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 Oakland Lodge, No. 188, i 
 
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 HELD AT OAKLAND, CAL. 
 
 Being the Uniform Code recommended by the Grand Lodge at 
 its Annual Communication, A. L. 5860 ; 
 
 THE FUNERAL SERVICE, 
 
 AS ARBANGED BY 
 
 THE V.-.W.-.BRO. ALEX. W. ABELL, 
 Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of California ; 
 
 AND A 
 
 FUNERAL DIRGE AND OTHER ODES. 
 
 Stated Meetings first Wednesday of eacli month. 
 
 OAKLAND : 
 
 OAKLAND DAILY NEWS BOOK AND JOB PBINT. 
 
 1869. 
 
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 OFFICEKS 
 
 mi\mi\ Miie, iU. 188, iA%M^ 
 
 DECEMBER. A. L. 5868. 
 
 Natuan W. Spauli>in<j . Master. 
 
 J. B. ScoTCHLER ■ Sen. Warden. 
 
 E. H. Pardee Jun. Warden. 
 
 \j. G. Chapman Treasurer. 
 
 Chas. B. Rt'THERFORD Secretary. 
 
 W. A. Parkixsox Sen. Deacon. 
 
 A. W. Hawkktt Jmi. Deacon. 
 
 F. Reichltng Marshal. 
 
 B. F. Stillwell ] ^,, 
 
 T « TT -iTr r stewards. 
 
 Jas. H. Wilson ) 
 
 G. Pi. Walker TifUr. 
 
JB Y-L AM^H. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 OF NAME AND OFFICERS. 
 
 Section 1. This Lodge shall be known by the name 
 of Oakland Lodge, No. 188, of Free and Accepted 
 Masons ; and its officers shall consist of a Master, a 
 Senior Warden, a Junior Warden, a Treasurer, a 
 Secretary, a Senior Deacon, a Junior Deacon, a Mar- 
 shal, two Stewards, a Tyler, and such other officers 
 as the Lodge may deem proper to appoint. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 OF ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. 
 
 Section 1. The Master, the Senior and Junior 
 Wardens, the Treasurer, and the Secretary, shall be 
 elected by ballot, in conformity with Section 1, Arti- 
 cle 1, Part IV, of the Constitution* of the Grand 
 Lodge. The other officers shall be appointed by the 
 Master, except the Junior Deacon, who may be ap- 
 pointed by the Senior Warden. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 OF MEETINGS OF THE LODGE. 
 
 Section 1. The stated meetings of this Lodge shall 
 
6 OAKLAND LODGE. 
 
 be holden ou the first Wednesday in each month, 
 commencing at 7.} o'clock, p.m., from October 1st to 
 March 1st, and at 8 O'clock, p.m., during the remain- 
 der of the year. 
 
 Sec. 2. Special meetings may be called from time 
 to time, as the Lodge or the presiding officer thereof 
 may direct. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 OF IXITLiTION AND MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Section 1. All petitions for initiation or affilia- 
 tion must be signed by the petitioner, and be re- 
 commended by two members of the Lodge. Every 
 such petition shall be referred to a committee of 
 three, whose duty it shall be to report thereon at 
 the next stated meeting (unless further time be 
 granted), when the applicant may be balloted for, 
 and received or rejected, or the ballot may be post- 
 poned until the ensuing stated meeting, as the Lodge 
 may determine. 
 
 Sec. 2. If any applicant, elected to receive the 
 degrees in this Lodge, does not come forward to be 
 initiated within three months thereafter, the fee shall 
 be forfeited, unless the Lodge shall otherwise di- 
 rect. 
 
 Sec. 3. Every person raised to the degree of Mas- 
 ter Mason in, or elected a member of, this LoOge, 
 shall sign the By-Laws thereof. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 OF THE TREASURER. 
 
 Section 1. The Treasurer shall receive all mon- 
 
eys from the Secretary ; shall keep an accurate and 
 just account thereof ; and shall pay the same out 
 only upon an order duly signed by the Mastei;^-sind 
 countersigned by the Secretary. He shall, at the 
 stated meetings in June and December f>f each year, 
 submit a report !n full of the monetary transactions 
 of the Lodge. The Lodge may also, at any time 
 when considered necessary, cause him to present an 
 account of his receipts and disbursements, and of the 
 amount of funds on hand. 
 
 Sec. 2. He shall, if required by the Lodge, exe- 
 cute a good and sufficient bond to the Master for the 
 laithful performance of his dtuties. 
 
 ARTICLE Vr. 
 
 OF THE SKCRETARY. 
 
 Section' L The Secretary shall keep a faithful 
 record of all proceedings proper to be written ; 
 shall transmit a copy of the same to the Grand 
 Lodge, when required ; shall keep a separate ac- 
 count for each member of the Lodge ; shall report 
 at the stated meetings in June and December, the 
 amounts due by each : shall receive all moneys due 
 th^ Lodge, and pay the same to the Treasurer ; and 
 shall perform all such other duties as may properly 
 appertain to his office. 
 
 Sec. 2. He shall receive such compensation for 
 his services as the Lodge may direct. 
 
b OAKLAND LODGE. 
 
 ARTICLE YII. 
 
 OF THE TYLER. 
 
 Section 1. The Tyler, in additioa to the necessary 
 duties of his office, shall serve all notices and sum- 
 monses, and perform such other services as may be 
 required of him by the Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 2. He shall receive such compensation for 
 his services as the Lodge may direct. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 OP FEES. 
 
 Section 1. The table of fees for this Lodge shall 
 be as follows : • 
 
 To accompany the Petition, . . . $30.00 
 Before taking the First Degree, . . 20.00 
 
 Total for the Three Degrees, . $50,00 
 . For Affiliation, 5.00 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 OF DUES. 
 
 Section 1. The dues of each member of this 
 Lodge shall be one dollar per month, payable quar- 
 terly in advance. 
 
 Sec. 2. No member who shall be in arrears for 
 dues at the time of the annual election, shall be per- 
 mitted to vote, or shall be eligible to any office. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any member who shall have been sus- 
 pended for non-payment of his dues shall be restored 
 to membership upon payment of all arrearages. 
 
Sec. 4. Any meiiiber ia §aod stauding uiay with- 
 draw from membership by paying his dues and noti- 
 fying the Lodge to that effect at a stated meeting ; 
 but no recommendatory certificate shall be i^ned 
 liiiless ordered by the TiOdge. 
 
 Section' 5. Any memb^' may become a life mem- 
 ber of this Lodge l>y paying to tlie Lodge the sum^ 
 of one hundred dollars, and should such life mem- 
 bers wish to demit, he shall be. entitled to fifty per 
 cent of the original amount paid. But in case of the 
 death of such a life member his widow or orphans 
 shall be entitled to the whofe-kniount paid in. 
 
 ARTICLE X. 
 
 OK C O M M 1 T T k E S . 
 
 SEC'l*o^ 1. The Master anil Wai'eJens shall be a 
 Charity- Gommittee, and shall have power to draw 
 upon the Treasurer for any sum not exceeding twenty- 
 five dollars at any one time, for the relief of a dis- 
 tressed worthy brother, his wife, widow or orphans. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Master, at the stated meeting next 
 succeeding his installation, shall appoint an auditing 
 committee, whose duty it shall be to examine all ac- 
 counts presented against the I^odge. 
 
 Sec S. All reports of committees shall be made 
 in writing. 
 
 ARTICLE XI. 
 
 OF KKVEAM\<; THE TllAXSACTFOXS OK TME LODGE. 
 
 Sectjox 1. When a candidate for initiation or af- 
 
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 filiation is rt^jected, or a brother reprimanded, sus- 
 pended, or expelled, no member or visitor shall re- 
 real, either directly or indirectly, to such persons, or 
 to any 6fher, any transactions which may have taken 
 place'on the subject 'f nor shall any proceeding of 
 the Lodge, not proper to be made public, be disclosed 
 outside thereof, under the penalty of reprimand, 
 suspension, or expulsiun, aa the Lodge may deter- 
 mine. 
 
 ARTICLE XIL 
 
 OK THE 0R])ER OF BUSINESS. 
 
 Section L The regular order of business, at every 
 staled meeting of this Lodge, shall be as follows : 
 
 L Reading the Minutes. 
 
 2. Reports of Committees. 
 
 'i. Ballotings. 
 
 4. Reception of Petitions. 
 
 .5. Miscellaneous and Unfinished Business. 
 
 6. Conferring Degrees. 
 
 ARTICLE XIIL 
 
 () F A M END M E N T S . 
 
 Section 1. These By-Laws, so far as relates to 
 the time of meeting, and the amount of fees, dues, 
 and disbursements by the charity committee, may be 
 amended at any stated meeting, by the votes of two- 
 thirds of the members present; provided, that notice 
 
BY-LAWS. ll*^ 
 
 of such ameudment shall have been given at the 
 stated meeting next preceeding ; but such amend- 
 ment shall have no effect until approved by the 
 Grand Lodge or Grand Master, and until such ap- 
 proval shall have been transmitted to the Grand 
 Secretary. 
 
It OAKLAND l-()l)(JK. 
 
 EXTRACT FROM SEC. li.'ART. IIL PART III, OF 
 
 (;rand LODGi: constitution. 
 
 ''No Lodge shall expel a member for the nonpay- 
 ment of his dues ; but in case any member shall have 
 refused or neglected to pay his regular dues during 
 a period of six months, he shall be notified that, un- 
 less at the next stated meeting, cither his dues be 
 paid, or sickness or inability to pay be shown as the 
 cause of such refusal or neglect, he will be suspend- 
 ed from all the rights and privileges of Masonry. If 
 neither of these things be done, he shall be so sus- 
 pended, unless, for special reasons: shown, the Lodge 
 may otherwise determine: but any Mason thus sus- 
 pended, who shall at any time pay the arrearages 
 due at the time of his suspension, togethei^ with such 
 further dues as would, had he retained \m mem])er- 
 ship, have accrued against him to the date of such 
 payment, shall by that act be restored." 
 
 extract FROM ART. II, PART VII, OF GRAND 
 LODGE CONSTITUTION. 
 
 •'The suspension of a Mason is a temporary depri- 
 vation of all his rights and privileges as such, and 
 prohibits all Masons and Lodges from holding any 
 Masonic intercourse whatever with him, until he 
 shall be legally restored by the Lodge which sus- 
 pended him, or by the Grand Lodge." 
 
(JRAXD LOD(JE RULE. ^> IS 
 
 EXTRACT FROM GENERAL REGULATIONS OB^ 
 GRAND LODGE. 
 
 "IL All Masons heretofore stricken from the 
 rolls of Lodges within this jurisdiction, for nonpaj- 
 ment of dues, who have not been reinstated, are 
 hereby declared to be suspended, as provided in 
 Sec. 9, Art. Ill, Part ill. of the new Constitution.- 
 [May. 18r)9.-'] 
 
Juiwral J'm'iu. 
 
 No Mason can be interred with the iormalities of 
 I be Order, unless he shall have been raised to the 
 Third Degree. Fellow Crafts and Entered Appren- 
 tices are not entitled to ^lasonic obsequies, nor can 
 they join in processions on such occasions. 
 
 All brethren in attendance at a funeral' should 
 be decently clothed in black, with crape iipon the 
 left arm, and with white gloves and aprons. 
 
 The brethren having assembled at the Lodge 
 room, the Master opens the Lodge in the Third De- 
 gree of Masonry, and states the purpose for which 
 it has been called together. 
 
 The service is then commenced as follows : 
 
 Master. What man is he that liv^th and shall not 
 see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand 
 of the grave ? 
 
 Response. Man walketh in a vain shadow; be 
 heapeth up riches and cannot tell who shall gather 
 them. 
 
 Master. When he dieth, he shall carry nothing 
 away ; his glory shall not descend after him. 
 
 Response. Naked came he into the world, and 
 naked must he return. 
 
KUNKIJAL SEUVICE. ir> 
 
 Master. Tiio Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken 
 away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. 
 
 Solemn music may here be introduced, after which 
 the Master, taking the Sacred Roll in his hand, says 
 
 Let us die the death of the righteous, and let our 
 last end be like theirs. 
 
 Response. God is our God for ever and ever ; 1 le 
 will be our guide ev(Mi unto death. 
 
 The Master then records the name and age of the 
 deceased upon the roll and says : 
 
 Almighty Father ! . Into Thy hands vve commend 
 the soul of our beloved brother. 
 
 Response. (Repeated thrice, giving the Grand 
 Honors each time.) The will of God is accomplished! 
 So mote it be ! Amen ! 
 
 The Master then deposits the roll in the archives^ 
 and regf^ats the following prayer : 
 
 Most glorious God ! Author of all good, and Giver 
 of all mer^^y ! Pour down Thy blessings upon us. we 
 beseech TJvee, and strengthen our solemn engage- 
 ments with the ties of sincere affection ! Endow us 
 with fortitude and resignation in this our dark hour 
 of sorFOw, and grant that this afflicting dispensation 
 from Thy hands may be sanctified in its results upon 
 the hearts of those who now meet here to mourn ! 
 May the present instance-of mortality remind us of 
 our approaching fate, and draw our attention to- 
 wards Thee, the only refuge in time of need : that 
 when the awful moment shall arrive at which we. 
 too, must quit this transitory scene, the enlivening 
 prospect of Thy mercy may dispel the gloom of death. 
 
IG OAKLAND LODGE. 
 
 niid that, alier our departure hence, in peace and in 
 Thy favor, we may be received into Thy everlasting 
 kingdom, to enjoy the just reward of a virtuous and 
 pious life. Amen. 
 
 Response. So mote it be ' 
 
 Solemn mvisic may here again be introduced, during 
 which a procession is formed. If the body be not in 
 the Lodge room, the procession will move to the 
 house of the deceased, and thence with his remains 
 to the place of sepulture, in the following: order : 
 
 The Tyler, with a drawn sword; 
 
 Stewards, with white Rods ; 
 
 Musicians : 
 
 (If Masioii^. otherwise tlicy will follow the Tyler :) 
 
 Master Masons ; 
 
 Junior and Senior Deacons ; 
 
 Secretary and Treasurer ; 
 
 Junior and Senior AVardens : 
 
 I'ast Masters 5 
 
 The Holy Writings ; 
 
 (Oi) I enshion covered with black clotli, cairied by the 
 oldest member of the Lodge;) 
 
 The JMaster ; 
 
 The Reverend Clergy : 
 
 With the Insignia MB placed thereon ; 
 Pall Bearers ; H Pall Dearer? : 
 Mourners. 
 
R XKRAL SKllVrcK. 17 
 
 The Bretliroii should not leave thoir places durin<j: 
 the procession. Upon arrivinp; at the place of burial, 
 the members ol" the Lodge will form a circle around 
 the grave ; the clergyman and officers of the Lodge 
 will proceed to its head, and the mourners will be 
 placed at its foot. The services will then be rcsunuMl 
 by the Master, as follows : 
 
 Once more, my Brethren, have we assembled to 
 perform the last sad and solemn duties to the dead. 
 The mournful notes whixjh betoken the departure of 
 a spirit from its earthly tabernacle have again 
 alarmed our outer door, and another has been taken 
 to swell the numbers in that unknown land whither 
 our fathers have gone before us. 
 
 Our Brother has reached the end of life. The brit- 
 tle thread which bound him to earth has been sev- 
 ered, and the liberated spirit has winged its flight to 
 the unknown world. The silver cord is loosed; tlie 
 golden bowl is broken : the pitcher is broken at the 
 fountain, and the wheel is broken at the cistern. The 
 dust has relumed to the earth as it was. jind the 
 spirit has returned to God who gave it. 
 
 While we deplore the loss of our beloved Brother. 
 and pay this fraternal tribute to his memory, let us 
 not forget, my Brethr(^n, that we, too, are mortal ; 
 that our bodies, now lo'Mrong and vigorous, must 
 ere long, like his, becbfne tenants of the narrow- 
 grave ; and that our spirits", too, like his. must re- 
 turn to the Goil who spake them into existence : 
 '* Man that is born of a woman is of few davs. and 
 
is (>AK.I,AM> LODGE. 
 
 i'nW of trouljle. He convMIi Ibrtli as a flower, aud is 
 cut down ; he fleetb also as a shadow, and continueth 
 not.-' The Almighty yw^ lias gone forth— ''Dust 
 thou art, ^nd unto dust bhalt thou return ;" — and 
 that we are all subject to tliat dread decree, the sol- 
 emu cause of our present meeting, the daily observ- 
 ation of our lives, and the mournful mounds which 
 indicate this population of the dead^furnif^h evidence 
 not to be forgotten. 
 
 Seeing, theh,'niy Brethren, that life is so uncertain, 
 and that all earthly ]3ursuits are vain, let us no longer 
 postpone the all-importaat concern of preparing for 
 eternity; but let us embrace the present moment, 
 whil^ time; and 0])portunity are offered, to provide 
 against that great^change when all the pomps and 
 pleasures of this fleeting world will pall upon the 
 seiiae,'.iiitid the recoli^cUon of a virtuous and well 
 spent life will yield the.<)nly comfort and consolation. 
 Thus we shall not be hurried, unprepared; into the 
 preseuce of that all-wise and powerful Judge, to 
 'whom the secrets of all hearts are known ; and on 
 the gi'eat day of reckoning we shall be ready to give 
 a good account of our stewardship while here on 
 earth. 
 
 With becoming- reverence, then, let us supplicate 
 the Divine Grace to insure the favor of that eternal 
 Being whose goodness and power know no bounds ; 
 that, on the arrival of that momentous hour when the 
 fading taper of human life shall faintly glimmer in 
 the socket of existence, our faith may remove the 
 dark shroud, draw aside the sable curtains of the 
 
I'UXERAL SERVICK. 19 
 
 tomb, and bid Hope sustain and cheer the departing 
 spirit. 
 
 This city of the dead, my Brethren, has an over- 
 whelming emphasis in its solemn silence. It tells us 
 of the gathering, within its embrace, of the parents- 
 fondest hopes;' of the disseverance of all earthly 
 ties to the departed ones who gave us birth ; of the 
 darkness into which the bright prospects of the lov- 
 ing husband and the devoted wife have suddenly 
 been engulphed ; of the unavailing grief of the af- 
 lectionato brother and tender sister ; of the dread 
 f^leep of death which here envelopes the subject of 
 many an early, many an instantaneous call into eter- 
 uity, given in the midst of health, of gayety, and of 
 brighest hopes. 
 
 And our departed Brother, where is he? All that 
 remains of him here on earth is now enclosed in that 
 narrow coffin, a lifeless mass of clay. The deep, the 
 agonizing^^sorrow of those to whom he was most 
 near and dear— the scalding tears which have been 
 shed upon his last earthly tenement— the manly and 
 fraternal grief of his brethren of the Mystic tie — 
 are all by him unheeded. His every faculty has tied: 
 the purple current which sustained his life has ceased 
 to flow" 5 the tongue, which was wont to give utter- 
 ance to the emotions and feelings of the heart, per- 
 forms no more its functions ; the eyes, which so late 
 reflected the movements of the intelligent principle 
 within, are now closed in death ; unfitted to remain 
 longer upon the earth, we lay him reverently beneath 
 
20 OAKLAND LODGE. 
 
 its surface. A little narrow spot is all that he now 
 can fill ; the clod will hide him from our view, and 
 the places which have known him here, will known 
 him no more forever. 
 
 We consign him to the grave— to tlie long sleep of 
 death ; . and so profound will be that sleep that 
 the giant tread ot the earthquake, even, shall not 
 disturb it. There will he slumber until the Arch- 
 angel's trump shall usher in that eventful morn, 
 when, by our vSupreme Grand Master's word, he will 
 be raised to that blissful Lodge which no time can 
 remove, and which, to those worthy of admission, will 
 remain open during the boundless ages of eternity. 
 In that Heavenly Sanctuary, the Mystic Light un- 
 riinglcd with darkness, will reign unbroken and per- 
 petual. There, amid the sunbeam smiles of Immu- 
 table Love, under the benignant bend of the All- 
 Seeing Eye, in that temple, not made with hands, 
 eternal in the heavens — there, my Brethren, may 
 Almighty God of His infinite mercy, grant that we 
 may finally meet to part no more. 
 
 The following invocations are then rehearsed by 
 the Master and responded to by the Brethren. 
 
 Master. May we be true and faithful, and may we 
 live and die in love ! 
 
 Response, So mote it be ! 
 
 Master. May we profess only that which is good, 
 and may we always act in accordance with our pro- 
 fessions ! 
 
 Response. So mote it be ! 
 
FUNEKAL SERVICE. 21 
 
 Master. May the Lord bless us and prosper \x^, 
 and may all our good intentions be crowded with 
 success I 
 
 Response. So mote it be ! 
 
 Master. Glory be to God in the highest 1 on earth 
 IHjace and goodwill toward men. 
 
 Respome. So mote it be, now. henceforth, and for- 
 evcrmore. Amen ! 
 
 The apron is then taken from the coffin and handed 
 to the Master ; the coffin is deposited in the grave ; 
 and the Master continues : 
 
 This Lambskin, or white apron, in an emblem of 
 innocence, and the peculiar badge of a Mason. It is 
 more ancient than the Golden Fleece or Roman 
 Eagle, and, when worthily worn, more honorabh^ 
 than Star or Garter, or any other order which eafthly 
 power can confer. This emblem I now deposit in 
 the grav^-Q of our deceased Brother. (Drops it in the 
 grave.) <j^)- this act we are reminded of the univer- 
 sal dominion of death. The arm of Friendship can- 
 not oppose the King of Terrors ; the shield of 
 fraternal love cannot protect his victim ; nor can 
 the charms of innocence avert his fatal touch. All, 
 all must die. This grave, that coffin, and this circle 
 of mourning friends, remind us that we too are mor- 
 tal, and that ere long our bodies also shall moulder 
 into dust. How important, then; it is for us to know 
 that our Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at 
 the latter day upon the earth. ' 
 
 (Taking the sprig of Acacia in his hand.) 
 
22 OAKLAND LODGK. 
 
 This Evergreen, which once marlved the temporary 
 resting place of one ilhistrious in Masonic history, is 
 an emblem of our enduring faith in the immortality 
 of the sonl. By it we are reminded that we haye an 
 immortal part within us, which shall survive the 
 grave, and which will never, never die. By it we are 
 admonished that, though like onr Brother, whose re- 
 mains now lie before us, we too shall soon be clothed 
 in the ^habiliments of death, and be deposited in the 
 silent tomb, yet, through the loving goodness of our 
 Supreme Grand Master we may confidently hope 
 that, like this Evergreen, our souls will hereafter 
 flo^irish io eternal spring. 
 
 The Brethren here move in procession aronnd the 
 grave, each depositing in it a sprig of Evergreen as 
 he passes the head. The Secretary then drops his 
 Roll upon the coffin : and the public Grafl,d Honors 
 
 are giveq thrice, all repeating at each tim^^ 
 The will of God is accomplished ! So mote it be I 
 
 Apen! 
 
 The ceremony is then continued by the Master, as 
 
 follows : 
 
 From time immemorial it has been the custom, 
 
 among the Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons. 
 
 at the reqyest of a Brother, to accompany his remftins 
 
 to the place of interment, and there to deposit them 
 
 with the usual formalities of the Craft. 
 In conformity to this usage, and accordance with 
 
 the duty which we owe to our departed Brother, 
 
 whose loss we most deeply do deplore, we have as- 
 
FUNERAL SERVICE. Zo 
 
 sembled ia the character of Masons to offer up to 
 his memory, before the world, the last sad tribute of 
 our atfection ; thereby demonstrating the sincerity 
 of our past esteem for him, and our steady attach- 
 ment to the principles of our beloved Order. 
 
 The Great Creator having been pleased, in His in- 
 finite wisdom, to remove our Brother from the cares 
 and troubles of this transitory life, thus severing 
 another link in the fraternal chain by which we are 
 bound together— let us.who survive him, be yet more 
 strongly cemented by the ties of union, frieadship, 
 and brothdrly love ; that, during the brief space 
 allotted to us here, ^'e may wisely and usefully em- 
 plufj our time, and, in the reciprocal intercourse of 
 wise and friendly acts, mutually promote the welfare 
 and happiness of each other. 
 
 Unto the grave we have consigned the body of 
 our deceased Brother — earth to earth, ashes to ashefe. 
 dust td dust — there to remain until the last trump 
 shall souud on the resurrection morn. We can trust- 
 fully leayie him in the hands ot a beuificent Being 
 who has done all things well; who is glorious in His 
 holiness, wondrous in His power, and boundless in 
 His goodness 5 and it should only be our endeavor 
 so to improve the solemn warning now before us, 
 that, on the great day of account, we, too, may be 
 found worthy to inherit the kingdom prepared for 
 us from the foundation of the world. 
 
 To the bereaved relatives of him we mourn, who 
 Eow stand heart stricken by the heavy hand which 
 
24 OAKLAND LODGE. 
 
 has thus been laid upon them, we have but little of 
 this world's consolation to present. We deeply, sin- 
 cerely and most affectionately sympathise with them 
 in this afflicting dispensation ; and we put up our 
 most fervent prayers that " He who tempers the 
 wind to the shorn lamb,-' will look down with com- 
 passion upon the widow and the fatherless, in the 
 hour of desolation, and will fold the benevolent 
 arms of His love and protection around those who 
 are thus bereft of their earthly stay. 
 
 The Master, or Chaplain, will then repeat the fol- 
 lowing prayer : 
 
 Almighty and Eternal God— in whom we live and 
 move, and have our being— and before whom all 
 men must appear at the Judgment Day, to render an 
 account of their deeds while in this life — we, who 
 are daily exposed to the flying shafts of death, and 
 do now surround the grave of one who has fallen 
 Mn our midst, do most humbly beseech Tliee to im- 
 press deeply on our minds the solemnities of this 
 day, and to grant that their remembranee may be the 
 means of turning our thoughts from the fleeting van- 
 ities of the present world, to the lasting glories of 
 the world to come. Let us continually be reminded 
 of the frail tenure by which we hold our earthly ex- 
 istence ; that in the midst of life we are in death ; 
 and that, however uprifjht may have been our walk, 
 and however square our conduct, we must all submit 
 as victims to the great destroyer, and endure the 
 humble level of the tomb. Grant us Thy divine as- 
 
I'lNERAI. SERVICE. 25 
 
 distance, O most merciful God, to redeem our mis- 
 spent time ; and,, in the discharge of the important 
 duties which Thou hast assigned us in the er2ction 
 Vf our moral edilice,, wilt Thou give us vjisdom to di- 
 rect us, sirengt^L to support us, and the heauiy of holi- 
 ness to adorn our labors and render them accepta- 
 ble in Thy sight. And wh^n our loork on earth is 
 done, and our bodies shall go down to mingle with 
 their kindred dust, may our immortal souls, freed 
 from their cumbrous clay, be received into Thy keep- 
 ing, to rest forever in tl)at spiritual house, not made 
 with hands, eternal in the Heavens. Amen I 
 
 '^^sponse. So mote it be I 
 
 The Master then approaches the head of the graye 
 and says: ^ , if*"* 
 
 Soft and safe to you, ^ny. Brother, be this earthy 
 bed ! Byight and glorious be thy rising from it! 
 Fragi'aut i^e the cassia sprig that here shall flourish I 
 May the tjarliest bud? of spring unfold their beau- 
 ties o'er this your resting place, and here may the 
 sweetest of the summers Jast rose linger longest I 
 Though the cold blasts of a^itumn may lay them in the 
 dust, and for a time destroy the loveliness of their ex- 
 istence, yet the destruction, is not final, and in the 
 spring they shall surely bloom again. So, in the 
 bright morning of the world's resurrection, your mor- 
 tal frame now laid in the dust by the chilling blast of 
 Death, shall spring again into newness ot life, and 
 expand, in immortal beauty, in realms beyond the 
 skies. Until then, dear Hrother. until then farewell ! 
 
26 OAKLAND l.OmiE. 
 
 ^BenedkUon.) The Lord bless us and keep us— the 
 Lord make his face to shine upon us, and be gracious 
 unto us— the Lord lift upon us the light of his coun- 
 tenance, and give us peace. 
 
 Response. Amen ! So mote it bo. 
 
 Thus the services end. The procession will roform 
 and return to the Lodge room, and the Lodge will 
 ])e closed in the customary manner. 
 
 
FUNERAL SERVICE. 2T 
 
 FUNERAL DIRGE. 
 
 Air — PleyeVs German Hymn. 
 
 1. Solemn strikes the fun'ral chime, 
 Notes of our departing time, 
 
 As we journey here below 
 Through a pilgrimage ot woe. 
 
 2. Mortals now indulge a tear, 
 For mortality is here ; 
 
 See how wide her trophies wave 
 O'er the slumbers of the grave. 
 
 3. Here, another guest we bring ! 
 g«raphs, of celestial wing, 
 
 To our fun'ral altar come ; 
 Waft a Friend and Brother home. 
 
 4. Far beyond the grave, there lie 
 Brighter mansions in the sky ; 
 Where, enthroned, the Deity 
 Gives man immortality. 
 
 5. There, enlarged, his soul will see 
 What was vailed in mystery ; 
 Heavenly glories of the place 
 Show his Maker '^face to face.*' 
 
28 OAKLAND LODGE. 
 
 6. God of Life's Eternal Day ! 
 Guide us, lest from thee we stray 
 By a false, delusive light, 
 
 To the shades of endless night. 
 
 7. Calm, the Good Man meets his fate : 
 Guards celestial round him wait ! 
 See ! he bursts these mortal chains, 
 And o'er Death the vict'ry gains ! 
 
 8. Lord of all below, above, 
 
 Fill our souls with Truth and Love : 
 As dissolves our Earthly Tie, 
 Take us to Thy Lodge on High i 
 
 Note.— It is customary to sing only the 1st, 3d and 8th 
 stanzas. On funeral occasions the first two of these may 
 be sung on entering the burial ground^ while mpving in 
 procession ; and the last during the ceremonies at the 
 grave. '^'' 
 
ITNEKAL SERVICE. 2^ 
 
 A CLOSING HYMN. 
 
 Air— Home, Sweet Home. 
 
 Farewell till again we shaU welcome the time 
 Which brings us once more to our fame-cherished 
 
 shrine ; 
 And though from each other we distant may roam, 
 Again may all meet in thi?, our dear lored home : 
 
 Home, home — ?weet, sweet liome ; ' ■ 
 May every dear Brother find joy and peace at home. 
 
 And when our last parting on earth shall di'awnigh,- 
 And we Shall be called to the Grand Lodge on high, 
 May each be prepared, when the summons shall come, 
 To meet the Grand Master in Heaven, our Home : 
 
 Home, home — sweet, sweet home ; 
 May every dear Brother in Heaven find a home. 
 
"SO OAKLANIJ LODGE. 
 
 ODE FOR THE THIRD DEGREE. 
 
 Air — PkiieVs German Il^fmn* 
 
 1. Ah ! when shall we three meet like them, 
 Who last were at Jerusalem ? 
 For three there were, and one is not— 
 He lies where Cassia marks the spot. 
 
 2.- Though poor he was, with kings he trod : 
 Though great, he humbly knelt to God ^. 
 Ah ! when shall those restore again 
 The broken links of Friendship's chain ? 
 
 :\. Behold ! where mourning Beauty bent 
 In silence o'er his monument, 
 And wildly spread in sorrow %h&v% 
 The ringlets of the flowing hair ! 
 
 4. The future sons of grief shall sigh. 
 While standing round in Mystic Tie, 
 And raise their hands, alas! to Heaven. 
 In anguish that no hope is given. 
 
 5. From whence we came, or whither go. 
 Ask me no more, nor seek to know. 
 
 Till three shall meet, who formed, like them. 
 The Grand Lodge at Jerusalem. 
 
FORMATION OF OAKLAND LODGE, No. 188, 
 V F. & A. M. 
 
 March 7. 18t)«. 
 The following named Brethren met at the Hall of 
 Live Oak Lodge, in the City of Oakland, for the 
 purpose of petitioning Wm: A. Davies, the Grand 
 Master of the State of California, for a dispensation 
 to form a new Lodge, to be known as Oaki.anh 
 Lodge, F. & A. M. : 
 
 Nathan W. Spaulding, form'ly of Mission Lodge, No. ItW, 
 
 Joseph W. Hoag, formerly 6f Live Oak Lodge, No. 61, 
 
 Enoch Hi Pardee, " Excelsior Lodge, No. 166, 
 
 Geoege R. Walker, " Mount Moriah Lodge, 44, 
 
 John W. Myrick, ' Rising JStar.No. 83, 
 
 Chas. B. Rutherford, '• Tuolumne Lodge, No. 3, 
 
 Arthur W. Hawkett, *• Live Oak Lodge, No. 61, 
 
 Wm. C. Hoaglanp, ♦• Naval Lodge, No. 87, 
 
 John Laing, " Live Oak Ledge, No. 61, 
 
 William H. Smith, " Warren Lodge, No. 147. 
 
 Perry Johnson, ' ' Live Oak Lodge, No. 61 , 
 
 John Hill, " Victoria, No. 783, B. G. 
 
 Francis Reichling. " Volcano Lodge. No. 5G. 
 
 Whose names appeared in the Dispensation, and 
 comprise the Charter Members of Oakland Lodge. 
 After the transaction of the necessary business, the 
 
32 OAKLAND LODGE. 
 
 meeting adjourned, to await tbe action of the Grand 
 Master, and to asfenmble at the call of the Chairman. 
 On Mai-ch 18th, 1868, the above named brethren re- 
 assembled at the call of Bro. Nathan W. Spaulding, 
 the appointed Mastei* of the new Lodge under dis- 
 pensation, who stated that their prayer for a dis- 
 pensation had been granted, and that all the neces- 
 sary documents for the formation of a Lodge were 
 now in his possession. 
 
 After the reading of the Dispensation, bearing 
 date March 16th, a.l. 58C8 (a.d. 18«8), signed by 
 AVm. A. Davies, Grand Master, and Alex. G. Abel, 
 Grand Secretary, appginting Brother Nathan, W. 
 Spaulding the first Ma^^ter, Bro. Joseph W. Hoag the 
 first S. W., and Bro. Enoch H. Pardee the first J. W., 
 the Master appointed the following Brethren to fill 
 the several stations : Francis Heichling, Treasurer ; 
 Charles B. Rutherford, Secretary ; L. G. <}|^apman. 
 S. D. P, T.; A. W. Hawkett, J. D.; Pei^y Johnson 
 and John Hill, Stewards ; G. R. Walker, Marshal ; 
 and E. L .Smith, Tyler, P. T. After fixing the time 
 of meetings, and the transaction of such other busi- 
 ness as was deemed proper, the Lodge closed, to 
 meet on Wednesday, April 1st. 
 
 The first regular meeting of Oakland Lodge was 
 held on Wednesday Evening, April 1, 1868, at which 
 time the first petitions were received by the Lodge 
 for affiliation and degrees. 
 
 The next meeting was May Gib, 1868, at which 
 time the Lodge was in full and successful opera- 
 
FORMATIOX OF lod(;e. 33 
 
 tion, and balloted upon its first petitions, and com- 
 menced its Labors as a working Masonic body. 
 
 On the 1st of October, 1868, the time having ex- 
 pired for which the Dispensation was granted, it was 
 surrendered, and the necessary steps taken to secure 
 from the Grand. Lodge a Charter. A Charter having 
 been granted by the Grand Lodge, bearing date 
 October 15, a.l. 5868 (a.d. 1868). No. 188, the mem- 
 bers met on the 4th of November, and Oakland 
 Lodge, No. 188, was constituted and its officers in- 
 stalled, by Bro. Lawrence C. Owens, appointed by 
 the Grand Master. Charles Marsh, for that purpose, 
 assisted by Past Masters J. E. Whicher, F. Warner 
 afid Bro. James Lentell, Master of Live Oak Lodge. 
 Bro. N. W. Spaulding was installed Master ; J. W. 
 Hoag, S. W. ; E. H. Pardee, J. W.; F. Reichling, 
 Treasurer ; Chas. B. Rutherford, Secretary 5 L. G. 
 Chapman. S. D.; J. W. Myrick, J. D.; Thos. Bailey 
 and B: f*. Stilwell, Stewards ; W. J. Gurnett, Mar- 
 shal ; G.^lt:* Walker, Tyler; and E. J. Pasmore, 
 Organist. Number of Charter Members at the organ- 
 ization of the Lodge, May 6th, 186>', thirteen ; num- 
 ber of members May 26th, 1869, eighty-nine Master 
 Masons ; two Fellow Crafts ; six Entered Appren- 
 tices. 
 
LIST OF MEMBERS 
 
 mhUwxA 'Mi}t,M«. 188, |.& |k.|«. 
 
 >xay r^e, is««. 
 
 1. 
 
 Sfaulding, N. AV. 
 
 21. 
 
 Bailey, Thos. W. 
 
 2. 
 
 HOAG, J. W. 
 
 22. 
 
 Gnrnett.'W. J. 
 
 .J. 
 
 Pardee, E. H. ^ 
 
 23. 
 
 Scotchler, J.B. 
 
 4. 
 
 Reichling, F. 
 
 24. 
 
 Dnsenbury, M. T."^ 
 
 5. 
 
 Rutherford, Ch AS. B 
 
 . 25. 
 
 Pasmore, E. J. 
 
 «. 
 
 Hawketk, A. W. 
 
 2f). 
 
 Van Wyck, John C. 
 
 7. 
 
 Myrick, J. W. 
 
 27. 
 
 Snook, Wm. S. 
 
 8. 
 
 Walker. Geo. R. 
 
 28. 
 
 Knowles, C. d* 
 
 9. 
 
 JoHNsox, Pkrrv 
 
 29. 
 
 Campbell, y.'liL 
 
 10. 
 
 Hoa(;laxd, Wm. (•. 
 
 :50, 
 
 Remillard, P. N. 
 
 11. 
 
 Hill, John 
 
 :a. 
 
 Wilson, Jas. H. 
 
 12. 
 
 LAix(i, John 
 
 32. 
 
 Geary, Edward B. 
 
 13. 
 
 SMiTir.W.H. 
 
 33. 
 
 Tucker, H. S. 
 
 14. 
 
 Eastland, Van Leer 
 
 34. 
 
 Miller, Wm. H. 
 
 15. 
 
 Chapman, I^. G. 
 
 3,5. 
 
 Bartlett, Pliny 
 
 16. 
 
 Tickner, Daniel 
 
 36. 
 
 Larue, Jas. 
 
 J7. 
 
 StilWell, B. F. 
 
 37. 
 
 Parkinson, Wm. H. 
 
 18. 
 
 BatcbeUler, Jas. 
 
 38. 
 
 Webster, Jas. A. 
 
 19. 
 
 Hanna, John 
 
 39. 
 
 Hays, Patrick 
 
 20. 
 
 McCuvdy, Robert 
 
 40. 
 
 Lucas, Chas. L. 
 
1-IST OF MEMBERS. 
 
 :J5 
 
 41. Sessions, Edward C. 
 
 42. Adams, C. S. 
 
 43. Williams, C. S. 
 
 44. Whitney, Geo. E. 
 
 45. Reinach, E. S. 
 
 46. Phillips, M. 0. 
 
 47. Matty, Chas.' 
 
 48. Kelly, C. M. . 
 
 49. Blethen, Jas. E. 
 
 50. Craib, Wm. 
 
 51. Heilner, S. A. 
 
 52. Smith, John F, 
 
 53. Stewart, Jas. T. 
 
 54. Smith, G. Frank 
 
 55. Harwood, W. 1). 
 
 56. Greenhood, Jacob 
 
 57. Whelan, Alanson 
 
 58. Loring, Geo. Y. 
 
 59. Davenport, J. P. 
 
 60. Muscat, k H. 
 
 61. Becht, Joseph 
 
 62. Armstrong, R. A. 
 
 63. Walker, Lysander 
 
 64. Storr,,E. S. 
 
 65. Van Dyke, Walter 
 
 66. Holmes, Stillman 
 
 Entered 
 
 1. Moore, Gorham H. 
 
 2. Watson, John B. 
 
 3. Noblett, Robert 
 
 67. Brown, Geo. S. 
 
 68. Cook, John 
 
 69. Mann, F. A. 
 
 70. Bryant, Daniel 
 
 71. Pierson, Geo. 
 
 72. Verhave, Adrian 
 
 73. Bartling, Wm. 
 
 74. Hale, Thomas T. 
 
 75. Pratt, D. W. 
 
 76. Williams. R. N. 
 
 77. Faulkner, George L. 
 
 78. Folger, James A. 
 .79. Briar, R. W. 
 
 80. Allardt, George F. 
 
 81. Pinkerton, Thos. H. 
 
 82. Rosenberg, N, 
 
 83. Searing, Wm. S. 
 81. Ward. Robert 
 S5, Smith, E. J. 
 
 86. Kelly, Wm. 
 
 87. Doblin, Jacob 
 
 88. Terry, V, P. 
 
 89. Kipps, A. K. 
 
 Fellow Craft. 
 
 1. Kilbourn. Walter L. 
 
 2. Page, Samuel 
 
 Apprentices. 
 
 4. Ough, Richard 
 
 5. Keller, W. W. 
 
 6. Rea, Thomas 
 
36 
 
 OAKLAND I.ODGK. 
 
 LIFE MEMBERS. 
 
 N. W. Spaulding, 
 
 E. H. Pardee, 
 
 F. Reichling, 
 
 G. R. Walker. 
 James Batchelder, 
 J. B. Scotchler, 
 C. B. Rutherford, 
 W. H, Miller, 
 Myroa T. Dusenbury, 
 
 Wm. Jas. Gurnett, 
 Joseph Becht, 
 E. S. Reinach, 
 G. Frank Smith, 
 
 E. J. Pasraore, 
 Chas. L. Lucas, 
 
 F. M. Campbell, 
 Walter Van Dyke, 
 Thos. H. Pinkerton. 
 
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