The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-25
Tribute of Respect.


At . regular meeting Of Union KilwinnipR 2
Lodge. No. 4. A. =. M, the following preau.
BILE and resolutions were unanimously adopt
cd. and ordered to be published iu the daily
papers Of the CITY:
IN MEMORIAM- A. W. LELAND. +
.Then Abrahsm gave up tho ghost and died
In good old age, an old mSn and full Of
years, and he was gathered to his people," I
But few dsys ago. and We sadly learned
that on the I'd instant. in the sighty.fouftti
year Of his earthly. pilgrimage. After long
and valuable life. Rev. "A. w. LELAND had
been called home. Others will ftly and de-
seFvsdy tell Of the sxalied Christian virtues
which were at the same time his chief profes.
sion and bis chief glory and honor.
But It is for US to point to him with pride
and satisfaction as one who. member OF the
Lodge for nearly sixty years. recognized the
good which is effected By our Order in the
proper sphere, and hesitated not 10 connect
himself Herewith; while during the length
ened term Of gears allowed him here, he so
carried out the tenets and lived up to the
principles OF our profession, that men looked
up to him and ssw how Macon should live,
and what Mason should practice.
Though for years absent from us, and living
in another city. yet has he not been forgotten,
nor has his example been lost, but his life has
been one constant lesson. teaching us our
duty; and now that he has gone up higher to
dwell in thst other city. the holy one, 'not
made with hand" where no is ct rest, this
memory OF lifelong usefulness is left us as
q bright and shining legacy, to be treasured
and garnished up. Truly, ''the memory Of
the just is blessed -
| On the oath day Of December, 1912, Union
Ktlwinning Lodge was revived with but seven
members, (all OF whom have been long dead, }
after suspension Of fifteen years. During
the next year, A. D. 1918, eleven members
were added to the Lodge. including the Rev.
A. W. Leland, then Pastor c: the James
leland Church; OF this number all but him
have long since died, while many others who,
! in the succeeding years, have united with ne,
| have also gone before, leaving not only the
Oldest member OF Union Kiiwinning Lodge,
but, as well ss we can learn, the Oldest Mason
| in South Carolina. And now we meet and we
| mourn the ioss of this Patriarch from our
midst, and grleve the sundering OF tiea which
have but strengthened and grown firm with
| the lapse OF years. e
Eulogy Is needless. The simple mention Of
his name calls up almost involuntarily to the
mind tho long, long life Of unwearied toll and
industry dedicated to the service Of Him
whom he served and persevered in even after
the almond tree had f0urished and the grass
hopper had become a burden. Now the silver
cord ia loosed, the poor tired dust has return
| cd to the earth as 1t was, whilo the glorihed
spirit, crowned with the coronet Of victorious
| rejoicing, has returned to the God who gave
It, Wo can SEQ him no more here below, but
his life is left US as pattern to be followed,
and in his death we learn "How blest the
righteous when he dies" Be it, therefore.
| unanimously GALS.
Resolued, That. a. members OF this Lodge,
we mourn tonight, In the death of the Rev
A. w. Leland, the loss Of q most revered and
venerated brother. and tine severance OF ons
OF the few rem maining links which bound uB to
The Aud Lang Hyne."
Resotued, That, as Masons, VIC grieve the
departure OF perhaps the oldent Mason in this
jurisdiction-of father in Israel, who, b,
his consistent conduct, has shown how the
Christian man can live true and hono1ed
Mason.
Resolued, That we tender to his bereaved
family our eympathieB in this their aff1iction,
| snd beg leave to minglo with theirs our grief
| for his luss.
Resolced. That, as q token Of our respect, q
blank pAge In our Minute Book be dedicated
| to his memory, and q copy OF this preamble
and resolutions be sent by the Secretary to
the family OF the deceased, sud be published
| in the Columbia PHGNlx and the papers of
| this city. W. GEORGE GiBbS,
Secretary, pro tenn.
CHAnLEsToN, g. O., November "a. 1871.