The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1897-02-25
IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL SERVICES
Masonic Fraternity at
Nuuanu Vault.
Procession of Police and Various
Lodges of Which Deceased
was a Member.

The funeral of the late Warren
Goodale was held Wednesday after
noon from the Central Union Church
Aside from the representatives of va
rious organizations, of which Mr.
Goodale had been an honored mem
ber, those who assembled at the
church to pay their last tribute of re-
spect were largely the older residents
of the city, men and women who been
associated with him when he was act
i've in business life and the work of the
tives were present, but kind and low
ing friends placed beautiful floral tri-
butes upon the bier and tenderly bore
the earthly remains of the late broth
er to the last resting place.
AS the coffin was carried down the
aisle, it was preceded by Rev. d. P.
Birnie, Rev. S. E. Bishop and Rev. O.
H. Gulick, Mr.. Birnie reading from the
Scripture, the reading continuing till
the coffin had been placed before the
pulpit on the bier, banked with floral
emblems The choir, made up of Mrs.
A. F. Judd, Mrs. r. D. Walbridge, AL
bert Judd, and William Forbes, sang
the hymn, ''It is Not Death to Die"
which was followed by reading from
the Scriptures by Rev. o. H. Gulick.
After the hymn, Beautiful Zion," by
the choir, Rev. S. E. Bishop made a
short address, in which he reviewed
the life of the deceased, relating the
incidents which caused him to settle in
the country, and citing his valuable
work while associated with the early
missionaries. Mr.. Goodale and his wife
had been members of the Fort Street
Church, and their influence was always
for that which was highest and best.
DR.. Bishop told of a conversation he
had had with Mr.. Goodale a few min
utes before he was stricken down, in
which he spoke of the pleasure it af
forded him to once more meet with
friends with whom he and his beloved
wife had been associated in years gone
by. In all his dealings with men the
deceased had borne out the character
of true Christian manhood. His life
had been a blessing TO the community
in which he lived. After the prayer
offered by DR.. Bishop, the choir sang
Rock of Ages" Rev. Birnie pronoun-
ced the benediction, and the remains
were borne to the hearse, Organist In
gals playing softly the while.
Drawn up in front Of the church was
a squad of police, mounted patrol, the
Government Band, the knights Temp
lars and members of Hawaiian Lodge,
No. 21. After leaving the church, the
Masons took charge of the remains, and
the funeral cortege proceeded to the
Nuuanu Cemetery.
Arriving at the cemetery the various
bodies entered through the gates at the
cemetery, the mounted patrol taking a
position on the main avenue. The foot
police were drawn up in line in the
passageway leading to the Paty vault
The Knights Templar, commanded by
Henry E. Cooper, Eminent .Comman-
der, formed in double file Immediately
in front of the police, and as they stood
their drawn swords formed a steel
arch, under which the handsome cas-
ket. containing the remains of their
late brother, was borne by John Has
singer. w. F. Allen. w. H. Hoogs, Hugh
Mcintyre w. l.. Eaton, J. H. Soper,
Harry Wooten and J. n. Wright, to
space directly in front of the vault, and
the Masonic services began by Past
Master Andrew Brown reading from
the ritual as follows:
"Once more, my brethren, have we
Assem- bIed to perform the last sad and
solemn duties to the dead. The mourn
full notes which betoken the departure
of n spirit from its 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.
"Our brother has reached the end of
life The brittle thread which bound
him TO earth has been severed, and the
liberated spirit has winged its flight to
the unknown world. The silver cord is
loosed: the golden bowl is broken; the
pitcher is broken at the fountain; and
the wheel is broken at the cistern. The
dust has returned to the earth as it
was; and the spirit has returned to God,
who gave it,"
Brother A Gilfillan, Master of Ha-
waiian Lodge, No. 81, continued the
service from this point, beginning with:
while we deplore the loss of our
beloved brother, and pay this fraternal
tribute to his memory, let us not for
get. nv brethren that we. too, are mort
al: that our bodies, now so strong and
vigorous. must ere long, like his, be-
come tenants of the narrow grave; and
that our spirits, too, like his. must re-
turn To the God that spake them into
existence MAN that is born of a wo-
man is of few days. and full of trou-
BILE. He cometh forth as a flower, and
is cut down; he fleeth also as shadow.