The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-12-11
Tribute Of Respect.

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Atthe regular communication Of Dashelt
Lodge, No. 23s, AZ Masonic Hall, in Elizabeth
zen, Tenn, on Monday evening, NoHember2,
A. D. 1883, A. D. 5sesyit was a%puodncsd that
Brother Dawn Z. BUCK, bad depnrted this life,
on the Ist day Of November, and, t%heredpon,
On motion, Bros. jas. /, RaBoyd. Isaac A..
TAYLOR and JnoJ p. Smith, were appointed a
Committee TO draft a preamble and rfsolp-
tlous, expressive Of the pTopund reeret, Of
the Lodge, Ia tho loss they had sustained in
the 0enth Of their Brother. ,
After retiring for. Q Wills. the Committee
reported the following, wbieh was unani-
mously .ndopteG.r ~ a l~e
WHEREAS, It has pleased Alpighty Sod, in
HIS mscrutible wisdom, 60 remove from the
scenes Of earth, our worthy and esteemed
Brother, DAVID Il. BUCK. We consider it rs
altogether propersRnd .e%xpedieRb ~torO9erFn
.fee5is tribate Of respect. t6i tie cberishkd
memory of our. departed Brother whose e1-
allied viRtues will forever live and bloom in
the rerollections of those, who
Knew him but 10 love htn.
Nerpspsd hid sbutto y rniss B
Ills true we most sincerely dePloys tbs
Of our Bother, but'we Sorrow not as
those who have no hope,e fo- If The besuti-
fuI proprieties Of cpnddcf which be he ISAIAH
times exhibited, 10 his Intercourse with his
frieuds.And acqpainlaqcesi may tnrplsh. q bA-
ais On which 10 establish AptesqpRt9ni We
must at once conclude, q that our loss ia bis
eternal gain, and that he has gone to obtain
the rich inheritance, which. will, doubtless,
be awarded to him, by the OmhIpoteut Jndge.
of the ,Univsrse, as A. reeampeRss ofFewaFd
for the correct and virtaous department of
Ma denesnor, during the short period, in
which he was Engaged IN the great eou-
Dict OF earth, We ldndly hope. that
g when the dull sc snes Of lln arc Ger
And dust returns ., DUST %
tbat we may be permitted 20 rs.unite with
nm again ia the blissful cline Of eternal hap
niness.s where flowers bloom JIM perpetual
g,andenr.l no more 70 fade away, and where
soFf6w and death eaa never come, and
vb,re friends are never parted, and ID that
Nanny cline every true Mason, hopes At last
IN end a refuge from the tolls and perplexi-
ties of this ttansitory lifs,YirsX tIftrF
We most cheerfully unite our symPathyito
the berenyed parents and kindred. We would
say 10 fbgm, gaaEtle beart-iendiug bsrfave-
.meot, which has fallen upon thems may leye
bsgn conceived in the Divine mihd, 10 The
Great Councils Of Eternity, for some especial
nurpose, which can only be known TO Hun,
WHO u,tempers The wind TO the shorp lamb
and who suGeys not a sparrow 70 Il 20 The
erouud Without His ob5sTyation, ror II q eer-
Iainly true, thes J, ,ti issss
~Gad moves 20 Amyslsrious way
Els wouhrst 10 psfiofn,
VI. utants hls Footsteps In the sea
y r Aid ndpsapsu'ths itomthf i4 4tt1f
In consideration Of our exalted esteem Tor
beloved 8fother, u istberefors
Rtsolpsd mat re DO most e0rdislIy symps-
tsife vida biz hmily and ftieods in the dis
,rsssipg calamity, which has Allea upon.
Pcslss, Tsatf n be assth 10 Htoiher
I,vip +. BECK, our Lodge mas Loss one d rs
bphmsnts, md iths eommanitylf
.b,en deprived % "a ufrIghs and worldly
.,f-anT Hultf ~
R,,oiv,s, THst - 4 token o. regard for oar
d.eessed Brolbef. We wear shs usual badge
sf mourning ior thirty days.
Psf5lp<d. That the parents Of The deeeafsa
be nluls6td a eSPy offhtss proeeediag', and
tbat az zane be properly prtserysd IN ibe
Ar1biist 81 narL Lodge ADD 90 aceg jal-
ni,hed tse Jpnssboro' Ugios FtAo ief pn3li-
Jobx p. saiTH,
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