The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-12-13
THE LODGE OF SORROW.
The Beautiful and Impressive
Ceremony of the B. 20.
Elks at the First Con-
gregationai Church.

beautiful events With Whfch tnls rough
life of ours is interspersed. was the
lodge of sorrow held by the Sedalia
Lmiee. No. i25 OF ti.at mystic order
the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, in the First Congregational
church of this city Sunday afternoon.
Long before 3 o'clock, the hour an
nornced for the opening ceremonies,
those interested rs friends OF the order
and relatives of the members Of the
Sedalia lodge, began 10 assemble
in the church and they were politely
ushered to their seats by Messrs. W.
ii. Hegg and II. II. Grey, both al:
whom are Elks. Promptly at 3 o'clock
Mrs. Lee Lyons, who admirably pre-
sided at the organ, received the signal
and the organ burst fourth in the har-
monious Strains of voluntary, while
the lod-y Of E:ks s..d into the ssnc.-
uarv tw, by two. aad remained sand
ing in form until raped to their
seats b1 the gavel. in the hands Of the
Exalted Ruler. G. 5. Conrad. The
officer. of the lodge having arranged
themselves in proper order, the lodge
of sorrow was accordingly opened in
due form.
THE OFFICERS OF THE Lodge
consist of C.. 5. Conrad. Exalted
Ruler; Sol Wolf, Esteemed Leading
Knight; Al. l.. Jacobs, Esteemed
LOYAL Knight; George Wright, Es-
teemed Lecinring knight; }. ID.
Gibbs, Esteemed Secretary; Chris
Hive, Esteemed Treasurer; j. C..
Thompson, Ghapi:lil; Ed Mason. Is
quire; O. r Caldwell, Inner Gard;
and ID. Dodge, Tyler.
After the conclusion IF the open-
ing ceremonies, which are very i'm
pressive en- account of their simplicity,
the lodge auartette, consisting of Mrs.
f. n. dye, soprano, Miss Blanche
Latour, alto, Mr.. G. l. Taylor, tenor,
and Mr.. +. n. Dodge, bass, rendered
in an exquisite mauler the lodge
opening ode, which was charminglv
executed.
The chaplain, Mr.. c. Thompson.
then offered prayer according to the
ritual, which for a Lyman, was re
markahly well delivered. The 9uas-
tette then sang Calvary" with a.mes,
perfect in,onation, and then Brother
VIM. Latour delivered an eiilogy up
on the aim and object of the order IN
general and the work of the Sedalia
lodge in particular. To say that this
eulogy was eloquent, is but to give it
faint praise. 1t was in every partieu-
lar. both in language and IN delivery
about IS perfect as man could have
wished 10 hear. 1t was delightful de-
livered, in a quiet, earnest graceful
manner and every word and gesture
harmonized 10 degree. 1t made a
deep impression npOn those assem-
bled, and held the audience
spell-bound. 1t was an euloev III
deed.
BYMH BY HIE QUKrETTE
followed, in the same harmonious ac-
cord with those which had been al
ready rendered, ami Bro. q. +. Lon
gan then delivered the especial enkgy,
for which purpose the lodge of sorrow
had been called. it being an eUiSgy
upon the late Thomas b. Price, .yho
had been an active aZd belos ed
brother Of the Sedalia lodge of Eils
In manly and irsternal spirit. 'e:ti
the earnesiness Of deep conviction and
belief in the subiert of his address,
Mr.. Longan Teawakened Ia the hearts
of his hearers tine almost faded asd
forgotten love and ee.eem ~ IL. w.,..r'I
the late Thomas b Price had been
held by all who knew him. The ~
dalia lodge had been in existence for
about four years. and had member-
ship of $50, and this WIS The frt
death that had occurred withis
their ranks. and the first tine there
had been occasion for the coavening
of the Lodge 81 Sorrow. He dwell
upon the virtues IF the departed
brother, and closed nv wishing that
all could but lead a lite a. pare a.
that of Thomas Il. Price, which, in
itself was a monument more grand
than any that could be made by hui
man hands. one which would stand
eternal in the heavens.
After the quartette had sung the
closing ode, all arose and joined in
singing the DoxolOgy, whereupon the
chaplain delivered the benedietion and
the Lodge of Sorrow was closed.
1t was remarkable to note that the
majority of those who made up the
congregation were ladies, and it is
difficult to understand how men can
enjoy themselves in hotel offices and
by standing upon the street corpers,
when such beautiful and interesting
ceremony is being enacted.