The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-06-18
JUNE FLOWERS
ON THE GRAVES
OF THE FALLEN

b order that each year 'va assemble {
. recall the memory OF thJsa calle
y hence. to render just ere III TO thel
!. virtues and their servises Cartal
John Dover was ta6in from his fam
. ily and friends and from Harmon
I Lodge. March 10 of this year. lie wa
|, by occupat on for a number OF year
5 before his death a master marlner-th
successful and trusted master u islaa,
craft. He was also n marine engl:i,e
of high proficiency and had likewis
r been master carpenter of skill ant
proficiency. He had not taken tn,
! higher degrees OF odd Fellowship. part
ly. as I know, because OF financial OBJ
, legations he felt he must meet, ant
which 1 am happy to be able to state
he did substantially meet before hi
was called away: partly also. because
for months at time he was stationed
in a distant part OF the Territory and
did not have the opportunities to ad-
vance in the order as he would have
liked to do.
"He was a devoted husband and IA
ther and good odd Fellow. Peace to
his ashes"
In memory of Brother A. N. Mellis,
| Brother L. L. La Pierre said:
Brother Mellis, from January 81,
1882, was a faithful member of Excel
sior Lodge until October 16, 1906, when
he was called to join the grand lodge
where the Father awaited him as He
awaits all of us. He was a good Odd
Fellow. I mean by that that he lived
our motto. Friendship, Love and Truth.
He was a friendly friend. He loved
his lodge and its duties were pleasure
to him.
I'm the great seal of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge occur these words: We
command you to visit the sick, relieve
the distressed; bury the dead; educate
the orphans That command Brother
Mellis obeyed in promptness and zeal.
That he was constant in visiting the
sick, I know: that he relieved distress,
there is abundant evidence; he re-
sponded when called on to assist in the
burial of the dead; he was ready and
helpful in aid to the orphan.
These are only a few things that
might be said in eulogy and praise OF
Brother Mellis. He was an honor to
the order''
The address of the day was delivered
by Brother l.. Farmer. He said in
part:
During the past year we have ex-
perienced many of the pleasures of life
We have met together in the lodge
room and enjoyed the association with
our brethren. Why should we lay
aside these joys and satisfactions to
tlAt
rise to thoughts of sadness?
rs 1t not proper that, on one day
In the year at least, we should devote
an hour to the memory of those whose
presence and society in life we ON
toyed? He who buries a friend and
never afterward devotes a thought to
his memory, is devoid of soul, and his
friendship is a selfish pretence.
'Evade 1t as we may try. hide it as
we may seem to do, the inevitable fact
stares us in the face that with birth |
comes mortality and that all must die. |
1t Is therefore not only the brave thing |
but the wise thing to recognize the In |
evitable and facing it calmly and with |
courage. so adjust our lives to this |
great fact as to get the most out of |
the years we are here.
"As odd Fellows we are banded to-
sether for mutual benefit. We are not
banded together for mere financial gain
but for that far greater benefit, friend
snip, fraternity, a gain in which the
SiVer Is the greater gamer. Many
thousands who have taken the obliga-
Ions of our order have passed away.
Many gained an honorable place in the
communities in which they lived; some
'ained distinction, and few celebrity.
3ut for the most part those who have
'assed away passed through life quiet
Y. But not one but was made better
" the obligations taken and the les
ons and teachings of our order.
The flowers OF June all over the
world are lying on the graves of odd
Fellows who thus passed obscurely
through the world. But many of them
ought a nobler fight in the humdrum
ath of duty than some who have
ehieved the plaudits of the world by
ONE heroic or chivalric achievement.
.ong years in the path of duty require
nobleness of soul not outrivaled. Of
IN. by one conspicuous deed perform
under the incentive of great occa-
ion.
why should we be separated from
ur friends? 1t Is one of the great '
lysteries OF life, The injustice of the !
hoice Death sometimes makes of the
ictims of his shafts. itself cries out
gainst the belief that this life is all,
nat the grave is the end.
Let us live while we live. In hon.
sty, in sincerity, In the principles of q
Iir order so that when our turn comes
} meet the shaft OF death we may
ieet It unfalteringly."
Included In the exercises at the hall t
ere piano solo by Miss Ella Day I
m; There will BE one Vacant Chair" I
the Kaai Quartet Beyond the y
ates OF Paradise" soprano solo
rendered by Mrs. Charles
Crane; and watch Me While |
Tray" sung by Miss Anita Phillips. II
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cHAMBERLAIN's PAIN BALM.
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