The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-31
LODGE OF SORROW
HELD BY BROTHERHOOD OF LOCO
MOTIVE ENGINEERS.
ROLL OF THE DEAD CALLED.
SILVER BELL TOLLED AFTER
EACH NAME.

Work That Is Being Done by the
! Locomotive Engineers.
The Lodge of Sorrow and Memorial
service of the Myrtle Division No. 256
! Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
held at the Trinity Methodist Church
last night was attended by more than
fifty of the members of the division
and by forty or more members of the
| Olive Branch, the ladies auxiliary to
the division. The service was also
largely attended by those who were
was scarcely a vacant seat in the
church
| The engineers assembled at s
o'clock in their hall in Pythian Castle,
and proceeded to the church in a body.
Seats had been reserved for them and
the division filed in and took it's place
shortly before the hour for opening the
service. The ladies of the Olive
Branch Society also attended in
body taking seats that had been re-
served for them at the left of the cen
ter aisle. The service opened with the
singing of a hymn and the Offering of
prayer by the pastor, Rev. A. M. Will
iams. Immediately following which the
ritualistic ceremony of the brotherhood
was carried out.
Called the Roll of Dead.
First assistant engineer, Mr.. c. Barn
well, began the calling of the roll of
the dead. AS each name was called
there was a moments pause, as though
the secretary We're waiting for the usual
response, for the sound of the voice
that had been silenced forever. When
the silence following the calling of each
name had continued for an instant,
silver bell, which stood slightly to the
right of the pulpit, was tolled once, the
mark of honor and the token of re-
membrane for the dead. The entire list
of twenty-four names was called, and
the soft tolling of the bell following
the silence after each name lent a
touch of peculiar beauty and solemnity
to the service, and paid a tender tribute
of silent sorrow to the dead. The fol-
lowing is the roll as called last even
ing, including the names of the late
chiefs of the order:
Chief Peter NJ. Arthur, Chief A. B.
Youngson, John d. Andrews, Fred W.
Bell John M. Bass, George A. Collins.
Joseph Connolly, Michial P. Courteny,
Daniel J. Crowley, Jerry ]. Crowley,
Joseph A. Cronk, William H Devine,
James F. Dooner, William T. Francis,
Thomas r.. Lenoir, Samuel A. Torch,
Dennis McAuliffe, John r. McKinnon.
William a. O'Neal, Edward P. O'Hara,
Edward S. Pierce, Alonzo Reyers. Will
nam 0. Ryan, John T. Studdard, Hugh
M. Urquhart, Richard ]. Walsh.
When the last name of the orders
dead had been called and the bell had
tolled for the last time the first as
sistant engineer returned to his seat
and the ritualistic part of the service
was ended.
The Memorial Sermon.
The special memorial sermon, deliv-
cred by Rev. A. M. Williams followed.
Rev. Mr. Williams spoke of the service
rendered to humanity and the spread
OF civilization by the engineer, of how
people of all nations were brought to-
gether through their work and of the
lessons that We're learned one from
another He also paid a tribute to
the dead brothers of the Myrtle Divi-
sion and also to the late chiefs of the
order, Arthur and Youngson. The
speaker took his text from Proverbs
1O:7 The memory of the Just is
blessed, and among other things he
said. in part:
The appointment of a special day
the lives of the departed members of
this great brotherhood is wise. It tends
to sanctify the bond that binds these
men together and gives an additional
encouragement to the living to faith
fulness in the discharge of their du-
ties and it is due these men who risk
so much in the promotion Of the com
fort of the nation. Twenty-four names.
well known to many of you, have been
q VA1 nc oh,
shadow falls on some face, for II
awakes the old cry:
on Tor the touch of vanished hand,
The sound of a voice that is still!''
Tribute to Chief Arthur.
while time does not permit the
mention of the good traits of each of
the departed, yet we do have the OPP
portunity, the sad opportunity, of pre-
senting the name of one who comes as
near as possible in human history as
being the ideal engineer. Chief Arthur.
Seldom is such a combination of noble
qualities presented so conspicuously to
the nation. There is the skill that de-
mands the respect of the artisan: the
geniality that wins the love of the fell
low man; the dignity that quietly calls
for the loyalty of the subordinate: the
modesty that charms the thoughtful:
the courage that insists on it's rights,
joined to the sense of justice: and then
that GROWING Virture, his religion
Mr.. Arthur thought it enlarged his
manhood to belong to a church, to be
religious.
This is the fortieth anniversary of
the founding of the brotherhood and
it is sad that it should be marked by
the death of two of its great chiefs,
Arthur and Youngson. 1t should
sanctify the order and on the same
broad just, wise, platform extend its
mission. l regret that my information
of Chief Youngson prevents a fuller
eulogy of this worthy man.
Character of Engineers.
1T is well on this occasion to form
an estimate of the engineer, to pres
ent the ideal, and this will be the best
eulogy of the dead that could be de-
hVered. The personal charac ter of the
engineer first invites US. The success
full engineer must first of all be a true
man. 1t is well nigh impossible to
build him upon anything else. The
culture of the body, the muscles. and
nerves, is a first requirement. The
ideal engineer is the picture of a sound
body, subject TO a sound mind, and
directed to the most wholesome aims.
The engineer needs a head, a head we'll
stored with knowledge Emergencies
constantly occur when he must think
fast and think well.
There are moral qualities of the
highest Kind that are required i'm the
ideal engineer. Courage is one of them
No coward can succeed on "A powerful
locomotive, for on each trip the en-
gineer must take his life In his hands.
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