Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-15

Harrell read the fifteenth chapter o
First Corinthians. Mr.. Harrell wa
followed by the pastor of the church
Rev. Collins Denny, who read por
tion of the eleventh chapter of tn,
Gospel by st. John, in which thu
Savior comforts Mary and Martha ir
their grief for the death of, Lazarus
their brother. Mr.. Denny said thai
they were confronted by terrible
fact, a fact that had draped the city
in mourning. To summarize, two
young men who were universally ad.
mired, had started from home a few
days ago on short pleasure trip
They had returned to their friends
and parents corpses. They had gone
forth flushed with the anticipation oi
pleasure and with bright hopes fCr
the future. Nothing that the minis.
ter could say would add to their
character for the people of Clarks-
vile knew them. They needed nc
introduction. They had been known
as young men, upright in all their
dealings and were popular with
all citizens. The great Outpouring OF
people, the handsome floral designs,
and the deep sorrow were all elo.
quent testmonits s to their characters.
No tender hand had brushed the
death-damp from their brows, and
no loving tear had been dropped for
them in the far away land where
death overlook them, but in the
hearts of those who knew them and
loved them there was inexpressible
sorrow when the sad news was re-
ceived. In prophetic language, they
had died when their suns had just
risen. 1t was a consolation, how
ever, to know that their suns went
down shining and that they would
shine on in glory. Their histories
had been written in their footsteps.
Their friends need not fear that they
died other than they had lived. The
minister, after speaking feelingly of
the sympathy extended to the be.
reaved parents, similar to that ex-
pressed for Mary and Martha by
friends who had came from Jerusa.
lem when they heard Lazarus was
dead, went into the rich promises of
the doctrine of the resurrection. His
discourse on this subject was grand,
end moved many of his hearers 10
tears. After admonishing all young
men to take the lives OF Thos. Nc
Culloch and Geo. Alwell as examples
and endeavor to meet them in bet
ter world, the minister brought his
discourse to a close and the choir
sang GLOW Firm Foundation"
The pail bearers then solemnIy con-
veyed the caskets to the hearses
which were in readiness to bear them
to Greenwood.
AT THE CEMETERY.
The procession to Greenwood was
probably the largest ever seen in
Clarksville. Long before its main
portion had reached Greenwood the
McCulloch family plot was sur
rounded by large assembly ofweep-
ing and sorrowing friends. The
street cars brought a great many
others. Finally, when all had arriv-
ed, there were at least five or six hun
dred people present, with bowed
heads and tear-stained faces.
TWO NEW GRAVES.
The bodies were inferred in graves
side by side in the McCullOch family
plot, in the northwest quarter of the
cemetery. AT subsequent time,
however, the remains of Geo. Alwell
will be disinterred and buried in the
family plot The arrangement to
bury them at present together was Il
thoughtful and proper one.
When the coffins were lowered,
Rev. p. A. Rodriguez announced the
hymn, "Asleep in Jesus" The beau
tiful hymn was rendered in most pa
thetic manner by choir of trained
voices. Tears trickled like raindrops
from hundreds of eyes. The minis
ter then read responsive burial SER
vice, Revs. Denny and Harrell assist
ing.
The hymns next sung were in
tensely pathetic, and were the last
acts, save the filling of the graves
and benediction, in one of the sad
dest scenes that has ever been wit
messed in this lovely city of our be-
loved dead-the climax to tragedy
that has shaken the very foundation
of Clarksville, the home of two as
manly and noble boys as ever gave
up their lives.
In the words of the beautiful song
"Shall we meet them beyond the river,
Where the surges cease to roll?
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