. Elder Watt, who spoke out of fl
heart, deeply impressed the large co
10 gregation. He said the whole bent
r. DIR. Avery's friendship was to see he
Of he could serve his friends.
ny Prayer was offered by DIR. Wal
~ Then, after final opportunity W
| given to see the body, the coffin "
n closed, and was borne from the chur
is on the shoulders of the pallbearers W
were L. T. Grubb, W. H. Valentir
Levi Pfeiffer, Frank A. Gael, Char
p. Harvey, and Carlton Bryan. L
- ministers acted as honorary pallbeare
I; accompanying the body to the F.,
!, & B. railroad station. There the funel
~ party took the 1888 train for Fa
AZ mount, Somerset county, Md. Gene
No |. 7. Parker and L. I. Grubb went
III representing the official board of Sc,
on Church.