The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-10-05
THE FUNERAL SERVICES
OVER WINSTON'S LAMENTED
MAYOR, r. b. KERNER.
Attended by a Large Concourse of
Relatives and FriendA-The
Last Sad Rites


The special train for Kernersville,
laden with Winston-Salem citizens,
who went down to pay the..last tribute
of respect to the remains of our Ia
mented Mayor, r. b. Kerner, pulled
out from the r. & D. depot at $50 a.
m. Sept. 9th with about one hundred d
and fifty of the Twin-City's represen
tative citizens.
The organizations attending in d
body were the City Councils of the
two cities, and Mayor Douthit, of Sa-
lem, the Winston police force, fire de-
partment and the Winston-Salem
brotherhood of Odd Fellows. After
an eighteen minutes run the train ar
rived in KerDersville, where these diff
ferent bodies, together with private
citizens, formed procession and
marched to the residence of DIR. E.
Kerner, the father of the deceased, in
whose home the remains lay in state.
The funeral services were COM
menced at IL o'clock at the residence.
The officiating ministers were Rev.
Edward Crosland and Bishop Rond-
thaler, OF Salem, assisted by Rev. l..
@. BrOughton, of Winston, and Rev.
Mr.. Poe, of Kernersville.
The hymn, "JeSus Lover of My
Soul" was sweetly rendered, followed
by a Scripture reading by Rev. Mr..
Crosland, pastor of the Kernersville
church.
Bishop Rondthaler offered an ap-
prOpriate prayer invoking Gods COM
forting spirit upon the bereaved fam
lily circle and friends.
After singing Nearer My God to
Thee" the remains were borne to the
church, followed by the Orders here
tofore mentioned.
The pall-bearers (all Odd Fellows)
were as follows: D. III. Browder, w
L. Carter, w. Ii. Hit, T. E. Rey nolds,
DR.. d. n. Dalton and G. A. Hall.
In the church the pulpit and altar
furniture were tastily draped in Grape.
The service was opened by the rem
dering of that beautiful hymn, Safe
in the Arms of Jesus" by the choir.
Rev. L. G. Broughton, of this city,
offered a prayer, invoking the comfort
ing and guiding spirit of God upon
the bereaved city, of which the de-
ceased was the chief officer, and upon
the grief-stricken family.
The 39Jh Psalm was read as a Script
ure lesson by Pastor Crosland, follow
ed by the reading of the memoir of
the deceased.
ASLEEP in Jesus, Blessed Sleep"
was sung, followed by the funeral adj
dress by Bishop Rondthaler, Of which
the following is brief outline:
Death is wonderful ariJhmetician;
he keeps one lost unknown figure in
reserve. With it he changes every fig
ure in the sum total, sweeping away
some values and making Others ten
fold, so that life comes to be a very
different thing when estimated in the
hour of death.
Death alters much in business, pub
lie and private life. Here lies strong,
young business man, as energetic and
as prospered against all odds as any
young man in North Carolina. But
now lawyers office, court room and
municipal halls shall know him no
more forever. Illus in the circle of
friendship also, and most of all, with
in the home walls, death works sorest
changes. Father and wife must
mourn, as in this case the loss of d
strong loving heart.
Men should take death into their
calculation, not desparingly but hope
fully, so conducting their accounts
a loss, when the Judge audfts the rec
seal of a SaviOur's acceptance. Then
these can be a blessed hope of that
heavenly meeting concerning which
our Brother Kerner spoke so brightly,
ere with his strong, vigorous, chari-
table and influential life he left us.
Rev. Mr.. CrosIand announced the
hymn Rock of Ages" as a special ia
vorite of the deceased, which was rem
dered with an affecting influence up
on the attending congregation.
A procession was formed and the
sad march to the grave was begun,
the feet of the immense cOncOurse OF
people keeping IL measured tread to
the piaiutlye and touching notes of
the horns, always used by the Mora
Wan bret l1ren III their funeral cere-
monies.
After the rites of the church had
been fulfilled the funeral service was
concluded by the brotherhood of Odd
Fellows with their impressive and ap-
pfopriate ceremonies.
The train bearing the Winston -Sa-
lem delegation returned about two
o'clock.
Immediately after the striking of
the hour of twelve today the city
clock was tolled for nearly half an
hour in honor of the funeral service
of Winston's lamented Mayor.