The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-07-22
JNo. G. SELLERS.

The pitcher is broken at the fountain
The wheel is broken at the cistern.' =
The mournful dirge rings, and We
bow our head in sorrow, for death
has Invaded our mystic circle, striking
down a brother, who like the ripen'
ed harvest has passed through spring
summer, autumn, and had advanced
into the winter life. The sun of his
life Is set. He will never more rise in
the East to direct the labors OF his
craft. A fellow-craft summoned to
learn the great secret enabled by the
signet Of eternal truth has passed
within the last veil, to receive the new
name, which'no man knoweth, saving
him that receiveth it. In the death OF
Brother John C. Sellers, Dalcho
Lodge suffers loss irreparable. He
was our brother indeed. We loved him
for his frank, warm-hearted, gener-
Gus liberality, and we miss him be-
cause his loss to his family. to his
innumerable friends, and to his lodge
room makes vacant a place that will
not soon be filled.
In his community, Brother Sellers
was aJman Of mark-one Of natures
noblemen. Upright and square in his
dealings, courageous in declaration of
his convictions, prompt in perform
ance Of duty, he was at once the cher
ished friend, the loved and loving
companion. whose gift of a noble
heart, genial disposition, well stored
mind, and rare conversational charm,
will ever be a treasured memory in
the hearts Of those who loved him so
well.
In church or state exemplary moral
character, unsullied by the breath OF
scandal, an integrity unscathed by the
sharp thrusts of controversy, and a
charity that will extend beyond the
grave, through the boundless realms
of eternity, commanded for him the
esteem and confidence of his fellow
man.
In his fraternity, masonry, like
christianity. possessed for him, an ac-
tive vitality. that lived in deeds, and
spoke in acts. Two controlling ideas
actuated his activities, first to know
his duty, then, to perform it. He
needed no spur to press him onward,
but with the cardinal virutes to guide
him-the tenets of his profession to
aid hip-and his obligation to bind
him, he was as true to his Masonic
duties, as the needle to the pole.
The foundation of his Masonic
character was well laid, and the moral
edifice he reared upon it, was good
work, true work, square work, and
uninjured by the ravages of time, will
stand throughout eternity the admi-
ration of those permitted beyond the
veil, to behold its perfection, strength
and beauty, and we have confidence
to believe that the final well done
thou good and faithful servant, the
wages of the workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, were his just
dues.
: Throughout a period of more than
half century. he had served in every
station of usefulness, from the hum
blest, to the most difficult, with en-
thusiasm and zeal. In season and out
Of seson, under the blighting rays Of
a midsummer sun, or through the icy
blasts of a midwinter night, he went
near and far, to do the work he loved
so well. He was ever ready and will
ing to instruct his less informed breth-
rem, giving of his time ungrudgingly,
and by his patience and kindness,
builded a monument of grateful love
in the hearts Of hosts of young ini-
tiates. During a long tenure of ser
vice under the Grand Lodge, as Dis
trict Deputy Grand Master, his pa
ternal interest in his home lodge
never waned, and indeed record of
the activities of John G.. Sellers, for
more than generation past, would
contain a nearly complete masonic
history of his community generally,
and of Dalcho Lodge in particular.
And now, whereas, in the wise dis
pensation of Divine Providence. God
has broken our circle and removed to-
a brighter and better world than this,
our beloved brother, John G. Sellers;
And, whereas, Dalcho Lodge has lost
a good and faithful member, wise
master, and safe councillor, our
Grand Lodge has lost an old, efficient
dnu uOuOtSu OIllCcl, duO hdSOuis
generally has lost Jealous exponent,
therefore be it resolved,
1st. That we bow in humble SUBJ
mission to the will of the Great Am,
emulating the example Of our trans
lated brother in an en6eavor to live
conformably to the precepts contained
in the Book Of the Law, and shape
our earthly tabernacle true to the
designs traced upon lifes great Tres
tie Board.
End. That while cherishing his
memory in our hearts, and comr end
ing his soul unto God who gave it,
We forget not that wound deeper
than ours, sorrow greater than
ours, grief that only time and the
Great Physician can heal, is borne by
the stricken family of our departed
brother. So mote it be.
3rd. That copy Of these resolu-
tions be spread on the minutes of.
Dalcho Lodge, and one to the county
paper to be published, and one to his