The herald., 1897-11-19
MAsoN1C-LoDaE OF SORROW


temple was filed last evening by men,
Ders Of the Masonic fraternity, their
wives and members of the Eastern Star,
in attendance upon the annual Lodge of
Sorrow held in memory of the deceased
brethren of other jurisdictions, buried
under the auspices of the Masonic board
Of relief of this city and the deceased
brethren of the seven blue lodges, Los
Angeles AZ. Pentalpha 2O2. Southern
California 27S, Sunset 29O, Hollenbeck 319,
South Gate 27S and Vallee de France 1923.
The service was held by the board of
relief, whose officers are Samuel Prayer,
president; ]. M. Dunsmoor. vice-presi-
dent J. c. Cunningham, treasurer; G.
w. Blake, secretary. Bro. Samuel Pra-
ger presided as master.
Several fine floral effects appeared in
the east and about the altar, including
the broken pillar. sickle. etc. The SER
vice throughout was beautiful and i'm
pressive, the finelyrendered music of
the choir adding much to the perfection
of the same. All Masons in attendance
wore the typical white apron. The fol-
lowing program was observed:
Voluntary, Chopin's Funeral March
Miss Matilee Loeb. organist
Anthem, softly Now the Light of
Day (Thomas).
Extinguishment of the light in the
south.
Music by the choir.
Extinguishment of the light in the
west.
Music by the choir
Extinguishment of the light in the
east.
Music by the choir.
Master-The Lord giveth and the Lord
hath taken away.
Response by all the brethren-So mote
1t be. Amen. Amen.
Anthem.
Prayer by Rev. Brother Will T..
Knighten.
Response, also mote it be. Amen.
Amen.
Then followed the reading by the
master and responses by the brethren;
after which the lights We're relighted.
Mrs. Orr Haralson then gave a fine
soprano solo. "Oh, Lord. Have Mercy,
from Stradella.
Samuel Prayer as president of the
board of relief, made an address. which
was full of good points and feeling. j.
H. link rendered an excellent tenor solo,
"Sing Ye Praise" from Mendelssohn.
c. w. Blake, as secretary of the board
of relief, reviewed the work OF the board
during the past year. The report in
Cluded many interesting facts relating
to relief work. the amount of money eX-
pended being $345G25. Distressed
brethren from nearly every state in the
union the British isles Cfnada and
many foreign countries were assisted.
The sum of $2S03.62 was expended in
charities.
The following. brethren belonging to
outside jurisdictions were buried by the
relief board during the past year: A.
e. Allen. Michigan John II. Pattee, Illi-
nois; j. II. Tolfree, New York; j. j..
McComb. Kansas: c. X. Hill, Vermont; );
George w. Henderson, Maryland; Thos.
Mcbride New York; Jonathan Il. Mar
tin, Arkansas: George Albeyer, Texas;
William w. Strait, Colorado The fol-
lowing brethren who died here had
their remains sent east by the board of
relief; George w. Douglass, Maine;AW.
H. Hamilton, New York; Daniel Givens,
Colorado: Joseph II. Ditchie, Connecti-
cut: Franklin b. Taylor of Georgia was
buried here by Los Angeles command
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The following deaths occurred among
the blue lodges of the city: Los Angeles,
AZ: Daniel j. Carr, John e. Jackson, Max
Werner, Henry Fenton; Pentalpha POP,
Henry l.. Meyers, William H. Pendleton,
Bryant L. Peel; Herman Victorson,
Chas. f. Smurr; Southern California 27S,
James Cumpstan, e. s. M. Judson, ]. S.
Mcclure, Frank RAIDER, T.. A. Reynolds;
Sunset 29O, Charles A. Teel; Hollenbeck
$40, Robert S. Thomas; Henry l. Moore;
South Gate 32O, Fred Van Lew, Charles
Woolmer.
A contralto solo. my Redeemer Liv-
eth," from Dudley Buck, was given with
excellent effect by Mrs. J. G. Scarbor-
ough. After which the address of the
evening was made by Judge B. N. Smith,
as grand orator. w. A. Cheney was un-
able to be present. The judges address
was confined principally to the subject
of the memorial service and humanity
as exemplified by the Masonic fraternity.
The judges remarks We're at times elo-
Quent and received close attention.
The choir then rendered ITO Thee be
Praise Forever" and the memorial serv-
ice closed with a benediction by Rev.
w. A. Knighten.
Los Angeles commandery Q, X. T., con-
ferred the Order of the Temple Wednes-
day evening. The cOmmandery will rest
the remainder of the month.
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