The morning call., 1893-12-04
MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD.
Golden Gate Lodge Respects Its
Dead Members.
MANY AT THE CEREMONIES.
The Memory of Those Who Passed
Away Last Year Is Revived
With Kindly Words.

The annual memorial service of Golden
held yesterday in Metropolitan Temple in
memory OF members who died during the
last twelve months.
The hall was filled downstairs with
congregation of Eks and their families
and great many were seated in the gal
leries. On the platform were four black
banners embroidered and tasseled with
gold and bearing ON each one the words
CHARITY, Fidelity. Justice. Brotberly
Love-" at either side there wore clusters
OF high palms. Immediately in trout of
pulpit the Elks had a beautiful floral piece
In which an elk reposed among lilies. roses
and ferns. while wreaths of smilax were
woven in his spreading antlers.
This was the foreground for a black
iiued mourning picture that bore the fol-
lowing list of names amoDg a halo of
evergreens: l.. Reynolds. P. E. r.; Henry
Coad, p. E. r.; A. NJ. Grey. p f. R.;
b. Il. Mcfarland, P. E. R.; Charless Nc
lntyre George L. Evans, Charles G. Cot
ton. w. G. Lawrence. Charles Brooks.
Charles B. Bishop. Tnoma. E. Finley,
Samuel c. Harding, Kari PetZnid. Elias
Lipsis. Charles Hughes, j. P. Kerr. Will
liam Ii. Spencer, George Galloway. Will
liam I. Crane, S. Gulliver. John Magee,
A. 81. Witt. j. Whalen. r q. Luton, w.
Ii. Boyle. w. Victorelli. l.. Brandt. James
Coyle. j. Hawkins, j. S. Madero. E. Zim-
mer, Ramon E. Wilson.
The exercises opened with the funeral
march of Beethoven. performed on the or
gan by William NJ. Holt. When this
grave music b ad ceased the vested choir of
st. Johns Episcopal Church entered.
singing "The Church's One Foundation"
and as soon as the choristers, clergy and
lodge mem bers bad taken seats the Lords
Prayer was read and the opening ode sung.
Rev. Leslie w. Sprague spoke on "Remem-
brance," for which he selected the appro-
pirate text: "Do This 10 Remembrance
of Me-" Rev. e. B. Spauding Of ST.
Johns also made some brief remarks on
Life and Its Advantages" subject hav-
ing close affinity for the feelings Of many
present
Professor Fred Bell OF Golden Gate
Lodge delivered the principal address TO
his brother Eks. lie. said that the grand
lodge had set apart the first Sunday of
December of every year as the day on
which to hold memorial service for de-
parted brothers. It is. properly speaking,
a service Of remem brance.
To most OF US, he continued. "the sad
dest thought in connection with that
change called death is that we will soon be
forgotten, but we Of the Elk brotherhood
are spared tnat QlSmal tD0ugnt, Tor III each
lodgeroom there Is erected tablet on
which is engraved the name of every de-
parted brother, and on this first Sunday OF
December we gather our floral emblem
the forget commemoration of
the generous, kindly men we called frisnds
and brothers. Don't you think it is an
admirable custom that of keeping our
brothers names and good deeds in remem-
brance?"
Professor Bell briefly sketched the origin,
precepts, history aud aims of the Elks.
The order, he said, is founded on these
principles; Charity, justice. brotherly love
and fidelity. It's origin is obscure, and the
facts Of its early growth meager. About
twenty-five years ago few ac tors laid The
foundation of the Elks in New York.
From this little handful of men the Elks
have grown to a membership of 10000,
with lodges In nearly 800 cities. Men of
all professions are in the ranks. The or
der is no respecter of persons; it is purely
an American one. Then the speaker
painted in glowing speech the good mo-
tives and deeds of the order and concluded
with a touching elegy on the dead.
The choir of st. Johns Church sang
appropriate hvmns at intervals and closed
with recessi0nal song "Oh. Paradise"