Show funeral services for royal J fisk last friday evening the members of the price masonic lodge conven convened od the lodge of sorrow at their ludge room then marched to the residence re jence of dr fisk risk where here a part of the ritualistic ua listic listia service was rendered over the remains of dr father royal J fisk who departed this life on oct 29 mesdames sterling and middleton san sang a beautiful and appropriate prop jonir the remains left on no 2 friday evening for waterloo ind where they were interred beside the body of mrs fisk the funeral I 1 being under the auspices of the waterloo masonic lodge dr fisk a accompanied the remains to waterloo following is the eulogy delivered by worshipful grand master blaster J W sterling after the ritualistic service Bro brethren thren and friends wo are again called upon by the most solemn admonition to regard the uncertainty of life tho immutable certainty of death and the vanity of nil till earthly pursuits decrepitude and decay aie we written in every living thing atie cradle and the coffin stand side by side sido and it is a melancholy I 1 lac act t that so eoon soon as wo we commence to live uve that moment also we commence to die dle what aa an eloquent commentary ie is this on tho of all our earthly pursuits ani anti bow how touchingly does it echo the sad of that great preacher who wrote for our perpetual warning that immortal text vanity of vanities all an la is van vanity ityl continued on oa page two t i i r AAK funeral services for royal J fisk continued from page ilage one the tho last offices that wo we pay to tho the dead arc are useless things except as they constitute lessons to tho tile living tho cold marblo marble form enclosed in tho narrow house beloro ou I 1 la alike 11 to our sorrows and our ceremonies it matters not now to him whether two tuo or three gather around tho tile coffin to perform his ills funeral ritual or that hundreds have assembled to deposit him in his ills final resting place it is of little littie moment how or in what manner his obsequies are performed wilether tho the wild winds chant his ills requiem or it bo be accompanied with rare and costly music and the minstrelsy of many voices ho lie has haa gone to accomplish tho the destiny of all our race and been taken to swell the numbers in that unknown land whither our fathers have gone before us the friend an brother who has juet just received his summons to join that innumerable caravan which moves to that mysterious realm of shade where each must take bis his chamber in the silent callb of death was born in bunday N Y 2 march darch 30 1835 where hero he lie spout spent his boyhood das at about the ago of 20 ho ito went west to grow up with the country and located at waterloo ind whore where ho lie remained until 18 4 when he camo came to price to live nig sen ho ile hns hus been a mason for fifty cars and hold held a position of trust and responsibility for more than ton years without change his ills life has been one of extreme activity ind of doing good to hia his fel low loi man and I 1 know from t talks a iks I 1 have had with mth him during his ills last illness that soothed and sustained by an unfaltering trust ho he approached pro proa preached ached clied tho me gravo grave like one who dra draws drans Ns kilo tho drapery of his couch about him and lies down doun to peaceful dreams in boyhood he lie mot met alth ith temptations which would antico him from tho path ot of virtue but deaf to their alrea siren tones and sustained by tho me dictates of tho the silent monitor within ho lie passed on to manhood where ho met with trial and disease which would tempt him from the path of duty but with an integrity too firmly fixed to bo be shaken by the vicissitudes of misfortune he passes on and wearily oar lly trudges the downward path of life unfalteringly until in old ago age loved honored and respected by all ho lie has reached that portal through he looks out into a bettor better world and at the fatal blow of death ho he sinks to dust and Is burled buried beneath the rubbish of his earthly nature but not forever for tho the soul of tho the just and upright k ak f 1 vy shall servio tho the gravo and man soaring aloft to realms of lifo and like the light oter eternal shall shino setting op splendor lendon forever toro vcr tho tile stars glided gilded h Is 1 1 departing I of n virtuous life bae has with tho gentle and ended his ills career tinte tints of hope and brotherly in peace harmony 1 love tho the white apron which 10 s placed upon tho coffin and will III bu deposited with him beneath tho tile clods of emblem of innocence Inno innocence cenca tho tile valley ie Is an and d tho the badge of a INt alason ason more an clont than tho the golden fleece e coli 0 or r R roman 0 eagle more liono honorable rab 1 than a n ali tho e star tar and garter or way Y other order that can bo be conferred by any human power poor its pure and op spotless otless eur faco face reminds us of a purity of life and rectitude of conduct and Is a nover ending argument for higher thoughts houg hta for nobler deeds for purer act notions lons his ills weary feet ha have hao o reached tho the end of lifes toilsome journey and from his ills nerveless grasp has forever dropped the working tools of life ills naked soul stands free and alone before the tho groat white chrono where the tile camemo nemo grand architect of the universe forever presides and he has ere this received from him these welcome ol conic words of merit and douar reward d well done thou good and faithful servant enter thou into the tile jos of the lord this sprig of avci green aich we bedr reminds us that his pure has winged its W way nay to that celestial lodge 0 aboe abone tho tile homo home of the good and the pure and it further reminds us of the immortality of tho the soul and which bearing the nearest resemblance or affinity to that intelligence which pervades all nature shall never never die dle when called upon to pass through the dark valley of tho the elm shadow dow of death he be welcomed elc omed death not as a grim tyrant but as a kind messenger sent to translate him from this imperfect to that all perfect glorious and celestial grand lodge above the supreme grand master of the tile universe forever forcier presides forever reigns we have hae nasem bled in the character of masons to offer to his memory the last ead sad tribute of our affection fec tion thereby demonstrating the sincerity of our past esteem for him and our steady allach attachment ment to tho the principles of our beloved institution and though he has passed from our mortal view we ne can trustingly leave him in the hands of a Benefi beneficent cant being bling to his near relatives and loving friends more deeply heart stricken than others by this loss which wp have lime all sustained wo no can only tender our most affectionate sympathy in this their unspeakable bereavement commending them alth ith earnest hearts to gods fullness of mercy dust thou art to dust ret urnest was mas not spoken of the soul hence wo commend his spirit to god who iho gave it amen |