The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-12-04
THE HONOLULU ELKS PAY
RESPECT TO THEIR DEAD

! 1OuSe yesterday AFTERNOON ny bOuge
| 616, Benevolent and Protective Order
Of Elks. Impressive ceremonies mark
| ed the salutation to the dead and there
was evidence in the grafton, eulogy and
ritual that these brothers were held in
| dear memory. But above all was the
| deeper sentiment of the order stand
| ing pre-eminent, the basic principle of
Elkdom, voiced in the following coup.
| let:
"The faults of our brothers we should
write upon the sand;
"Their virtues on the tablets of Love
and memory
The services were attended by a rep
resentative body CT Honolulans, men
and women, and every seat in the house
! was occupied.
The stage was symbolic of the Elk
pasture. The scene was set in a forest
and in the background the form of a
huge, antlered Elk of noble presence
was conspicuous. The Exalted Ruler IS
pedestal occupied station on dais
toward the rear of the stage, and other
stations for officers were ranged in the
| form of a semicircle to the proscenium
arch. In the center of the stage was
the altar draped with the American
ensign, and upon this rested an open
Bible. From this table was reared the
branches of an Elk s antlers, eleven
| electric lights burning brilliantly from
| the prongs to designate the number of
members who have passed away. In
the foreground and directly before the
patriotic altar an electric cross burned
| throughout the services.
| Toward the close of the services a
drop was lifted at the rear of the stage,
disclosing the familiar clock-dial of
Elkdom with the hands pointing to IL
o clock, the whole surrounded by a
circlet of lights. AS the dial came
| into view of the audience eleven bell
strokes were solemnly tolJcd off. These
mechanical features added much to the
| impressiveness of the service.
The officers came upon the stage two
by two and took their appointed sta
tions. Exalted Ruler Harry Murray
was fanked by 7. +. Richardson, the
Esteemed Leading Knight, and Rev.
Alexander Macintosh. Chaplain. 9th.
ers upon the stage were W. w. Harris
Esteemed Loyal Knight; Jas. D.
Dougherty, Esteemed Lecturing Knight
| II. II. Simpson. Secretary; f.. w
Quinn, Treasurer; 5. A. Walker, Els
! quire; w. P. Fenncll, Inner Guard; F.
| r. Sullivan, Tyler; +. +. Thompson
o. L. Soronson, George II. Angus, Ttus
tees; Henry +. Berger, Organist. In
addition there were Judge 5. b. Kings
bury, the orator, and w. II. McInerny
who delivered the eulogy.
Following the Chopin "Funeral
March," played by the symphony So.
ciety under the leadership of +. Rud-
land Bode, the Elk ritual was used
During this impressive service the call
was made upon the secretary for the
roll of the dead which included c. H
Bishop, Alfred J. Lyon, VIM. Dunbar
G. II. Brokaw, J. Bearwald, Mr.. Sims
DR.. w. f. Taylor and others.
In vain we call upon them and we
know they have passed to the Beyond, >
said the Exalted Ruler slowly, as the
last strains of ''Nearer. My God, to
Thee came softly from the wings
sung by quartet.
A violin solo by Mr.. r. j. Buckley
Rats Cavatina, was eXcellently rem
dered, and it showed that Honolulu
has new musical artist in its midst
Prayer was offered by Rev Alexander
Macintosh and he was followed by
Mr.. Chester Livingston, who sang a
baritone solo, 30 Lift Thine Eyes, ac-
companied by E. f. Cutting.
JUDGE KINGSBURY'S GRAFTON
Judge S. B. Kingsbury delivered the
Grafton as follows:
JUDGE KINGSBURY' ADDRESS
Annual Memorial Day is day of
sorrow, but not of sadness. The be-
! ginning and the end, of earthly exist
| cnce, is birth and death. What of i'm
portance per Sc comes between is pain
or pleasure. Pain is the evil pleasure,
the good. A mans state is good or
evil, az one or the other of these pre-
dominates. We all experience both,
and perhaps at all times:-Great pleas
ure is but sweet pain, ana pain is
not uYnixed with pleasure. The poet
| Moore says: Earth has no sorrow
that heaven can not heal He might
rs truly have sung: earth has no
sorrow that heaven is not healing.'
Our day of sorrow in memory of our
departed brethren is n day of loving
| pleasure. Mourning for the dear de-
parted has more of pleasure than of
| pain in its composition, and is a natural
| good rather than a natural evil.
| Susceptibility to pain and pleasure
is the basis of our knowledge of good
and evil.
The od:-That which is good per
Sc is happiness. 1t is the summum
bonum. II is what makes heaven: it
is the state produced by pleasure. Pain
is a natural evil, and to be avoided, and
yet it is often a relative good, as it
enables us to appreciate pleasure, and
to know good and evil.
All our lives we have been taught
the duty of goodness, and we have been
told; BE good and you will be
happy"
But we have not been taught the
duty of happiness; it has not been
said; "Be happy and you will be
good" Yet there is the duty of hap
piness as well as the duty of good
ness.
Indeed. moral goodness is good for
nothing in itself-is not a good per Sc,
but only good for anything when and
because it promotes happiness.
Men should aim, not TO be good. but
rather to do good. The be.goods be-
lieve, or pretend to believe, dogmas,
creeds and doctrines, and receive them
as sort of charm or fetish to secure
eternal happiness for themselves. Too
often society and church membership
is subiectively an insurance policy