Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-14
REQUIEsCAT IN PACE.
Obsequies Of the Late A. G. Manson Yester-
day-Resolutions of tho Board Of Educa-

Obsequ1es Of the Late A. G. Manson Yester-
day-Resolutions of tho Board Of Educa-
ton.
The last solemn rites were performed over
the remains of MIR. A. G. Manson yesterday.
Conformably with an order of the board OF
education all the public schools were closed
in the afternoon, and the members of the
board assembled at their Offices in Odd
Fellows Block to attend the funeral. The
committee appointed for the purpose pre-
pared the following resolutions, which was
ordered published in the city official paper:
WHEREAS, It has pleased Almighty God in
his infinite wisdom to remove from our midst
our respected associate, A. G. Manson, secre-
tary of the board Of education OF the city of
st. Paul; therefore, be it
Resolued, That in the death Of MIR. Manson
the board of education has lost faithful mem
Der and an efficient officer, the public schools
an earnest friend, and the city an upright and
valuable citizen; and while we bow with sub
mission and sorrow to this bereavement, we
mourn not as those without hope, believing
that he has gone to his reward IN a better land.
ResoIued, That we tender to his bereaved fam
lily our heartfelt sympathy in this hour OF sor
row and affection. and ioin with them in the
consoling memories of the character OF the alb
sent one.
Resolved, That as a token OF respect and re-
gard for our deceased companion, the othce OF
the board of education be draped IN mourning
FOR thirty days.
Every member of the board was present
Inspectors Benz, Donnelly, McCardy, Cullen,
Dufresne, Hagan, Kerr, Whitney, Merriam,
Scheffer and DR.. Murphy. At half-past l
the board proceeded in carriages to
the residence Of deceaseds family
on Summit avenue Upon arrival the
members took last look upon the
wasted features of deceased, after which the
Rev. NJ. d. Edwards read some appropriate
and consoling passages of scripture, and
offered short prayer. The casket, decorated
by loving hands with floral emblems Of
faith end hope, was then borne from the
homo which shall know him no more and
placed in tho hearae. The bereayed widow,
supported by her fatherless children, his
brother, DIR. Manson, of Shakopee, and his
wife, the board of education w. j.. Wilson
and other friends followed in carriages to the
Dayton Avenue Presbyterian church, which
was nearly filled with public school teachers,
pupils from the schools, and numerous
friends of the deceased.
The services were conducted by the pas
tor, Rev. Mr.. Edwards, which consisted of
singing, prayer and an address. The hymns
selected for the occasion we've those which
deceased especially loved. In addressing the
mourners and those who had come to show
their respect for deceased and their sympa-
thy for the terribly bereayed family, the pas
tor said he was not there to pronounce
eulogy upon their dead brother. Such 1t
thing would have been repugnant to his
feelings when alive. His retiring manner
and extreme modesty was known to them
all, and he could not insult the dead
by indulging in eulogistic phrases of his
worthiness and excellence. He would be
missed by these who in the walks of life had
met him as business man, and moro by
those with whom he had formed ties of
friendship. The church would miss him, of
which he was jealous and active member, the
choir missed him, of which he was the head,
the board of education would miss him, with
which he had been associated for year and
q half, but the void made by his death in
each and all of these relations was as naueht
compared to the deep, aching void caused
by the vacant chair in his family circle. The
address was not long one, but an earnest,
feeling one, concluding with words of COM
fort based On the consoling thought that be
died not like one without hope, but with
simple faith in the saving grace of Christ
From the church the body was taken to it's
final resting place at Oakland, where it was
planted in tears to be gathered in 10y at the
final harvest home.