Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-19

day, we may be found acceptable in
Thy sight; and receive that blessing,
which Thy well-beloved Son shall then
pronounce to all who love and fear.
thee, saying, come, We blessed chill
dren of my Father, receive the king
dom prepared for you from the begin
ming of the world. Grant this, we be-
seech Thee, o merciful Father,
through Jesus Christ, cur Mediator
and Redeemer. Amen.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God, and the fellowship
of the Holy Ghost, be with us all ever
more. Amen
AS the casket was placed upon the
carriage.way down which it was to be
slid to the vault, the choir chanted:
Peace, perfect peace, in this dark
world of sin?
The blood of Jesus whispers peace
within.
Peace, perfect peace, with sorrows
surging round?
On Jesus bosom naught but calm is
found.
Peace. perfect peace, our future all
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Jesus we know, and He is on the
throne
Peace, perfect peace, death shadow.
ing us and ours?
Jesus has vanquished death and all its
powers. So d
1t is enough: earth's struggles soon
shall cease,
And Jesus call9us to heavens perfect
e peace"
And then rose the chant of aloha
De, Aloha Oe' from the members OF
the band, to be taken up in a lower
key by the royal kahili-bearers. The
notes of the late queens own farewell
song eddied over the heads of the
hushed assemblage and were swirled
along by the swaying tops of the royal
palm trees. .s.. ..~...
Beyond the barred gates of the
mausoleum grounds the huge throng
OF people who had followed the funeral
procession from the royal palace ND
Nuuanu street was still a moment
under the spell of the plaintive poem
OF sound. Within the gates, beneath
the pular-like stately palms. their
i1ensovefed sides enlbIepiatic of. an
cient dynasties, the members of the
various Hawaiian societies stood rev.
erently gazing towards the green
mound topped by the granite Kala-
kaua shaft which overlooks the en-
trance to the vault. .-ss.
Ranged about the driveway that en-
circles the crypt and the vaults, the
soldiers of the Hawaiian National
Guard clicked their heels to attention.
About the entrance to the sepulcher
the kahfli-bearers moved their plumes
in fond farewell; the women walled |
their sorrow, and the members of the
congressional party, the army and |
navy officers reflected in their gaze
the sympathy they felt for the Hawai-
ians in their loss.
The Sons OF Hamehameha gently
lowered the casket down the steps to |
the vault. Overhead the bright sub
tropic sun beamed from a blue sky
flecked with white fieecy clouds, and
through the trees traced weird pat |
terms upon the scene of bright colors. |
The vivid green's of the grass. theI
blood-red shirts of the old volunteer
flremen, the black of the women, the |
cleaning yellow cloaks of the Hawai-
ian men, the multi-colored kahilis-i
all set in the gray-white pillars of the
tall palm trees-presented picture of |
splendor and sadness never to be for |
gotten. And as the dying notes of |
Aloha De" passed away, from out of !
the blue above there dropped a snow
white butterfly that fluttered down
over the yawning chasm of the vault, |
hoYered a moment and then flew |
away. The little white fairy of an
other world had come and called the
queens soul to that land from whose
bourne no traveller e'er returns"
once more the wailing of the Ha, |
waiian women broke out The kukui
torch-bearers snuffed out their, lights.
The pall-bearers walked slowly up the
stairs from the vault, some with tears |
making fresh. grooves on their per-
spring faces. Colonel Iaukea togeth- |
er with Prince and Princess Kalania-
naole, passed into the depths Of the !
sepulcher. The royal kahili-bearers
moved slowly into the vault. Four
Boy Scouts carried the stands for the
kahilis and the plumes were placed |
about the bier. A moment after the
kahili-bearers had returned from the
vault, the Prince and Princess KaIa-
nianaole came out. H..
From across the street doomed the
artillery firing a graveside salute, |
three reverberating conclusions, and
as the third and last salVo died away, :
the gates of the vault changed to and
Colonel Iaukea with boweds head
climbed slowly up the stairs.
Then the wailing of the women
about the parapet came anew. The
members of the various Hawaiian So
eieties crowded about the head Of |
the stairway to the sepulcher for one
last look at the casket that held the
remains of their queen. The forraa-
tons of the various societies about the
grounds broke up. The bearers of /
kahilis of other households moved /
away and the torch-bearers gathered
up their poles and marched to the
gate.
The members Of the congressional
party sauntered to their waiting auto
mobiles and the clergy who had per-
formed the last rites departed.
Representatives OF the army and