The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-21

DELAWARE w ATER ZAP, March Sth, 1917
To the w. C. T. officers and members of Del
aware Water Gap Lodge, No. 943 /. o. ofG. I.
Your Committee appointed to draft Resolu.
tions on the death of our late Brother, A. B.
Burrell, would respectfully offer the following
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased the father of mer-
cies in his wise Providence to remove from u:
by the hand of death our honored and beloved
L. D., brother A. B. Burrell, charter member
of our lodge, and the first l.. D. which office he
held at the time of his death, and
WHEREAS, 1t is becoming US as Good Tenn.
plars to express in an appropriate manner oul
high appreciation of his worth, and our estima.
ton of the valuable services rendered to the
order, that he has been with so long and eff
ciently, both as an officer and brother, there,
fore, be it
Rcsolred, That in the death eff L. D., A. B.
Burrell, Del. Water Gap Lodge has lost one Of
its best and truest members and we sincerly
mourn his loss, concious that one of our best
and most upright has fallen, and that We have
beeen deprived of the services of a most eff.
cient member and officer
Resolred, That his exemplary life in the strict
honesty of his transactions with his fellow man
in his sober and temperate habits, in his devo
tion to the cause of temperance, in his strict re-
gard for truth, in his noble and unselish love
for all that was good and true, in his purity Of
conduct and his fidelity to principle, we recog,
nize the true templar and faithful exponent oi
our creed and principles.
Rerolred, That while we mourn our irrepara.
bic loss, and bow to the will of his who doeth
all things we'll, we tender our heartfelt sympa-
thies to the bereaved family, and condole with
them in the loss of true and devoted husband
a kind and affectionate father, true christian
a jealous worker in the cause of Christ, an eff
cient and able co-worker in the cause of tenn
perance and useful member of society.
Resolred, That the death of our brother ad-
monishes Us so to live, that when we are sum.
moncd from our labors here to pursue the re-
naming age of our journey, we may be found
fully tried, approved and selected and prepared
to appear before the great chief in that Lodge
and building not made with hands, eternal in
the Heavens.
We canot tell who next may fall,
Beneath the Christening rod;
One must be first, but let us all,
Prepare TO meet our God.
Resolved, That while we mourn a member
taken from our earthly Lodge, the teachings Of
our order, based upon the teachings of the bible
encourage us to follow our brothers example in
toiling for the right, looking for reunion with
him when the conquered grave shall give up
its dead and Immortality shall sieze our glori-
fed humanity, when, throned above the power
of time and chance and change we shall read
inscribed upon the glitteriDg dome of our
Heavenly Temple, these immortal words We
shall never die.
Resolred, That as token of respect to our
deceased brother, the charter of our Lodge be
draped in mourning for sixty days
Resolrcd, That copy of these resolutions be
entered on our journal and also sent to the
Widow of the deceased and to the Temperance,
Gazette, Monroe Democrat and THE JEFFERSON.
IAN for publication. Resp'ly Submitted in F.
III. & c.
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