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.

Hundreds OF sorrowing friends
d,led Trinity Methodist Church Tues
isv morning at 10 O'Clock. when the
'ast tributes of respect and love were
Maid TO the memory of Dr.. John
Bradley Robins the pastor or the
church. who died suddenly while al
gnGing the conference at Elberton,
Georgia.
The services were simple, in keep
ing with the last request of Dr. Rob
ms and as the bell in the church
ro, er tolled its solmen knell over the
departed soul, those who had known
and loved DR. Robins in life wept
uurestrainedly.
Or. A. w. Quillian. pastor OF the
lnman Park Methodist Church,
rlassmate at Emory College and q
T'e'one friend of DR.. Roberts, lead
'ne services, and in a voice broken
with sorrow he paid tribute to his
dead friend. to the love and unwav-
ering devotion to duty that had char
se,erized his entire life.
Masons Take Part.
once in a great while he said
There arises among us a man whose
,o.e thought is of God and Gods
work What more can be said of DR.
Robins than that he was such a
man"
Or. Quillian was assisted by the
Rev. W. p. King. of Monroe: the
Rev. e. r. Cleckler. of Elberton. at
whose home Dr.. Robins died and
Rabbi David Marx. who represented
he Masonic bodies of the city Music
mat Or. 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-
quested Mr.. Sheldon to play at his
funeral
DR. Robins body was buried beside
hat of his wife. who died nearly 20
years ago, in WestvieW Cemetery.
The pallbearers, four of whom rep
resented the church membership and
four the Masonic organizations were
Forrest Adair, j. c. Greenfield. John
Gilmore, W. A. Foster. the Rev. J. S.
l. Sappington, the Rev. Lane Ware,
Lewis Gregg and John w. Hardwici.
Large Crowd Meets Body.
Besides the pallbearers. there were
honorary escorts composed of Meth
odist preachers. stewards and trus-
lees of Trinity Church, and of mem
oers of the Masonic organizations to
which DR.. Robins belonged. and a
delegation Of % ministers from the
North Georgia Conference
The body Of DR. Robins wa.
brought to Atlanta Monday after
noon from Elberton, and was met at
the Union Station by a hundred
Af n oh, -
ois personal friends.
FIFTY of the stewards and officials
NJ the church were there, and repre-
sentatives Of the knights Templars,
the Shriners and the Scottish Rite
Nasons, OF which branches of Ma
sorry DR. Robins was a member.
The body was removed from the
rain by the stewards OF the church,
headed by John A. Manget chair
man of the board, and taken to
earse. The members OF DIR. Robins
family. including Misses Mae and
nlctorine Robins and the Rev ]. T.
hoolns, went directly to their home
al NO. III Capitol avenue.
Profusion of Flowers.
path was cleared through the
.Eathc that surrounds the station,
ana walking two abreast the church
members and others who had gath
cred escorted the hearse to Trinity
'nurch, where the body lay in state
an night. guarded by a special watch
o. dozen members of the Knights
Templars.
Another large crowd had gathered
al me church. and as the stewards
aired the body slowly to the altar
"'i'es y. Sheldon, Jr., the church