The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-21
Funeral Services Of samuel LoUi-~on
Yesterday.
MASoyS AND KNIGHTS II SORROW.
The Largest Private Funeral iH Year..
Elegant Floral Display - Masonic
Temple Crowded with Friends.
solemn Anthems by "a Quartettc.


vate individual seen here in many
years was that Of Samuel LOui-sOn
yesterday afternoon. The banquet hall
in the Masonic Temple was announced
TO be open at half-pa-t =, but long be
fore that hour the neighbOThOOd Of
Alakea and Hotel streets was well
crowded with friends Of the deceased,
and when the services were opened by
John II. SOper, Master Of the Lodge,
there was not room enough for the
people who wanted to pay their res
poets. The floral offerings We're nu-
merous and beautiful, sixteen Of them
being set pieces, one Of which was a
large white square and compass with
the letter G. in the center woven in
immortelIes. This was the gift Of the
lodge, and was made 10y Mrs. John
Angus; other pieces were designed by
w. SeabOrn Luce, and were sent by
friends. There were also bouquets and
cut flowers stTewn around the casket.
Just before the doors We're opened to
the friends the collection was photo
graphed with the remains.
During the impressive service there
were few people present whose eyes
were not dimmed with tears. In all the
vast crowd there was not one whose
thoughts were not, for time at Least,
upon the venerable father and mother
who were absent in CaIifornia-nOt
one but who i'm their hearts rendered
their sympathies to- them.
At haIf-past two, John II. SOper,
Master Of the Lodge, advanced To- the
casket aud began the responsive ser
vice after which there was an an
them in which G.. Z. Iaukea, II. F.
Wichman, Miss Kate McGrew and
Mrs. w. y. Kinney, assisted 10y Wray
Taylor at the organ, took part. Fol
lowing the anthem the Master re-
corded the name and age of the de-
ceased upon the sacred scroll and the
grand hOuOrs were given and the fol-
lowing prayer offered:
"MOst glorious GOdI Author of all
good, aud Giver of all mercy Pour
down Thy blessing upon Us, We be
seech Thee, and strengthen our en-
gag-ments with the ties of sincere
affectiOuI Eudow us with fOrtituie
and resignation in this our dark hour
of sorrow, aud grant that this afIl let
ing di-pen-atiOn from Thy hands may
be sauctified in its results upon the
hearts of those who now meet here TO
ulOuEu. MAY the DIEStuL lu-lduct III
mortality remind Us Of our approach
ing fate and draw our attention to-
ward Thee, the only refuge 10 time Of
need; 30 that when the awful moment
shall arrive at which We, too, must
quit this trausitOTy scene, the eHliv-
eniug prospect of Thy mercy may dis
pei tue gloom of death and, after our
departure hence in peace aud in Thy
favor. we may be received into Thy
everlasting kingdom, To- enjoy "A just
reward of a virtuOus and well-spent
life Amen"
Ike choir then rendered another
anthem aud the friends Were permitted
To- view the body, the flowers were
removed to carriages and the ca-ket,
borne by r. \. Schaef-r, II. J. NOlte,
Col. w. r. Allen, john :. Walker,
DIR. NJ. T.. GrOssman, j. Walter Jones
(Masousl, y. T.. Murphy and +.
TOwse knights of Pythias) was taken
To the hearse and the procession
formed. The knights of Pythias act
ing as escort preceded the Masonic
Lodge aud headed the line.
The procession marched TO Nuuauu
Cemetery, and on arrival AT the grave
the members of the lodge formed a
circle, the chaplain and officers of the
lodge standing at the head of the
grave and the mOurners at the foot. /.
The service was then resumed by the .
Master, who said, in substances:
"Ouc- more, my brethren, we have .
asse mbled to- perform the last solemn .
duties to- the dead. The mournful /.
no 81 which betoken the departure of /.
a spirit from It's earthly tabernacle /
have again alarmed our outer door, /
and another has been taken to swell .
the numbers in that unknown land /.
whittier our fathers have gone before .
us. The Almighty fiat has gone /
forth, Dust thou art, and unto dust
thou shalt return and that we are all
to- that dread decree, the sol .
emn cause of our present meeting, the .
daily observation of our lives, and
the mOuTnful mounds which
indicate this population OF the dead, .
furnish evidence not TO be forgotten. .
With becoming grace let us suppl .
cate the Divine Grace To insure the .
favor " that Eternal Being whose .
goodness and power know no bounds,
that on the arrival of the
hour when the fad
ing taper of human life shall
finally glimmer in the socket of
our faith may remove the .
dark shrOud, draw aside the sable cur
tain of the tomb, and bid hope sustain .
and cheer the departing spirit. We .
cOnsign him To the grave-to the long
sleep of death; and so profound will be .
that sleep that even the giant tread of .
the earthquake shall not disturb it.
There will he slumber until the arch
angels trump shall usher In that .
eventful morn, when, by our Supreme .
Grand Masters word, he will be raised .
To that blissful Lodge which no time
shall close, and which, to those worthy
Of admission, will remain open during
the bOundleSs ages of eternity"
The removal of the apron and the
lowering of the casket into the grave
was singularly impressive, as was that
part OF the service in abiding to the
sprig of Acacia which each Mason
dropped into the grave. The Master