The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-11-17

AZ the sunday school concert held
IA the Floyd street Methodist church
iu Dallas, November :, 1877. Captain
John II. Mccoy, aftef al re Intro.
1uUtDTy address, referring 70 the death
aGd The chaTluteT gf the Rev. Thomas
J. Pligr.ln, OF Gonzales, tine 1ouuder OF
-uutay-gp in Texas, presented
ta. f1iiowing preamble and resolutions:
WHEREAS, we, she officers and chti-
dfSu ~ the Ssbhath-Echceis OF Dallas.
iu uDiun assanrt!ed, having received
tie Intelligence OF the death OF Rev.
AGomas J Pilgrim, which occurred on
Tie 3Bth day Of October, uitimc, ut his
Old Ieaideuce ia GOuSslgs, Texas, who,
90 tEu iEe OF his death, was one ofshe
ricu-Presidents Oftae Sunday-schoCI
state convention, AMI for nearly fifty
year. a resident Of Fexas; and
WHEREAS Mr.. Pilgrim, in the IN
fancy OF the first American COLONY ia
Texas, came from his native state OF
Connecticut, casting his life and his
fortunes with L, a. an earnest young
christian minister, and in the hall
century intervening has ever ulaia-
tanned a character in every respect
worthy of his profession, enjoying the
respect, confidence and love of all who
know bin; and
WHEREAS, la the year OF our Lord.
1879, now more than .orty-eight years
ago, Mr.. Pilgrim founded the hrst
-nonGth~sehonl ever organized H.
Texas, and ever since through pros
perity as well as adveFsity, through the
horrors of war ,as well as In the blessed
days ~ peace, has ever been the un-
waveying advocate OF the SUNDAY
school cause. a Jealous guardian of the
yauns, an honored citizen, and ster.
iing patriot; therefore,
Resolved, That we, The superinten].
ert-, teaehers and children OF the
I United sahbaih-schools OF Dallas,
! deeply sorrow to hear Of the death OF
this honorable aud venerable father OF
our cause In Texas, and herewith ten
| der our sym pathies to his widow aud
( family.
Rssolred, Tia; copy ofthese reso
{ lntions, sigued by the seperintendents
( aud secretaries Ut each school here
represented, be tranfIaitted to Mira.
I iIlyrian, ~ Gonzales, Texas. and 10 his
son, Tbomss Pilgrim, ut Austin.
NGsolCcd, That tie newspapers of our
clay he requested 10 puBiish these pro
eeedings.
fSscreiaries--A J. Blake, Charles
/ Gillespie, Ciatles Cfuteiiiald, A
Erehas, II. Doaglass.
/ SupeFintendsRts john ~. MeCsv.
/ Fisst Presbyterian Sabbata-school: A
I W Nowlan, i.zmar Methodist Epise2,
I pal South; w. J. Clark, Fiosd street
/ Methodist Epi, eopsl South; T.. A.
Stase, Taternaaie Methodist Episeapai
| ssabbstn-school; a. Krebha, German
| Presbyterian Sabbsth-sehooI II. h.
I 5esy, Cumberland Presty terrain Sab
bati-sehonl; A. II. Field, Go mmeree
street. Christian slsbbath.aehooi: Chnr.
I les OFT, German Methodist EPISCOPAL
Standardization Rev, q. w. Rogers,
7 Baptist Nghieth-school.
The same having been read. Major
John Henry Brown was called upon
snu responding gave brief and graph.
10 sketch 81 Dir. Pilgrim, from his
starting % Texas on a raft down the
I Aileghauy aud Ohio rivers In the au-
tauu Of 1873 through forty. nine wears,
residence la this state to tie day Of Ms
recent desih in Gonzales, crowned
with age and hvnars, and lasneutesl br
ali who la that long time had ever
known him. Having known the de-
ceased for nearly half century. the
speAker feellpgiy depicted the excel
lance OF his cAarscfer and his great
value TO the people, ond especially to
the young IN hts long and eventftl res
idenes 10 cur state. He hoped the
Resolutions might he adopted Ia a man
ilqs expressive ~ ctr sorrow ut the
death Of so trge aa,i 50 good a rnan.
AZ presiding e.fieer, Captain S6wlan
'rsuesied rising vote, ard every man,
< , sso.i.ae sssd CHILD voted far tho adop-
then = s,. sns resoisIieus. The exercises
t.?t ~ pass over si,s rivsr a -, s', ,'ts
s sas shade Of The trses,f
a. W. HOwLAN.
ckAsrman.