Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1874 — Resolutions of Condolence. [ARTICLE]

Resolutions of Condolence.

Pkaikik Lodge No. 125,) F. dr A. M. V Rensselaer, /nd., Feb. 7, 1874. ) WyitißEAS, We have recently been called to mourn the death of our belov ed Natba mond, therefore Resolved, That in the death of our dear Brother the Lodge has lost a beloved and honored member, his family a kind husband and an indulgent father, and society a tfsefnl and cherished citizen. His uniform kindness, gentleness of manner and Christian fortitude were such as to endear him to all. A virtuous and religious life had preserved him to the ripe age of eighty-seven years, and at the tjme of his death he was in the full enjoyment of his mental faculties. Resolved, That while we bow in submission and deep humility to the will of the Divine Architect, we will ever cherish for our departed Brother a grateful remembrance of his many ennobling virtues, and those acts of his life which endeared him to society; and that in his death we recognize an irreparable loss which is hard to bear. Resolved, That to the afflicted family we extend our heartfelt sympathy in their deep bereavement and ask the privilege of mourning with them in their sorrow, and this, if possible, in a measure to assuage the burden of their grief. Resolved, That the Lodge and Brethren weaf the usual of mourning for thirty days. That these resolutions

be recorded in the proceedings of the Lodge, that a,copy be presented to. the family of our deceased Biother, and that they be published in the Rensselaer Union. M. L. Spitler, D. J. Thompson, Committee on Resolutions of Condolence. <