Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-07-11
Resolutions OF Coincidence.
HALL OF TERRE HAurK LODGE No. I9l
OF z. A. NJ, July 6. 1860

Resolutions OF Condolences.
HALL OF TERRE HAurE LODGE No. I9l
OF F. A. NJ, July 6. 1860
A meeting of the above Lodge, held on
he 9th Of July, A. L. $3.50. A d, 1860,
he following was unanimously adopted I:
The members of this Lodge realize. in
he sad dispensation with which Provi.
ience has seen fit to visit them. the ad-
truth that, Gin the midst of life
we are in death" Our beloved brother
aud friend, GEORGE f. LYON, was, but few
days ago, associated with US here, in the
enjoyment of good health and in the full
vigor of a matured manhood. We felt the
warm pressure Of his generous hand, and
were cheered by the ever pleasant smile
which beamed upon his face, when he eros
sed the threshold OF this cousecrated Hall.
We listened with pleasure and profit to his
counssls. and rendered implicit obedience
to his gavIl whenever il called us "from
refreshment to labor. But he has been
"cut down like flower" His spirit has
been called to the "Grand Lodge above"
The gayil Of the Supreme Master has sum.
moned him 10 another and, we trust, a
higher sphere; and he is left to us only in
the recollection of his yirtues-of his kind
heart, benevolent nature. manly perform
ance Of duty, aud earnest devotion to the
principles of our order.
LEAVES have their time 10 fall,
And flowers TO wither at the North winds breath
And stars to set-but all,
Thou hast all seasons for thine own, Oh. DEATH
Brother LYON has been, for many years
Free and Accepted Mason, and his mind
was deeply imbued with the euuoblina
principles of Masonry. Having penetra
ted all its mysteries, and reached its last
and highest degree, he became a compe
tent instructor in those principles; and W,
who have SO often been improved unde
his teaching will never forget with wha
kind and brotherly affection his admoni
tons were offered.
He died as he had lived, without fea
aud without reproach;" and with heav!
grief Of heart, we are now called on TO fol
low him to the cold and narrow grave, an,
to pay the last sad tributs of affection I
his memory; therefore.
Resolved, That, in the death Of brothe
LYoS-which occurred in this city, o
Tuesday morning, the 5th instant-thi
Lodge has lost one Of its most useful men
bers. society an honest man, aud we, VIII
knew him so we'll and so Intimately,
kind hearted and affectionate friend an
brother. Few men have lived who di.
charged better than he, all the duties whic
grow out of these relations; and few hav
died. leaving behind them a richer legac
OF benevolent works: his heart was cope
as day to melting charity" and his han
was ever ready to pour balm into ever
wound: his ear was never closed to tn
cries Of distress, and his feet, whether !
sunshine or storm, were never tn ned fror
the door OF The suffering. May he EMO
an everlasting spring in the presence
the "Omniscient. Eternal Judge" in thu
house not made with hands, eternal i
the Heavens"
ReSOlrsd, That, while our deceased broll
er performed we'll and honorably his pal
IN all his intercourse with u, his brett
rem, and with the outer world, he never fol
got the tender duties which grow out
he domestic relatious-especially those c
husband and father. To her who was III
affectionate shsrer of whatever of sorro'
or of Joy he met with in this life, he wa
always true. loyal, and confding; while I
those little ones who so often gathere
about his knee and were made glad by hi
cheerful smile, he was ever kind and ger
tie. To all of them we tender our hear
felt sympathy in their affective berev,
ment. and, Gin the beautiful spirit Of ii
Christians theology" we turn them I
that benevolent Savior who wept Will
here on earth" and who will always "fol
the arms of His love and protection aroun
those who put their trust and confdent
{ in Him"
Resolved, That, these resolutions
spread upon the records OF this Lodge, an
that the secretary furnish a copy of the
to the widow and family Of our decease
brother, and that they be published in Il
newspapers of this city.
RW. THOMPSON, Com.
id. WRIGHT, w. NJ.
s. b. SMITH, Sec.