The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-19
THE DEAD BRETHREN.
United Workmen Hold Service
to Their Memory.
GREAT GATHERING or MEMsERs,
TIE Leagss uniss n Fsying Rsspses 20
These wAsn Ds.sA CassAsA OF
- TIE Last Tear.

srcss1s held IN szse FxrS. Presbyterian
c:Hxr-h last ever&ng. The SIX wozicmen
hodges 81 the csty-cSsnfnhaa, No. :: AssS.
No. !; Uz0n. No. 81: Qsseen City, No. a.;
Sszttse. No. 90: and KerspUse. No. c.
participated fn the exercises The serv-
ices wssre fss@d In memory Of Thomas W.
Harssngson, FrarAisn Fitzr. !. A. McFar-
aansA James Parry. Frank Dushcrun.
Matthew A. Kelly. orfars1o G. Root. Rob-
eFS Hensst1n Sullivan e. C4uugf1 ard
NORTH Koch. members ~ the order who
died during the year. The hrge audi
torfum 81 rhe Presbyterian churssa WAS
fisaes with members At the order and
S$aesr wires and cz,ss1rerL In fact. there
were a. many iafzcs present as genxse-
by the ladies In xzass order, which does
% much Tor them IN the hour Of need.
The programme contested Of Singing BY
. Quarsetse and andAes,cc. q memorial
SERMON BY Rev. Alexander Assson. d. d..
and an address by o. q Jones. deputy
grand master DR.. AAason acted as char
man. and on tire platform w1th kam were
George r.. DAVIS, past master workman
of Aid lodge. No. z. D. @. Rudy, master
workman Of Queen Ctr hodge, Ono. A.:
G. s. JONES' deputy grzszi master wurx-
man. and Rev. Calv.n w. Stewart, d. D.,
Of Whitman college. Sumner.
The exercises operet w<th an organ
voluntary, followed by an anthem rem
cere1 By a qnartstte consisting Of MISS
Lo'tt1e Selden. Mrs w. II. wh4ttiesey. c.
w. Saunders and George w. Kay. The
invocation was By Rev. Calvin w. Stew
art. ami the response was By the quar-
tetse
The supreme fodye cs,.uiar, casi.ng cn
the subordinate lodges 10 observe January
IL as memorial day. was read by George
X. Davis. X. ID. Rudy re:ii cor1Ia ll4ans.
Ii. Then came an anthsn by the quar-
tehse and prayer by lor. Alison The
audience then stood UP and sang with
feryo< the hymn. Come. Thou Almighty
King"
Rev. Alexander Aiisonl taen prearled
the memorial sermon HIS text was: IT
any provide not for lis owsl and especial
~ for those oe his own house. he hath
deserted his faith add ia worss than an
iniideI"
Pure rea1gson and undefiied before God
and the Father is thus, 10 visit the father
less and widows In their affection and TO
keep ones self inspected from the verdi
The doctor preached a finished se-nsoE.
Ha began by saying that socie.y in these
latter days has permanently placed on
record the observation CT anniversaries,
Il was. he said. q commendanie trait of
our modern society. In the busy whirl CT
the worlds affairs II IL by no means diff
Gust for the living 10 forget the dead. In
tine silent cemetery the dead 1emand no
rights. but their rights are respected.
nevertheless It must be- . low state OF
civilization that affords no time for the
recognition of the departed IN the same
ratio that we give atten.on TO memories
OF those who were. do we rise In The scale
OF humanity. In no age has the father
hood OF God been more Il, rhe front than
this. 1t Is but q step further 10 discover
In full relief the brraMx hood OF man.
fab to conclude that all the family Is
knit together By ties wtas.h only the fam
lily tree can make Conspicuous.
Then DR.. Arson went into some very In
teresxing statistics showing the growth OF
and good done by the order and praised
ITS good ends and high aims lie compared
1t with oid insurance companies ard said
rsas the insurlng frateg-,il societies dur
ing the last Ave years had actually in
creased the business of the life insurance
companies. He paid high tt.bute 10 the
looked beyond the grave during thez~ life
time and provided for their familSes after
they passed away. One point made by
the speaker was that the sratess1ai socie-
ties could expea member who did not be-
have himself THIS was not the case with
life insurance companies.
After the rendition Of an anthem by
the choir. O. S. jones delivered the ad-
dress. He reviewed The evolution OF the
secret society. At frat there ~ere guilds
which were organized in Rome at q very
early date. They spread ard the Christian
religion In turn found them and infused
them wlth hrotheriy Kindness. At first
they were merely for the projection OF
mutual interests. Then came the trade
guilds Charters date back 10 the year
7s7, and Down TO 1000 These continued;
through the middle ages. From the guild
sSeang the community. The corporation.
and finally the Christian civilization and
thu fraternstIes OF the present day. The
~ O. L. w. WAS fraterrlai benefit So
saesy, the eldest ard the largest OF It's
kind in the wogsd. Mr.. Jones paid a
glowing tribute 70 the departed brothers
He spoke Of the homes that had been
aefs deSosase, but sa3i that he wsao doe n
all things well SHALL from these asfisc-
tons, which are but temporary, wurk
OUT through them fer man a perfect
life After a hyTnn rad tssegl sung By the
audse nee the exercises came 10 an end.