Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1878 — Resolutions of Condolence on the Death of Bro. Abram D. Swain. [ARTICLE]

Resolutions of Condolence on the Death of Bro. Abram D. Swain.

At ;t regular meeting of Iroquois Lodge No. TCS i. {>. (>. K., lietil at their flail iti Rensselaer I on *Tiu»sd;iy evening, April 30th, 187 S, tlip fol- | lowing K evolutions* of O»n<iolen<*oon the tleatli j of Bro. Abram I). swain were unanimously adopted: { Whkkkas. Ii has pleased the (Jrand Master ; of the universe to rail from o«r midst our well beloved brother, Abram 1). Swain, wup departed this life.on tiie ±2d day of April, IS7B, it is therefore L'tsnt />••/, That we deeply lament hi*-death, but rejoice iu the faith tliiit he ha* joined tin* (.rand lahlire of all good men around the grent white throne nbovV*. wherethe Grand Master of the universe presides. /{f xo/crJ, That in his death the beloved order of Odd Fellowship has lost one of its most faithful and devoted im?nd»ers, our lodge a use- ! ful brother, society a good and honest citizen, ami ItiskfTismen u• fond- ami nffeetumate relative. /.YW/v*L That we sincerely condole w ith the fan»ily-of our deceased brother in this the sad hour « f their atlliction, and extend to them the sympathy of the fraternity of (bid Fellows. That as a mark of esteem the emblems of our lodge be draped in mourning for the period of thirty days. Thal aeopvof these resolntipns be presented to the widow of our deceased brother and that the editors of the Kkxsskkat:h I nion «nd tlie Dtmoeriiiip ekutincl be requested to published the same. At a regular meeting of Prairie Lodge No. li* F. .V A. M.. held at their Hall in Kens sexier on Saturday eveuinsr, Mav.lth, IH7S, the following Kesolutions of Condolence on the death of Bro. Abram I>. Swain were unanimously adoptisl. Whkukas, It lias pleasyd the Allwise blaster to remove from our khlitc our esteemed brother, Abram I>. Swain, thereby depriving his family of a kind husband and indulgent father, society of a good neighbor and devoted Christian.- and our beloved order of a worthy aud earnest meml*ot\ itis therefore J’txofreifj That While We bow iu humble submission to the will of Him whodoeth fill tilings I well, \\ e deplore the loss of our Induced brother, J Abram I>. t»waiu. /,Vw/r< (/, That the sympathy of Hie fraternity is extended to the family ofdteother &wauu his many friends in this the Wd liour of their atllictioii. /.V. */r* d, That as a mark-of our esteem the charter and lodge room be draped in mourning for thirty dax >. That a copy- of these resolutions he j>re>cnte<l to the fami 1} of Brother Swaiii. ltcHOlce-U That a copv of these resolutious be fiiriiisheii the Rexssklalk Union and the IJfetricfufne SiMttHcl for pAMicatitm^