The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-02-16

his remains to The place Of intermcnt,
and there to deposit them with the
formalities of the Graft.
{" In conformity to tbis usage, and
in accordance with the duty which
we owe to our departed brother,
whose loss we now most deeply do
deplore, we have assembled in the
character of Masons TO offer up to
his memory, before The world, the
last sad tribute of our affection,
thereby demonstrating the sincerity
of our past esteem for him, and our
steady attachment to the principles
Of cur beloved Order.
1.-The Great Creator having been
pleased, in His infinite wisdom, to
remove our brother from the cares
and troubles of this transitory life,
thus seyeriug another link in the
fratarraI chain by which we are
bound together-let Us who survive
him be yet more strongly cemcnted
by the ties of union, friendship and
brotherIy love; that during the brief
space allotted to US here we may
wisely and u,efulIy employ our time,
and, in the reciprocal intercourse of
kind aud friendly acts, mutually pro-
mote the welfare and happiness of
each other.
=" Unto the grave we have con-
signed the body of our deceased
brother-earth to earth, ashes to
ashes, dust to dust; there to remain
until the last trump shall sound on
the resurrection morn. We can
trustfuIIy leave him in the hands Of
bcnefcent Being who has done all
things-who is glorious in His holi.
ness, wondrous in His power, and
boundless in His goodness; and it
should only be our endeayUr 50 to
improve the solemn warning now be-
fore us, that, on the great day of
account, we too may be found worthy
to inherit the kingdom prepared for
us from the foundation of the world.
- 70 the bereaved relatives of him
we mourn, who now stand heart
stricken by the heavy hand which
has thus been laid upon them, we
have but little of this worlds cOusO-
Iation to present. We deeply, sin
cerel y, and most affectionately sym
pathize with them in this affecting
dispensation; and we put up our
most feWent prayers that He who
tempers the wind to the shorn lamb
will look down with compassion upon
the widow and the sister in this
their hour of dcsOlatlon, and will
fold the benevolent arms of His love
and protection around those who are
thus bereft of their earthly stay"
Past Master Rev. Alex. Mackin-
tosh then offered the following
prayer:
almighty and Eternal God-in
whom we live, and move, and have
our being, and before whom all
men must appear at the Judgment
day to render an account OF their
deeds done in this life we, who are
daily exposed to the flying shafts of
death, and who now surround the
grave of one who has fallen in our
midst, do most humbly beseech Thee
to impress deeply on our minds the
oolemnlties of this day, and to grant
that their remembrance may be the
means Of Turning our thoughts from
the Heating Vanitie5 Of the present
world, to the lasting glOries of the
world to come. Let Us COntiunnl!y
be reminded Of the frail tenure by
which we hold our earthly EXIST nee
that in the midst of lite we are in
death and that, however upright
may have been our walk, and how
submit as victims to the great des-
trOycr, and endure the humble level
OF the tomb. Grant US Thy divine
assistance, o most merciful God, to
redeem our mls5pent time; and, in
the discharge of the important duties
which Thou hast assigned US in the
erection Of our moral edtice, wilt
Thou give us wisdom to direct us,
strength to support us, and the
beauty OF holiness to adorn our labOrs
and render them acceptable in Thy
sight. And when our work on earth
IS done, and our bodies shall 90 down
and mingie with their kindred dust,
may our immortal souls, freed from
their cumbrous clay, be received into
Thy keeping, to rest forever in that
spiritual house, not made with hands,
eternal in the Heavens. Amen"
Past Master Hassinger next came
forward and SAID;
"Soft and safe to you, my bgother,
be this earthly bed! Bright and
glorious by thy rising from it, Frag-
rant be the cassia sprig that here
shall flourish May the earliest
buds of spring unfold their beauties
over this your resting place, and here
may the sweetness of the summers
last rose linger longest Though the
cold blasts of autumn may lay item
in the dust, and for time destroy
the loneliness of their existence, yet
the destruction is not final, and IN
the spring they shall surely bloom
again. So, i'll the bright morning of
the worlds resurrection, your mortal
frame, now laid in the dust by the
chilling blast Of Death, shall spring
again into newness of life, and ex-
pand, in immortal beauty, in realms
beyond the kies, Until then, dear
brother, until then, farewell -