Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-18
Lodge. No 8. and P. H. Leary of Golden
Rule Lodge No 81

Rule Lodge. No. 81.
Joint memorial services in honor of de-
ceased Odd Fellows. heretofore noted
in The Star. were held by Harmony. Union.
Salem. Federal City and Dorcas Rebekah
Lodges and Magenenu Encampment last
Sunday night at the First Methodist Pro
eStant Church. 4th street, between r ana
G streets southeast. The church was filled
by members of the order and their friends.
Among other proceedings Deputy Grand
Master w. H. Mcneil of Federal City
Lodge. No. 20. the presiding officer. made
an address. Mr.. Mcneil spoke In part as
follows:
From the time when Pericles the Gre
/ clan scholar. statesman and patriot, IN one
beautiful cemetery of Ceramicus. the West
minister of Athens. pronounced his splendid
eulogy over the Athenian dead it has been
custom among civilized people to set
apart a day, from time to time, in honor
of their deathless dead.
I'm accordance with prOclamatiOnS of the
grand sire of the world and the grand
master of the District of Columbia. We are
assembled this evening to pay the tribute
Of our sorrow and tears to those of our
order who are sleeping the pathetic sleep Of
death.
"Once a year in the great world of Odd
Fellowship business closes it's DOORS fac
tory furnaces slumber. commerce stops its
! wheels and hundreds Of thousands of Odd
Fellows in various places all over the world
meet together and mingle their tears with
those who mourn.
''On this solemn occasion let US as Odd
| Fellows pledge our fraternal obligations
anew to exercise that charity which covers
with it's mantle the small frailities of
brother sister and sees only the nobler
characteristics of the soul: to practice
that sincere honesty which impels us
to act toward our brothers as we
would have them act toward us. so that
when the somber curtain of death falls
upon the last scene of life. We can stand
/ beside the open grave and say, l never
caused him palm
H,-{p nPf tod no Of fn-
| morrow. Today home filled with joy and
| in love with lfe tomorrow broken house,
| hold bereft of a fathers counsel, mothers
quenchless love, a husbands support,
| wife's trusting confidence, a brothers
strength. sisters fond embrace or
child's musical laughter, compared with
| which the greatest symphony is but dis
cordant medley.
I'm recalling the virtues of the departed,
| the force of intellect. the goodness of heart.
| the sympathy of voice the work that deft
! and willing hands have wrought, let US not
| forget the sorrows of the living. Whether
| the tragic event which must end the life of
! each and all occurs at dawn in the limo
cence of childhood at noontme. in the
| strength Of manhood, or at eventide, in the
| decrepitude of age. 1t causes alike the
waves of anguish to ebb and flow in the
| hearts OF those who are left behind
Though the last twelve months sweep of
! the scythe of time has left a barren heath
| which stretches waste and desolate for you
| with whom we weep. yet hope. like a cloth
| of gold. Overspreads the future. Hope
| that leaps at a bound the infinty of time
and penetrates the veil of futurity; and
| even in this starless night of death sees
| the effulgence Of an eternal day
| Now. to you. brothers. who have been
/ chosen to bring forget -nots of speech
| cypress of the heart. we commit our sacred
| and hallowed dead"
The singing of Nearer. My God. to
| Thee by the choir and audience preceded
| the reading by the secretaries of the sew
| eral lodges of the names of the Odd Fellows
! who died during the past year. Federal
| City Lodge had no deaths during the past
! year. but the dead of the other lodges num-
| bered about a score. Those who responded
| for the different organizations were: Miss
| Eleanor Fowler. secretary of Dorcas Rebe-
! kah Lodge; w. p Allan. scribe of Mage
| menu Encampment and secretary of Har-
| mony Lodge: Richard Emmons. secretary
| of Union Lodge: d. V. Chisholm secretary
| of Federal City Lodge, and j. w. Payne of
| Salem Lodge.
| An address was made by Rev. Richard
| Emmons of Union Lodge. No. H. who dis
| cussed the moral side of the order and eulo-
| gized it's teachings. He followed by
| Past Grand Master w. w. MILAN of Har-
| mony Lodge. No. Q. Mr. MILAN talked of
| the historical characters who have exem-
| plified the spirit of unseltshness, citing
J Damon and Pythias and Jonathan and
| David. He applied the story of the Good
| Samaritan to the teachings of Odd Fellow
ship. and paid tribute to the fraternal work
of the order.
Rev A. s. Became, member Of the order
and pastor of the church. who closed the
| meeting with the benediction, made brief
address. in the course of which he said: L
| do not like to make invidous distinctions,
| but / believe the teachings of Odd Fellow
| ship approach more nearly the teachings OF
the church than any other human organi-
| cation Just before the benedcuon the
| choir and audience sang, Shall We Meet
| Beyond the Rver?" The program was in
terspersed with vocal selections by the
| choir.
| ha nH3 of the Grand Lodge
present were: James II. Crew, grand mas
ter; w II. McNiel. deputy grand MASTER
w. p Allan and F. A. Sitter, grand repre-
sentatives; A. r.. Vermillion, grand con
ductor: w G. Phillips, grand guardian; d.
| D. Love. grand chaplain; ofhcers Oh the
Grand Encampment: f. l.. EomaX. grand
| patriarch: r. f. Wines. grand senior war
| den: j l. Brown. grand junior warden
| Joseph Burroughs, grand scribe: u w.
Keck. grand treasurer; DR.. l. j. Gates
| grand marshal. - e,.,
| Of W p Allan, chairman: w. w. Milan
DR.. Thos. ]. Gates Harmony Lodge; VIM.
| Frank Brown, James Wood. Murdock NC
Phec, Union Lodge; Capt. u " Snl n5 or, :,
| Lodge; w H. Nash. J. w. Payne. Joseph
X. Dawson. Salem Lodge; Mrs Dora J. D.
Hendrix, Mrs. Mary Dement, DR.. Chas. w;
| C'uthbertson Dorcas Rebekah Lodge. and
Henry C. Lybrand. Henry c. Hazard, j.
Thomas Cook. Magenenu Encampment.
e,,,a,V night last Maccabee memorial
servjces were held in Golden Rule Hall, on
| 9th street northwest. MI r. ID. thompson
/: | acted as chairman and called the meeting
10 order, and after explaining the object OF
| the meeting he introduced Sir Knight w n.
Newbold of Golden Rule Tent who deliver
| cd the address of welcome to the visiting
tents This meeting was held jointly with
| King David Tent. No. H. and Capitol Tent
| No. O. State Commander d. w. Gall spoke
| of the objects of the occasion and the good
| resulting therefrom. He was followed by
Rabbi Loeb who delivered an interesting
| and instructive address.
Brightwood Tent, No 5. X. o. T. NJ. held