Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-17
Touching Addresses Delivered by Col.
House, DR.. Bardwell, Judge Ty-
Ter and others at the
Opera House.
HE HAS BEEN PROMOTED,

TO leau In prayer. Inc prayer was
an eloquent touching eulogy on the
life and death of the deceased. The
choir then rendered music, and Capt.
Smith explained that Judge Tyler,
j. j. Crusman and DR.. ID. f. Wright
had been appointed committee on
resolutions. The committee retired
and Col. House was called on to say
something about the deceased. He
began by saying that they had met
there to pay tribute to the memory
of Rev. A. ID. Sears, minister whose
name had come to be household
word in the community. He did not
think it an occasion that should be
fraught with sorrow. DR.. Sears had
completed his work well, and had
been called to his reward. For more
than half century the deceased had
preached the word Of God to all men
who would hear him. If the religion
he preached so long and in which he
steadfastly believed is true, then we
must be satisfied for our loss is his
eternal gain. Consequently is there,
should there be, anything extremely
sorrowful in the death of such man?
What character What an exam
Pile for our imitation and admiration
When such a man dies he leaves be-
hind him legacy that time cannot
tarnish nor thieves break in and steal.
1t is legacy that will inspire hu-
manity to noble deeds and will live
in the hearts of his people, and in the
hearts of the members of Forbes
Bivouac, until his marble slab has
crumbled into dust. His good deeds
are the best euIogy that can be laid
on his bier. Col. House closed his
speech in an appeal to The God whom
DR.. Sears wOrshipped, to console and
protect his aged wife in her deep te-
reavement.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported as follows
Whereas, it has pleased the Great
Ruler Ofthe universe to call to- high.
er state of existence our beloved chap
lain, the Rev. A. ID. Sears, with great
gain TO him but to our great loss, we
therefore, the members of the Forbes
Bivouac of the Tennessee Association
Of Confederate Soldiers, desire to re
cord the affection and veneratiOn with
which we bid farewell to our old
friend and cOmrade; be it therefore
Resolved, That we recognize in the
character of the late DIR. Sears the re-
cord of lifelong devotion to duty
and to the happiness of his fellow
beings, an ever flowing fount of char
ity and christian beneticence, recOg
nized with love and gratitude by
three successive generations who
have felt and recognized his good
ness, and the survivors of whom now
deplOre his removal from direct in
flucnce with him.
Resolved, That we recognize with
special emotion his warm friendship
and tender Illustrations to the Con
federat5 soldier, whether in the hour
of his great need during the trials
and sufferings of the war, when his
loving sympathy sOOthed the pains
of wounds and COnsoled the trials
and relieved the terrOrs of death, or
since the arrival of peace, when his
genial association has cheered us
through the Greary period Of recon.
has guided us through its perpleXi-
ties.
Resolved, That we will attend the
funeral of the deceased in n body
with customary badges of mourning,
in concert with all the organized as
sociatIOns and citizens who unani-
mOusly gather around the grave in
which his earthly remains are de-
posted.
Resolved, That we tender our
warmest sympathy to the aged part
ner of his siXty-fOur years of married
life, and to his other sorrowing rela-
tives, commenting them to the con-
SOling love of that Savior whose in
tercourse was the guide and solace of
his life.
Judge Tyler read a preamble to the
resolutions in which he reviewed the
life of DIR. Sears and closed with the
following tribute:
"Thus at last has passed away from
earth this truly grand old man."
This heroic soldier of the cross who |
fought so valiantly and never fOl
himself sought high place has at last
been promoted. We shall feel no
more on earth the touch of his kindly |
hand or hear the sound of the voice
that is still, We shall see him no
more forever, but in our hearts we
shall long cherish the memory of him
who was so loved and honored while
he went and came among us and feel,
each Of us, the richer for the example
of his brave, true life"
DIR. Bardwell of the University
then spoke eloquently of the dead.
He had been associated with DIR.
Sears intimately since he had been con
nected with the University, and the
association had been most pleasant.
He admired the man for his firmness
and for his devotion, his breadth of
thought and his lovable disposition.
He had listened to his preaching
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