The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-08

Temple. a most fitting place. Tn the
 building of that Temple, no man took
 a greater interest and few, if any con
 tributed so effectively as he. His Ma
 sonic career was intertwined in the
 movement and its success fo- the
 building of the Temple It was rrere-
 fore fitting that .hs body of Henry H.
 Matthews should lie in state in the
 spacious library of the Masonic Tenn
 pie, He there with its burdens of flow
 CTS and the golden symbols of his rank and his honors.
 Knights are on Guard.
 Nor was it any less fitting that his
 brother Knights should be as a guard of honor to him that was dead. There was none among them more loyal, more jealous. more in we'll doing than he who was dead. It was the pleasure of his comrades to pay him this last and great honor, this uniformed guard throughout the long hours of tho night. .
 An order that dates back to the days of the Crusade. the marches to Pales- l tine, the fights about Acre and Jerusa-
 lem, has its traditions and customs.
 The knight, fallen on the field of honor. had his guard of honor. His brother
 knights sat through .he long hours of the night, with all that was mortal of the dead noble. So the Templar Knights last night sat about the bier | that held all that was mortal of Henry Fl. Matthews. honored in life and hon. ored in death.
 The funeral will be held today, this | afternoon at 4 o'clock The services will be held in the Masonic Temple l The Masonic part of the burial ser vices will be conducted by Deputy | Grand Master Ben M. Jacobs, who now | succeeds to the high office left vacant
 when Henry H. Matthews fell asleep. | In Stnte at the Temple. | The remains of MT. Matthews were taken from his residence. 20 Pleasant | Avenue, to the Masonic Temple. al | twilight yesterday evening and placed
 in the library chamber on the ground
 floor of the temple A guard of Knights Templar immediately went on duty te
 watch over the body of the distin- | guished Mason. The guard was com posed of eight Sir Knights, only two at one time acting in order that they | might be excessively relieved during | the night.
 I The body will lie in state from z foclock this morning until the hour | of the funeral at o'clock this after | noon. and the thousands of people oi Montgomery and Alabama. who loved MT. Matthews. will be afforded an op- portunity of viewing all that Is mor- | tai of him.
 | The Masonic Grand Lodge of the State of Alabama, will bury the dis tinguished dead. The Grand Lodge
 will be opened in ample form by Act. Ing Grand Master Benjamin NJ. Jacobs of Birmingham. at 3 o'clock this af- ternoon. The ritualistic funeral ser. vices of Masonry will be conducted al | the temple and at the grave by MT Jacobs and. in the absence of the Grand | Chaplain, Rev w. c. Bledsoe of La l Fayette. who Is i'll at his home, Rev | Stewart Mcqueen, rector of the Epis. 1 copai Church of the Holy Comforter will conduct the religious services oi
 that church at the Temple.
 | Many Visiting Masons. l It Is probable that the funeral ei
 Mr. Matthews will be the largest at | tended of any funeral ever held in l Montgomery High officials In Mason ry believe that at least 200 visiting
 Masons will be in Montgomery to at- | tend the obsequies A special car. at- taehed to one of the Southbound Lou isville and Nashville trains, will bring from forty to fifty Birmingham Ma | sons to Montgomery this morning | They will return to Birmin gham after | the funeral
 Grand Secretary George A. Beau | champ and Acting Grand Master Ben jamin M Jacobs reached Montgomery yesterday morning and, after calling al | the residence of the dead master, be- gan preparations for the funeral All | of the out-of-town officers of the Grand
 Lodge were telegraph and only one l reply was received yesterday from l the Grand Chaplain who teiegraphec l that his illness woalld prevent hin | from reaching here. The fact that nc l other replies were received led to the
 belief that all other grand officers would | be here.
 | Arrangements have been perfected for the accommodation of the large
 number of persons that will follow the
 remains to the cemetery. Every avail able public hack and carriage in Mont | gomery will be pressed into service and, even with these. it Is feared that