Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-22
ALL HONOR SHOWN
TO A GOOD MAN
Funeral Of Judge James R. Bra
shears From First M. E. Church
HIGH TRIBUTES TO DECEASED
The City is Poorer Today So Is The
ChurebIBy His Passing Away
Said His Pastor


Representative of the Bench and
Bar of the whole State were present
yesterday afternoon at the funeral OF
the late Judge James r. Brashears,
which took place at 4 o'clock from
the First Methodist Episcopal Church,
the Rev. DR.. H. w. Burgan, pastor.
The church was filled with friends
of the deceased in all walks of life.
The choir, Mr.. ID. S. Sprogle, organ
ist, sang abide With Me- and Rock
of Ages" The services were opened
by the Rev. C. Herbert Richardson.
former Presiding Elder of the Bal
more District of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, who read the XC
Psalm, which is a Prayer of Moses,
the man of God DR. Richardson
likened the deceased TO The Man of
God,'' upon whom the Beauty of the
Lord, our God, rested" The doctor
paid high tribute to the life and
character of the deceased.
A former pastor of the deceased
the Rev. DIR. Walter G. Mcneil, made
a few remarks, touching upon the
hymn abide With Me-" of which he
said the deceased could say: Hold
now Thy Cross before my closing
eyes In life, in death, oh Lord,
abide with me-" DR.. McNeill said it
was his privilege to know this good
man, and knowing him, to honor and
revere him. The minister spoke with
deep feeling.
The pastor of the church. the Rev.
DR.. III. Wilson Burgan, who was call
ed from his vacation in the noun
tains of Western Maryland. to offici-
ate at the funeral of Judge Brashears,
spoke with deep earnestness and affec
tion for the man he had known but
little while. Indeed, there were tears
in the minister's eyes and tears in
his voice when he paid his last tri-
butte to the memory of this good man,
of whom he said in closing he Hoped
someone would be able to say hon
estly of him at the last what he could
sincerely say of Judge Brashears "He
was a good man."
DR.. Burgan said in part:
I'VE are here today to express our
sense of loss at the going away OF a
good man. His death came as
shock to this entire community, and
we'll may we mourn when man leaves
us who knew how to embody the re-
ligion of the Lord Christ so admir-
ably in both private and public life
His was the pure heart. In child
likeness he followed his Lord. He was
unassuming. quiet lovable. His pri-
vate life was beautiful. In his public
life, too, there is much to admire.
We didn't know him if we failed to
detect that he was a man OF strong
convictions He believed there was
a right and wrong course in practical
ly every issue of life, and he sought
to find the right course and follow it.
He did all things in the fear of God,
and | doubt if the fear of man both-
cred him much. He was loyal
churchman. He loved his church. and
in every possible way showed his 10y
atty to it. His church is poorer to-
day on account of his going away.
TO sum it all up, he was good man.
He was not offensive in declaring his
convictions, he was not narrow in his
church devotion, he was not harsh in
his righteousness He was good. And
after ALL when we have passed away
! know of nothing better to say about
a man than that while in the world
with sinful tendencies and tempta-
tions he overcame and reached the
heights of goodness in character
through Christ.
This would indeed be a sad serv-
ice this afternoon if we could do moth
ing but think of the life of this man
as past, and could say no word con-
corning him now or in the future.
With the going away of life has the
end come? The eternal question will
not down If a man die shall he live
again. Man finds within himself a
longing for eternal life. To him death
is horrible, repulsive. He thinks
about it as little as possible. and
would forget it altogether if death
did not persist in crossing his path at
every turn of the road The very
fact that he clings TO life is a strong
indication that We are created to live
forever We have an appetite for
food, and a good God has furnished
that which meets this need We
thirst for water, and wells of water
are everywhere. We long to love,
and objects of love in the form of
companions are given by a thought
ful Creator. With more intensity
than for all these combined we want
to live. Will a gracious God. Who
calls Himself loving Father. i'm
plant within us such longing. and
then keep from US its fulfllment?
Will He mock with this desire and
then make it impossible to live on.
believe that God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son
that whosoever believeth in Him as did
Judge James r. Brashers, shall not
die. but have eternal life"