Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-19
LODGE OF SORROW
To be Held Tonight In Honor Of the Ia
mented Masonic Dead---Llst Of the
Martyrs and Programme OF
Exercises.

Tonight, at half-past sever o'clock q
Lodge Of Sorrow in honor Of the Masons
who died during the late yellow fever cpl
demic will be held in the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church. The heroism ofthe
Masons is attested by the graves Of their
martyrs in Elmwood. The Lodge of Sor-
row tonight viii be a sad and impressive
occasion. sacred indeed to the memory Of
noble men who fell at their post of duty.
When desolation brooded ove Memphis,
and the Angel of Death came to dwell
here, the hope-lit charity of Masonry
shone brightly through the melancholy
gloom. Its beautiful virtues grew all the
more lustrous and CLEANED through the
long dreary Solitudes Of terror and suffer-
ing to cheer and to animate its valiant
members to renewed effort and unfinch-
ing courage. How many of its brave men
fell and gave up their lives for others
need. not be told. Upon entering the
Court Street Cumberland Presbyterian
church tonight the visitor will find him
self in a palace of mourning, a veritable
lodge of sorrow. The interior of the
church is draped in mourning. Upon an
elevated platform rises bleak monument,
thirty-two feet in hight, bearing the
names of the dead. The base of this monu-
ment is composed of a aoral entablature.
At either side is q floral banner inscribed:
Dead, but not Forgotten" At the front
of the platform is the catafalque, on which
rests a coffin embellished with gold. At
either end Of the catafalque will be seen
lighted candles. The walls Of the church
are hung with ~festoons Of evergreens and
Grape, floral stars, crosses and Masonic
emblems, the effect being all the more
solemn by the presence of gray moss,
Attached to the gallery are three large oil
paintings representing Faith" Hope
and CHARITY" AT the lodge tonight
Grand Master George G. Conner, Of
Knoxville, will occupy a seat immediate
ly in trent of the monument and behind
the catafalque. Grand Commander, Viii.
, bur F. Foster, Of Nashville, will have 8
place on his right, and Presiding Officer
Fred Nelson, OF this city, on the left.
THE DEATH ROLL.
On the monument, which is Of blacl
Grape, appears the death roll of the differ
ent lodges, as follows;
South Memphis Lodge, No. lisa. j
Wheeler, P. NJ. and P. G. NJ; S. f
, Walker, S. w; John A. Holt, treasurer
T. w. Hoist, j.. B. Campbell, R. B
Clarke, ]. T. Fenwick, S. NJ. Jobe, Geo
K~ealhofer, J. NJ. Peabody, M. Samuels, J
P. Trezevant, w. w. White.
Angerona Lodge, No. 1851. w. An
derson, B. w. Avent, T. Foltz, ]. W
Heath, William McElroy, Isaac Neyill
L. o. Pettus, G. Reder.
! Leila Scott Lodge, No. 2S9-Morri
Bloomfield, Robert Nicholson, Thomas Il
Donnelly, Robert w, Mitchell, George Il
) Hoist, John S. Edwards, Martin EykC
Henry S. King, Z. Rush Loop.
DeSoto Lodge, No. 299-Ed Worsham
P. NJ; R. r. Catron, John G. Lonsdal,
If j., treasurer; Frank Bras, j. II. Chenc
weth, j. II. M. Heath, s.; Jos. Rogers, !
E. Russell, s. D.; J.. G. Thrall, ]. MoIr
tosh, Butler P. Anderson, G. G. Fisher
w. R. Hodges, John w. Ennis, s.; J. n
Barlow, E. j. Corson, II. J. Ward, T. {
Cloyd, John Kelly.
= Kilwinning Lodge, No. SAL. CzaT
ski, John b. Taylor, H. S. Reynolds, Jor
4 athan Wood, c. N. Dare, A. Pearsall.
oYRENE AND ST. ELMO CoMMAEDERIE
e AT either side of the monument will
seen dark banners of Cyrene Command
3 cry No. 4 and st. Elmo Commander
No. 10. The banner of CyreAe Con
c mandery bears the following list of dead
Ed r. T. Worsham, P. E. G. c.; W.
Hodges, S. W.; Robert r. Catron, Georl
' Hoist, Theodore Hoist, Ben Colman, j. ]
Campbell, Joseph Lory, Gus Reder, H. +,
Ward, j. w. Heath and L. Houkins.
St. Elmo COMMANDERS banner bea
- the following death roll; Andrew
,, Wheeler, +. c.; Rev. DR.. Edw. G. Slate
: Prelate; Sidney F. Walker, j. w; Edwi
J. Corson, John B. Weaver and Robe
w. Mitchell.
II PROGRAMME.
The opening services will be conduct,
u by F. NJ. Nelson, w. NJ, South Memph
Lodge; r. Galloway, w. M, AngeroI
Lodge, and A, S. Meyers, w. NJ, Leil
+ Scott Lodge. Addresses will be made |
N Grand Master Geo. C. Conner and Graz
Commander Wilbur +. Foster. Rev. L
George White, of Calvary, and Rev. Del
Harris, Of st. Mary Cathedral, will d
liver oulogies upon the dead. The respe
- tive ceremonies will be conducted by Bl
F. Price, w. NJ, in behalf of Desc
Lodge; John w. Waynesburg, w. n
he Kilwinning Lodge; Charles w. Mosb
r. Acting Z. c., st. Elmo Commandery, Al
he r. @. Williamson, 4. O., Cyrene Coz
mandery. The closing ceremonies W
% be by +. M. Nelson, X. Galloway and
,s- s. Meyers. Professor James Perring W
ke have charge of the organ.
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