Evening star., 1911-06-09
WITH SOLEMN RITES
Tribute to the Late DR.. Austin
B. ChamberIin.
FRATERNAL HONORS PAID
Impressive Services Over the Re-
mains of Secretary General, Su-
preme Council, A. A. S. r.
FRATERNAL HONORS PAID

The Rose Croix service, solemnly i'm
pressive, was the tribute of Scottish Rite
Masonry to the late DR.. Austin Beverly
Chamberlin. secretary general of the Su-
preme Council for the southern juris-
diction of the United States. at the House
of the Temple Sd and E streets north
west, last evening. There were no eulo-
gies, no oratory. no pomp nor elaborate
display of any kind, but simply the serv-
ice of the ritual, which, in its present
form, was prepared by DR.. Chamberlin
himself in 1892 and is said to be the most
beautiful funeral service in the world.
The sildsic consisted of organ offerings.
including Reethoven's. Mendelssohn's and
Batistes funeral marches, and three vo-
cal solos. Nearer. Ny God. To Thee"
Christians Goodnight and abide With
Me-. sung by j. Walter Humphrey. ac-
companied by Harry 6. KimbaIl, the or
sanist of Albert Pike Consistory.
Escorted by Camp Guard.
lowing the farewell look at the face
of the deceased provided for in the
service. the coffin was borne to the
hearse by sixteen pallbearers, alter
mating, and escorted by the Camp
Guard of Albert Pike Consistory,
with the entire body Of local thirty
third degree MasOns acting as hon
orary pallbearers. including Deputy
Stirling Kerr, jr., the cortege moved
to Union station, whence the body. &C
companied by Mrs. Chamberlin, Mrs.
Sadie Rome. her sister; George W.
Kidd, the doctors brother-in-law. and
DR.. William Llewellyn Boyden. SD de-
gree honorary, the representative of
the sovereign grand commander and
the Supreme Council, was taken on the
10:45 train Of the Southern Railway
to Galveston. Tex. for the final rites
and interment.
The funeral trainswill arrive at Gal
weston shortly after noon Sunday. and
the midnight service of the knights
Kadosh will be conducted by the Gal
day at low II. The interment will
probably take place at Lake View
cemetery in Galveston.
The body lay in state during yesterday
in the spacious cathedral of the rite in
the House of the Temple, guarded by de-
tory Camp Guard. under command of DR..
Frank Z. Gibson.
At the appointed time last evening the
camp guard. preceding the officers Of
Evangelist Chapter of Rose Croix, march
ed into the cathedral ard lined across the
grand east facing the casket. which
stood in the center surmounted by a
large cross of red roses. one of the sig
nificant features of the service. James H.
Mcintosh. thirty degree, acting as
wise master. and John II. Won Hermann.
orator stood at the head. and Robert f.
Mentzel, thirty-second degree, as senior
warden. with Elmer E. Simpson, X. c. C..
H., as junior waruen. stood at the foot
and conducted the service.
Impressive parts of the service were
when the senior and junior werdens. rails
ing the cross of roses aloft, made the
plea for forgiveness of the deceased for
anything held against him by any one.
and the vow to speak hereafter only of
his virtues and to be silent as to his
shortcomings.
triple call to the deceased and the an
nouncement that he failed to answer and
placing over his heart the jewel of a
sovereign grand inspecI or general of the
thirty-third degree, which he had worn in
life.