Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-03
HOLD MEMORIAL
FOR T. 7. DUNNING
FELLOWSHIP HAS SPECIAL
SERVICES
Resolutions Passed Extoling His Good
Qualities, and Friends Make
Ten Minute Addresses
of EuIogy

In memory OF a beloved ana ueNolSu
member Of the Fellowship, Eber 7.
Dunning, who passed away. the service
of the Fellowship took on the form of
a memorial yesterday morning in
Blanchard hall.
The hall was prettily decorated and a
large congregation was present. Mr..
Walper and Miss Tape rendered special
music.
Following the opening exercise, M. w.
Turner, a member of the council, pre-
sented the following resolutions which
were unanimously adopted:
| Whereas, Our brother, Eber I. Dun
ming, has laid aside his earthly gar
ments and passed beyond our sight,
therefore be it
Resolved ID That the Los Angeles
Fellowship records it's sincere regard for
his noble qualities of mind and heart,
his pure ideals, his devotion to the well
fare of his fellows individually and
socially and his thorough trustworthy
ness in every walk of life.
"(2) That we especially express our
appreciation of his great services to
the Fellowship as founder, trustee,
treasurer and councillor. He never
failed in his self sacrificing and efficient
service, and even when his failing
health compelled his withdrawal from
his ordinary pursuits he still found
time and strength to fuif4ll his duties to
this organization, which he loved and
whose members loved him.
"(3) That we extend our loving,
trustful and hopeful sympathy to our
sisters, Mrs. Dunning and her daughter
Jessie, assuring them of our grateful
recognition of their superb trust and
courage and our continual uplifting OF
our souls in their behalf" ~
The first of the ten-minute addresses
was given by Rev. Benjamin Fay Mills.
permanent minister of the Fellowship.
He saidin part:
First Break in Ranks
"The first apparent break in the ranks
of the founders of the Fellowship came
on May 21, when our noble councillor,
| trustee and former treasurer was re-
moved beyond our sight by the gentle
hand of the strong deliveress.' He was
one of those rare souls of whom Emer-
son says: When a man is reliable he
has already begun to be of consequence
| in the world Reliable is the great
word that best characterizes his rare
| faithfulness.
"His personal life was stainless; his
professional career was marked by that
nobility that causes men to believe IN
and trust their fellow men; his domestic
relations were perfect as a son, hus-
band. father and host; his devotion TO
public interests, to all wise reform, to
| the cause Of the weak and lowly, to the
poor and unfortunate and ignorant and
erring was beautiful beyond expression,
while his absorption in the interests OF
| the Fellowship caused him to cherish
them as the welfare of his own soul.
He was never too busy or weary to
minister to relative or friend or neigh
Dor or stranger, the contents of his
purse flowed unstintingly to supply hu-
man need, while night or day no call
for social service or public duty fell un-
needed on his ear.
when a cooperative enterprise in
which he was a director failed, in spite
of his strenuous efforts to prevent 1t,
he himself (without legal or, as nearly
all of his friends1hought, moral obliga-
tion) paid $4,000, all he had, that the
members might not suffer, and his
whole life was a contribution to those
less strong and fortunate than he.
He was Fellowshipperf before the
Fellowship and when the first strain
came to the organization, less than a
year from it's foundation, no one who
heard him can forget the intensity with
which he said: All my life long / have
been looking for an organization which
could command my intelligent indorse-
ment, my deepest sympathy, my heart 8
devotion and my unlimited service, and
at last, after fifty years, have found
it. Should anything occur which should
cause the dissolution of the Fellowship
| would esteem 1t as the greatest per-
sonal calamity, irreparable beyond the
power of words to describe Then his
voice broke, and the people rose up as
one man, and any possible defeat was
made forever impossible by the mighty,
exhilarating enthusiasm that added VIC
| tory to victory and, as he expressed 1t,
showed that we had almost unknow-
ingly developed such spiritual and f1nan-
cial strength that no one could doubt
our right to live
'He gave us his best, and we send
| to him behind the veil our trust and
love, our confidence and gratitude and
our undying and illimitable hope AL
ready the invisible Fellowship is formed
of some of our rarest and best loved
souls, and who can DOUBT that these
bonds are eternal?"
Assistant Minister Speaks 3
/ Reynold Blight, assistant minister OF
the Fellowship said in part: -
ITO have known man like Mr.. Dun
| ming is a rare privilege. He was not
one to wear his heart upon his sleeve,
4 and sometimes those who met him only
casually thought him cold, but those OF
us who we're privileged to come into
closer intimacy knew him to be warm
hearted. They to whom he gave his
confidence found a great, beautiful,
royal soul His heart throbbed with
| sympathy for all pain and affliction
His hearts best sympathy went out to
all who bore life's burdens. No needy
person ever appealed to him in vain
/ How often have we seen his eye light
up with love for some whose lives had
been loveless. How often have whis-
pered Stories come to us of his benefac-
| tions, and when taxed with them how
1 often have we seen that sweet myster-
ious smile play over his features. How
often have we felt encouragement and
good cheer in the grip of his hand. He
believed in progress, and every move
ment tending to improve human condi-
tions found in him a friend; and al
great personal. sacrifice did he lend his
| heart and his brain to worthy efforts
for human betterment. Even through
i the gloom that settled upon him during
the last months of his life great illu-
| mination seemed to shine, and little
words of trust and little deeds of love
gave proof that the heart was still
sound To have known such man, tc