The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-25
DR. PATTERS0N'S BURIAL TODAY;
 PASTORS, VOICE THEIR SORROW

| work together for good to them that love God, who are the called. accord | ing to his Purpose So we, in all our |, sorrow for him, must say. Thy will
 be done.'"
 pr. J. A Rice. pastor of the Court Street Methodist Church: q regarded Dr. Patterson as one of the most reliable. and useful pastors ever knew. quiet, conservative we'll bal anced devoted, earnest, industrious loyal to the highest ideals to himself and people-such was his character The loss to Montgomery In his death is | unspeakable.
 Rev. W. M Cox, pastor of the Dexter Avenue Methodist Church: Dr. Patterson always impressed me as perfect type of Christian gentle man. He was as true as steel and as gentle as a woman. His death will be a great loss to the moral and spiritual l forces of Montgomery" Dr. Charles A. Stakely, pastor of the l Baptist Church.
 Tn the death of Dr. Patterson this community has sustained great loss. He was a good man. worthy of the | confidence and love in which he was | held He and I were friends. I esteem- l ed him highly and warmly, and over 1 his departure mourn as one of his own"
 Rev. J. A. Jenkins. pastor of the l West End Baptist Church:
 'In the death of pr. Patterson, the State of Alabama loses a distinguished citizen. the city of Montgomery a bene l factor, the churches an eminent leader.
 I feel poorer because this kind, noble
 man Is no longer among us" Rev. J. W. Rhinehardt, pastor of the
 Fifth Avenue Methodist Church: l "A man whom to know was to love.
 Associated with him for two and a
 half years. found him gentle, loving | and as tender as woman. yet bold
 and courag eous at all times against evil"
 | Rev. Eldred NJ Stewart ppastor of the Southside Baptist Church:
 "The life Helpful was the first text that came to me from Dr. Patterson,
 as & living Epistle of Christ Jesus. It was soon learned that there were mes sages in his life for all men. The. young pastor can testify to the en- couragement received through him. as | the doctor placed his arm on his shoul- der and there advised him; the worker 1 heard the message that bade him god speed; the lost man found the text of | living faith that can never be evaded; | the sorrow stricken. the sick and the
 needy were blessed by him" 1 Rev. Father Dennis Savage and Rev Father Thomas Eaton of St. Peters Catholic church:
 Tt Is always a melancholy task to chronicle the death of Gods good men. There is a pathos in 1t which inclines
 to sympathetic silence.
 "The expressions of universal love
 and admiration elicited by Dr. Patter-
 sons demise are eloquent tributes to
 the sweet nobility of his character. | "We, too, would add our apprecia- tive word We do not care to noisily invade the sacred sanctuary of sorrow and therefore with an expression of
 heartfelt sympathy to the afflicted
 family we would exclaim, 'requiscat.
 may Ss est in peace.'"
 Rabbi A. J. Messing. of Temple Beth | "Dr Patterson always filled my ex- pectations of what Christian clergy
 ought to be- He gave unto others ev-
 cry right that he claimed for him
 self He was a natural man and lived a natural life. He was true to his ideal, true to his thoughts. and what
 his brain conceived his lips expressed. He refused to pretend He was ab- solutely honest not only with others. J but with himself To his last moments his soul was stainless. Blessed be the l man who wears no mask. | "The dead pastor illustrated by his life that the Christian ministry can be made the most important agency l that has been established among men: that the ends contemplated by 1t are
 vastly beneficient. glorious. The high est tribute we can pay his memory Is i to perpetuate his teachings in our 1 lives" CITY OFFICIALS PICNIC.