Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-07-29

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ones, and is just as good for their par.
ents. 81; 9 for 50. For sale by T. E.
Britton,
In Memory OF A.. II. Shipley-Not Lost But
Gone Before.
Man who is born of woman is of few
days and full Of trouble. lie cometh
forth like u flower and is cut down. lie
tteeth also as u shadow and continucth
not. There is hope OF a tree If it be cut
down that it will sprout again and that
the tender branches thereof will not
cease. But man dieth and wasteth away,
yea, man giyeth up the ghost and where
is he?
What apregnant question to the MEM
hers of Sinking Creek Lodge, No. 575.
of Free and Accepted Masons. from
which a. NJ. Shipley has gone never TO
return. Where is he? Hath he laid
down never to rise up until the heavens
shall be no more, has hegonc to oblivion
and utter nothingness; shall we know
him no more forever? No, we have a
brighter evidence from God, that thro'
Jesus Christ he Is now at rest with the
angels Of God, for when laying off NOR
tally and putting on immortality his
words were these: Dear father, mother.
brothers and sisters, don't grieve for me
! am a child Of God, ] am going home to
live with God and his angels. / want all
my brothers to meet me on the other
shore in the sweet by and by" He saw
his dear mother weeping and beckoning
her to his side and putting his arms
about her neck, he said: t"Mother, weep
not, for | will soon he an angel of God,
and | can't give heaven for you. | want
you all to have my body until You are
all done with ii, for you know YOU can't
keep it long, and when YOU are done
with it give it into the hands of my
brother M03ons, for they are my BROTH
ers, and they will take care Of ii. Keep
my body neat and clean and have il put
away in a nice coliin,p He claimed TO
have seen angels and his dear sister.
samantha, whom he cherished so much
and who died six years previous, hover
ing around his dying couch TO bear his
spirit home.
1t is our blessed privilege to recall the
faces and forms, the words and acts of
our brethren whom we have loved and
lost awhile, and to place upon enduring
record our appreciation of their Masonic
worth and service, that they may not
be forgotten when gone but treasured
by Us who knew them. For ourselves
who have enjoyed, are now enjoying the
fruitful harvest of their Masonic sowing
and Tor our successors who shall ia the
decades to come partake OF ii as q com.
mon heritage of Masonry.
A, NJ. ShiPloy was born in Washing
ton County, Tennessee, February /, 1863.
Turning TO the Masonic history of our
brother il is briefly rs follows: iIe was
initiated into the mysteries of Free
Masonry in Sinking Creek Lodge, 575.
ut Douglass Shed, Tenn, September &
1872 passed October (, and was raised to
the sublime degree of Il Master Mason
November ~, Of the same year and
was soon after elected and installed
Secretary, serving one yoar in that ca
pael!y,, me following year he was APP
pointed steward and served in this ca.
until his death. The labors and
work Of our brother are ended; NAV he
rest ia peace. or him it may be said:
dc Ats lass hath Wou release aud rest,
converse supreme and wise music and
and light OF immortal faces. These
few lines in cold typo embrace the Ma
sonic progression Of our beloved brother.
He has gone to sleep, but his record is
engraved on the hearts OF his brethren
never TO be forgotten so long as life may
last in those who knew him, for to know
him was but to love him. Brother Ship
died at his home on Buffalo Ridge,
Washington County, Tennessee, June
70, 1896, and was buried in the beautiful
home graveyard on June y, 1896, by
Sinking Creek Lodge, Kind and loving
brethren deposited his body in the grave
prepared for him, his shroud was our
mother earth, from il came we all and
unto it must we return-some sooner,
lator-Wheu only our heavenly
knows. We trust every member
this Lodge may be as wellproparod for
the summons rs was brother Shipley.
His covering Is the green grass and
flowers watered by the dews of heaven,
companions tho sweet songsters of
the forest as they carol forth their
anthems Of praise to the great jehovah.
sleep on brother, the lightning and the
storm may play about thy lonely grave,
the rain ANA sunshine may beat upon ii.
daylight and darkness may come and
go, but lie in whom you placed your
trust Is still nigh and has promised us
that though The worms may destroy
this poor body yet in the glorious morn
the resurrection we shall see God.
Sleep OF brother, though the body die,
yet shall the spirit live. We will miss
thy kindly greeting,that familiar, beam
ING face, that strong and cherry voice;
thy place is vacant, beloved, but not for
Could we but roll back the
curtain of time and be permitted to gaze
in the unknown beyond, across the dark
we would see thy familiar form
standing by the great white throne and
hear thy well known voice saying: al
waiting and watching when you too
shall be summoned. Como We that are
holy and have kept the commandments
OF Il lord and Master, blessed be His
name We bow in humble submission
to the divine mandate, believing that
our beloved brother has been called
from labor on earth to refreshmont in
heaven; his light has gone out, his
place among us Is vacant, his brethren
consigned his body TO thegrave, but
the heart of memory will cherish his
memory forever. Our brotherhood has
lost n bright and shining light, one
whose life was n living exponent of the
beautiful tenets of our order. BE it
therefore
Resolved, That Sinking Creek Lodge
No, 515, II. and A. NJ, be draped in mourn
ing for thirty days, that Il page of our
record book be set apart TO his memory
with his name, rank, Lodge and date Of
his death, suitably inscribed thereon.
Resolved, That we tender the bereaYed
family Of which he was a member our
heartfelt and ~brotherly sympathy in
the loss they have sustained.
Resolved That a copy of these resolu-
tions be furnished the family of which
he was q member.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu-
lions be furnished the J%onesboro Herald
and Tribune for publication. BY order
Of Sinking Creek Lodge, c. b. Sproles
w. NJ, officiating.
W.. p. JoBE,
j. ii. FoRh, Com.
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