The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-07
THELATE REV. DILLON.LER

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trymen of the Church of the Redeemcr
Cairo, Illinois, held May 3lst, A. D., 1879
the following resolutions, ETC., were unani.
mously adopted:
For the first time in the history of our
Parish, hath the God and Father of us all.
summoned hence by death our Rector, and
carried home, into His blessed Kingdom.
the shepherd Of our flock. A cloud of
memory, like pail, hath enveoped the
entire community, and sad indeed, is the
meeting of this vestry, called to take action
upon, and join in the deep grief every
where manifested, because of the sudden
taking away of our beloved Rector, the
Very Rev. Dean NJ. r. st. j. Dillon Lee.
Therefore be it
Resolved, That in the death of Dean
Dillon-Lee, this vestry has lost true,
warmhearted, generous friend; our Parish
faithful, learned and eloquent Rector; our
Dcanery a dilligent and ambitious worker
in the cause of the Master; our Diocese an
active supporter, coadjutor and adviser; the
Church theologian and divine of eminent
ability; his wife devoted and aifectionate
husband; his childrena fond and loving
father; the community public spirited,
noble, Christian gentleman.
Resolved, That as a token Of respect
and affection, the vestry attend his funeral
in body, and act as pall-bearers; that
page of our record be set apart to his mem
DRY, and the Church draped in mourning
tor sixty days, and that it is the wish and
sense of the vestry, that suitable memo
rial be procured, and placed in the Church
| to the end that the name of this faithful
soldier and servant of Christ may ever be
preserved therein, and among his parish
toners.
Resolved, That these proceedings be
published, and that an engrossed copy
thereof be furnished the devoted wife of the
deceased with assurance Of our profound
sympathy, tor herself and tatherless chill
dren.
The loss ofou beloved Rector, so affect
ing to all his friends, to his wife and child
rem, is above and beyond calculation. We
pray Our Father in Heaven, to assuage
Their grief, by such consultations, as are
above the power OF accident or change, and
such as He alone can give.
II. II. CANDEE, Sr. Warden,
Attest: Chairman.
MILES FRED'K. GILBERT, Clerk Of Vestry.
The undersigned clergy and laity present
at the funeral services of the Rev. VI. r. ST.
J. Dilon-Lee, Rector of the Church Of the
Redeemcr, Cairo, desiring to express their
sense of the loss sustained in the sudden
death of their friend and brother, have
adopted the following memorandum:
The death of the Rev. NJ. r. st. J. Dillon
Lee deprives the church of faithful SER
want, the parish of devoted and beloved
pastor, the community of an example of
noble and holy life and us Of loving
brother and friend We condoc with his
bercavcd family in their afiliction and as
sure them of our sincere sympathy in the
loss they have sustained. We commend
the faithful labor and pure life of our
brother as an example worthy Of all imita
ton and will treasure his memory as Of
man endowed with rare natural gifts, well
cultivated and perfected by the grace of
the Holy Spirit.
J. D. EASTER, Rector of Trinity Church,
Jacksonville.
ALBERT f. WELLS, Rector Of St. Marks,
Chester.
Jos. E. MARTIN, Rector Of Trinity Church,
Lincoln
WM. NJ. STEEL, Missionary at Centralia
and Carlyle.
r. P. JOHNSTON, Springfield.
II. W. HUBBARD, Centralia.
CAIRO, ILL.,, June 3, A. D. 1879.