E T Vassar
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 56
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XII. SERVICE REVIEWED. "Champion of Jesus--man of God, Servant of Christ, well done! Thy path of thorns hath now been trod, Thy red-cross crown is won." The natural limits of this memoir have been already reached. The story of this humble, godly, useful life has been told, and it might properly be left to go before men's eyes without the addition of another line. But in Dr. Tyng's and Rev. Mr. Brouer's churches in New York, in Dr. Fulton's and J. Hyatt Smith's in Brooklyn, in Rev. Mr. Twichell's in Hartford, Conn., in Rev. Mr. Holman's, Bunker Hill, Boston, and elsewhere, memorial sermons were preached, or memorial services held, the Sabbath following the burial of Uncle John; and these unusual, perhaps unprecedented, marks of affection and respect demand some recognition here. Articles, moreover, from at least fifty different papers, secular and religious, are in our hands, all paying tributes to the man such as fall to the lot of few. The material thus furnished has been largely drawn on in the preparation of this book. The commemorative meetings in the Holy Trinity and North Churches, of New York, however, have not been referred to in these pages, and several newspaper articles, graphic and beautiful, have been left unused, because of an unwillingness to insert them in fragments or parts. To these tributes let us devote a few leaves. Of the gathering in Dr. Tyng's church on Sunday evening, December 15th, we have only the meagre press report. The night was unpropitious, but the attendance was very large. "The pastor in opening the service said that he had thought of draping the pulpit in mourning, but on reconsideration he concluded that it would be out of harmony with the cheerful spirit of him who had just entered into his...