The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-07-26

to md a man to MI It, When the
board of Directors of the Peoples
Savings Bank holds its next meeting,
they will have before them a very,
very serious question. il is a sad
thing that we mourn his death. My
pen was scarcely dry from writing
an article on the awful death-rate
among men in middle life when the
message came to me of his death.
We hope his place will be filed"
Hon. Noah coocer Paid a High Trb-
ute to the Deceased.
Though come with grief-strick-
en- heart I am glad to be here at this
hour to speak a word of praise in
memory of my brother. | hogan my
address by calling you ladies and
gentlemen. feel that you have
complimented yourselves by being
here on this occasion to pay tribute
to the memory of this man, 1t speaks
well for the future of the young men
and women who are coming to the
front. While this occasion is very
sad it is one of great rejoicing. This
coffin here reminds US that we are
al on funeral march to the grave
If you are a carpenter, some day you
will drive your last nail, if a brick,
layer, some day you will lay your
last brick; if a washerwoman, some
day you will put your arms in the
tub for the last time; if a ditch dig
ger, some day you will dig your last
ditch; If you are a lawyer, some day
YOU will write YOUR last deed, make
your last speech; if you are a doctor
healing diseases, giving sight to the
blind, hearing to the deaf, and al
most raising the dead, some day you
will make your last diagnosis. Sc
today let us remember that it is ouI
business to be ready to approach our
grave as readily as man lays down
to a pleasant dream. I recall when
] went to the great city of Washing
ton and walked into the COMPRESSION
al Library, that most beautiful and
magnificent building in the world
ard read the inscriptions placed there
for young men and women to read
among them l remember this one
taken from the Bible: ''What doth
the Lord require of thee, o man! but
to do justice to the love of morals
and to the love man and God?" All
men nearly all the time want to dc
right. When DR.. BOYD established
hospital out there on Cherry street
he named it Mercy" That was the
darling of his heart, that his life and
deeds might represent the mercy of
the God it had pleased him so well
Ito serve.
Or. Boyd was not only one OF the
greatest men Nashville has produced,
but one of the greatest that America
has ever produced / think | can
speak the truth when | say that. His
life not onlq touched Nashville but
it touched the nation and through the
nation the world And after his
ashes shall have been gathered to-
gether his name and fame viii illumi-
nate and illustrates the virtues that
every boy and girl should honor in
life.
But he is gone, as the earth may
fall and the flowers may fade and
pass away; but there is no death
Though DR. Boyd's hands are folded
in peace today, he lives in my heart
and in yours, ] have known him in
great many situations, in court and
without, and never has he shown a
hatred except for what was wrong,
and never any love except for what
was right He was a righteous man
who trusted in his God The need
of the young man today, black or
white, is more trust in the God that
has made him. The noblest thing
that can be said is: 81 am a Chris
tan" We are in the presence of
a Christian gentemans remains, and
| urge you all to pray more and trust
in God more. When think of him
today I think everyone of us should
join in that sweet old hymn so when
we come to die we can say:
Jesus, lover of my soul,
Let me to thy bosom fly,
While the pillows near me roll,
While the tempest still is high;
Hide me, o my Savior hide
Till the storm of lie is past;
Safe into the haven guide;
Oh, receive my soul at last"