The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-12-07
W b. GORE,
J. ". HARpAwAY, Committee.
Mas LIzzIE II. JoSEs,

IN MEMCRY or OUR BIoTHEn =. EpH ARDS
Ayl.on appointesf- by OUR W. q. 10 write
and read an article before this Lodge,
h ad little thought that to nay eeble pen
would fall the sad task of paying tribute
Of respect 10 departed worth
when our little boats float gily down
the stream Of time, with sails unfurled
to the gale Of prosperity. and noi'n angry
wave or hoisterous biiiow arises impede
their onward course, when the skies Sc
renely bright bend lovingly abos US and
along our way, the gentle flower of hope
and Happiness bloom swectly, bedding
o er US tn delightful fragrance when
the sill r chords of friendsho grow
stronger brighter, binding hea.s more
closely as our days 20 onward toNrt the
eternal goal, Nc pause not anIdthe en-
chanting scenery 10 realize that care o.
grief can with poisoned breath chRge the
Z iad scene 10 one Of sorrow, or urti to
shes Of bitterness the te mptingruit Of
pleasure. Thus has il been with as 4
Lodge. Nearly two years have pased by
since around this altar = small detfmiued
band pledged to God and each othr their
sacred honor 10 prove faithful to he holy
cause e Temperance and TO eactother. /
Among That number was uoDley outh
whose breast throbbed high with hoe and
u I
Tuluess as citizen aud as GoOdfemp-
lar. Since that time We have revived
every manifestation of the smillH APP
prov%l of heaven, have been blessewitA
d steadily Increasing number, wlthpros
perity ia every form, with the ghtest
blessing, health; and 'tili now hse not
been called UOon 10 pay last trlgie of
pect 10 one OF our iraternai 5ant and
il may he that we had well nigh tOratteu
that the grim being of terror coui1visit
US. But truly death makes Ho distinaiou,
save TO ever seek "A shining mark, ssi As
often sends his unerring dart TO TAD
lUdgmeut in the youthful breast, farm
wi'h the gushing life blood Of healthan
happiness, as in that Of the aged world
weary pilgrim, longing 10 lay down the
burden Of life and find rest ia the dram
less sleep of the grave. BY what sarH
tidings We have been aroused from IN
faucied security and the fearful trlc 1
the young can die forced home tOpaT
minds We AL well know. one OF our ~
Der is gone, one tho met aud enJOyedOs
social reunions with US has passed 70 ilis
other side OF the dark stream, las gons
from our LOdge-room on earth nc er
return. were vain TO speak of tI7t n
estimation in which Brother EdwardEs
hc1 by this Lodge the fact OF n 49,
held three OF the most respous
in the gift of this body. lou -
his position IN our midst; that he
charged the duties OF his office Wiz.
punctuality aud precision OF the true In
OF business we can all attest. Ever pun
tunl at our meetings, ever social
pleasant It's not a matter Of wonder Z,
he is missed. sadly missed, and that tohiy
memory are given the sigh, the tear Of
regret, as reality whispers TO our Mart
neSermore, nevermorc, viii we grcetins
cheerful face, his sunny smile arouu,iouEl
common altar, or list iof the familiar 80
Of his remembered voice IN oar LogcT
room.
But, my brothers and sisters, as We
mourn the untimely fate-thc sad cath
OF our young brother, thus cut OF ia the
morn OF life, the bloom of manhood, suile
before him lay the eutieing beauty the
fair and yet unex plored ieId Of literature
and fame in garb OF celestial lovelaess,
and tones OF angel sweetness hoyeni on
golden piniOns . er and wooed him y the
steep ascent OF the sunlit brow Of Tia Hill
OF science, let this truth whisper e our
hearts, we too are surely passing aEay.
His work on earth * done. Soon, al too
soon, has he reached the end of life SOUR
ney-has passed the gate Of the cees lal
city-up the golden subway TO the land
OF rest; is now nearer Heaven; aearer
God than we. Though the death ans gel
bresthed on his young life and bon han
from earth, while he Journeyed in ast-an-
ger lang though far from the hoiasof his
youth-Sthe friends or other days hough
no dear voice fell on his card loving
hand miuistcred 10 his wants-m foad
eye watched with fearful agony hisspirit
wing its Hight into the Great Beyosl; and
he sleeps IN stranger earth, sad the
friends who loved him may ne or loek up
on the silent mound that marks tie spo;
where honor and worth lie sleeping, the
memory OF the loved and lost neIer can
be obliterated from our minds andhearts.
Them sleep dear friend and bnther-
sweetly sleep in your angel guardsd tomb,
gildcd with Immortality, anu thefe await
the resurrection MORN W hen in rev life
and beauty thou W lit arise 10 receive from
the hand of the Father, the an9anthine
wreath reserved for the brow ofali who
have fulfilled their mission here, aud mer-
il the reward of the true christias and tie
faithful, devoted Tempiar.
L III