Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-27
NATIVE SONS HOLD
MEMORIAL SERVICE
EUL0GIZE DEAD MEMBERS OF
THE ORDER
Patriotic Addresses Are Made and Mu.
sieaI Selections Materially Assist
Good Proeram-Decorations
Lavish and Beautiful

tingly observed the occasion with SIM
pie yet appropriate ceremonies.
Eulogies on those who have gone to
their last rest, as we'll as the duty
mankind owes to its progenitors, were
expressed In addresses by F. A. Ste
phenson and Rev. F. c. Doris and
vocal and Instrumental selections were
rendered by Mrs. M. w. Everhardy,
Miss Opal McCleary and Carl Daratti.
The hall was tastefully decorated
with the national flags and the bear
flag, the insignia of the Native Sons.
Ferns and sweet peas covered the
piano in their tender simplicity, and
around the platform were strewn
lilies, smilax and ferns.
Nearer, My God, to Thee" sung by
the entire assemblage, opened the pro-
gram, and then Miss Opal McCleary
accompanied by Miss Ethel Belcher,
rendered a selection in her tender and
deeply pathetic voice.
r. A. Stephenson, who was the first
to address the assemblage, dwelt with
emphasis on the reasons for Memorial
day. Custom has brought about a
desire to honor our dead and those
who did so much for u.s." said Mr.. Ste
pii1eT1sofi. 1.-The The patriotism of those nf
us who are still here brings with it
realization of what we had handed
down to US from our fathers, and what
all they accomplished meant to the
present generation.
Custom Uniersai
"This custom has grown to be Uni
versal all over our broad country. 1t
Is not confined to any one district nor
to any one people, for 1t is no longer
a. personal feeling that pervades the
ceremonies of Memorial day. And
neither is the use of flowers a local
hoc nd Cnr6a6 nnfil
everywhere in our country the tribute
of the fields and gardens is exacted
to glorify those who have left for the
great beyond.
"Symbolic not only of sweetness, of
purity and of grace, flowers are also
symbolic of man himself. In the spring
of life he fiourishes and blooms, and
when the winter comes with its serted
years of toll and sustenance he departs,
as does the flower.
But as the spring returns and
brings with it rejuvenation of the
flowers which passed away the pre-
vious year, so also does man bloom
again. That other life, the one beyond
the grave and the coldness Of mortal
clay, is ever present in our memories,
and who here knows but that the one
so gone from our midst is not with US
in every thought?
1--WE who are here today should be
broader than locality. Not alone should
we think of those whom we have
known as dead, but we should also
think of those who made the past, and
made 1t so we might live in our pres
ent state. Not so much to our own
efforts as to those of our forefathers
do we owe the present, and it is to
them that we must offer up prayers
for the commeoration of this day."
DaU norrie CpAake
''The Rosary" that soul-inspiring
composition by Nevin, was tunefully
rendered by DR.. Carl Daratti on a
cornet, and the Rev. F. c. Doris oc-
cupied the platform. Rev. Mr.. Doris
spoke Of the duty we owe those to fol-
low and how we should strive to do
as much for posterity as has been
done for US.
"Sons and Daughters of the Golden
west" said Rev. Mr.. Doris. 1--WE are
together today to hallow the memory
of those who have gone before u.s.
Their work is all around us, and even
in our thoughts we must give them all
honor for the present.
'It is fitting that we should do so.
One of the four tokens of immortality
is the fact that we hold in our memory
those who have departed. This world
is not ALL and those who have gone
have but changed places. Life would
be futile were this not true.
1--WE are but the product Of those
who died before us. All the conquest,
both of nature and human nature, has
but served it's purpose in making us
what we are today, and it is to them
that we owe all honor.
1--WE hear some one say, L am self
made man. This is true in but one
sense. The man who so boasts but
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adaptation and assimilation makes
himself. The material is woven into
the fiber of the soul and builded into
the tissue of brain.
"But, on the other hand, there is no
self-made man. He is but product
of the past, and into every nerve and
brain cell of his being is poured the
achievements of a past generation
We are but the products of past gen.
erations and with such being the case
we owe all to our forefathers.
Reason for Being
"Our entire reason for being lies in
the past, and it is our sacred obliga-
tion to honor the dead. We can do this
in no better way than to achieve as
they have achieved, and when we go
to our own rest there will be something
that the following generation can
grasp and say, He did that
"Washington and Wellington and
Lincoln and all the other illustrious
men who did so much for posterity
were great because they burned with a
fire of fierce sincerity and ever-present
righteousness. Their passion for truth
duty and love of fellow men never fall
tered.
"There is still room for us to do like
wise. Possibilities and material are
at hand. and if love for humanity, fol
truth and for righteousness ever per-
wade there is no reason why our names
should not also be enrolled along with
those of other days.
I'VE of California have excellent op-
portunities. Our environment, our life
our every surrounding tends to fill us
with love toward all and a superior
sense of righteousness. Our natior
should come first, but after that the
state. Put into your hearts the sun.
shine of the day and the ruggedness
of the mountains and keep on Workine
to be what your dead before you were.
After Rev. Mr.. Doris had finished
Mrs. Everhardy sang "Abide With Me,
followed by "Auld Lang Syne" by tn,
entire assemblage and a benedictior
pronounced by Rev. Mr.. Doris.
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