The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1894-01-06

FAREWELL BRO. LoMAx

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him. They ate usually left for
bitnaries. Yet Rev. A. A. Lomax,
the oil prohibition war hars' sat
,st Sunday night at the Baptist
.urch aud listened to the kindest
ards ever SAID of man.
Rev. j. X. Pace, pastor Of the
!, cnnIeh, said that services we're to
b. held in honor of Bro. LoInax,
who leaves for an0tber field OF la
bor, and as some members OF the
! clutch were desirOns of expressing
i their appreciation Of the man, a
committee was appointed to uraw
mp suitable revolutions, after lh,
report of which any one who de-
sired 10 sp.ak would be heard.
M L. L. Britain, chairman of Ihe
committre, who had been the com-
mirteeman to notify the reverend
gentleman of his call twenty years
g., submitted the following reso-
lluEions:
"Yonr committee appointed to
| dfafi aud present to this meeting
r-sslutions declarati,e nf the vir-
tues OF Elder A. A. Lnmax, have
The honor to submit the following
| preamble aud resolution:
Whereas nuT beloved brother,
| Elder A A. II max, is 4bout 10 20
out from us 10 4 new field of labor,
amt whereas we AS church, OF
which he has so long been an honor
Fed member, deem il fitting 10 ex.
p rs our appreciation OF his great
abi.ii lrs. our admiration ofhis vir-
rues, and our ferllng- toward him
as q christlsn brother do declare
and res i've as follows:
| That wa remember with the
| highest feelings of gratitude his
| long fsiih htul aud efficient lsbors as
| s,nr pastor, commencing IN Janua-
| ry of the year 1874 md towering a
perio / of aearly ten years: That in
tiiss. years of earUest self saTI-
Il ing iaDor far IL, he was the
meanR u des G d OF aesssoqina
and strengthening the latent pow
ers of he church and placing II
npon q higher plane of usefulness
than il hal hitherto attained. Thai
thu. Sunday School aud nthsr de-
partmenta OF ehu Gu work were
by has wise couasel ,ud nnceisi q
Eff. ctr str ng hened and directed
into ways of usefulness truly
hon0riug to our God, and hat we
; believe will continue to bear fruii
J for the great good Of toe preopIe
Th q af or rrsigni; G the pastor
ale into other hands ne has stood
W th MS as . member of this body
faishfully aiding his brethren il
all their off rts 10 build up ant
extend the Masters King ON OF
earth, ever by his manly bearing
and uiy christian course OF con
duct, mob y.and, beautiful, exempll
, fying The sweet truths of the gos
j pei he so aoly preached amons
ls:
4 That he has heen prime fac
tor in fostering and encouragin,
the educ .ti0nal int-res 8 OF ouI
community, aud that aur snccess
! in this line NO far has heeu lsrgal,
a due to his wise and unselfish lead 7
d ship.
b Th t as citizen of this con
3 muuity our brother has ever ston
In tire from rank of those VIII
! were combating crime and i'm
: morality, loyal to bis country loya
= to his God, taking q lraiiag par
o Ia ever, movement for the mnr
Il ard intellectual Improvement @
# our eommunit II:
y T,seref re, be it further resolv We
i that we dsepIy drplore the fac
h nat our beloved brother. impell
= ed by sense Of .iuty finds it ne
!, : c-ssary TO lesve us feelipg as W
~ do that beth The eHureii aud con
~ mnnity are suffering a loss If on
cf their best and most useful men
ber-.
That we most heartily commen
our brother to th0sa to whom i
r. goes, as one whose ability an
a, m nv christian virtues must eve
= . challenge tho admirarieu and lov,
7, = ami as ore whom they NAV witt
" aut hesitation tsust and follow y
r X. p. Willing Sr. spokt. rpf..rriu
I. 10 the war r.cs,rd OF the reveren
a a gentleman. Il. Z. Bir,ispng, "ne
~ his oldest frl-pas, eulogzed hin
.. and Mr. Stanley from Holm
county. coDpa ion OF ahisslhos