The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-07-26
Rev W. S. ElIlnaton-s Address.

Rev. w. S. EIlineton's Address.
This is a sad occasion to which
/ am sure we have looked forward
with a great deal of emotion am
sure that the shock that has come
10 us in the death of our brother will
influence us; and ! am hoping that
his life, as it has been brought. to
your attention, will inspire you
When in the hour Of sadness, sorrow
and loneliness all of Jobs beloved
children had been swept away, l see
the old man rise up in mis- sorrow,
with his eyes streaming with tears,
and ask IF a man dies shall he
Hive again?" and then Job said:
"All the days Of my appointed time
will wait until my change comes"
The one great lesson that We ought
to learn is that he remembered his
Creator in the days of his youth; and
as a Christian he dedicated all that
he was to Christ, He was one of
/ those rare characters and we need
more and more OF that kind in our
race, who get the highest and most
powerful education of the heart, head
and hand, and who consecrate it all
to the services of mankind. DR.. Boyd
had that way of making us all feel
that he was a personal friend of ours.
You found at once a friend in him and
your heart at once went out to his
heart. That is the reason we have
gathered here to pay this tribute Of
respect to him. We need that kind
of educated men and women in our
midst who will lay themselves On the
altar for their people.
ut was only few days ago when
! met white woman on the streets
seemingly deeply interested in the
moor people of her race and our race.
She said: 81 know a poor colored
woman not able to work, nobody to
care for her, nobody to see after her,
who needs the attention of a ply.
stefan, some medicine, needs her pre-
scription filed after the doctor pre-
scribes | wondered who would do
this without pay" A few hours after
we parted, she telephoned me and
said: 81 have just seen DR.. R. F.
Boyd, and although he is making pre-.
parations to 60 to the Grand Lodge
he has suspended preparations long
enough, and has gone at once to that
wOman's house. That is why we
loved DR.. Boyd ! am sure we all
feel sorry for his dear mother. They
were always as companions to each
other. was thinking about the
meeting over yonder, when mothers
Affections are over; what o. Joy il
will be when DR.. Boyd shall have
seen the Father, Creator and Maker
OF us an. When the gates TO heavens
bright city shall stand ajar, and
mother and son shall meet. God
hess us all.
Tribute of Dr., r. H. Boyd.
MY friends, this is not time for
talk I have been too shocked ever
! since the news reached me of the
death of my associate, brother and
friend to express my feeling. When
Rome lost one of its greatest lead
ers, and statesmen said: 1--WE have
not come to praise him but to bury
| him. We have lost one of our great
men, but we are not simply here to
bury him; we are here to Unveil a
monument he has built for himself in
the hearts of his fe'lowmen among
whom he lived. I might add here.
when ! look at all these lowers
see the esteem in which he was
held Not only these flowers, but
if every individual for whom Dr.
Boyd did some personal good or act
of kindness, relief or consolation
would come here and cast just one
flower, this casket would be buried
in bed of flowers The gathering
here proves that he built monu-
ment that will stand longer than
monuments of stone or marble"
Or. G. H. Sandy Represents the
Board of Trade.
I'VE come to commemorate the
death of a great man. He was a
professional and business man. and
he was Christian man; a thing
that we hardly ever see, as a rule.
He looked fter the business as well
as the professional side. He was
an organizer of men, He had a pc
culiar way of doing things / don't
think there is a man living who has
been more instrumental in getting
men together. He took advantage
of the opportunity to become a citi.