Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1882 — Resolutions of Respect [ARTICLE]

Resolutions of Respect

At * meeting of the members of the Bar and officers of the Jasper Circuit Court held at the court v house, in Rensselaer, on Friday, Jaa. SO, for the purpose of paying .g*oper respects on the death of « JBlc* L Phillips, a member of this v ßar, the following proceedings were had:' . B. 8. Dwiggins was elected rman aI1( l Miller secre*tary of the meeting. £'* Simon P. Thompson, from the > committee on resolutions, presentytda report, and spoke as follows: *' In presenting the report of the committee for the final action of this meeting it is proper for me to ■*say that the minister of God’s * truth has pronounced the fiat: B - - . ' h “Earth to earth and dust to dust,” ‘ ever ths body of one of the members of our little court circle. ’• Lawyers and officers of an earthly ■ Court breathe an atmosphere of strife. It is their sworn duty to know of “man’s inhumanity ,to man," and as far as human laws are concerned, to secure justice to those who seek to do right and to wrong. We are all learners striving for light. On this solemn occasion we mourn the untimely loss frdin our band of disciples, of one, the morning of whose life had not yet ‘.touched the meridian of man’s allotment of years. L Had our brother been as true to .his own life and health as he was i( true in his friendship for his cho,*en companions, may be he would have staid with us longer. Our .duty commands us to bear, with patience, the seeming infirmities of a friend, and at the close of life’s , history trust to good inspirations' It is now too late for our deceased t brotherto turn over a new leaf in life’s book for himself, but all the lessons of his living and dying are for our good. * The destroyer has taken his bodfly parts and they are invisible. The memory of his virtues should ‘inspire us to nobler deeds. Let us remember his unresisted tempta“tions, if any he had, to resist or flee from them. * ’ In the spring time at the beginning of life’s harvest death rocked bur weary brother to sleep. The umpire of life’s joys decides our Struggles for fame, and when judgement is recorded, no motion for a new trial can prevail. .. How often we hear the trite but vain exclamation, bewailing the flight of years. “Oh could I but live my hfe over!” It is impossL ble; the funeral march begins at the cradle and ends at the grave. ■’We may in our finite' horizon of Xnowedge say it were better to al--10w man'to always reach the shadow of ripened age before passing ■aWay; God knows best. . Honor and fame were beckoning ’bur brother farther up the bights irhen the reaper came to gather his body to the charnel house. We must bear in mind that to<Uy our work should be well done, for we know not whether mercy’s sustaining hand may direct us to hialt or proceed, The dark valley borders on life’s highway and the fcfadle stands besides the tomb.

’ ‘.Elza I. Phillips was bright and *talented in youth, I knew him as a ( /pupil nearly a score of years ago. / Since the year 1866 our social rela- ’ • Hons hare not been very intimate, f ‘t learn from his companions that v all his friendships were hearty and 'free. For a few years last past .'his mind was bent on the study of F'law, and in practice he was bril- " liant and promised well. He was ‘ ’ true to his clients and zealous for jtheir cause. In his last sickness y/he looked at the bright side and conversation until his powwere paralyized. He laid strong hold on life’s buoys and grasped each rescuing straw. The { fife principle was strong, but before middle age the sun of his his exisBhas melted away,. It is a ficture! May his parents, era,' and sisters receive coma their affliction. The fiehsselaer par in the flight ’ of' years. will commit to the silent chambers the remains ~, of all its ''present members and coining lawyers will stand in our placsp to apeak of the departed. My breth- • 4m, living is no eih. Let us proAeed P ra J--w is that you may all ‘‘frve long and 'paosper.” Frances A. Kemble wrote the following sentiment which points hrtt ourdnty: M A MerMbMid«a tn this lift ye bear, M MW*'*. not for *iv 4 Ute ata ye «!<,'> T <

With sorrow and tears for our brother dead, with hope and cheers . for the brethren living, I move ths adoption of the resolutions proposed by the committee. We, the undersigned committee of the officers and Bar of the Jasper Circuit Court, appointed to report what action should be taken to commemorate the death of Brother Elza I. Phillips, propose the following resolutions: ~ First. —It is with unfeigned sorrow that we learn of the decease of one of the junior members of ths Rensselaer Bar, Elza 1. Phillips, who departedAhis life at 3 o’clock A.M .on Wednesday,January 18th, j A. D. 1882, at the home of his parents in Rensselaer, Indiana. Second. —The brief period during which deceased was engaged in the practice of law in our midst, he manifested a clear perception of elementary principles of legal science, and in forensic efforts was a brilliant and effective speaker. By experience, and effort, he would no doubt if his life and health had been spared, won an enviable merit in his chosen profession. Third. —By the untimely death of our brother, let us all be reminded of the brevity of our careers in life, and temper our work with the fruits of charitable friendship for all. Fourth- As a token of respect we ask that these resolutions and the action of the bar thereon, be recorded in the Order book of the Jasper court and a copy duly certified under the band and seal of the court be transmitted to the parents of the deceased brother,, and that the same be published in our county newspapers. Fifth.—That out of respect for the deceased, court do adjourn at noon on Thursday January 19th 1882, and that the officers of the court and members of the bar at- ■ tend the funeral in a body and < and that they meet at the Court i house at nine o’clock A. M. on Fri- ] day, December 20th, 1882, to consider these resolutions and take such further actions as may ba' considered proper."

Simon P. Thompson, | Mordicai F.Chilcote, > Com. CnABLES H. Pbice, ) Judge Hammond moved as an amendment, that the remarks of 8. P. Thompson,be approved and published in the county newspapers together with the resolutions which was unanimously concurred in. Appropriate remarks were made by M. F.Chilcote, Judge Hammond, D. B. Miller, W. W. Watson, P. H. Ward of the Kentland bar, R. 8. Dwiggins, Wm. B. Austin, and Chas H. Price. Adjourned. B. S. Dwiggins, President. D. B. Miller, Secretary.

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