Empire State - Spalding
County Georgia Week of December 23, 1856
C. W. Black
Tribute of Respect
Pine Grove Lodge
Henry County, GA
At a called meeting, we the following committee, to whom was
referee the duty of preparing suitable resolutions expressive of
the memory of our dear beloved Brother, who departed this life
November 26th, 1856, suddenly, with an attack of apoplexy, will
respectfully submit the following.
We are reminded of the uncertainty of life and the certainty of
death - that we live in a land of shadows, a fruitful field of
flaming promises alone. We had every reason to believe that our
brother C. W. Black, lived the life of a good mason; and
that he is gone and the struggles of the reluctant nature over his
body sleeps in death, and the soul returned to God, to Paradise;
but there is no appeal or relief from the great law which dooms us
to dust. We flourish and fade as the leaves of the forest. In the
death of our departed brother, we lost one of our brightest
jewels; his wife a loving husband and his doting mother as
obedient son. And in token our sincerity, be it therefore
Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with
the bereaved family of our deceased brother in their irreparable
loss.
Resolved, That in respect
for the memory of the deceased, we will wear the usual badge of
mourning on our left arm, for thirty days.
Resolved, That the Secretary furnish the
family of the deceased brother with a copy of these resolutions.
Also to the Empire State, and the American Union for publication.
T. G. Barnett, A.G. Couch, D. S. Smith,
Committee
