The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-06-18
ODD FELLOWS PAY
HONOR TO DEAD
Annual Memorial Day Services
HeId-Graves in Nuuanu
Decorated.

Yesterday was dedicated by the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows to the
memory of those of the order who have
passed to the Great Beyond The
annual memorial day services were held
in Odd Fellows han yesterday after
noon at half-past two O'Clock, after
which members of the four lodges of
the order in Honolulu and of the sister
lodges of the Daughters of Rebekah
proceeded to Nuuanu cemetery and
decorated the graves of deceased mem
bers.
A goodly number attended the serv-
ices in Odd Fellows Hall, the four
affairs of which were banked with flow
ers. Eulogies were pronounced on the
three brothers who had died during the
year, Thomas Jones, c. t. Rodgers, and
e. Brumaghin.
The Memorial Grafton was delivered
by Ralph P. Quarles. He spoke in part
as follows:
'While it is fitting and proper to call
attention, on an occasion like this, to
our duties to our dead, yet, in my
opinion, it is of more Importance to
! consider our duty to the living; to
those brothers and sisters who are with
us now, and who need our sympathy,
our love and tenderness. We know not
when the Reaper shall come nor what
fair flower or sturdy oak will fall be-
| fore his scythe. We know not how long
we will be with these brothers and
sisters-how soon we will lose them
nor whether we, or they, will first take
that, to us, unknown journey. We
| ought to keep this in mind, and, in our
daily walk, remember that each is our
brother or sister; that each has a SYM
pathetic heart and the open hand of
fellowship. However great or humble,
rich or poor, the only qualifications for
membership in our Order are honesty
and integrity, purity and virtue. 1t is
neither riches nor fine raiment that
make greatness of mind or nobility of
heart. We should constantly bear in
mind the fact that man or woman
may wear rough clothes and eat coarse
food and yet have big, tender and
loving heart, and be ever ready and
willing to tighten the burdens of others,
and to bring joy and happiness into
| their lives
'fThen let MS go our different ways
scattering the flowers of kindness;
speaking tender words of sympathy;
cheering the discouraged, and relieving
the distressed; nursing the sick and
making life brighter and happier for
those with whom we come in contact,
thus rendering obedience to the COM
mands of the Commander of All Men,
and living up to the principles and
sacred duties of Odd Fellowship"
The following is the program for the
services:
Hymn, We Sing Our Honored Dead;
, Air (" America Prayer, Chaplain A.
F. Clark, P. G. Reading of the Memo
rial Proclamation, l.. Petrie, D. d. G.. s.
Vocal Solo, A Rose in Heaven, Sister
Hazel Crane, P. N. G., Miss Pearl Little
john accompanist. Roll Call of the
Dead of Excelsior Lodge No. /, L. L..
La Pierre, P. G. Eulogy of our late
Brother Thomas Jones, L. L. La Pierre,
P. G. Legende, II. Wieniawsld, Violin,
Carl Miltner. Roll Call of the Dead Of
Harmony, Lodge No. 8, Paul Smith, p.
G. Eulogy of our late Brother c. T..
Rodgers, past District Deputy Grand
Sire; Past Grand, Harmony Lodge), D..
p. Lawrence, P. G.. Air, s. Bach,
Violin, Carl Miltner. Eulogy of our
late Brother E. Brumaghin. Memorial
Grafton, "Duties of Odd Fellowship"
Ralph p Quarles. Hymn, 1t Is Not
Death to Die Air "Bovlston. Clos
ing Prayer, Chaplain A. F. Clark, P. G..
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