The Alaska daily empire., 1918-06-19
AN EULOCY BY REV. CONDIT TO
 LATE CUNN|S0N
Minister Says That No Man in the Community Had More Friends Than
 the Deceased.
STOOD FOR THE RIGHT
Glowing Tribute Paid to Memory of the Late Ju- neau Citizen by One
 Who Knew Him.

l
 The eulogy delivered by Rev James H. Condit at the funeral of the late Judge Royal A. Gunnison yesterday was a glowing tribute to 1 the memory of the departed. From i it are taken the following extracts:
 That which I am called to do at this time is a sad and sacred privi | lege.
 | According to the custom of Ma | sons, when a brother passes away l a word of appreciation is spoken by | one appointed by the fraternity The ! brethren have asked me to speai that word. Brother Royal Arch Gun nison had passed through all the phases of our fraternity, and as | 33d degree Mason well merited oul respect.
 Il But I do not approach my pur l pose, this afternoon as Masonic ob ligation, but rather as privilege, desired and sacred privilege, in be half of one whom I was permitted to call my friend
 | In the tribute which I shall bring there will be no attempt of ele gance of diction or eloquence o. expression. Rather would l state in brief and simple terms the char acteristics which led me to seeh the friendship of Royal Arch Gun nison, and to desire it's continuance
 I found in him a man of educa ton and culture.
 He was a man of fine intelligence 1 in subjects outside of professional lines. He brought to the considera ton of the topics of the ady min( logical and trained, but also keenly alert and sympathetic. Conversation with him on the subjects of com as well as pleasant.
 1 In Judge Gunnison I have alsC found a man of intense loyalty anC patriotism. His last public appear ance was at the Flag Day exercise held in this Hall last Friday even ing, his last evening on earth. Look ing from the window of the Auditor um his eyes chanced to light upon the Stars and Stripes, floating over the Public School building. With tears of emotion he spoke in glowing terms of that dear emblem, so sig nificant in association with the chil dren of our love and the future of our country.
 His love of country was passion To his country he gave the last full measure of his devotion. 1 speak advisedly. In the important office which he so successfully admins tered he did not spare himself, work ing beyond the limit of human strength. I doubt not but that his devotion to this particular patriotic duty was contributing cause to his to us, untimely death. At the fore front, in his conception of obliga tion, stood love of country , But, had I opportunity for but one word of appreciation, 1 believe could express all that l desire to say today is this-he was friend
 That may mean much, or little r To him it was life. No man in this ], community had more friends, and, "a man to have friends must show him } self friendly"
 One speaks to me of his kind, lovable disposition, of his generosity and liberality, of his cheerfulness } of his magnetic personality. It all expresses the same thing-he was a friend. Another remembers that that he always espoused the cause of right and justice with his whole heart, that he was sympathetic and quick to overlook the fautls of oth CTS. It means the same thing-he was friend. We may not speak of ,he tender ties of the inner circle, for that is sacred ground, but, as son and husband and father-he was a friend.
 If I were choosing a sentence to be inscribed upon his monument, would select the petition of Abou Ben Adhem, "I pray thee, then. write me as one who lives his fellow-men." :" The final summons came swiftly. It was an altogether beautiful end ing to his busy life. His prayer, as voiced by the great English Poet Laureate, was granted:
 Sunset and evening star and one
 clear call for me!
 And may there be no moaning of
 the bar when I put out to sea- But such a tide as moving seems
 asleep, too deep for sound and foam,
 When that which drew from out the
 boundless deep turns again
 home.
 Twilight and evening bell, and af-
 ter that the dark!
 And may there be no sadness of
 farewell when I embark; For, though from out our borune of
 time and place the flood may
 bear me far,
 hone tO gee my Pilot face to fara