Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-20

McFaui, of the Trenton diocese, a lie
long friend of Mr.. STANLEY, PAID a
great tribute to him in the eulogy
spoken at the services,
Bishop McFaul spoke from the text,
And it is appointed. for all man once
Ito die and after that the Judgment
He spoke in his eulogy a few appro-
pirate and worthy remarks about Mrs.
Jane Stanley Elliott, sister of the de-
ceased, of whom Bishop McFaul said;
"A little over a week ago We met to
pay loving respects to a dear woman
whose life was one of charity and kind
ness. Today we are hero to
the same rites over her brother.
"These two strokes of Providence
have shocked their many friends, but
these friends are resigned, for they
know that the brother n sister are
destined to fulfill the words of st.
Paul: This is the victory that over
cometh ever our faith"
ut is appointed unto men once to
die. and, after this the Judgment
Heb. tx, 81.
Refers to Mrs. Elliott.
"Rt. Rev. Bishop, Rt. Rev. n Rev.
Fathers and dearly beloved children of
the laity:
Monday, week ago, we gathered
here to lay al rest q Christian lady
who had endeared herself to a large
circle of friends in her much loved
city of Newark. Todag we have as
sembled to perform the last rites OF
holy church over the remains of her
brother. These are severe strokes to
two families and specially SO because
they followed so closely on each other.
Still they are resigned to the will OF
God. What their families most de-
sired in this hour of affliction has beer
given them by the knowledge thai
their dear ones, in their last moments,
were fortified by and enjoyed the con-
solutions of religion, believing that the
victory which overcometh the world Is
our faith.
How soothing, at such a time, are
the words of st. Paul, taken from his
epistle to the Thessaloniani Qv., 12-1D.
There are two characteristics OF
death which are calculated to make q
great impression on every erious-mind
ed man, it's certainty and its urleertain-
ty. We know we must inevitably re
turn to the dust whence we sprang. OF
this Holy Church reminds us annually
on Ash Wednesday: Remember
man, that thou art du.. and untC
dust thou shalt return
Certainty OF Death.
This certainty of death is vel
brought home to US by the fact tina
there are about a billion and a hal
of souls in the world at the presen
time. Not much more than a centur!
shall have passed when this vast null
titude shall be swept from the face o
the earth, resting in known n un
known graves. A few years age
stood on the feld of Waterloo. VIVA
did 1 behold there? The great gen
erals with their thousands of soldiers
the most renowned military genius O
modern n perhaps ancient times
Napoleon; the serried ranks of lnfan
try and cavalry? No, in their plac'
were green fields, fruitful orchards
running brooks, lowing herds, peace
full peasants and laughing children
The memory of the rms of tina
field was handed down to posterity b,
II colossal mound, but the bodies o
all those who participated in that stu
pendous event had all crumbled int
dust.
THE next thought connected witt
death which deeply impresses us Is 1t
uncertainty. We may live a long life
or we may be taken away in tende
years; we may die on land or sea; II
our homes or in the wilderness; W
may be consumed slowly by some lin
gering disease, or life may be sud
denly extinguished; we may be pre-
pared by religion for the dread sum
mons, or deprived of its comforts.
with such thoughts as these il
mind, the apostle writes his epistle, +.