The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-19
A. A. MARSHALL DEAD
Popular Pastor of the Raleigh
First Baptist Church.
Great Attendance at His Funeral Yesterday
Testified the High Regard of People
Of the CITY

Passed into rest on Sunday afternoon
at half past five DR.. A. A. Marshall, pas
tor of the First Baptist church, of Raj
cigh, in the forty-seventh year of his
age. On Monday afternoon amidst a
sympathetic people, the last words were
spoken over his remains in lakewood
cemetery, where all that is mortal now
lies.
HE is good man. true man, a
loveable man. A preacher of the gospel
CT Jesus Christ he has wrought we'll
What more can we say of any man than
this? Who can measure the usefulness
OF such life. Oh, the SURPRISING glory
of its influence.-From the remarks of
Rev. j. L. White at the funeral services.
For weeks and weeks it has been felt
that DR.. Marshall, beloved not alone by
his own congregation, but by all who
knew him in this city, was slowly pass
ing away. Yet when the news of his
death was told on Sunday afternoon, it
came with a sad sense of loss to his
especial charge and of grief to those
whose lives had touched his.
His sickness began with an attack OF
jaundee last January, and he had not
been able to preach since that time His
sickness increased, complications ensued
and an incurable disease attacked his
liver. Every remedy that skilled ply
sicians could suggest was tried. Dr.
Marshall visited a specialist in Philadel-
phia but no relief came and he was
slowly passing away.
1t was then that his physicians told
him that the end was surely approaching.
He heard their words, but his splendid
Christian courage bore him up, and in
these last few weeks he has shown to
the world with what grace a Christian
can prepare to meet his God 1t was a
noble lesson that he taught, but it came
because he had led a noble life. On Sat
urday night he grew worse and grad
ually sank. until his spirit left his body
shortly after five o'clock Sunday after
noon.
SOLEMN FUNERAL SERVICES.
The funeral services were held from
the First Baptist church yesterday after
noon at five o'clock. About the pulpit
and organ loft there were wide bands of
mourning, and white flowers, amidst
green palms, were banked about the
platform. In the church was great con-
sregation, come out of deep sympathy TO
pay last sad tribute to one whose pray
ers had often been made for them
Across the street, in the parsonage
parlor reposed a still and quiet form
in the casket. About this. and covering
almost all the space in the room were
the floral offerings, which had come. from
citizens, from church members, from the
various societies of the church, from the
deacons, from the Grand Lodge of Ma
sons and from VIM. G. Hill Lodge. of
which DR.. Marshall was member The
designs were very handsome and were
later laid above the mound in the GENE
terry.
Borne by the pall-bearers the casket
was carried from the house between lines
of uncovered Masons, while the solemn
notes of the church bell sounded The
honorary pall-bearers were Deacons
Thomas Fl. Briggs, John E. Ray E. S.
Dunn and T. e. Terrell. The active pail
bearers, who took the casket into the
church, were Deacons j. H. Afford, G..
NJ. Allen, d. H. Allen, J. D. Boushall,
s. w. Brewer, c. J. Hunter, w. n. Jones
and j. p. Wyatt. The Masonic pail
bearers who took charge of the casket
from the church, Messrs. B. r. Lacy, w.
T. Harding, r. N. Smms, J. II. Afford,
l.. H. Adams. Walter Clark, Fred. NAH
Ter, ]. j. fowler, T. A. Green, j. A.
Briggs, Sr., and w. E. Faison.
The services in the church began with
the singing of "Jesus. Lover of My
Soul" after which DR.. T. G. Skinner
read the beautiful Twenty third Psalm,
whose opening words are THE Lord is
my Shepherd This was followed with an
earnest prayer by Dr. c. E. Taylor, presi
dent of Wake Forest College who in it
asked Gods blessing upon the saddencd
home and church.
Next the congregation sang ASLEEP in
Jesus" following which DR.. M. M. Mar
shall. rector of Christ church. read from
the fourth chapter of First Thessalonians
beginning at the words 81 would not
have you be ignorant, brethren"
Rev. DR.. Eugene Daniel of the Pres
hyterian church, next addressed the
congregation, and gave voice to an eX
preston of appreciation of the personal
work of DR.. Marshall, and his loveable
ness as man. He spoke of his com
paritively short pastorate in Raleigh, but
told how he had grown upon the people,
and how they loved him. Not alone was
this the case in his own church, explained
the speaker, but the people generally of
the city had grown attached to this man, !
whose life showed that he was laboring
for the good of humanity He smoke of