Arizona republican., 1904-09-05
Remains of J. D. MOnihOn
 Buried With HOnOrS
HELD IN HIGHEST ESTEEM
His Funeral One Which Has Had Few Equals in Arizona in Size and Rep- resentativeness - Interment Made at Masonic Cemetery.

Francis A. Shaw, acting as worship full master of Masons in the stead of Frank Thomas, stood in the Masonic cemetery beside the opeE grave pre- pared as a resting place for the re- mains of that honored and ever active pioneer James D. Monihon and recited from memory the beautiful funeral ritual of his high order.
 "Our brother has reached the end of life" MT. Shaw recited. ''The brittle thread which bound him to earth has been severed and the liberated spirit has winged its flight to the unknown world. The silver cord is loosed; the golden bowl is broken; the pitcher is broken at the fountain; and the wheel is broken at the cistern. The dust has returned to the earth as it was; and the spirit has returned to God who gave :t''
 These words fittingly describe the passing of man. Somewhere, too, in the services of the Grand Army of the Republic which preceded the service of the Masons, there is from the bible | line of comfort and beauty saying, God giveth His beloved sleep"
 At the Monihon residence on Grant street there assembled at o'clock a great concourse of people, gathered, said pr. Lewis Halsey, in respect to him, who knowing, they loved" Such a gathering was there as might well eX- press the broad character of that one to whom they came to pay this last tribute of friendship and esteem. Fire men, Masons, ladies of the Eastern Star and of the Woman's Relief Corps and veterans of the civil war wearing the badge of the G. A. R., passed by his bier recalling days when his deeds, his friendship and his council were bountiful, kind and wise. Perhaps few Arizona funerals ever equalled this in attendance at once so large and rep formed a processiopal which extended almost the length of a mile.
 Nearer My God to Thee" and My Faith Looks up to Thee were the numbers sung by a quartette composed of Miss Alice Halsey, Miss Hettie Hal sey, Thomas Morris and L. w. Coi- lins. There is in the words of the latter large steadfast faith and con- secration. Assuredly the Christian of any sect will accept the pristine purity and sweetness of that stanza which ex- claims:
 AS thou hast died for me
 Oh, may my love for Thee
 Pure, warm and chageless be-
 A living fire"
 For a lesson from the bible Dr. Hal sey read the service prepared by the Baptist church, containing the full context of the twenty third psalm and parts of other psalms and texts of light and comfort. His prayer invoked divine compassion upon those who mourned in him who is dead the loss of that one who was nearest and dearest and whose place cannot be filled. His remarks, while brief were full of ten- derness with a note of courageous faith for those who mourned which rang true to the life of the man whose memory they commemorated. Touch ing the days when MT. Monihon bore arms pr. Halsey spoke with much fel- ing, reciting with fervor poem entitl- ed, The Old Flag" which had appear ed in yesterdays Republican. One verse of the quotation ran:
 of with your hats as the flag goes by!
 And let the heart have its say; You're man enough for a tear in your eye
 That you will not wipe away" More than 800 persons availed | themselves of the last leave taking. Those bearing the casket to the hearse were: Thomas Armstrong, Jr., grand commander of the Knights Templar, Ed Eisele, Mason; A. H. Davidson. c. R. Price, firemen; M. J. Galpin, Thos. Boyle, Grand Army men, Advancing | the funeral procession were the fire men who formed an escort of honor. Following the apparatus was the Pio- neer band which the firemen supplied. Then came a detachment of sixteel. national guardsmen under Lieutenant McCrea, which at the grave acted as a firing squad. Following the guardsmen were the representatives of the Masons, Grand Army, Eastern Star and Wom- ans Relief Corps. At the cemetery gate these several organizations form ed on either side of the entrance an avenue through which the hearse pass ed First then came the service of the Grand Army at which Chaplain D. P. Kyle and Acting Commander Hanks | officiated, Mrs. F.. B. O'Neill respond ing for the Woman's Relief corps MT. Shaw next celebrated the Masonic burial service which was followed by the firing of the last salute and the sounding of taps. Two beautiful fea- lures of the Masonic service is the. casting of the lamb skin or white apron upon the bier as the emblem of inno- cence, and the dropping within the grave of a spris of evergreen signify ing hope of life eternal. There is a reference to the passing of all things mortal which concludes with the state ment, How important, then, it is for us to know that our Redeemer liveth. and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth
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