Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-19
MEMORIAL SERVICES
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD
FELLOWS HOLD MEETING.
Grand Master McNiel Presided-Ser-
mon by Rev. w. v. Tudor-Roll
of the Dead

The members of the District branches of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at
tended memorial services in honor of the
twenty-seven members of the order who
have died during the past year at Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church
last night. The sermon was preached by
Rev. w. V. Tudor of Richmond, Va
The church was appropriately decorated
Tor the occasion. Palms and cut flowers
were banked about the pulpit and chancel
and flowers were placed at appropriate in
tervals about the church. The members
of Canton No. l, 200 in number. in full
uniform. attended the services in a body
and were given seats in the center of the
church. They marched from their hall to
the church under the command of Capt.
church was reserved for the ladies of the
order who are members of Rebekah lodges
and who Joined with the Odd Fellows in the
service.
Inside the chancel were seated Grand
Master William H. McNiel, who presided
over the exercises; Rev. Fred1tick A. Stier,
grand representative and act.i!g Chaplain;
pastor Of the church In opening the eSer
cises the grand master made a short ad-
dress in which he called attention to the
fact that hundreds of thousands of Odd
Fellows In every part of the world were
assembled at the same hour to do honor to
their dead.
Roll of the Dead.
Grand Warden Philip Walker then read
the names of the members of the local
lodges who died during the year. The
list included: w. N. H. Mack and S. E.
Sheperd, Central, No. /; Joseph H. De-
neane, William II. Frazier and David J.
Bishop, Washington, No. 6; Robert Clarke
and Fred Reh, Eastern, No. Z; w. II. IL.
Cissell and John II. Mitchell. Harmony, No.
8; Frederick NJ Detweirer, jeremiah Inder-
mauer and Henry L. Davidson, Columbia,
No. 10; James T. Cross, Temple Belt,
Walter E. Williams, William W. Pollow,
William Paul Brown and Ferdinand Buse,
Union, No. II; w. II. Howes, Friendship,
No. T.; W. II. Burdette and Henry c. Volk-
man, Covenant, No. 10; Edward II. Sipe
and Frederick Breslau, Beacon, No. 10;
Truman w. Beckett and Samuel ]. Haislet,
Metropolis. No. 16; John I. Gibson, Salem.
No. % and William Bennett, Magenenu
Encampment, No 4.
Mrs Susie r. Durfey then read the names
of the deceased members of Rebekah
lodges as follows: Mrs. Belle Carter, Mrs.
Nora Halter, Mrs. Addie King and Mrs.
Rosa A. Fague
In connection with the members in whose
honor the gathering had met, the grand
master explained that thirteen of them had
been members of the order more than
thirty-nine years and one had been mem
Der more than sixty-six years.
Mr.. Tudor's Sermon.
After a prayer by Rev. Mr.. Locke, Mr..
Tudor began his sermon. His subject was
CHARITY" He said:
"Who does not ask as he reads these
words what is the thing called charity of
which the writer speaks? What is it upon
which Paul set such pre-eminent value?
The words were caused by the condition Of
the time. He was writing to the elegant
and luxurious burt corrupt city of Corinth,
the seat of science, literature and oratory.
He was among the Romans, the ideal patr-
OTIS of their time, as the japanese and Amer
leans are today. With all the splendor of
that brilliant age, Paul placed above all
else the grace of all graces-that of charity.
LAS charity was needed in PauPs time,
so It is needed now. The lawyer puts MS
case first and truth afterward; the bust
ness man commercial success before nu
mainly. and-1 must say it-popularity
and sensation first and Christ afterward
We should remember that the little sins
are the ones that eat gradually into the
spiritual character, while as we look
about us we see that only great achieve
ments command our applause. The duty
of every day escapes our attention, and
we are good on great occasions only. The
humblest things are the best We do
not need the great talents and gifts al
ways, but every day we do need the grace
OF charity.
Simple, Plain Life.
I'm the text the apostle reveals the
simple, plain life of mankind In its best
state. We need to have it applied to our
society today In order to remedy It's
evils. Men are admired for their Ideas or
their money, libelous tongues are active,
there is much strife for social position,
envy. jealousy, pretension, hypocrisy af-
fectation in ministration to the poor, pride
vanity. The poor are aping the ricn, and
the highest aim in life is to be in the ,,eght
of fashion. Corruption and pref elt:on
abound in this capital city. where there is
a gaudy circus show and masquerade of
hell
II am not Odd Fellow, yet when I
came TO mediate upon text upon which
to address you, | concluded that this one
Of noble charity, this love for one an
other. must be part of the ritual of the
order. Whatever else there may be in It,
the greatest of all is charity. 1t has spoken
through the lips of the Incarnate One and
said to thee: Thy brothers shall rise again
1t answers the ques zion TO he or no. to be?'
with the great fact that the eternal life is
to be-
At the conclusion of the sermon Acting
Chaplain Stier offered a prayer and after
selection by the choir the benediction was
pronounced by the pastor of the church.