Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-06-14

M. John w. Simons, P.G.M.; Daniel
ISickles, P.G.M.; Albert G.. Mackey, p.
GIN. Of South Carolina; Josiah II. E.
lDrummond, P.G.M.: James Jenkinson,
! P.G.M., and Joseph G.. Eyans, PIG Nj.
The body having been placed in the
hearse, which was drawn by six white
horses covered with black netting,
and each led by colored groom, the
procession moved on. The escort was
headed by large detachments of the po-
| lice force. Then followed officers of the
grand lodge and grand commandery,
and the following commanderies !:
Knights Templar: Columbian, Morton,
Palestine, Ceur de Leon, Manhattan,
Ivanhoe, Constantine and York, of this
city; Dewitt Clinton and Clinton, of
Brooklyn, and the New Jersey knights.
After the hearse came the mayor and
common council, in carriages, with the
Russian minister and consul-general,
Major-G General Hancock with Captain
Wharton, of his staff; Cen
eral Morris, General Duryea and
numerous others. The procession
accompanying the body, arrived at the
Church of the Disciples about four
O'Clock, and the casket, surrounded by
the pall-bearers and guard Of knights,
was carried down the aisle, preceded by
Rev. DR.. Tying, jr., reciting the service
of the Episcopal church, and was depos-
tied at the foot of the altar. On the
altar were placed floral offerings, one
wreath of tube and tea roses from Mrs.
G. P. Leslie, of BarnweH county, South
Carolina, two from the grand command
cry, and one from the grand lodge, rep
resenting Masonic emblems. The
plumes, cap and robes of the deceased
Templar were removed from the casket,
and replaced by wreaths of flowers. The
chief mourners, pall-bearers, grand mar
shal, aids, grand lodge, and grand COM
mandery defiled slowly down to the
church bearing wands covered with
Grape; Knights with drawn swords were
at the main entrance, forming line
through which the procession passed.
A guard of Knights, under the eminent
grand commander, John L. Conover,
following the casket. Rev. DIR. Hep
worth took the place at the altar, and
with him were Rev. S. II. Tying, jr.,
and Rev. DR.. Care and Rev. Mr.. Choon-
maker, grand chaplain of the grand
lodge. Rev. DR.. Tying officiated, after
the usual service sermon was preached
by Rev. DR.. Hepworth, he said
they were standing amid the awful
stiffness of death, which taught lessons
of the uncertainty of life, and the value
of faith, which alone can smooth the
dying pillow, and enable US to say" =" Thy
will be DONE"
In conclusion he said: MAY we never,
when the senior warden comes to us in
the shape of death, with his level, and
lays US low-may we not be afraid when
the junior warden, whose name is just
ice, tries our lives with the plumb,
but may he find everything as
it should be, and may we
look up without dismay when we hear
the call of God, the great architect, who
built for US homes in heaven, and thank
him for all blessing Of the present time,
and be afraid of nothing for the future.n
So mote it be. No direct reference was
made in the sermon to the deceased.
a choir of voices, consisting of the mem
bers of st. Cecilia lodge, Pratt and other
lodges, under Brother Jerome Hop
kins, sang a dirge, Peace to his
Memory" from SurIjne, after which
the funeral service, according to the
Masonic rite, was performed by the
grand master, ElwoOd E. ThOrne. At
the conclusion of the services, the re-
mains were escorted from Ile cnurcn by
troop of the Washington Greys and
Seventh regiment of New York, the
bands playing funeral marches. The
grand lodge of the State preceded the
hearse, which was surrounded by the
grand commandery of Knights Templar
of the State. The son of the deceased,
with Colonel ChiIds, of South Carolina,
followed next, after which came
the governors of States, Ter
ritories, officers of the army and
navy, officers of the civil service of the
United States, judges of State and city
courts, members of congress and the
legislature, and citizens.
The procession moved through Madi-
son avenue, Forty-second street, Fifth
avenue, and Fourteenth street, to Elev-
enth avenue, where the ranks were
opened, and the hearse passed between
them to the revenue cutter. Arrived
there, the body was taken offand placed
in the hearse, en- route for jersey City, |
where train was ready for its reception |
and removal to South Carolina. The
streets through which the cortege passed
were lined with people