HS5' uuKe universiTy Lioraries Obsequies of th Conf Pam 12mo #485 OBSEQUIES Per. #clir«uil f <: ^ovcl 1. %, %Wm liy THE BISHOP Olf TIIK DIOOKSt, "^ ST. PAUL'S OHliROH, AUGUSTA, SUNDAY AKThic (UJklSTMAS. AUaUt^TA, GA.: I-.A5I IMiESS OF CURONICLE & SliXTINHI. J 603. * ^ • 'N ■unday last over the body uf my beloved and lamented I'resbyter, Dr. Edwaril E. Ford, >v;vs received this morning. If this utterance of my heart i.i in harmony \j[iflti the feelings of the Con.i;icgali<.n, v/hieh wassolong cwuimilted to his chari^e, I place it entirely at their dispo.-'al. I v. i It us I Ril, :iii.l i.iuy M;at God may hli .ss my woik. Very tr.ily ami all. rti..i.ut.!y, y.,i.. I'j i:ev. \V. II. Clarke, Acline K^.-tur; (n-r. W. Kerry, W'uid.n ; W . !'. Carmieliacl, .1. .\f . Nev. I.v, \-.-.t!\;nru 5463 c; ■) «N \ Ai.MiGiiTY God, with AVhom do live the .^i)irits of those who depart henco in the Lord, and with Wliom the souls of tlie faithfuJ, after they arc delivered from the burden of the tiesli, :ire in joy and felicity; \vc yive Thee hearty thanks for the g-ood examples of all those Thy servants, who having finished their course in faitli, do now rest from their labors. And we beseech Thee, that we, with all those who are departed in tho true faith of Thy holy Name, mny have our perfect ronsumniation and bliss, both in body and soul, in Thy eternal and werlastiiiu' irlory ; throuiih Jesus Christ our l.ord. A men. OBSEQUIES The Tiev. Kdavakd E. Foi'.p. D. 1)., ontcred into rest at hall-past eleven P. M., on Christmas Eve. In accordance with the nnariinious decision of the Vestry, and liis own wishes, his remains were brought to Aiignsta for interment beneatii the chancel of St. Panl's Ohnrch, ol' which he had been Hector for more than thirty ycar><. The funeral services took place on the Sunday after Christmas, being ;ils() the Feast of the Holy Innocents, in the following order ; At IT o'clock, A. M., the Bishop of the Diocese, in his robes, and six Triests, in surplices, entered the CIrancel, in the presence of a large con- irregation, Avho had assembled to testify their affectionate respect for the memory of an old and honored Paster. At the same hour, the bod}-, borne on a Iner by tJic Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Paul's Church, left the house of Dr. Lewis D. Ford, followed by the family of the depariod. the "Wardens and Vestrymen of tlie Church t)f the Atonement, and a fen- very near and dear friends. When the i)rocession approached the Church, the liislioj) and attending I'riests met the corpse at the door, and went before it up the aisle, the congregation rising, the organ playing a low dirge, .-uid the I>ish(>p pro- nouncing the words : "I am the resurrection and the life, ;^aith the Ln\iD." ike. The coffin having been de])osited in front of the Chancel, the Jiev. W. II. Clarke, Assistant Ptcctor of St. Paul's Church, said the Anthem, alter- nately with the congregation ; thc>Kev. W. II. Harrison, Hector of the Church of the Atonement, read the Lesson ; and the Rev. J. H. Cornish, Rector of St. Thaddeus Church. Aiken. S. C, gave out the Hymn, "Jesv.s Savioit. of my soul.*' This Hymn, always a favorite with llie liector of St. Paul's, had been nsed during the administration of the Holy Communion, just before his .. tlien delivered the follMuinj: Sermon : 1 TllE^^S. II. 10. Yc iirr Avitiiosses, ami (}<>(1 also, how liolily and Ju.'Uly t\\u\ unblainca.My v.'c beliaved ourselves ainoiii;- y(»n lisaf believe: 11. As yo know how we exhorted and coniforted ami tdiai-^';ed v\cy\ one of you, as a i'ath.er dotli his eliildreii, 13. Tiicit ye should Avalk worthy of God, who jiatii ealled you into his kingdom and glory. W E A E E W I T N li f; 8 E 8 E E :m o n \ TnESf^ALONiANft— Ch. 4~v. 18-11.— Bnt 1 would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, roncerning them which are asleop, tliat ye sorrow not. even as otliers which have no hope. For if we believe tbat Jesus died and r(.se again. < ven so them also whicli 5lcei> in-Tesus, will (Jod bring with Tlirn. With what cxqui^sile delicacy dues the Apostle touch, in these verses, upon the condition (A the dead lie who was so bold when be stood before officers and kings, becomes gentle as a woman when be stands face to face with human affection He who reasoned so powerfully and even roughly when he was uttering truth, or grappling with falsehood, melts into tendcrest sympathy, as he approaches the ashes of the dead. Ho knew that the grave was holy ground to the heart of man, and ere he treads upon it, he takes his shoes from off his feet, lest he should wound afresh the already lacerated feelings. His Divine Master had taught him, that the .sublimcst grace of Christianity was its tenderness for human misery, and it flows from his pen with exquisite beauty, a,- he writes to his Thessalonian Churcli, of their loved ones who had passed before them through the dark valley of the .«hadow of death. He per- mits no gloomy thoughts to mingle with the memory of their departed, but associates Death with sleep, and the Grave with rest, and the bodies of the dead with Jesus, and their souls with the love and sovereignty of God He gathers around the sepulchre everything which might give consolation to the mourning spirit, and even as angels filled the grave of Jesus upon the morning of the Resurrection, so docs he fill the grave of all the dead who sleep in Jcsns with the radiance of hope and the presence of divinity. It was around the grave that the sublimcst victories of the Cross]^had been won, and it was therefore from the grave that their most precious comfort should be drawn. The Pagan v;orld might stand, as it had stood for ages, looking gloomily and sorrowfully into the grave, and see nothing there but darkness and corruption, but not sof-thc ^Christian Church, Her glory was, that Christ had triumphed [over death, had brought life and imiiiortality to light, had rolled away the great stone from the door of the sepulchre, had irradiated all its dark chambers with light and love, and was only awaiting the consummation of all things, to return in triumph, and bring with him, in their spiritualised and glorified bodies, all who had follen asleep in Him. In the view of the Apostle, there was no room any more for such sorrow as had filled the hearts of the children of men. They might yet mourn, but not as those who had no Hope. They might still weep for their dead, but not as those weep, who are to be forever separated. If they might only believe the foun- dation doctrine of their religion, that Jesus Christ had died and risen again, then was Death no more a iCing of terrors ; then were the dead only asleep in Jesus ; then was the parting, which had been so terrible, to endure only for a season ; then were the loving hearts which had been so violently torn asunder, to be re-united in a world where there should be no more curse, where God should wipe away tears from ofi" all eyes. "For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again ; yet doth God devise means that His banished be not expelled from Him." (2 Sam. — ch. 1-i- — v. 14.) And while the Apostle was writing to tlie Thessalonians. he was writing also to us. The world is the same now as it was then. It is subject to the like miseries, and needs the like consolation. Death is as busy among us as he was among the Thessalonians. The grave is as greedy here as it was there. The heart is as warm and tender in this new world ns it was under those Oriental skies, and Love rules as supremely as it ever did. We all have our Dead — we all have our Graves. Memory is forever busy with the past, and Imagination with the future, and half our lives are spent in grief for what we have lost, in hcpe that it may one day be regained. The most sensitive chord of human feeling is that which stretches down into the grave, and it niusf Ik- touched by a Divine hand, ere it will give forth utterances u'iicii .-hn!l [)<' sweet to the soul. If man's impotent hand presumes tit :nv(-ep it.s strings, his (ouch always grates upon the feelings, and woM)iico, \yo need to-day, my l)olovcd fcllow-mourncrs, for wc arc assembled to coininit to tlic grave, one not only loved and honored in himself, but associated in life and in death, with all the living, and all the. dead of this congregation. Not one of you can look upon that body as it lies, unconsciously awaiting its interment, without memories rushing back upon you, of all the scenes, whether of joy or sorrow, through which you may have past in life's eventful drama. For a whole generation, luis ho .served this con^'recation, izoini: in and out amonj:: you as a friend and a parent, loving you, watching over j'ou, guarding you, carrying you continually upon his heart before God. Ail the sacred offices of the Church has ho performed for you through a whole life-time, receiving you into his arms nt the font of baptism, and sealing you as Christ's ; instructing you, as you grew into lifo, oh! how carofully, i'.i tho way of righteousness ; counselling you in your doubts and perplexities ; comforting you in your s arrows : leading you, step by step, to tho Holy Altar of God, that you might renew your vows, :iud then unite 3-our.sclf with God, through Christ, in the blessed Sacrament ; joining you in the holy estate of Matrimony, and ushering you upon that new life with his sympathy and his blessing ; .standing beside your bo j.s'bf sickness, soothing and cheering you ; commending the souls of your dying into the hands of God, as into the hands of a fiiithful Creator, and most merciful Saviour; committing all whom you loveJ, the infant and the aged, the child and the parent, th'^ young, the lovely, the honored, the brave, "earth to earth, ashes to •ishes, dust to dust." looking; for the resurrection of tic last dav, What a fresh gu.sh of sorrovv bursts from you, as you, in your turn, commit his loved and honored head to its earthly sleeping place. It is like burying anew all your own dead, like reviving all the joys and sorrows of a life- time. What innuM'.erable forms ri.>;eup and enc(jmpa.ss that coffin, as our h'-art mils Ixu'k its memories, and gathers them from the tomb : swet^t iiiS'aiits with tiicir rhoiub wings, wIlmh he gave to Jesus; little pnitller.-. now ^^inging with nngels' nuisic, the prai.ses of Ilim wlioai he taught tliem to lovo ; young ::->ldicrs of the Cross, now brought back from ^heir sacred r(>sl, to testify 'o his faithfulness and truth ; h.usbands, wives, parents, all thronging from their tombs, an earth, our ])astor, our teacher, our guide. He led us to Jesus, liis voice was tiie earthly instrurnent of our instruction — his wisdom the earthlv means 10 of our guidance. His goodness wa;-; our ex.iniplo, for ^,vo followed iiini as ho. followed Christ. lie went before uf in life, as a faithful Shcplicrd, and never left us until he delivered ns into the hands of our waiting and loving Saviour. And now we hover around his coffin, while lie is borne on angels' wings, as one whom his Saviour has called to a higher Ministry • for, "blessed are tlic dead who die in the Lord." Glorious forms' precious utterances ! the proper and most fitting crown of rejoicing; for him who has accomplished his sacred v/ork upon earth. What an high dignity, ni}- beloved hearers, is that of a faithful Pastor over the flock of Christ. How little do we realise, when such an one i.^ living, and moving among us, what he is, and what he represents. N(n^ that he lies dcad'beforc us, and his memory is precious among you, you may learn a b.^son for the living from the dead. That man, now gone to render back to God an account of his stewardship, was, while on earth, an ambas.sador for Christ, as though God was beseeching you through him ; was a watchman set ever you by the Lord, to teach you and pro- monish you ; was a steward of the Lord, appointed to feed and provide for the Church, and the Congregation, which arc His spouse and His body. And how faithfully he wrought in all these offices, your con- sciences now attest. How he warned you in season, and out of season. How he unceasingly urged you to the performance of your moral and religious duties ! — how^ he rebuked you, when he tliought you careless or lukcv/arm I — how he exalted Christ's Church, and endeavored to attract you by its beauty and its holiness ! — how^ he pointed you the way to Christ through its rites and ordinances ! And when he left the sanctuary, and went to you, iu your own homes, how truly was he a Pastor, and a Minister of the Church of the Living God ! He was with you in all your troubles, and comforted you in all your afflictions. When he thought you in error, whether of doctrine or practice,, he plainly ana fearlessly told you so, and when he deemed it necessary, he brought the disci], line of the Church, without fear or i^ivor, to bear upon your sins. That a man, of like passions and infirmities as yourselves, should not sometimes have erred, would have been more than mortal, when such responsible and delicate duties were perpetually devolving upon him. But when hf> erred, he was always sure to err on the side of zeal for Christ's Church. . In the latter years of his life, especially, he seemed to live only for the Church. The zeal of the Lord's house consumed him. And surely may this be pardoned a mortal man, when our Lord himself became indignant, and fiercely punished disrespect for His Father's temple. You can see this now, and weep over any hard thoughts you may have li iia\v vuii . .ui c.ilv tniiy relent ..f if l.y (nideavoriiig to iTi»i(Mn])cr (linf lio, wlio slial] stand in liis plnco })(\si(lc tliis altar, ^vil] ]ikc\Yi,-^e be your Paslor niid -Minister, and iniisf liiiusclf do as he did, if lie Avoiild di^cliargc his duty to the Lord. Tlic best, aionenierit you ran iiialie for any failure in your perforinaui-o nf duty to\Yards the dead, is by taldng care that you do perform it in future to tlie liviu.i:. And 1 say this here, not beeauso 1 think that you are especially eh;iVi:e;d^]c with any su.-ii ue presrMu'o of whose body T aiu now speaking to you, loved you with a lov<^ that was peculiar ; was jealous over each and every one of you vrith ;i great, jealousy ; considered you as a part of him- self, l>ecaus(^ you \u^vv a pj'.rt r.f tlse. flock which he had gathered- ReincMiber Ito.v f.-w you wer(^ when hi* firs! took you in cha.ri^(> ; what .1 struggle i? ( .->• him [nr years to wii) back the children of the ('lunch ! how b.- was obliged to ])e:ir and sulVcr m;;ny things for the Church's sake. ;u)d you may well n-joiee that, Hod spared him to you so long, ft wa.s inf was truly intense. And you returned his love and proved your devotion to him — nothing but. death would ever have parted you. But even with al! this, I re-afl^rm that no Congregation really comprehends the relation in whicli it should stand to a faithful Pastor, It measures him too often in a mere worldly scale, as it would measure any Professional iMan with wb.om it chanced to be connected. It forgets that the con- nexion of Pastor anut this was forbidden hiu], and he could only exprc-s liis feelings, and pour out his sympathies through letters. He loved you to the last, and clung to you as his dear children in the Lord. lie felt that ho could say of most of you, as St. Paul said to the Corinthians, " For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many Fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the G!(;spol. Wheretore, I beseech you, be ye followers of me."' To the very last he kept you in his heart, and only with his dying breath did his zeal fur you go out. He died in perfect peace, having received from the hands <*f a beloved brother in the Lord, the blessed Sacrament of the body and blood of Christ. For him the summons of death had no terrors. Nature shrinks from the grave — the loving husband at .separation from the wife of his youth the fond parent at leaving children to battle with the world, but in spite of all, ho feels that it is better to depart, and be vrith Christ. " The Master is come, and calleth for thee I'' was a summons which found him ready — ready not in his own goodness, but because he lived by faith in Christ. Few men were ever so readj — so ready iu affairs — so ready in spirit — So ready in the works that Mh'x him. He had only to turn his face to the wall, and die. jLmMa has gone. Congregation of St. PauPs, to his well-earned rest, and ^rawaiting, with a full consciousness of blessing, the second coming- of his Lord. All who have gone before him from this flock, having died in the Lord, arc with . him there. They stand together unce more, upon that shadowy shore, still holding the relation of pastor and people, for, nothing can dissever that, until the judgment has settled all accounts. Are you ready to join your pa.stor there ? Are you so living as to be assured of the blessing which shall belong to tho.se who sleep in Jesus .' Your Pastor must meet you either as one who shall adorn his crown in the day of final judgment, or against whom he shall stand as a swift witness ! "Which shall it be ? Determjj^my hearers, here this morning rmHj^n 14 the last time you .shall stand in the presence of his earthly body, thai you will be one in spirit and in feeling with him, as he ws one with God in Christ. And now all that remains for u.s is to commit his body to the ground, a precious seed sown for innnortality. There it will be transformed, through the power of Christ, into an incorrupt and spiritual body, rising in God's ov/n time, in power and glcry. The earth is consecrated by the presence of such immortal seed, and processes of immortality are forever going on beneath our feet. The Prophet .saw this, when he sang, "Awake and sing, yc that dwell in du.st." The Apo.stle under- stood this, when he said, ''Them that arc asleep." Daniel combined them when he foretold, "And many of them that .sleep in the dust shall awake." Our loved ones, 'tis true, arc in the dust, but they are only asleep, renewing their strength, putting on their robes of beauty, awaiting the summons of their Master to awake and enter with him into gk«ry ! Why then should we sorrow even as others which have no hope ? Death is simply a sleep. And what is there fearful in sleep ? I'hcy dllFcr only in their duration — one is for a night, the other for ;i period, whic/.!, in God's viev/, is very little more than a night. Their souls are in per- fect peace, awaiting the will of Go'l. Wb.it room for grief, save as oia- own hearts may shrink from the separation. And our Saviour symj^a- thizes with us. He tells us we may mourn, butouly not as t!i().se ^vhicl) have no hope — not immoderately, not in rebellion, but rejoicing thronL:;h our tears, that tho.sc who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. We lay our beloved brother to sleep under tlie chancel of the Church he loved so well. Over him will be said the prayers he delighted in, will be sung perpetually the chants whosti music was in his heart. A kSaviitar'.M love will be commemorated over his dust, and the Gospel of great jo}».r will be forever proclaimed in his presence. 8vveet vVillbe his slee'p under such a re(j[uiem — quiet his rest in such a cem^'tei'y. And W)j,lay him here, just v/hen the Church is commemorating utie oi those -plBLt Festivals, in which his soul delighted, It is most belitting ihat tfu! drapery of nature in which the Ciiureh clothes Herself at tliis glori1)us season, should be his drapm-y of mourning. !le himself would have tlc^-* sired it so — for her key note was always that which harmonized Aviin his feelings. Her joy was ever his joy, her .sorrow 'was ever his .sorrow. As the truest harmony of his life, we lay him to rest under the altar of the living God, with all the a'rinnents of the Church's ])eauty rich upon her. ' * 15 After the .sermon, the Vestry of St. ruul's entered the Chancel and removed the altar to one side, exposing an opening in the floor; while the coffin, reverently borne by the attendant Priests, was taken from the aisle and placed directly above tlie gmve. The Rev. J. D. Easter, Ecctor of iSt. Peters Churcli, Rome, said the Sentences, "Man that is born of a, woman," v'v;c., and the body w;is quietly lowered into its final earthly home. The form of interment was pronounced by the l^isiiop, wliilc some of tlie Priests standing near cast earth upon the body. The Rev. AY. C. Williams, Missionary on the Ogeechee, repeated the words, "I heard a voice,'' &c., and the Lord's Prayer, and the service was concluded by tho Rev. John Neely, of Augusta. As the coffin, adorned with cross and crown of evergreen and snow- white flowers, rested in its narrow chamber, it spoke soothingly of the calm repose in whicli the bodies of the Saints await the resurrection ; and the congregation passing in order near the open grave, looked down upon the last earthly resting ])lace of their faithful and beloved Pastor. Very full of interest to all who knew the ties which had bound him tu the persons composing it, was this reverent procession. Tliere were the aged whom he had comforted in their many sorrows — husbands and wives whose early union lie had biess^'J, leading their children admitted by him into the fold of Christ — young men and women whom he had followed with his kindly instructions and fervent prayers from the Bap- tismal Font to the Sacramental Altar — poor pensioners of the Parish, ever the objects of his especial care — and a company of orphans, past and present inmates of the Church Asylum, that noble and enduring monument to the Christian ])eiieficcnCe and enterprise of tlie Pastor and his wife. After the last sorrowing group had de[>arted, th • tomb was isecurely closed and scaled, forming a fitting casket to guard its precious treasure until that day when tiioLord shall return to make u[) his jewels. On the night |):\.ccding these itii|>osiiig solemnities, the Rev. Sv\u Neely (•uiiii)used !!,• following: re(iiiief;i : IG SUi; CllUOE 1.ATET— ItEQlHESCAT IN PACE. 'Neaih the holy Altar .slonc Eest tliee now, thy labor done. Well liast thon fulfilled thy trust: There w'e lay thee — du.-t to dust. 'Neath the holy A^ltar t^toiie, "Fought thy light, thy victory won " — Thine arms undimmed by earthly rust, There we lay thee — dust to dust. In life, in death, a Priest of Ciod, In sacred vestments meetly clad — Tiiy soul with spirits of the just, There we lay thee — dust to dust. '' Fir tree, piue and box,"' have come To beautify thy glorious home — Thy own loved Church — thrice hallowed trust; There wo lay thee — du>t to dust Holy prayers above thee said, Dispensed the sacramental bread ; Till Easter break this earthy crust. There we lay thee— dust to dust. Faithful soldier of the cross I Thine the gain, but our's the loss. God hath called thee — God is just ; There we lay thee— dust to dust. luthe Church Triumphant, now The victor's wreath awaits thy brow ; Abide thy crown — in Christ thy tru.st There we lay thee — dust to dust. 'Neath the holy Altar stone Rest thee now, thy labor done. Well hast thou fulfilled thy trust : There as'o lay thee — dust to dust. w • 17 OBITUARY. Edward Eugknk Ford, was bom in Morristown, New Jersey, on tho eiglitcentli day of Xovenibor, ITO."). lie was thesoji of tlio ilon. Gabriel IT. Ford, a gentleiiiaii remarkable alike for the higlie t moral and mental (inalitics, and for his literary and k\Qpd attainments.' After beginning his edueatioQ at the public schools of his native village, he appears to have prosecuted his studies under the direction of his father, aiul to this cir- cumstance he undoubtedly owed much of the refined and accurate sdiol- arship for which he was afterwards distinguished. After his admission to the ]>ar, Mr. Ford removeil to S.Miih (.'arnlina, and practiced law for several years at Edgefield ('. 11. i>iii aiiothei- and more congenial sphere of usefulness was opeuiiij-- heft my- iiim, and he cheerfully gave up his prospects of success as a lawyer, in order to devote himself to the work of the Ministry. With this object in view he returned to Morristown, and comjjienced his Theological studies iukKm- the direction of an eminent Presbyterian Divine. At this time he lia.l not definitely determined to connect himself with any pa.ticular denomi- nation, being content to leave the decision of this matter to the leadings of Providence, and his own convictions of duty, after full and mature eiujniry. The result corresponded with the bias which his own mind had received from the teachings of his mother in early childhood, and ho determined to enter tho communion of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Soon after making this decision, Jio^became acquainted witii the Right Itev. Bishop Croes, of New Jersey, and that Prelate, conceiving an high opinion of his qualifications, andj foreseeing very clearly the valuable service which he was fitted to render to the cause and Kingdom of Ciikist, urged his immediate application for holy order.s, and admitted him to the Diaconale early in the year of our Lord, 1832. And in April of the same year he accepted the charge of St. Paul's Church, Augusta, and thus became the second Rector of that Parish. He was ordained Prie.st by the late Bishop Bowen, of South Carolina. He continued to fill this Rectorship with great credit to himself and marked advantage to the Church and congregation during the remainder of his earthly life — a period of nearly thirty-one years. In the spring of 1801, feeling unequal to the labors of his Parish, iic proposed to resign the charge, but the Vestry unwilling to sever the tie which had bound him to his people so long and happily, induced him to 18 accept instead, a furlough from active service. Under this arrangement, !:e retired to Floyd county, still preserving his interest in his charge and favoring the congregation of St. Paul's from time to time, Avith letters full of kindly feeling and wholesome counsel. On first taking charge of St. Paul's Church he found only sixty -eiglit communicants, which number had increased to one hundred and seventy- five at the date of his last Parochial Report. During his Rectorship he entered the following official acts upon the Parish Register : Marriages, 172; Baptisms, 918 ; Burials, 484; Candidatespresented for Confirmation^ 270; Communicants added anew, and hy removal. 497. The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity conferred upon him by the Faculty of Columb.a College, New York, was a well deserved testimony to the esteem in which he was held in tlie Church at large, as a Theologian and a scholar. In addition to the important services which he rendered in the General and Diocesan Councils of the Church, as alluded to in the sermon of the Bishop, Dr. Ford was also for many years a member of the Board of Managers of the General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society. He married on the 19th of April, 1833, Theodosia, eldest daughter of tlie late Dr. Theodosius Bartow, of Savannah. He leaves his widow with four children, two sons and two daughters, to mourn his loss, cherish his fragrant memory, and illustrate the promise, "Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in His commandments His seed shall be mighty upon the earth ; the generation of the faithful shall be blessed." 1 10 RESOLUnONS OF RESPECT AND CONDOLENCE. DEATJI UF WEV. DK. FOPvD. ST. I'Aui/s rnriM II. Al. ;i mocliiii^ of the As^^Lstaiit Ucct(n', Wardens and Vestrymen of St. FauFs Clmrcli, Augusta, held on the Feast of St. Jolin the Evangelist. 18fi2, tlic following preamble and resolutions were unanimously jidopted ; WnEiMCAs, it has pleased the Great Head of the Church to remove from tliv i-ccuc of his long ajid faithful pastoral labors to the rewards of Para- y ti>e Church in the death ol" the Rev. Edward E. Ford, D. D., ilor'f.T of St. Paul's Church, Augusta. l^e^olred^ That his long and self-denying work in our midst, his altaoh- ineiil, lo ilit> (IniiTh, and faithfulness in setting forth the Divine Truth cnti-ustcNl to hi^ kee|>ing; his labor of love among the poor, the sick and the allli<'led : iiis unwearied devotion to his holy calling; and his earnest oilorts In can-y <>u the Master's work in \\ui Militant Church — minislL'ring to the good of souls conunittcd to his care, and to the spread of pure and undeiiled religion — endeared him to us ;ill, and will make us <'Jierish his memory with aflectionate regard and reverential love. Resolved^ Tiiat in his life we recognize a beautiful example of the faith - ful Parisli Priest, contending as the Christian soldier .in his Master's cause— wliilc feeding with the bread of life the llock allotted him by the great Shephertl of the sheej) — until, at the end oi" his long ministry, he was taken from the evil to come, and made to rest from his labors. L'rsolrefL 'J'lial a copy of llicso resoliUioiis Ixj >;cnl to tlic \'cPtry of St. I'jinrs Church, as onr testimony to the loss tliey have sustained in the parting of the tie hindingtliem to their late Rector, and also a copy fur- nished to the family of the deceased, expressing our reverence for his memory, and our sympathy in their bereavement. A true extract from the minutes. CHAPwLES DWELLE, Secretary. Augusta, Dec. 27th, 18G2. A FAITHFUL ]>ASTOK GONE. Some of our readers will unite with us cordially in laying a chaidet upon the tomh nf the Rev, Edward Eugene Ford, late Rector of St. Paul's Chui-ch, Augusta, Georgia. Tlie deceased Ava>;, in years gone hy, a cherislied member of tlie Edgefiehl Village community, — a community at that time remarkable for the careful cultivation of all that was genial, refined and elevated in social life. He came a stranger in a strange land, and without the design of making this retired spot his abode; but at- tracted by the manners and customs of our ancient hospitality, he liu gered from month to month, and at length made his home among our people. Encouvaged and assisted by the late Col. Eldred Simkins, Sr., ho entered upon the practice of the law at this bar, and was tlie respected and, we may well say, the beloved contemporary of IMcDuflie, Butler, Cilascock, Thompson, Wardlaw and otlicrs, avIio then cast the radiance of their genius over the legal profession at this place. The. graces of his classical mind threw many a beautiful garland around those halcyon days, wliile still lie held his fealty true to Themis aiul her rigid requisi- tions. I)Ut it was not I'or literature, not lui' the law, that this estimable gentleman was intended. A voice from Heaven whispered to his kindly nature, that there was a higher, JioliiLr work for him in the cause o( the l.amb of (Jod who came to save a i)erisliing world. And sti'aightway. he l.'ft .'ill, rose up, an