The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-09-28

The Composition and Order Oh 'he
March of the Long Cortege.
The FINS of Noble Lille.
Yesterday afternoon one of the largest, If
not the largest, funeral col tege ever known
in this section of the state followed to their
last resting place, at the Masonic burial
ground, at the 'old cemetery" all that
remained of zone of the noblest men that
ever lived in the tide of time" John
Jaw Good, the beloved citizen, the
esteemed official and the pure and upright
gentleman. The funeral hour had been set
Tor 3 o'clock, but the sudden and unex-
pectcd bad weather Of the morning sug-
gested postponement until TO day. But
the sun appearing about midday, it was
determined to proceed with the obSequies.
So, promptly at the hour designated, the
various orders and companies OF which
the deceased had been in the past an hon
ored and efficient member anu officer, as
sembled in front of the Masonic hall, in the
HERALD building.
Convened at their respective halls, the
lodges, associations, etc., passed appropri-
ate resolutions and went through the duly
prescribed exercises for such sad occasions.
The eminent Grand CommandeTy of the
state opened at $50 O'Clock, rs ala also
Tannehill lodge, No. 81 of Masons. The
100. f., at their hall did the same. The
Texas Bar Association in the morning met
and consummated similar action.
Following are the proceedings had at the
BAR MEETING,
Colonel George r. Fearne in the chair, and
G. w. Helm at the secretary's desk:
Colonel e. G. Bower moved that the asso-
ba TnparoI and iOi,1 tho
cession as body.
On motion, committee of five, consist
ing of Colonel J. G. Mccoy, u. Il. Coombs,
W. l.. Cabell, j. NJ. Stemmops and W. L..
Crawford, were appointed TO draft 1esolu-
tons of respect and report at an adjourned
meeting, on Saturday next at O'Clock
q. m
Colonel Mccoy moved that two members
of the association be appointed pall-bear-
ers, to act in concert with members OF other
organizations appointed for the same pur-
pose, and the chair appointed Judges West
and Field.
The meeting then adjourned until Satur-
dav morning at 0 o'clock.
THE GRAND coMMANDERY
of the knights Templar the services were
opened in ample form by Deputy Senior
Commander Elgin, with the following adj
dress:
Texas
Upon being informed of the death of our
beloved Commander, deemed it but small
service to one who had devoted so much vi
his life to your cause, that an escort from
Dallas Commandery be appointed to meet
the remains, and that this r. Il. Grand
Commandery assembled for the purpose OF
paying the last sad and sacred duties to the
earthly remains of its r. f. Grand Com
mander, to commit to its mother earth the
mortal tenement of that immortal spirit
which has taken its flight TO the realms OF
light, TO be numbered with those of the
true and faithful followers of the cross VII o
have gone before, AT such time 1t might
be meet for me TO utter some words oil
eulogy in honor of one whose virtues made
him beloved by many and honored by all
who knew him. Were my lips like 1saih's
touched with hallowed fire from the affairs
of purity, l might attempt to pay such
homage to one, Mason at heart, and by
nature a Templar But, believing that
each of you here assembled recalls sweeter
memories of the deceased than any | might
awaken, prefer leaving you with mute
lips and sad hearts to contemplate the yir-
tues of him who dedicated the best OF his
years to the practice and incubation of our
noblest tenets, and to draw the charitable
veil of forgetfulness over the faults, which
were but parts of his humanity. Such in
separable parts OF humanity as he wore,
anu we IluSt WIGHT, uDlll, liht MN, VIC olldll
be summoned to the Asylum of the Grand
Conclave of Saints redeemed.
/ cannot, however, desist from present
ing the following offering by a friend and
admirer:
Here lies he now, in blank humiliation,
Gone down before the insatiate Archer's hand,
Whose paralyzing touch has done its work;
Passed from the role of Grand Commander
here
To higher Office of the Upper Temple;
And when the fell Disease that brought him
thus
Laid siege year ago upon his frame
And Ia its slow but sure consuming course,
Did mark him, shining light for its own list
1t strsck the very foim Of rectitude
And social worth in all OF lifcs relations,
And in whose tenement of breathing clay,
A God.like spirit found Its residence
His model life
Was like Gospel Of Humanity
That far and wide proclaimed its sterling power,
BY charities TO all alike dispensed
With diamond pureness seti in golden grace
In all the walks Of life, so true his course
So generously endured through all their scenes
ofshining surfaces or sllrred-up depths,
All virtues thoughts and feelings came to him
lake ulhNhINtf lok MhANA BuN NOns
And now his Autumn's sky yet scarcely due,
High Noon Just reached, meridian OF HIS years,
The last milestone by him 50 early found,
He LAYS the burden down with heart resigned,
For thoroughly equipped to rightly die,
His genuine Knlghihood needed no delay.
Say. then. OF one so sraad. 30 good as he,
That made the void the better for HIS being,
Not thas he is no more 10 us forever,
.rT Al Ia.
sleeps"
True. rae the ruddier cheeks Of former days
And lips 20 fun Of pleasRntness Of sneech,
Nov wear the ashen livefies Of thetree
That bends I'm solemn Ritual Of sound
To winds that stripped them Of their whispering
leaves.
But ret 10 us who knew HIN In his spring
They geam with al their pristine, vernal force.
For. nfter AL
What Is this life but mere dateless bargain.
Aunnaieral contract that He Uno gave
Nay break 81 any moment thst He ohoose,
When natures laws might mfte Il meet and
wen7
And what means the cradle bat The colin
The pillow bat the rnoand " mere sii mrsif'ef
The summs. means fhs wiuisf. ~ inT. The
fzd
TsreEer. Sir Knight
AF1irhrier Sir us'r buckied sBelt DER $40
About his loins nor sbeaved a pursr speaF.
beneath baunef Where but true men Iaarrh.
The sIken eiory Of Thy radiant pasl
in on a. vnrp and voof OF circumstance
shan I'VE IN ralsss chsnbers Of fhs hearts
7iat knew fhes IN ny shining worthless.
Ard ionrsr 10 f.an tornhsiones Lines shall Last.
Fr-srsl Oh genial hsnd, ven pres. 10 more