The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-12-04
The EIkS' Annual Memorial
Services by the Local Lodge Yesterday Honor Of Departed
Brethren.

According custom the local lodge of E yesterday held
rial services honor Of departed brethren The first Sunday in De
cember of each year day services there large
attendance the Opera House yesterday afternoon when the services
held Judge Robinson delivered the address and J. TIuns
the Grafton. Exalted Ruler George II. Angus presided
The stage was impesvey decorated by Brother E. Murphy
and the electrical effects well arranged and handled by him. The
Band by Berger opened the with
Chopms Funeral March After the E ritual by the exalted ruler
Stanley Livingston sang Crossing sang
Brown The band chorus Aapa gave ntermezzo
from Cavaea Rustcan Prayer offered by the Rev. Alexander
Macintosh.
The address by Judge began with quotation Of the
OF the Order providing for the annual services in the
parted brethren He said in part:
when brother home alien lands tide life
has fallen and follows the night have laid him with tender
and where possible with appropriate and solemn Fur
her than this have comored and consoed the widow and the
orphan in their acto supplied their necessities and mnstered to
beyond all things realizing that outside
OF ratenal circle with mankind general the evil that do
lives after them the good often inferred with their BONES with that
charity that beveh all things hopeh all things and enduret all
g Our order teaches as no other ASSOCIATION ever has, that o
absent brothers, whether soounng distant lands Frustrated
beds of sickness called hence that undiscovered country from
whose bourne no traveller returns are sui our broher always pres
ent thoughts and forgotten Strong is the
brance fallen brothers and retain with oened hearts and
kindly memory recollection vanished hand and
the sound of a voice that is still
recollection their cheerful during the social hour their
bic thoughts their graceful and kindly words and feel that though
absent they nevertheless brothers and forever
absent from thoughts and always present in memories The
record of their faults write the sand the record of their vic
neradCaby the tablets of love and
The preces and teachings of order good and lead
but higher and better thoughts and aspirations and the uprasng
and beemnt of those who heed and follow them Needing and
following them daily avocaton well in aerna lives
confidently believe that day. in the ness of the time to
each of allotted shall hear hope and trust and those
brothers whose memories today have heard wei
voice excam W DONE thou good and faithful servant
name
Hutcns in his Grafton referred eloquent pat
oc of the Order He concluded with reference the Chart
able loyal principles of Ekdom urging the individual duty OF
Elk realize the ideal OF charity and brohery love
The list of officers and committee memorial services fol
George H. Angus Exalted Ruler H. E. Murray Esteemed
Leading Knight; Thomas E Wall Esteemed Loyal Knight Charles
A. Musgrave Esteemed Lecturng Knight H. H. Simpson, Sece
w. L.
Guard E. Hartman, Tyler; F. E Richardson E Thomp
Norman Watkins Trustees Rev. A. Macintosh Chaplain; Hen
nv E. Berger Organ Memorial Services Committee F. Muir
ply chairman H. E Murray Charles Musgave, Hugo Herer
H. H. Simpson, S. A. Walker, w. S. Fleming.