The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-13
IMPRESSIVE
 SERVICES In Memory of Railroad Conductors. MANY co TO PAY TRIBUTES Yesterday Afternoon Services Held
 in Pythian Hall. Rev. H. N. Edmends Sent Up Elo- auent Tribute, Saying Those Live Who Are Dead, and Other
 Speakers Take Part.
 

A memorial service was held at o'clock yesterday afternoon in the hall of the Knights of Pythias by Di- vision eS of the Order of Railroad Con- ductors in honor of those members who had died since the organization of the division. Brief but eloquent tributes were offered to the dead by Rev. H NJ Edmonds, pastor of the First Presby- terian Church, and by the Secretary, J. J. Elliot, on behalf of the order. A feature of the afternoon was the sing ing of selections appropriate to the oc- casion by a male trio. An interested and sympathetic audience taxed the capacity of the hall.
 The services were instituted with short introductory address by Presi- dent R. l.. Butt explanatory of the ob- 3eet of the memorial, after which the entire assemblage joined in the sing Ing of hymn. An impressive prayer was spoken by Mir. Edrnonde, the earn estness and eloquence of which rem dered the audience in thorough accord with the spirit of the gathering.
 The rendition of the beautiful hymn "God Is Love- by the trio of male voices accompanied, by the plano was particularly effective. To those who had gathered to pay homage to the memory of the dead, the sentiment of the noble hymn indicative of the boun- tiful grace of the Creator appealed powerfully.
 The report of J. J. Elliot, Secretary of the division. was next read, and as in absolute silence the names of those members who had passed into the great beyond were mentioned, one after the other, reverent attention was given the speaker.
 A brief history of the division was given by Secretary Elliot. It was founded, he said, in 1887 with twenty three charter members. Of this orig inal number only nine ars today liv- ing. Some resigned their positions with the different railroads In whose employ they were at the time of join- ing the order and had died in other branches of business, but the majority died through accidents while in the discharge of their duty. Since the es- tablishment of Division 9S, stated Mir. Elliot, there had been twenty. .seven deaths. and said he, further. it was in memorial service was being held.
 Closed With Tribute.
 The Secretary closed his report with noble tribute to the departed man. = bers of Division 9s. and expressed to the bereaved friends and relatives the sympathy of the order.
 At the conclusion of the Secretary's report, Dr.. .Lakln rendered the beau- tiful hymn, Face to Face.". He has A baritone voice of remarkably syrnna- thetic quality. and he sang the com. Porting words with q feeling, and com prehensiop og1 their, exalted sIrneanirs s which went straight to iSaAo hearts of
 Rev. H. M. Edmonds then delivered an address commemorative of the vir- tues or the departed members of the EUa A to be learned from the example ssf bv tnem' and there was a peculiar fitness In tne memorial exercises of the after noon. He reminded his hearers that me dead still lived, that their words and acts still exercised simAuence unon those whose life in this material world nad not yet ended, and he, santered a PoWeFlul plea that the good example which they had furnished fopathe ruia- ence of the living might betfolaowed.
 We loved those who havs Eone be- fore us," he declared, 'iand:t we IovA them still. The men who have lived are still living, though they are dead Ineir sphere has changed. They live in another world"
 He spoke convincingly of the exist ence of heaven. and reminded his audi. ence that there dweIt those that tbAv mourned. The infinite beauty of tbs everlasting life he delineated, declar. ing that the dead in the possession of such blessedness should be spoken of only as living.
 Feelingly he described the rssponsi. oillties which daily devolved upon tbe railroad conductor and the fortitude with which they were borne
 They were men whose lives wera constantly endangered" he said. 'fand In addition the lives of hundreds vera often placed in their keeping"
 The unfailing cheerjness of tha con- ductor weighed down by such a, burden or responsibility was commented unon with admiration, In conclusion ba prayerfully pleaded, May God bless aI1 of us, and make us worthy of tba man who have gone before"
 With the singing of hymn by tba ap. dience and the benediction by Rev. Mr Edmonds the exercises were ooncludAd
 Those who have died since the estsh- lishment of Division 9s of the Or6ar 1, Railroad Conductors include many oe the prominent citizens of Monteornar,, in past years. They are as follows. [ Fl Carpenter, c. w. Triggs M IT Hunt, R. H. Mcfarland. G W. Mssb ourn G. c. McElroy. W. H. Mahona Charles Herring, Pickett I. coIer1s,.' A. s. Lawrence. R. W. Williams v D. Brewster. D. A. Can't. H. W T.sr, A owen J. J. R. Adams, A. H Beck, |. V- Mclean. c. c. BreaAsr Henry LeRoy, F. A. McCaskiu, I " A. Farham' G. G. Rambo., I. c. How.