The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-02
ELkS' SERVICES
IN MEMORIAM
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Trustees: Rev. DR.. Doremus Scudder
Chaplain; Henry E. Berger, Organist;
Memorial Services Committee: H. z.
Murray. Chairman; Geo. Angus, W. ".
Harris
The services were not as well at
tended either by Elks or by the gen.
eral public as they have been in past
years Many thought that perhaps the
ball game had something TO do with
this.
The first address of the day follow
solo. and was by Hon. John Hughes.
Mr.. Hughes spoke as follows;
Exalted Ruler, Brother EIks and
Friends: The task assigned to me
here today, to deliver a eulogy in
memory of our dead, is the saddest
part of this sad and solemn ceremony;
this ceremony where one has but TO
look around and the eye rests only
on the trappings of the tomb. Here
everything is emblematic of death
death the arbiter of destiny, death
that comes to all-and no matter in
what guise. it is the closing of the
chapter. the rolling up of the scroll.
Sometimes it comes like lightning
from a sunlit sky, just as this task
has come to me.
In assembling, in this memorial ses-
sion to honor and revere the memory
of our dead, we again emphasize one
of the noblest attributes of the Order
of Elks, an attribute that is actuated
by the most unselfish passions that
&I,a le ,f for
our dead, the desire to perpetuate
their memory, is indeed one of the
sweetest flowers that grows along the
highway of life. And whilst this ses-
sion is a duty we owe to the present
and the past. yet it is a pleasurable
one, and there is none more honor
able nor more productive of good than
that which calls us here today.
AS Elks and Americans we celebrate
with fitting pomp and ceremony the
birthday of this great republic. this
cradle of human liberty. This land
where men first drank from freedom $
fountain: where under the inspiration
and guidance of wise and beneficent
laws men grew into a strong and Wig
orous manhood
We celebrate the birthday of the
father and master builder of this great
land-that man, heaven sent, who with
farseeing eye laid broad and deep the
foundations of this superstructure.
resting them on the love, the loyalty
and virtue of our people.
Such celebrations as those are fruit
full of good resolves. They give an en-
during. life to principles of right and
Justice. They are ennobling and serve
TO perpetuate the patriotism and wis
dom of men of the past, whilst nerv-
ing those of the present to deeds of
high emprise.
The memory of the men, the brothers
of our order, who have passed into
the great unknown and for whom we
mourn here today; they, too. were men
who loved their country, her institu-
tions and her flag. They, too, We're
men of honor and of worth, true to
their friends and the right, and ever
generous to their foes.
In casting loose from the shores of |
Time and entering in through the por-
tails of Eternity, they left behind no
ranking wound, no tale of barren in |
ability. Some of them have written |
deep their names on our country's roll |
Of fame, and others, along humber |
lines, have done their duty to the |
State All have left record to be |
priced. a record of good deeds that is |
held by us as sacred, precious
legacy.
The last member of our order whom
the Angel of Death summoned, who
answered the call of the last venire,
and on whose grave we place wreath.
was Brother Gear. I knew Brother
Gear intimately and we'll He was a
man with a sound mind and a warm
heart. unclouded by sophisms and
subtleties. He was in many things
very human; and yet the frai1ties of
his humanity were dimmed by the
iustre of a generous, charitable and
heart.
AS a member of the bar he easily |
stood in the front rank. and his SER
vices and brilliant attachments were
ever at the disposal of the poor and |
lowly.
And as a judge. while just, he ever
leaned to the side of mercy-kind, |
generous and impulsive Gear.
None knew thee but to love thee:
None named thee but to praise
Brother Gear has passed away. He |
has launched his bark upon the great |
uncharted sea. His eyes are closed in |