The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-07
The Masonic Burial Service
Over the Body of Clay
Webster Taylor.
Heartfelt Tribute to the Memory
of the Departed Past
Grand Master.
The Anci nj Order of Workmen, of
Which Deceased Had Been Grand
Master, Represented.

The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
Masons OF the Stste OF California officiated
yesterday afternoon at the funeral SER
vices over the remains OF the late Clay
Webster Taylor. past master of the Grand
Lodge of this jurisdiction.
The service was that of the Grand
Lodge and was the first performed by that
BODY for long time, death not having
called away any of the memb ers of that
body. 1t was held in King Solomon's
Hall IN the Masonic Temple with all the
impressiveness that the occasion called
for. Tho stations of the several officers
and the altar were draped in mourning, as
was also the entrance to the temple and
the portrait of the deceased, which is in
the gallery in the main hall.
Among the floral offerings was large
easel contributed by the Grand Lodge OF
the Ancient Order of United Workmen,
of which the deceased was twice grand
master There was also large pillow
bearing the word brother" and a num-
Der of punches of roses and st. Jose ph
lilies.
At a quarter after O'Clock the casket
was brought into the lodgeroom, followed
by the widow, supported by her brother
in-law, the son and daughter of the de-
ceased and a procession of relatives and
intimate friends, and after the casket, on
which rested bunch Of lilies and sneai
of grain, the following-n AIMED officers OF
the Grand Lodge entered the hall and
filled their several stations.
William 7. Lucas grand master; Thomas
Flint Jr., deputy grand master; +. NJ.
oraa n I d.
junior grand warden; Edward Coleman
grand treasurer; George Johnson, grand sec
rotary; E. f. Church, grand chaplain; Franci !,
E. Baker, grand orator; j. Ladagnous, gran -
lecturer; James 3. Stevens, grand marshal;
j. Ellis, grand standard bearer; L. Osborne,
grand second standard bearer; William S.
Moses, grand Bible-bearer; William G. Brown,
senior grand deacon; f. c. Bonner, junior
grand deacon; H. l.. Davis, senior grano stew
ard NJ. V. Taylor, junior grand steward; John
T. Grey, grand pursuivant; Samuel ID. Mayer,
grand organist; James Oglesby, grand tyler.
The Masonic choir-SamueI D. Mayer,
J. r. O:ilvie, J. F. fleming and J. R..
J ones-rendered "Stil, Still With Thee"
after which the grand master. after stating
the occasion OF the assemblage, read from
the burial service.
The choir then sang Rest. Spirit.
Rest" after which the grand secretary
handed the grand master the sacred roll,
on which he inscribed the name and age
of the deceased. and said. "Almig hty
Father, into thy hands we commend the
soul of our beloved BROTHER" and the re-
Spouse by the members OF the Masonic
fraternity at the same time giving the
grand honors was, The will of God Is
accom- plished; so mote it be. Amen"
The choir then rendered Come to Me"
and the grand chaplain offered prayer,
which was followed by the response. $50
mote it be" and the singing OF "Sleep
On"
Then Henry E. Hlghton, past grand
orator. delivered the eulogy. He briefly
went over the life of the deceased, paid a
high tribute to his worth as a citizen of The
state, a statesman, lem Der of the Masonic
| fraternity and of the Ancient Order oil
| Work men, husband and father, and said
that, in view of all this. no better step
could have been taken than the heartfelt
tribute to bis memory he saw before him.
| He spoke of the deceased as man oil
honor, integrity. lofty ideas, deep thought
and great sympathy, whose LIE work will
| be felt many generations hence, when his
| name shall have ceased to be the subjec,
of daily talk. He closed by stating that
| true love never dies, and that there is q
certain assurance that the separation from
those he loved is but temporary. for the
day OF reunion is sure to come.
| The grand marshal announced that the
| time had come 10 Jake u iaSV LOOK al Lne
| face of the dead and all in the room passed
around the casket. AS the mem bers OF
the Masonic fraternity passed each depos-
tied on the casket sprig of accaasia, after
which a procession was formed in the fol
lowing order and the casket was carried to
the hearse:
The tyler; stewards, with white rods; mas
ter masons; secretary and treasurer; junior
and senior wardens past masters; the holy
writings on a cushion covered with black
cloth and supported by the deacons with
crossed rods; the master; the casket; pail
bearers; mourners.
The pail bearers were from the Grand
Lodge-Frank J. French, Thomas Ander-
son, Philip D. Code. N. W. Spaulding, S.
c. Wa lis aad L. d. Schord-and from the
Ancient Order of United Workmen-Past
Grand Master W orkman Frederick Adams
Grand Master Workman William Winter
Grand Receiver Samuel Booth and Grand
Auditor William Broderick.
The remains were then conveyed to the
train and then to Cypress Lawn Cemetery
where the remainder of the impressive
service was conducted and concluded.
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