The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-06-13
FRATERNAL ME.
MORTAL SERVICES
REV. GILMORE DELIVERS ADDRESS
Large Gathering at Opera House
Great Throngs Attend Services
at the Cemetery.

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The annual fraternal memorial ser.
vice, 10 which the l. o. o. F., W. o.
W., X. Of p, United Artisans and
Fotesters OF America participated,
was held In the opera house Sunday,
June 9Th, at IL o'clock a. m. The
fraternal crdeis did not attend In a
body. but the gathering was rather
an informal one.
The morning program was begun
by singing the doxology, which was
followed with short scripture lesson
and prayer by Rev. W. Q. Gilmore.
The mixed quartette, composed OF
Dr.F. q. Brosius, tenor; Mrs. g. II.
Slettep, suprano; Miss Fay X. Orr,
alto; and A. W. Onthank, bass rem
dered two beautiful anthems during
the service.
Rev. W. Q. Gilmore, who preached
the memorial sermon, based his re
marks on the following text as found
10 +. 2:D. "And it came to pass in
those days, when Moses was grown
up that he went unto his brethren,
and looked on their burdens. I"
The speaker stated that one OF the
most unhappy spectacles OF life, is to
witness q man, created In the image
OF God, walking through life In the
spirit OF avarice, selfshness and liz.
norance. He dwelt upon the thought
OF Moses laboring to relieve the sut
terings OF bis people and made prac-
tical application OF the thought as
applied to the fraternal bodies and
the individual man of today.
The prime thought of the sermon
wa' the living Of worthy life, and
In oroer to the successful accomplish
ment of this purpose, through the
medium of the lodge, 1t will be nee.
essary to lay stress upon the course
OF conduct that will enable us to
reach and perform lthe things that
ought to be. We should not be salts
fled with the past or present, but
rather labor for better social, politi-
coal, domestic and moral conditions
for the future.
To live worthily we must so live as
never to aspire to become a tyrant,
or be satisfied to become q slave. We
must walk In the course OF self sacri-
fioe and study the eternal purpose OF
things. Men are often confused be-
cause they misinterpret the purpose
and miesion Of nature and her laws.
Great confusion exists because men
do not understand the purposes of
science, and moral government. The
mission Of the lodge is not entirely
understood by the masses; its purpose
is seperate and distinct from all other
institutions.
The speaker said that this was the
age Of fraternity. The thousands,
who are maimed and slain on the bat.
tie field In common struggle for
bread and butter. need help and as
sistance from q vast army OF helpers,
and the frsternal institutions OF the
age are able to cope with this oondi-
tion. To live worthiiy we must live
like brothers, and perform the com.
mon acts of helpfulness In the every
day affairs Of life.
Il will not be given to many Of us
to performS the extraordinary things of
life, but We may discharge its com.
mon duties with fidelity. We may
not Ee able to memorialize our names
by the production OF splendid mas.
terpiece OF art or sculpture, but we
may inscribs the virtues of our or
ders upon the unseen spirits of our
children, and our fellow men with
whom we come In contact. The SER
vice was concluded by singing Amer
ica.
In the afternoon atI2 o'clock the X.
Of p, w. o. W. and l. 0. o. f. or
ders assembled at the opera house,
clothed in their regaIia, and headed
by the Hood River band, marched to
the Idiewiide cemetery. The Pyth-
ian Sisters, Women of Woodcraft and
Rebekahs, accompanied the respective
lodges In The line Of march, In carri-
ages. They reached the cemetery at
3 o'clock and proceeded to decorate
The graves OF the various deceased
members.
The Knights of Pythias and the
Pytbian Sisters, gathered about the
grave Of G. l.. Gilbert, where VIM.
Isenberg had charge OF the services
and delivered splendid eulogy. At
the conclusion OF the ritualistic SER
vice each member dropped flower
upon the grave, and then proceeded
to strew flowers upon graves of each |
member Of the order in the cemetery. |
The Woodmen OF the World and the |
Women Of Woodcraft, gathered about |
the grave Of Edward Birth, where A. |
@. Staten bad charge of the service
and delivered an appropriate eulogy.
They then proceeded to hedeck the
g. ave with flowers and scatter tokens
of love upon the graves of the depart
ed members of the order throughout |
the cemetery.
The Odd Fellows and Rebe kahs
gathered around the grave of Perry |
McCrory, where J. M. Lakin and ii. |
@. Smith had charge of the ritualistic
services. The grave was decorated
with flowers after which all of the
other graves Of deceased mem bers
were remembered by the deposit of
flower from the hands of the surviv-
ing mem bers Of the order.
At the conclusion Of these ceremon-
les the Knights OF Pythias and .the
Pythisn Sisters repaired to X. OF P.
cemetery snd decorated the graves of |
departed members who are buried
there.
There were fully 500 people at the
to participate In the derora-
tion OF the graves. A service of this
nature Is worthy Of our highest emu
Iation.
Nine Goose Eggs for Steyenson. |
The haa~ hail thnk z,no