The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-07-18
MONUMENT UNVEILED
TO Memory Of the Late B. G,
Jackson
BY WOODMEN OF The WORLD
Dov A. l.. WOOdward's Eloquent
oratiou at UnveiIing Ceremonies.

d,v afternoon. at Bethel Gene
tory the WOOdmen OF the Worlu un-
I.oiind a monument to the memory
their late brother member, B. G-
Jackson. a large attendance OF Woou-
men and their friends from tnlS Guy
wore prcsent. Rev. A. l.. WOODWARD
aoliynrpd the unveiling Grafton as
follows: Co,,oro;onc,
Consul Commander, SOVerelgns
orI Fricnds-We learn from the Sa-
"rod writings that from time lmmem-
o.inI il has been the custom Oh mah-
T;nd to build affairs and erect mon
,,,,onts TO commemorate great ana
;m,nnrtant events, and to transmit TO
+nctoritv the record OF mighty
ppchipvpments. Thus Noah, after ne
Lod bppn miraculOusly preserved Dy
4Lo intprbosition of God hlmselt
from the great deluge which had
Irowned an entire world, erected an
oItar INTO the Lord anu offered sac
rificp thereon, "and the LORD SmelIeu
cwppt SAVIOR" and lie offering OF
Noah was well pleasing in His slght,
o. He flung with His Almighty nm
s gers the glittering bow OF promise
sthwart the clearing skies, anu d0-
sured the children of men thaI ne
would never more curse the earIh
with a deluge.
And Abraham, the father OF the
faithful. after God had made him that
wonderful and well nigh Incredible
nromise. that his seed should be as
The sand OF the SeaShOre in numbers,
and as the uncOunted host OF the
starry firmament in multitude, Dullh-
ed an altar to the God in whom ne
trusted to teach to his children and MS
cbildren's children the sublime lessLn
o. laith int God.
And so. Jacob. a lore and fr.n!d faS
.,n1h. fleeing. from the wrath IT LIS
outraged brother, seeking a far foun-
trv in whidh to carve out his future,
was favored with that marvellous. VS.
ISon of q ladder reanhin 1Tom earth to
heaven. and the angels Of God Sascend4s
inc and descending thereon, typical of
the atonemknt of the promised CHRIST
which should reunite once more
rebellious hut repentant earth with
reconciled and forgiVing Heaven, took
of the stones which had formed MS
inflow and builded therefrom an altar
70 testify to succeeding generations
his belief in the promised RedeemeF.
Turning from sacred history 10 pro
fame we find that. from tie earliest
lawn of time it has been faVorlte
pastime of kings and emperors 10
erect colossal monuments OF Solld
granite or enduring marble to COM
memorate the mighty deeds OF tnelr
i roval ancestors, or to perpetuate tnelr
own glory and renown to ages yet un-
horn, Hence for we'll nigh five thou
sand years the sad-eyed Sphinx mas
gazed in hopeless silence across the
taWnv- desert sands, and the massive
Pyramids have reared their hoary
SUBMITS in Egypt's rainless SKY
striving to tell in long forgotten IAN
guage to the awe struck vlsltor Lhe
wondrOus deeds of those whose num-
mes Sleep below; while the slender
column of Cleopatra's needle points
upward to the unknown eternity u
which these mighty ones have gone
But it was only the great, the royal
and the rich for whom such noun
mentS were made to stand. The num-
BILE and the poor died like the beasts
die, "unwept, unhOnOred and unsung,
|, and their names perished from OH the
earth.
1t has been reserved for a more
modern age to discover virtue and to
ind nobility in those who tread the
we'll worn paths Of unevenLIuI lie.
Those wonderful creations of pre-
historic date costing the untold mil
lions Of nations ransom, were PAID
Tor Wild the blood and toll of the COM
mon herd, and the costly monuments
Oh modern times erected to the memory
rs OF departed worth are at the expense
OF surviving loved ones, but your noble
Z order, as far as l am informed, is the
Arst to erect at tneir own expense aeoI-
o. Slnn to departed brethren. While other
raternal organizations nurse their sick
Oury their dead and even pay to the
10 sorrowing widow and weeping orphans
4 NE benefit of the assured, the
woodmen of the World, after haV-
" ng done all this, hnger in touching
an snderness at the graveside, after the
Oust to dust" has been said, until the
eSrth has been returned to its place
vVer the silent sleeper and then place
sOOVe his unconscious clay a memor-
- that tells to generations to come
'na love.
~ II was my privilege to know the
StOther who lies sleeping here as man
suG boy for well nign thirty years,
.uu II was called upon to name one
seaerouS trait which distinguished
In above another l should say it was
- sincerity. Under all ircum-
%Anees and in every company he was
~ same earnest, sincere and thought
~. vne of England's grandest bards has
1 an honest man is the noblest
OrK OF Cod" and he was an honest
"a a' honest in his convictions, hon
lo H. IN his purposes, honest to his fel-
=, men and honest to his God.
nay the memory of his virtues
1--WE US with fresh courage for tne