Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-05
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Tue ANNUAL LODGE OF SORROW OF TIE
WHEELING ELKS
At the Second Presbyterian Church Yesterday
AhernOOn-Excellent Singing and Brief
Addresses by Capt DOvener and
Rev. DR.. Cooke

The annual memorial services OF
Wheeling Lodge No. %, B. P. o. Elks,
were held yesterday afternoon at the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church, in accordance
with a commendable custom in the or
der. No active members of Wheeling
Lodge have died within the past year,
Miss Kate Castleton, the popular ac-
tress, who died IN New York during the
twelve months, was an honorary mem
Der Of Wheeling lodge. The exercises
were in charge of the memorial commit
tee for this year, composed of c. R.
Tracy, E. 3. Franzhem, John T. Rich
ardson, w. n. Naming and Louis Han
del.
The members of the lodge met at their
rooms at 2:3O o'clock, and proceeded In
a body to the church. The exercises
began at three. There wac a good at
tendance OF members, and quite large
number of others gathered at the
church. On one side of the pulpit were
the names of the deceased members OF
the lodge, Samuel A. Miller, r. j. Mans
field and Joseph Melrose, and on the
other side the name of Kate Castleton.
A framework Of evergreen intertwlned
with roses surrounded the names.
The exercises began with the singing
Of the opening ode by the members OF
the lodge, and the choir. Rev. j. A.
Fullerton was prevented by illness from
being present and in mis- absence Rev
DR.. w. H. Cooke, the pastor Of the
church, led in prayer. A selection was
then rendered in pleasing wdnneT 0y
trio composed of Mrs. Kate Michel
Fitzgerald, Miss Teresa Phillips ana
Prof j. NJ. Hammond, after which Capt
B. b. Dovener delivered a Grlef ADDRESS.
selecting for ais theude 'Our Order,
he said:
"I am called ,rpon to perform the very
pleasing duty of pronouncing an euloglum
upon the principles Of our order. The eulo-
" means 10 sound the praises, to extole the
virtues., and 10 speak of the advantages OF
competition with this fraternal order. l
feel that should make my remarks as
bltt ef as possible, for if you deserve a eulo-
~, the mere recitation of the principles OF
/ our organization should be the best eulo-
GUM that could be pronounced upon them.
THE Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks teaches, practices and perpetuates
many of the great principles of other or
carnations, yet the plan Of its organization
and the mode of carrying out its principles
are unlike those of any other order. 1t was
organized in New York in 1867, upon the
principles of charity, justice, brotherly
love and fidelity. These were the four
=, f1arss ,nfu hi q
the order intended to teach It's growth at
first was so slow that when fifteen years
mad elapsed there were but eighteen lodges.
The organiS ation is a national one, since
no lodges exist in any other country. we
have 20 organizer. We depend for our ad-
yancement and the spread of the principles
IF the order, simply when men and COM
munities are attracted oy our deeds or
charity and benevolence. That is the
economical feature of the order. Our
lodge is the tweAty-eighth organized, and
therefore one of ,he oldest in the country,
as there are now 3l5 lodges in good stand
ing.
This lodge meeting is in accordance
with custom made obligatory upon US, 10
meet in memorial service once year. AS
said, we teach our principles in manner
different from any other benevolent order.
We say we will take care of brother IN
distress. We make no promise of financial
aid to member, only the broad promise
that he will be taken care II. Our oohga-
tiou and our charity are not satisfied with
the simple payment of specified sum, but
II il takes thrice that much, if it bank
rupts the treasury, we require the exhaus-
lion of all those means. The member IS
so disciplined in the four great principles OF
the order, that although not by bylaw, he IS
taught that fidelity does not mean the per-
Torrance Of a certain act, and when that is
performed all further obligation ceases,
nut are so inculcated that it is only neces-
sity to remind him Of the words, TO teach
him his duty. There is very little said
about il. That is charity in its true sense,
and il is a violation with the penalty OF eX-
Dulsion for any member to disclose the TACT
that charity was extended to brother"
Can't. DOyener continued in his dis
cussion of the aims of the order, and
closed his address in a neatly-worded
DeroratiOn. The choir then rendered a
selection in excellent style, after which
Rev. Dr. Cooke delivered brief eulogy
We retain in memory, he said, only the
GOOD and true in the character OF our ue-
parted friends, which makes their memory
so precious to us. 1t is right 10 com
Tnemorate the memory Of the departed. 1t
is our privilege and their right, and we
cbeerfully acquiesce. We came out OF
Tbe mast by heredity. We inherit from our
ancestry. civilization, our habits, our pur-
snits our civil social, domes-
tic and economic treasures. How
rich man is. if he could only esteem him
self at his proper value. Each Of US a part
nartaker of the inheritance. II we are
Init true to ourselves, the past will make
nc great. We are heirs to the past, Win
ali its riches and advantages. When you
cast YOUR lot in city, you become part
nossessor of the advantages OF the metropo-
lis lust SO it is with every one OF US.
Cod makes US heirs to magnificent past
We are shoulder to shoulder, each In his
Individual capacity, doing mis- part COD
has told us in our existence, that He could
not do without one of US, Therefore, say
the Scriptures, every man must give an ac,
coSnt of himself. We are each allotted
York TO do. and if we fail, it remains I'M
performed forever. Every man is neces-
sarv TO his generation. Let him so esteem
himself. and perform Gods work in has
Mace. So when you carry one OF your
brothers to the grave, you are carryt ng one
IF Gods workers, one Of His trustees VINO
has been doing the work for lifetime, ana