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

zen, refined, educated; the opportuni-
~ to rise and make a mark in the
world
Now, as to the Board Of Trade.
This thing was magnified in Dr.
Boyd's mind. He called the pro-
fessiona', business and laymen to
come together on a common basis,
and he organized the Negro Board
of Trade to help bring Nashville and
all that tends to make Nashville bet
ter, up to the required standard. This
last organization was the pride and
glory of his life. And it was the last
organization he presided over"
Prof< w. S. Thompson Representing
the Knights Of Pythias.
Friends We will not attempt to
deliver an address. We desire sim
ply to express along with others who
have spoken, our feeling and our
devotion to our late brother, DR..
Robert Fulton Boyd Just as has
been said concerning the lively in.
spiration put into everything to
which he laid his hand, just so. we in
our organization can testify to the
same spirit 1t was the particular,
as he often said, amusement in him
that caused the good work we have
over the state of Tennessee; over
$21 900 in our Endowment fund ali
through the assistance, inspiration
and strong character, continued de-
votion, his continued battling on the
front line as indicated by this our
brother. In the early COS we had
only three lodges in this state, and
In those three lodges we were less
than one hundred members, But now
now our numbers are nearly $50.
over ten thousand. That did not
come about only as a result of the
individual effort put forth by each
member, but wherever DR.. Boyd
laid his hand there sprung stream
of Pythianism which was a continual
light reckoning others to follow, and
now we have an organization;
monument which shall ever last"
Or. sterrs of Decatur Ala, Repre-
senting the Supreme Grand
Lodge |. o. |.
Sisters and Brothers, Ladies and
Gentlemen:
1T is indeed a difficult task to
crown the bodies which | represent
in just five minutes. When | ar.
rived in your city l was informed
that ! was to represent the Grand
and Supreme Lodges l. o. I. of Ala
bama, and Grand Lodge Of Mississip-
pi and others. Our dear brother
here before us was a representative
or that noble fraternity that has
done so much to shape the destiny
OF many. How true it is that each
and every one of us is nearer tn
God today than a day or so ago.
was thinking how delightful it should
have been, if it were possible for us
the members of the |. o. I. to have
reserved this life and sacrificed some
other that was not near so important:
but God knows best what to take and
what TO leave. Each day of our
ives, no matter how we may battle
against it, we are pushing nearer and
nearer to the mouth of an omen
sepulcher. The news of the death
OF the brother was a shock TO us as
was the shock to the helpless crea-
lures on board that great vessel. the
Titanic when amid the soft and
sweet strains of Nearer my God to
thee hundreds of lives were sud.
denly doomed to "a watery grave. Yes.
when We heard that Dr. Boyd was
dead We were shocked, stunnedl
drunk with emotion, and we got hold
of the staff of hope that we shall see
him in the land above. Supreme
Master here on earth gene to see the
Supreme Master above, Hadley. Me
thinks it was kind of a makeup. AT
the age of II he came into this grand
order. 1t mattered not how respon-
sibilities came, nor how business
pressed upon him, he could always
look and see that path that led uD
to heaven. The l. o. /. can hope TO
join him if we walk in the footprints
of the Master"