Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-11
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The funeral obsequies of the late w. II.
Horn whose lamented death we chronicled
on Tuesday morning, were had yesterday
and were the most imposing that have been
witnessed in the city for years. Aside
from the benevolent orders aud the me-
chanical associations, almost the entire
population Of the city seemed anxious TO
pay tribute to the deceased.
PRELnuxARx ARRANGEMENTS.
The several Masonic bodies met at Ma
sonic Temple at o'clock and the process
sion was formed at 10 o'clock on Church
street, the right resting on Cherry. The
following was the order of procession:
Grand Lodge Representatives, in charge
| of P. G.. Master John Frizzeu.
Phoenix Lodge, No. l3l.
HramLodge, No. z, and twisting Lodges.
Cumberland Lodge, No. s.
| Edgefeld Lodge, No. 254.
Claiborne Lodge, No. 293.
Gemania Lodge. No. 355.
Order of Pale Faces.
Painters. ssf,e
Mayor, City Council and citizens
! Police. eA1
| Fire Department.
THE HOUSE OF MOURNING.
The Nashville Commandery No. 1, Sir
| knights, formed at their Asylum at the
Masonic Temple at Q o'clock and proceed
| ed to the residence of the deceased to take
charge of his remains. At that bereaved
home truly a house Of mourning, the
merit and worth of the departed were most
affeetingly attested- Stricken ones who
had lost a father and friend were in tears
| lacerated with agony which those in SINH
lar circumstances only feel and appreci-
ate. The house, No 40 College street was
filed with weeping and lamentation and
the room so long the family room of him
| TO whom these honoTs we're being paid
appeared to have lost its noblest adorn-
ment. In tasteful coffin, on which was
wrought cross and wreath of evergreen
and blossoms reposed in the silent sleep of
| death, the once manly form of MIR. Horn.
His face though bloodless wore still the
expression of benignity which so charac-
terized him through life. The Sir Knights
! surrounded the coffin and with uncovered
1 nLA9E Vic bOACAAAA CC4CADOA--So
| peculiar to their order. The ceremonies
were led by NJ. B. Howell and NJ P.
| Pitcher and nothing could have been more
| impressive than The recitals and responses
! After the ceremC MES and brief prayer,
the fire bell of No. 2 engine house gave
three taps which was mournfully respond
ed to by the other public bells of the city.
ESCORTED TO THE CHURCH.
Il -r-ara fbov ,,looa6 in fhn
hearse and escorted by the knights Temp
lar 10 the corner of Church and Cherry
/ streets where the remainder of the process
sion had formed. At this poiut, on
| the arrival of the hearse, the line
opened in order and the body under the
escort of the Knights, passed through to
Christ Church, followed by the process
sion.
| AT THE CHURCH.
On reaching the Church the remains
were borne by the pail bearers along the
| left aisle, to deep tones Of the organ,
and placed in front Of the altar. The Ma
sons and others followed and were sadly and
silently seated. The solemn burial services
| of the Episcopal Church were then had.
After the exercises of the Choir, Rev. DIR.
| James Ellis, Pastor of the Church, contin-
| .lCu tic bcIN1C0 ny Al q ILL
preaEiFp manner that portion of the Holy
Scriptures found in First Corinthians, from
the 18th verse 10 the close Of the 18th
chapter. The choir then sang the l3Oth
hymn.
peace, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan
Hath taught each scene note Of woe"
After the hymn was sung, deep and
fervent prayer was offered by the officiating
minister. The reverend divine then, In
few brief remarks, referred feelingly and
appropriately TO the deceased. He said that
it was a great thing for a man to live to be
seventy or eighty years of age in the same
community, without any one being able to
say that he had ever done any wrong. Yet,
of the deceased this could be truthfully
said. He feelingly extolled the many noble
qualities of the deceased, and said that
through all of his long and useful life he
was ever ready TO respond to the appeals of
charity and to every general impulse, and
that his last days were soothed and sus-
tanned by a consciousness that he had al
ways tried to do bis duty. His example,
his life and his death should admonish Us
that it was worth more to be in the grave
and have this said of US, than to go to the
narrow house with remarks as to howmuch
money we were worth or how many flashes
of wit we had exhibited. He close with
feeling tribute to his worth and good quail
ties
Past Grand Master John Frizzell, on be-
half of the Masons, delivered and eloquent
and feeling tribute to the departed brother.
From the obituary notice of the deceased,
prepared by Mr.. T for the Masonic Record,
we furnish the following which is credit
able alike to the head and heart Of the Past
Grand Master:
Our aged and venerable friend and
brother, Williamson Hartley Horn, IS no
more. In him was verified the promise,
''Thou shalt come to the grave in full
age, like As 2 shock of corn cometh in his
season.
He lived his full three score years and
ten, and has been gathered to his fathers,
fully prepared to render that account
which is the inevitable doom of all.
May we who survive him be as well pre-
pared to meet the grim messenger. May
our lives be as blameless as his, our
Masonic record as spotloss, and our attach
ment to the principles CT the Order as
genuine and sincere.
Bro. Horn was born in LynchbUrg, Yir-
ginia, July 10, 1893, and died at his resi-
utuCb III NhouNLlG, lb4Au-, Ol4 INC niOAAAl4f3
of Tuesday, March s. 1870, at 2:40 o'clock
He was resident of this city since 1918.
He was elected an Alderman in 1916. 1916,
1852, 1856, 1859 and 1860. In 1858 he
was elected Mayor, and served one year
He manifested commendable interest in
such matters of enterprise as tended to
promote the growth and prosperity of the
city. In the discharge of his duties to the
city, and in its behalf, he was true and
faithful performing his various duties with
promptness and efficiency. Brother Horns
connection with the Masonic fraternity
dates from August 80, 1926, when ha was
initiated in Cumberland Lodge, No. S, in
this city He was passed on the 30th of
Sept, 1926, and made Mastsr Mason on
Nov. IL, 1926. From this time to the
date of his death, he was an earnest, in
telligent, jealous Mason. His attachment
to the fraternity and its principles was sub
jeoted to tests unknown to most of us. He
was firm and unYRvering in his devotion
to our noble ORDER when there SeFe few to
sustain his course Masonry is popular to-
day; nor oar Lodges are crowded; then, to
he aMason, was to subject man to obloquy
and scorn. During these dark days of
persecution, Bro. Horn was always found
at his post, and upon more than one oGea-
sion postponed the advertised time for the |
departure of steamboats, he was command
ing, in order that he might attend his
Lodge-his presence frequently being nee