The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-25
Mr. Charles IL. Peppers Fumerau.

All that remained Of the once popular and
well beloved Charles II. Pepper was laid TO
rest in Trinity cemetery yesterday afternoon.
The funeral cortego was one of the largest
and most respectful ever seen in Dallas. The
benevolent, societies of knights of Pytbiag
and Knights of Honor attended the funeral
in body, and a large number Of sorrowiDV
friends followed tho remains to the tomb.
1hefuGeral services were conducted by Blshop
Garrett and Rector Stephen II. Green, OF So.
Matthew's cathedral, and al The grave tho
Knights of Pythias also performed thr burial
service Of that order, tho Frelato speaking as
follows
My Brethren
The solemn oce sion Of Our assembling to-
gether is the dissolution of the bonds which
1ave united the outward or temporal body
with the spirit. We are born to do Dust
must return to dust, and tho spirit to God
who gave it. The solemn notes which now
salute our ears proclaim 10 US that another
spirit has passed from earth to the abode of
our fathers. For this cause wo are assem- ed
among the habitations Of The dead. Hare
around us they peacefully, quietly rest. The
gentle zephyr may sigh among the trees, the
eunshne may gladd n the earth, the fierce
tempest around them may rage and The busy
world may pass on, yet they heed it not.
We are here shown tao uncertainty Of
human life the certainly of death, the muta.
| bility Of all earthly things and tho vanity of
human pretSnsions. Decay and death are
written on every living thing, The. cradle
aud the cofin appear before Us Mt the same
time, and the intervening space s9oms but q
span, Yet il is strange, notwithstanding the
o licences Of moral trailty which daily ap-
pear to us, that the sound Of the tolng bell
will so often fall upon our ears and We heed
not ns admonition.
Here, all thoughtles', VIC trend upon tho
green raef Of Ihst dark mansion whose
chambers we must sooner or later occupy;
for we know not how soon the time may
come for you or NO to 60 hence, and be
known no moro forever.
Brother, We lay thee down TO rest. We
loved thee here, and our remembrance of
thee shall be pleasant. Thou mayst have had
thy faults, and who has not? But over them
We cast The veil of Fraternity, Charity and
Love; and while we mourn thy loss, We will
| strivesto emulate thy virtues. And.we DO fer
veOtly promise here, by thine opeA grave,
that though thou art gone from our sight,
ws will over cherish thy msmoyy groeH in our
hearts, ill the archangePs trump shall pros
claim that time shall bs no more
Let us strive, then, so to live, that when we
sre called away from this terrestrial scene we
may be prepared to give good account Of
ourselves at the bar of the Great Judge, be.
fore whom We must appear
Brethren, let not this warming be in vain
and as we deposit ia the grave this ever
green EvergreeDs we're then deposited ia the
grave, let it 90 the fitting emblem of thai
brothery love which shall live beyond the
tomb.
To his borrowed frie2ds We would say,
hope in God, trust in God He alone can
comfort your distress. He will heal your
wound and biud tho broken heart. May The
Lord bless you aid sustain yousll evermore
Amen.
The folio wing prayer was then offered
D God, the protector of all who trust il
Thee, without whom nothing is strong, moth
ing is holy, Increase and multiply upon u!
Thy mercy, that Thou being our Ruler aud
Guide, we may so pass through things tenn
poral that we finally lose not the things eter.
nal Give unto us an increase of Friendship
Cherity aud Beneyolence. Keep, we beseecl
Vhoe, o Lord, our order with Thy perpetus
mercy Lot Thy continual pity cleanse aut
defend il; and because it cannot continue ii
safety without Thy succ5r, preserve it ever
more BY Thy holp and goodness, and untt
Thee wo shaI render the praise forever
Amen.