Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-17
AT REST.
Funeral of the Late Judge HOrrigAn
this Morning.
Meeting of the Bar.-.The Sermon
Preached by DIR. Daniels.

The bar met with Judge Hammond
in the chair at nine o clock this morn
ing in the Circuit Court room, and upon
motion the reading OF the resolutions
in honor of the late Judge L. B. Horri
gau was deferred until Monday morn
Ing at ten o'clock. The bar agreed to
meet ut the Peabody hotel at 1880
o'clock and attend the funeral in a
body Julius 4. Taylor was appointed
marshal, and the necessary arrange
menis were made for conveying the
remains to the cemetery, aud, with
the Masons. the following order of
procession was agreed upon; Masons
FIRST. legal fraternity next, and
pail bearers last.
AT THE HOTEL
this morning, the thrODg was a large
one, embracing almost every member
of the bar, and numbering dozens of
prominent business men OF other pur
suits. Persons visited the parlor in
which the remains we're lail and de-
parted, only to be replaced by others,
all anxious to take one last glance at
the man whose memory his State de-
lights to revere.
During the morning one little fair
haired girl approached the bier, and
with all the innocent daring and sweet
unoonsciousness of childhood, stood
on tiptoe and looked steadily down
upon the dead. Are you not afraid?"
asked an elder companion. No. was
the answer, The was Just, good man,
and would not hurt me | know"
The corpse, so still and
white, looked extremely natural
in this last sleep OF death. 1t was
enclosed in burial case of red cedar,
covered with black cloth and furnish
ed with splendid silver handles, with
silver plate bearing the inscription:
Lawrence b. Horrigan, aged A
years, 4 months and 70 days" A
lovely wreath of lilies presented by
Mrs. >Abram Magry, and an anchor
Of are exstics given by H. 7. Elicit,
we're placed upon the coffin.
At half past ten o'clock the mem
befs OF the bar we're ranged Ia double
die 10 the b Ill by Marshal Taylor, and
preceded the corpse to the side
entrance on Monroe street. The pail
hearers, Peter Tracy, Gen. Luke +
Wright George Gillham, G gorge CAN'T.
j. NJ. Fowlkes, Judges X. s Ham
mond, j 0 Pierce and S. ?. Walker,
conveyed the body to the waiting
neaIse, which was driven to the
Second Presbyterian Church, corner
OF Beal and Main streets, followed By
the Mssons of DsSotO Lodge and the
legal fraternity.
After a hymn by tue choir the fol
lowing
FUNERAL SERMON
was preached by the Rev. Eugene
Daniel. 1t is impossible to give the
sermon in its symmC trical entirety,
and the following embraces only the
leading points Of his discourse.
The text was taken from I Peter, 2
to IL: Honor all men.
The full meaning Of the injunction Is
possess and cultivate a sentiment Of re-
spect Cor all manl;ind. and give 10 that
sentimentit its appropriate expression The
persons for whom we are to feel and 10 ex-
press regard are all who belong TO the
great family Of humanity. Christianity
proceeds upon the postulate that there is
something intrinscally valuable in every
individual of Adams race. II is also
clearly implied that each man is to be
honopsd according TO bic worthlness Of our
esteem. All are to receive the respect due
TO them or their several relations.
We have met to-day, my friends and
fellow citizens, 10 carry out the injunc-
ton Of this text. Eighteen years ago
la young man twenty seven
yeers Ofage, came 70 Memphis a Stranger
Had he then died. only a very small cir
Gle of his personal friends and relatives
would have been present TO return his
dust 10 kindred dust; but during thest
| eighteen years you have seen this yogpl
man Else ffbm one position Of honor u
another, and bind 10 himself from a mum,
bar of our citizens, friend after friend, I'M
I'll to-day rs we crowd around bis bier, all
Memphis mDurns. The presence Of thii
vast audience, the solemn stiffness Of THU
0riecstricken assembly, what does all thii
mean 1t signiHes that this man, tried IN
a balancs OF popular Judgment for aigh'
teen Years, hls not beoh (obnd wanting
iTbe Senuineness OF bis manhood has boar
tested and stands approved, and In the esti
nation OF this community here lies the
form Of one Noteworthy 10 receive the
highest need Of b nor that II Is possible
for the citizens Of Memphis 70 bestoy
Tho speaker next proceeded to set forth
,hbsal tthIts OF character Ia Judge HSfrll
gah which made him 80 worthy OF the
honor bestowed by tho people Of Mem
phis, LIST, his extraordinary endowment