The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-09

ciated both in the intricacies of every I day life and in the course of his pub | lie career. Among the tributes which | had been sent were set pieces from the | three Mobile Lodges of Masons, Mobile | No. 70, Howard No. 69. and Athelstar | No. 369; from the Council and Consisto. ry of Birmingham; from Olive Branch Chapter, Rebecca Lodge No. 1, l. o. O F.; from Zamora Temple. Ancient Ara bic Order, Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine of Birmingham; King Solomon's Lodge
 Birmingham; Montgomery Commandery No. {; Grand Lodge of Alabama; Tip pecanoe Tribe No. s5, Improved Order
 of Red Men; Captal City Lodge, | O O. F.; the vestry of the Church of the Holy Comforter; St. Mary's Guild. and
 from the Sheriff and Deputies, and the Judge of the City Court, with whom | he had been related for several years in an oficial capacity.
 Services at the Temple.
 Two services were held at the Tenn pie, the one the simple burial service ! of the Episcopal Church, of which the dead man was a member and the other the more elaborate rites of Masonry
 under the auspices of the Grand Lodge Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Al | the graveside, the ceremonies were per- formed by the Grand Lodge, and by the local lodges of the Independent Order
 of Odd Fellows. of one of which, Cap
 ital City Lodge. MT. Matthews was a Past Grand.
 I In honor of the Masonic leader. al- Il most the entire personnel of the of- ficers of the Grand Lodge had come | to Montgomery. Benjamin M Jacobs I Deputy Grand Master of the State or | ganization officiated in the capacity of the man whose services he was called | upon to read. Others of the State or I ficers who were in attendance were; | Henry M. Milstead. of Columbianai | Acting Deputy Grand Master. Hon
 Hugh s. D. Mallory, of Selma, Senior Grand Warden; Lawrence H. Lee, of | Montgomery. Junior Grand Warden l William H. Dingley, Montgomery Grand Secretary; Rev. Neal L. Anderson, D. D. Montgomery. Grand Chaplain in the i. opening exercises at the Temple; Rev stewart Mcqueen, Montgomery, Grand Chaplain at the grave; David w. Mc- Iver. Grand Marshall; Walker s. Scott, 1 Birmingham, Senior Grand Deacon; Jo- seph H. Edwards. Vivian, Junior Grand l Deacon; Lewis H. Reynolds, Cianton, Senior Grand Steward; Elliott G. Rick- arby. Mobile. Junior Grand Steward and Charles A. Allen, Montgomery Grand Tiler.
 Previous to the beginning of the ser vices the members of the different branches of Masonry and of the Odd Fellows entered the hall. and took their seats about the bier. More than S09 I filed into the library where the services were held and when Rev. Stewart Mo- Queen rose to open the reading or the | Episcopal burial service. overy chair in | the large room was taken. while tha halls at both entrances were filled with | friends and brothers of the dead. T am the resurrection and the life, began the minister. As the impressive words of the beautiful service rose, asl other sounds in the hall ceased. It was | the promise of immortality. the assur- | ance o6 victory ef the soul over the
 tomb |tOh, death, where is thy sting? l Oh, grave, where Is thy vfctoryT
 Ceremonies of Masons.
 At the conclusion of the church ser-
 vice, Deputy Grand Master Jacobs arose and took charge of the Masonic ser vices. Standing at the foot of the cas- ket, facing the dead leader, the co-la- borer and close personal friend Of Henry Matthews spoke the final words prescribed by the order. Opposite him, | guarding the head of the dead. stood H. s. D. Mallory, another brother In | fraternal bonds of the leader. At the close the entire congregation. stand | ing, joined in the singing of that old
 est and most loved of hymns, Nearer My God to Thee"
 Gentle hands bore the casket of the Il dead from the Temple. Under crossed swords of belted knights it was borne to the hearse waiting for its burden Long lines of carriages and friends fol- | lowed it to the lot in the burial ground l where the final services were to be held | Here, gathered about the open mouth of the grave, the local lodges of Odd Fellows paid tribute to the departed | in the services of the order, led by | (xrQ 0d a M CPaufQrd and c
 Grand Master Jacob Pepperman. Henry
 Matthews had been himself a Past
 Grand of the ranks of Odd Fellows. | The Masonic services at the grave
 side included the enclosing of emblems upon the caskst. First were dropped
 into the tomb the record of Henry Mat
 thews, taken from the archives of the
 order. The white lambskin apron. sym
 bol of purity and of labor in the world
 of men. Finally twigs of the ever
 lasting evergreen werc dropped gently | upon the coffin, a covering of nature {
 own promise of immortality.
 | The benedication said, the funeral
 cortege departed. Reluctantly the feet
 which had followed the dead comman-
 Most Worshipful Grand Master of the
 Masons, of Alabama was no more. The | last tributes to his earthly remains had
 been paid. But in the heart of each
 one who left the grave side there was
 a memory of the living man which will | last while his own memory will last. | Henry Matthews was dead and buried,
 but not forgotten. As the Masons said
 in chorus. "So let 1t be, now, henceforth | and forever"
 Pallbearers of the Dead.
 The active pallbearers of the dead were Henry c. Davidson of Montgom- cry, Past Grand Commander of the | Knights Templar of Alabama; William | of Andrew Jackson Lodge; Robert S.. Teague of Montgomery, Past Grand Commander of Knights Templar of | Alabama. and now Master of Andrew
 Jackson Lodge; Robert L. Douglas | of Mobile. Past Grand Comman- der of Knights Templar of Ala bama; Capt. R. T. Goodwin of Mont gomery, member of Andrew Jackson Lodge; Louis Bloch of Montgomery, past master of Montgomery Lodge;
 John B. Lyons and John B. Bethea The honorary pallbearers were c. fl. Beale, George Halls, J. W. Dimmick, Hartwell Douglas, T. Gardner Foster,
 Joseph B. Jones. Dr.. F. c. Stevenson,
 Phil A. Travis, H. U. Warren. Charles Youngs. Judge A. D. Sayre and Sheriff w. R. Waller.
 Among the prominent Masonic visi- tors from other parts of the State who
 came tt Montgomery to attend the fun
 Troy, Past Grand Commander of the Knights Templar of Alabama; Robert w. Southerland of Mobile. Grand Scribe of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of
 Alabama; Robert L. Douglas of Mobile, Past Grand Commander Knights Tenn