The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-10
The meeting then adjourned.


At the SUNDAY school concert held
In the Floyd street Mothoiiat church
In Dallas, November /, 1871 Captain
John NJ, Mccoy, after u short Intro,
duclOry address, referring ~ the death
and the character Of the Rev. Thomas
j. Pilgrim, Of Gonzales, the founder Of
Sunday-schools IN Texas, presented
the following preamble andresoIutious;
WHEREAS, we, the ollicers and chill
dren Of the SahbGth.sChOOl8 OF Dallns,
IN union assembled, having received
Thomas j. Pilgrim, which occurred on
the GOth day OF October, ullimo, AT his
old residence IN Gonzales, Texas, who,
Mt the time of hia death, was one ofthe
vice presidents Of the Sunday school
slntc convention, and for nearly fifty
years Il resident Of IeXas and
WHEREAS, MIR, Pilgrim, in the in.
fancy OF the frat American COLONY in
Texas, came from his native state OF
Connecticut, casting his life and hia
fortunes with II, a,an earnest young
christian minister aud in the half
century intervening has ever main.
tanned character In every respect
worthy of his profession, enjoying the
respect, confidence ard love of all who
knew him; and
WHEREAS, la the year OF our Lord,
1929, now more than forty eight years
ago, Mr. Pilgrim founded the first
sabbath school ever organized in
Texas, aud ever since through pros.
periIy ms well as adversely, through the
horrors OF Wapas well AZ IN the blessed
days OF peace, has ever been the un-
waveling advocate Of the Sunday
school cause, jealous guardian Of the
young, an hunorcd citizen, aud u ster.
ling patriot; therefore,
ReSoircd, That we, the superntend-
euts, teachers and children of the
United Sahbath-sChOols of Dallas,
deeply sorrow to hear of the death OF
THIS honorable and venerable father of
our cause in Texas, and herewith ten.
der our sympathes to his widow and
family.
Rcs0lGcd, That copy of these reso
lutions, signed by the uperiutendents
and secretaries OF each school here
represented, be transmitted to Mrs.
Pilgrim, at Gonzales, Texas, and to his
son, Thomas Pilgrim, Mt Austin.
RcS0tCtd, That the newspapers of our
city be requested to publish these pro-
ceedings.
Secretaries-A J. Blake, Charles
Gillespie, Charles Crutchfeld, A.
Krebbs, ii. Douglass.
Superintendent John Nj. Mccoy,
First Presby terian Sabbath-sch0ol A.
W.NowlaU; Lamar Methodist Episco,
pal South; w. j, Clark, Floyd street
Methodist Episcopal South; e. A.
Stase, Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal
Sabbath.school; A. Krebbs, German
Presbyterian Sabbath-achOol IL. b.
Seay Cumberland Presbyterian Sab
bath-schOol; n. IL. Field, Co mm,rce
street Christian Sabbath.school; Char
les OFT, German Methodist Episcopal
Sabbath school Rev. G. w. Rogers,
Baptist SabEath.school.
The same having been read, Major
John Henry Brown was called upon
and responding gave n brief and graph.
ic sketch of Mr.. Pilgrim, from his
starting to Texas on raft down the
Allegheny and Ohio rivers in the au.
tumn OF 1928, through forty'nine years
residence in this state to the day. OF his
recent death in Gonzales, crowned
with age and honors, and lamented by
all who in that long time had ever
known him, Having known the de-
ceased for nearly half century, the
speaker feeIingly depicted the excel
lence of his character and his great
value to the people, and especially to
the young in his long and eveutful res
idence In our state. He hoped the
resolutions might be adopted in man
ner expressive Of our sorrow at the
death of so true and 30 good man.
AS presiding officer, Captain Nowlan
requested risingvote,and every man,
woman and child voted for the adop.
ton OF the resolutions. The exercises
then closed with that beautiful song,
"Let us pass over the river, and rest
under the shade Of the trees"
A. W. NoWLAN.