St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-06

1 ioi. w D. dIlOil, ISuOI. Nceu MOuiOc,
basso, and Al Shuey, was especially fine.
The officers composing the lodge were:
John A Schlener, senior warden.
j. NJ. Williams, junior warden.
c. c. Leland, master OF ceremonies.
c. g. Brand, senior deacon.
A. Il Lowering, junior deacon.
c. II. Benton, orator; Rev. I. B. Wells,
chaplain.
There were present also Grand Master Il.
R. Denney, Grand Commander A. NJ.
Shuey, Grand High Priest E. McDermott
At the conclusion of the rituaiistc cere-
monies, G. II. Benton delivered tle follow
ing eloquent Grafton upon the life and char
! acter of Grove b. Cooley, whom he had
known intimately as a friend, Mason and
citizen:
TIE FUNERAL GRAFTON.
Worshipful Master: We have just been
told by you that, in speaking OF any deceased
brother, We should recount Only his virtues
and his good deeds, and let his faults and er-
rors be forgiven and forgotten, for as Masons
we desire tDaU the good i DrOther may lave
done shall live after him and tue evil be In
TERED with his bones
You have reminded us that each one OF
the brethren whose memory we have met
here to revere WAS human aud consequently
that while living he, like ali OF US, had his
faults and committed errors. You have not
told Us how We, being also human, can pro-
perry distinguish between that which was
good and that which was bad. No mortal
man can properly pass judgment upon his
fellow man. Ali human judgment is uneer-
tain. No man is entirely free from passion
or perfectly upright or wholly impartial.
Every man lacks something Of wisdom.
If should attempt to say Of one who has
gone, in this my brother acted wisely, or in
this he did wrong, l would thereby assume
full knowledge OF all his surroundings, all
trials and temp tations, ali his cares and bur-
dens, ali those influences which impelled
him to do whatever he did, and | would also
assume to be better than he, TO occupy a
higher plane of morality ana 10 have greater
ability and more perfect skill in detecting
evil and recognizing good.
If | should Go this, He who is my Judge
would say to me, Mortal man, that lam
holier-than-tho feeling, which you have,
is a greater sin in my sight than the act
which you think to condemn in another. If
| should attempt to weigh brothers. acts in
the balance, the good in one scale and the
bad in the other, | should, know, find otl
my judgment was at fault, when attempted
to distinguish what to put on the side of the
good and what on the side of the bad. 1t is
only He who is infallible that can safely
criticize a mans acts or conduct.
am fore ed, therefore, to believe, worship
full master, that you meant in your instruc-
tons to US only that We, in speaking of those
bretheren who have gone away to be seen
among US in this world no more forever,
should remember that in every mans life,
while there is something of evil. there is also
much of good That we should speak gen.
orally of the good, hoping that he who alone
can, with unerring judgment, distinguish
right from wrong has already forgiven the
wrong.
am asked at this time to speak in memory
of our deceased brother, Grove B. Cooley,
who died at his home in Min neapolis on Au-
gust 20, 1884. A warmer or truer friend than
he, ever had. He was speedily carried
down the swift current of time to thu end of
the journey of life, and he reached the ocean
of eternity in the far beyond just little in
advance of US.
1t is said by one more eloquent than / that
''time, like river flows silently and inces-
sanity by us, and little way onward falls
into the ocean of eternity. We are as the
leaves of tree upon its banks, leaves that
are continually falling, one by one, and be-
ing carried a way by the swift currept''
To-day We hang above the banks of this
river. The weak, frail stem which holds us
TO this life may break at any moment in the
slightest breeze. Tomorrow or the next dav,
we too will fall and follow him and all who
have gone before, into that same broad,
boundess ocean in the far beyond
lf,,- h,.gt f.rr ID Tf
ping of leaf. While We here revere his
memory and wish him 'bon vovage'' on
that boundless ocean, we NAV well turn
back and see something of the journey he
made down this river of Time.
Grove B. Cooley born in Attica. New
York, on December 10, 1927. Possessed of
rare natural mental powers, he ACQUIRED a
liberal education. He removed 10 Wiscon-
sin in 1850, where, ut the age Of twenty-six.
his ability as u scholar commanded for him
place as one of the leading professors Of
Rpon college, which place ne filed from 1853
10 '5S, with credit 10 himself and honor to
the institution. In 1858, be, having com
meRced the study of the law at the aye of u
while in New York, and having always had
an ambition TO be a lawyer, removed 70
Minnesota, and locating at Manto,ville en-
gsged in the practice of his much loved pro-
fession, the law. In his practice he gained
a prominent rank among the leading law
yers of Minnesota. Called by the people To
office he served them faithfully and well. as
leading member of the board Of education
OF Mantorville, as county attorney, and as
judge OF PROBATE OF Dodge county. and in the
state legislature, where he was chairman of
the judicial committee. In 1872 lie
removed to Minneapolis, where
Ia.
in an extensive aud lucrative practice until
1874. when be became Judge Of the muniel-
pal court OF the city OF Minneapolis. In
tnis position be did n.nc long, weary wears Of
hard labor, which overtaxed his strength and
told severely upon his health Having hv
nature a rare juIlciai mind, which had been
overtaxed by twenty-siX years OF study and
active practice, he, when he entered unon
the discharge OF the active duties OF Judge.
was well fitted 10 adoru the bench 81 ans
court in our land. His services in that posi-
ton were invaluable. IL was hard 10 fiji his
place. He wore himself out in the service.
His strength having partially failed him. he
again engaged in, and continued with re-
marAable success, tue active practice Of the
law until bis isst sickness.
us Masonic age dates from 1856. when no
was made a master mason in Ripon Lodge.
Wisconsin. He was diligeut Masonic stu
dent ana soon acquired the so-c4lled higher
degrees, including tae Thirty second degree
81 the Ancient and Accepted
Rite, under whose auspices this cerenosv
Is now held. As master of his lodge. as
most wo-shipful grand master of Minues3t a.
IS chairman OF tue committee on Masoni.
Jurisprudence, in the grand lodge as most
ill1strious grand master OF Minnesota. as
chairman Of the committee on foreign cores
pondence Of the grand council OF Minnesota.
IS well as IN the various other responsible /
positions he has flled. he made aud has LETT
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