Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-01
T. C. WEBSTER.
His 0bsequies This Morning m the
 NJ. L. Church.
The Remains Escorted by the Brother hood Of Engineers and Bremen
 The Sermon.

of Tucson Division, No. 2S, Brotherhood
 of Locomotive Engineers, escorted the
 remains of T. c. Webster from the
 undertaking parlors to the Methodist
 church, where services were held, and | accompanied them back to the parlors
 where they will be kept two weeks, and
 then shipped to Rochester, New York,
 for interment.
 Tue Brotherhood of Engineers formed
 their line at Odd Fellows hall, and the
 Brotherhood of Bremen assembled at
 their hall on Toole avenue. The lat ! ter then marched down Pennington
 street where they joined the Engineers
 and marched up Maiden Lane to the
 parlors. Here the pail bearers took
 their position by the hearse They were:
 R. T. Mellus, W. c. BOylan. A. B. Kid
 der, r. N. LIttleGed, Charles Neal and | Louis Martin. There were eleven mem 1 bers of the Division present.
 The procession was then formed, and marched along Stone avenue to the ! Methodist church on Pennington street, ! where the remains were taken inside. Every seat in the church and the lob ' by was occupied, and the alsles were 1 half filled with bystanders. The exer- cises began with voluntary by the choir, which was composed of Mrs. F. NJ. Gillette, Organlst, Mrs. Balcom and Mrs. Bennett. After prayer by Rev. J. ". Robinson, be read Matthew 26: l-43; Psalm 23. The choir then sang the 12oth Hymn, What friend We have in
 Jesus,' ID which the congregation
 joined.
 Mir. Robinson then preached twenty
 five minute sermon from the text Luke 12:iO:
 Ho ys also ready for the Son of man comsth
 when gr think not
 He sad We were called upon to per- form the saddest duty that ever comes Co our lives. Death Is sure and certain. All things tend to return to the state from whence they came. Dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return Is the decree of Omnlpotence. The mighty oak hat ha, withstOod the storms of centuries gives evidence of decay, and that It ls on the downward track, The flowers, the trees, man himself eventu ally returns to the dust. Whatever Is of the earth IS earthy, and will sooner or later return to the earth from whence lt came. Death is uncertain as to the time of its appearance. It may come to the babe in its mothers arms, to the yOlth who IS feeling the first flush of blood upon his cheeks, and then again time may 60 get between us and death as to put far off the evil day, but 1t finally comes. He dwelt at length upon the preparation necessary for death. It behOcves every man to have his tempo ral affairs all arranged in view of death momentarlly. Ills will should be proper ly arranged. These are duties he owes to nIs family and his friends. He should also have the religious preparation. His wIil should be brought into harmony with the Divine will There should be no friction between the two. This IS a great cross, and hard for the human mind to perform unRssisted by super human strength, the strength that God alone can give. IT we could only lift the vail and see when death would come. The deceased went forth in the morning. Death 10 hlm was far of and among the future possibilities with many opportunities yet to come. It came 10 him ID the monday Of strength. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and not only member but an honored member. God l Is all-pOwerful His hand can wipe away the tears from every eye, and when l this form shall rise from the dust ID the 1 resurrection at the last day the sorrow 1 it's absence now causes will all then be | healed. The lost will will be restored. | The same one will then stand to greet | us again, and We shall know as We are I known. That tune is distant but short l period when compared with eternity. IL will be necessary that we have on the | wedding garment of righteousness in order to stand in that day. To the I mourning widow and orphaned children he offered consolation In eloquent and l pathetic language.
 When the sermon was closed nearly all eyes were moistened as they wept in with the bereaved family and friends. While the pastor sang "The Home of the Soul The audience passed around and took a last view of the remains. After all had gone around, the body was escorted back to the par .ors. Besides the two Brotherhoods citizens and the railruadishop employees walked in the line.
 Thus 0 good and true man was laid away 10 rest. The best citizens of Tue son, men who had never seen his face, were present and attested their sympa- .hy for brave man, who, fearless in leath, and amid the crack of rifle shots. put his hands on the lever and reversed lis engine. He did his duty.