The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-09-30
RESOLUTIONS IN MEMORY OF
A. 3. CARTER.

RESOLUTIONS IN MEMORY OF
A. 3. CARTER.
In 1.-THE midst Of life there ara
changes which must come to us all
On the 22nd day of September, 1910,
about 9 O'Clock a. m. the time was
fully come when Brother A. B. Car
Ter, our friend and brother, was called
from his earthly labors to the blessed
reward which awaits the faithful.
He was our friend and brother,
loved. honored and respected by all
who knew him. Mt. Hope Lodge g..
". o. of o. F. Patriarchy and all the
departments of the order in this city
and state were objects of his special
care. He labored a%bundantly for
them all, but now his labors are end
ed. Therefore, be it,
Resolved, That we, the members OF
Mt. Hope Lodge No. 1928 G. U. 0. ct
O. F., the Household of Ruth and
The Patriarchy of Tennessee, bow our
heads in humble submission to the
Divine Will.
Resolved. That the order has lost
an earnest worker, the church a
strong and conseorated adherent, the
State a dutiful citizen, the home a
kind and devoted husband and father
and that Friendship, Love Int
Truth an uncompromising and ardent
advocate.
Resolved, secondly, that we strive
to follow his good examples so that
when we are called to our reward that
we, like him, may peacefully fold our
arms and quietly entr into rest.
Resolved, thirdly, that we recon-
mend his family to the care of Him
who alone con comfort and bless.
Resolved, fourth, That a copy Of
these resolutions be spread upon our
records and a copy be sent to the
family.
Respectfully submitted,
j. A. LESTER,
H. Y. YOWELL,
w. r. HODGKINS,
H. SNEED,
F. R. BURRUS.
Dear friends and brethren, | mag
! inc that on last Thursday morning,
saw two souls at dawn,
Tinged with the rising sun,
They foated on till morn,
And mingled into one.
Brother Anderson b. Carter de
parted this life Thursday, September
%, 1910, at Q a. m. in the Sind yea
g of his age. The life and character OF
this good and noble mar is before
y the people. No man ever lived
. among us whose life of patience, for
b~earance, integrity, industry and
y honesty outshone that of our departed
brother. He was a good and noble
man, always daring to do right ID
the sight of God and man. His spirit
% has gone to dwell in the Elysians o.
Eden, and honour decks the turf thai
q wraps his clay,
II To his dear wife, con and mother
ID in-law, who in all of his weeks C
|: sickness nursed him so tenderly, thii
t. sad d%ispensation is a severe blow, bu
the courts of heaven are no STRANGE
" to them.
God, grant that his many friend.
Of may pattern after the many virtues
IS in the life of this noble man, so tina
III in that evening of life, when tn
golden clouds rest sweetly and invtt
ID ingly upon the golden mountain;
Id and the light of heaven streams dow
through the gathering mists of death
they may have a peaceful and 1oyou
entrance into the world of blessed
.e- ness. where the great ride OF hf
whose meaning we can only guess a
here below, will be unfolded to us il
the consciousness of a soul redeemeI
ur and purified.
Whereas, 1t has pleased our Fathe
n in heaven to take from us u niue
beloved and honored brother, Andel
OF son B. Carter, whom WE all loved, r.
spected and esteemed, be if,
At Resolved, That in the death G
Brother Carter that the communit
has lost a man in the pure and ge:
eric sense of the word; that the Fir
Baptist Church has lost a man VIII
in believed that society cannot hold t;
gsther without morals; that mora.
of cannot maintain themselves in tn
human heart without religion, an
ar that no religion was worth having III
less it was based upon truth; thu
ge Prince Hall No. / A. F. and A. h
has lost a member who was ever fat
full to his VOW,
lot Resolved, That a copy of these res
~lutions be spread upon the minutes
the lndnn o cnnN he nreSented to III