Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-10-30
In Msmoriam,

At called meeting of Hopkinsville
Lodge, No. 81, Oct. goth 1883, 1t was
announced by the w. NJ. that God, in
his Providence, had called from the
labors oftime to refreshments eternal,
our dearly beloved Brother, DR.. X. M.
Fairleigh, z. NJ. of this Lodge, aud
Past Grand Master of the q. l.. of hy,
and that it becomes our duty to repair
to his grave and inter his body with
the usual masonic honors. A conf
mittee on resolutions was the appoint
ed, consisting of Bros. j. L. smith,
j. /. Landes and G. II. Dietrich, who
reported the following as expressive
of the sentiments of this Lodge.
RESOLVED, That in the death of
Bro. Fairlelgh this Lodge has lost a
brother beloved, A faithful work
man has fallen and one our brightest
lights has gone out.
His wife has lost an afiectionate
husband and his children a loving
and devoted father, and while we all
bow under sense of our mutual loss,
we would hereby offer them in con-
dolence our warmest heart-sympath-
les, in this their sad bereavement.
His large circle of friend will join
us with emotional tenderness, in
our sorrows around his grave, with
the sobs of bereavement that burst
from his almost heart-broken family.
We would prayerfully commend them
to the tender watch-care of our AL
mighty Father, trusting that the di-
vine benedictions may rest upon
them and theirs, aud that the open
hand of our fraternal solicitude may
never be wanting in the ministrations
of comfort and consolation to them.
Our tears may unbidden freely
flow when we think of his vacant
seat in our Lodge and the void in
that pure and refined household,
though our tears are unavailing III
and in the deepest grief may some
times cease to fall, Then,
We know not why we cannot weep,
The soothing tears refuse to roll,
But o, that grief Is wild and deep
Which settles fearless DER the soul.
Yet, hope that is undying will kindleI
at his grave, TO reach awhy into i'm
mortality. ..
Our county has lost an estimable
and honored citizen, respected by all
who knew him. He was ever ready
TO aid in enterprises, promotive of
human veal. His genial and refined
nature won for him an honorable pc
sition in the social circles, his digni-
fled and manly presence was all en-
dowment to society, especially among
the pure-minded and intelligent,
where the nobleness of his character
shone brightest and best.
Ever gentle in his department he
loved to cultivate those social amen
tiles that tend to sweeten the cup of
human happiness. His friendships
were too endearing TO be ever forfeit
ed by theiucidental frictions of every
day life. In every business relation,
he stood above reproach, and strove
to make better those with whom he
mingled. lie was open-handed and
often lavish in unstinted benevolence,
ready to minister by word and deed,
to the afflicted, the suffering and the
distressed. And, here we might say,
"Hls life was 30 gentle and the elements
So mixed IN him, that nature might stand up
And say to all the world, This was a man"
While we would not pen a fulsome
or unwarranted eulogy, yet, we are
assured that if the world were peop-
led with such characters as Bro. Fair
leigh, millennium of peace and sense
of wider social security would illum-
inc the darkling outlines of our boast
ed civilization.
lie scorned extortion and avarice
with honest indignation, and detested
every belittling manifestation of de-
PRAYED human selfishness, while he
cultivated, to a high degree, those
grand and soul.ennobling sentiments
that gave shape and tone TO his BEN
evolent character.
His professional career is one, OF
which we all feel proud, for he loom
ed up among his contemporaries as
an intellectual giant, in skillful med
ical attainments, as well as in climb
ing almost TO the topmost round OF
the great, mystic masonic ladder,
We will cherish many happy memoir
les ofour departed brother on account
of his many virtues, which we will
endeaver to initiate, for they shone
wherever he moved, with such I'M
fading lus;re, that his weaknesses
which were few--will fade away into
obscurity and be covered by the
broad mantle of true aud ever-wid-
ening, masonic charity. We will
think of his goodness while we forget
his foibles, hoping to greet him again
in the Great Grand Lodge Above,
with the Grand, 0mnific Grasp and
Word, beyond the swelling surges of
human accountability. And now,
while the shadows deepen around
our affairs. as token of our brother
ly esteem, we will festoon his portrait
in our hall with the emblems of sor-
row, and we will wear the usual
badge of mourning for 30 days.
ResolUed, that these resolutions be
entered on our minutes, and that the
South KENTUCKIAN and Kentucky
New Era, be requested to publish the
same. Fraternally &c.
j. Il. SMITH,
j. /. LANDEs, Com.
G. II. DIETRIcH,>
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