The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-05-22
LAID TO REST.
LAST SAD RITES OVER THE
REMAINS OF WILLIAM E.
PARKER.
They are Followed to the Grave
by Large COncOurse
of Friends.
Leaves have their time tofall:
The flowers to wither at the north winds

| Leaves nave Inelr time 10 al:
The flowers to wither at the north wind.
| breath;
| The stars to set but all
Thou hast all seasons for thine, OF Death"
There are few things which touch
the heart SO deeply, as the sudden de-
mise of noble man, just in the prime
Of life. When the aged and infirm
are called from earth, we deem it but
right that they should rest after the
labor of their life is done, and receive
the long-expected summons with feel
ings Of resignation, as we fold the
withered hands upon the shrunken
breast, and lay the beloved
form to sleep in the armsof
mother earth; but when one who is in
the full flush of a vigorous, active and
useful manhood, is suddenly cut down,
and a broken heart that had dreamed
Of long years of love and happiness.
is thrown back upon itself to ponder
on its loneliness, and little lad is
doomed to think of his father only as
a sainted shallow from out the past, it
does seem hard to lear; and it
is then that we sometimes even raise
our lilliputian voices in opposition to
the fiat divine, and question the JUS
tice of Him who knows and sees all
things. Indeed, would this be true,
even to greater extent, were 1T not
for the comfort the Christian religion
binds round the wounded heart. But
One hath said that there is laid I'D
for those who die Christian death n
earth, a crown in the heavens above
ard az
ETERNAL REUNION
hereafter. Yesterday, as the great
God of Day was slowly sinking in the
west, large concourse of sorrowing
friends, preceded by the bereaved
widow and only child, followed to
their last resting place all that was
mortal of William E. Parker. At
about $3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon
one hundred and thirty, twenty
knights of Honor, twenty-five mem
bers of Milan lodge, 1. o. o. F.
gathered at the residence of the
deceased, corner of Bots dare and
East avenue, and escorted the re-
mains to the Methodist Episcopal
church South.
AT THE CHURCH.
AS the remains were brought into
the church, DR.. Goodwin, in advance
OF the cortege, pronounced the usual
Introductory remarks from the manual
of the church, and the organlst rem
dered a soft funeral march, appro-
pirate to the solemnity of the occasion,
and the anthem, Asleep In Jesus"
was affectingly sung b. che
choir. with organ accompaniment.
The usual appropriate selections of
scripture were read-from the Goth
Psalms and 18th chapter Of First
Corinthians-followed by touch
ing prayer by the pastor. The hymn,
"Why Should We Fear to DEF" was
next sung by the choir, composed of
Prof. Staples, Mr.. Will Stacy, Mr..
HotchkiSs, Mrs. Ainsworth, and Misses
Staples, Stacy and Goodwin, with
Mrs. Lane as organist.
The funeral services at the church,
Rev. A. E. Goodwin, the pastor, Off
ciating, were largely attended and
deeply impressive. The remains, fol-
lowed by large delegations of the
Knights of Honor, Odd Fellows and
fire companies, of which the deceased
was an honOrel m:l.i! :, were escort
ed to the front of the pulpit, followed
Immediately by the bereaved wife &C
companied by the little four year old
son and the immediate friends of the
family, the pail bearers being Messrs.
r. e. Nitchke, Of Protection No. 8;
G. Kluge, of Austin Hook and Ladder
company; II. SarkatZ, of Colorado No.
2; A. Goldbeck, of Washington No. ];
N. B. Gossett, of the knights of Honor,
and M. S. McCracken, Of Milan lodge |
of Odd Fellows.
DIR. GoODWYN'S REMARKS.
The following is a summary Of DR.
remarks:
William Edgar Parker was born in
Putnam county. Indiana, Sept. 5, 1856;
died May ~, 1884, aged % years. He
came to Austin in 1874, worked at his
trade till 1878, when in company with |
his esteemed partner he began bust
ness six years ago as member Of the |
firm of Bandy & Parker, with no capital
but energy, enterprise and honest in
dustry, ample enough for success in
those who, like him, use such re-
sources wisely, and resulting in build
Up large business which soon took |
rank, from almost nothing, with the |
foremost in the city. May IA, 1873, he |
formed the closest and truest rela-
lions known on earth with her who |
by the grace of God became his wife |
and the mother of their little boy now
but four years old, who, with many
relatives and many, many friends,
their loss
Reared by a christian mother CHS
father having died when he was but
three years old) his convictions were
decidedly christian and fixed. The
aims of his life were always noble,
though like so many others he deferred
positive public profession of his pur-
poses. The good time he thought
was near but God fastened it and he
quickened his pace and trusting
and believing, he professed his faith,
and died, we believe, in the arms of
Jesus.
The minister, abiding further to
the character of the deceased, took oc-
casion to draw instructive lessons
from his life, and to advise the young
especially to become christians in their
business persuitS in order to secure
success in temporal as wellIas spiritu
al things. He closed with few
of the consoling reflections
of religion addressed par
ticularly to the bereaved widow and
offered a most fervent prayer in
behalf of all present. A touching in
cident of the occasion, causing many
to weep. was when the little child of
the deceased during the service called
for his papa, "My papa, papal' The
services closed with the solemn anthem
'He is gone; "the pail bearers resumed,
their sad duty, and all that was NOR
tai Of one of Austin's noblest souls
was borne with funeral march to the
grave. May God soften the sorrows
of the noble wife and mother.
Noticeable in the procession was
the horse of Colorado Fire Company,
No. 2, of which deceased was presi-
dent, draped with the emblems of
mourning.
Vandalism A~01n