The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-08-05
AN IMPOSING FUNERAL.
REMAINS OF w. X. NETTLEs LAID
TO REST WEDNESDAY.
Teachers Pay Tribute TO His
Memory.

All that was mortal of the late
Prof. w. K. Nettles was laid to
rest Wednesday afternoon in
beautiful Magnolia cemetery in
the presence of large concourse
OF bereaved relatives and friends.
The funeral service was held in
the Magnolia Baptist church.
Every seat in that large building
was occupied and many were
compelled to remain on the out
side.
About the pulpit, the emblems
of mourning hung in graceful
folds, relieved here and there
with the bright hues of floral Of
ferings, contributed by friends
as slight expression of the love
which the sad heart could not ex-
press in words.
Mrs. j. H. Price presided at
the organ and led the choir, COM
posed of Rev. S. E. Tull and
Miss LYNNE Smith, of this place,
Prof. Charles Hooper and Miss
Lizzie Mcdaniel, of Gillsburg--
all dear friends of the deceased.
The pail bearers were Daniel
Bolian, w. M. Wroten, W. H.
Rowan, John Hough, W. B.
Tull, G. W. Curlett, A. E. Rob-
erts and John S. Roberts, and as
they entered the church with the
casket the choir sang, soft and
low. "Nearer, My God, To
Thee
The Rev. T. G. schiIling, Of
Gillsburg, an old friend Of the
deceased, read suitable selections
from Scripture, and then the
choir sang "when the Roll is
Called up Yonder, after which
Rev. Schiiling offered prayer.
"w'ell Meet Beyond the River"
was then sung by Miss LYNNE
Smith, the other members of the
choir joining in the chorus.
The funeral sermon by Rev.
T. q. Schilling was based on the
text: 81 am the resurrection and
the life. He that believeth in
me, though he die, yet shall he
live John IL :25.
These words are to be found
on the tomb of the first president
of these United States, and the
speaker said they were just as
appropriate for W. X. Nettles as
for George washington.
The question of death is settled,
and the question that ought to
concern US all now is: Shall we
live again?
Proceeding, the minister dis
cussed at length the doctrine Of
regeneration, and the resurrec-
ton, which he presented in a
clear, logical manner, showing
that the soul is redeemed in re-
generation, and that the body is
to be redeemed in Gods own
time. the fact that the same
body of Christ that was laid in
the tomb rose again, is sufficient
to prove that the body will be re-
deemed.
In conclusion the speaker said
he had known the deceased for a
number of years; was intimately
associated with him for six years,
and loved him for his sterling
worth. He was always on the
right side of everything, and he
stayed there. The speaker said
the sweetest memory he had of
the deceased was his work in the
prayer meeting. He was always
punctual in attendance, and ever
ready to offer a word of prayer
to the throne of grace.
Eight years ago, July /, the
speaker stood by the grave of the
first principal of the Gillsburg
Collegiate Institute, and assisted
his brother to lay her precious
form in the grave. Called upon
to perform similar service for
the second principal of that in
stitution today, he recalled the
fact that his brother too was gone,
and that he was older than either
of the three. The occasion was,
therefore, inexpressibly sad to
him, whether he would have to
perform the same sad duty for
any of the other principals of
that school he knew not.
The speaker related the noble,
self-saerificing work of the de-
ceased in the school, the church
and Sunday School; related how
he had suffered in years gone by,
and how patiently he bore his
last affliction; how strong his
faith, how steadfast his hope,
and closed his impressive dis