Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-25
HUNDREDS PAY
LOVING TRIBUTE
To DR.. ROBINS
Methodist Pastor Who Died at
EIberton Conference Buried
With Impressive Ceremony,

Beautifully impressive services
/ conducted from the pulpit from when
! he had preached the Word of God
marked the funeral Tuesday of he
Rev, John Bradley Robins, whose dra-
matte death at he North Georgia Con
| ference in Elberton shocked people
! throughout the State.
| Persons in many lines of endeavor
/ gathered to pay their last tribute Of
respect to the distinguished minister
| Every seat in Trinity Methodist
| Church was filed. Business men and
/ professional men joined with the min
| listers Of the State and with the sor-
rowing family in mourning his de-
| parture.
| Banked up back of the simple black
casket were floral offerings of eXqui-
! site composition and design. Rela-
| tives of Dr. Robins, attitred in deep
mourning, quietly entered the audi
| forum just before the services We're
| begun.
| Tribute to his manly, likeable DUAL
| tiles, to his indomitable fighting splr-
| It. which was tempered with gentle
ness, was paid in eloquent words by
men associated with him many years
of his life.
Services Were Simple.
| The speakers gloried that Or. Ron
| ms died in harness. as he always
| had expressed a desire to do.
| An impressive mou.ent came at the
| conclusion of the heartfelt euiOg os
! when the great pipe organ softly
| sounded the sweet strains OF Home.
| Sweet Home" and the large body d
mourners quietly filed from the pulld-
| ing.
| The services were simple, in keep
| ing with the last request of DR.. Rob
| ms. and as the bell in the church
! tower tolled it's solmen knell over the
| departed soul, those who had known
and loved Dr. Robins in life Wept
| unreStrainedly.
DR.. A. w. Quillian. pastor of the
| Inman Park Methodist Church,
| Classmate at Emory College ana a
| lifelong friend OF DR. Roberts, lead
| the services, and in voice broken
| with sorrow he paid tribute to his
| dead friend, to the love and unwav-
| ering devotion to duty that had char
acterized his entire life.
Masons Take Part.
"Once in a great while he SAID,
There arises among US a man whose
! sole thought is of God and Coo
work. What more can be said of DR.
Robins than that he was such
man"
DR.. Quillian was assisted by the
! Rev. w. P. King, of Monroe; the
! Rev. c. r. CleCkier of Elberton, at
| 1r
Rabbi David Marx, who represented
| the Masonic bodies of the city. Music
that DR.. Robins had loved to hear
| was played by Charles A. Sheldon,
! the Church organiSt, including
| Home. Sweet Home" which DR..
Robins only week before had re-
| duested Mr.. Sheldon to play at his
| funeral.
DIR. Robins body was buried beside
| that of his wife, who died nearly ~
| wears ago, in Westview Cemetery.
The palibearers four of whom rep
resented the church membership and
| four the Masonic organizations, were
| Forrest Adair, ]. c. Greenfield, John
/ Gilmore, w. A. Foster. the Rev. j. S.
L. Sappington, the Rev. Lane Ware,
| Lewis Gregg and John w. Hardwick.
Large Crowd Meets Body.
Besides the pallbearers, there were
! honorary escorts composed or Meth
| odist preachers. stewards and trus-
tees of Trinity Church, and OF mem
| hers of the Masonic organizations to
which DR.. Robins belonged, and a
delegation of % ministers from the
North Georgia Conference.
The body of DR. Robins was
brought to Atlanta Monday after
noon from Elberton, and was met at
the Union Station by a hundred
members of his church and many OF
his personal friends.
Fifty Of the stewards and officials
of the church were there, and repre-
sentatives of the Knights Templars'
| the Shrners and the Scottish Rite
| Masons, of which branches of Ma
| sonry DR. Robins was a member
The body was removed from the
| train by the stewards of the church,
! headed by John A Manget chair
man of the board, and taken to
| hearse. The members of DR. Robins
| family, including Misses Mae and
| ViCtorine Robins and the Rev, j. T.
! Robins went directly to their home
| at No. III Capitol avenue.
Profusion of Flowers.
4 path was cleared through the
! traffic that surrounds the station,
and walking two abreast the church
members and others who had gath
cred escorted the hearse to Trinity
! Church, where the body lay in state
| all night, guarded by a special watch
| Of a dozen members of the Knights
! Templars
| Another large crowd had gathered
at the church. and as the stewards
carried the body slowly to the altar
| Charles A. Sheldon, Jr., the church
organist. played Home, Sweet
Home" with tears binding his eyes
and at times almost preventing his
| playing.
Floral tributes in such profusion as
to almost hide the casket filled the
air with their fragrance. Among
| them was the cross and crown Of the
| Knights Templars.
Beautiful wreaths had been placed
| on the altar by the stewards and
| trustees of the church, and the moth
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