St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-04

cient Greeks and Romans were won't to
gather about their fallen heroes and re-
count their virtues and the trophies thew
had won. Memorials in BRASS ana mar
bic, in undylng verse and imperishable
utterance. have come down through al
ages, to inspire the ambition of youth
and stir the palse of manhood. More
than 5000 years ago monument
was erected by divine direction on
stone taken from the bed of
the river. where the feet of the priests
had stood, which should be for memo
rial unto Israel forever. And, my dear
brothers. it is fitting that we should set
apart at least one day in the year when
we may withdraw our minds and
thoughts from the absorbing cares OF
daily life and commemorate the virtues
OF our departed brothers and keep them
fresh III our mem0rieS; and while we
thus pay this mark of respect and love
to the virtues and memory of our
brother who has gone from among us,
we should take note of those circum-
stances which impress upon us the les
son of our own mortality and the claims
of our spiritual nature.
Mr.. Dearth gave detailed sketch of
MIR. Rugg's life, showing that he was
born Nov, 26, SAT, and was forty five
years nine months and twenty-three
DAYS Old at the time Of his death. He
left wife and six children. Continu-
ing, Mr.. Drarth said:
Brother Rngg was never so happy as
when surrounded by his beloved FAM
lily about the home treSide. For them
he lived, and TO them he was all In all.
He was made an Elk, and became
member of st. Paul Lodge No. 5G. b. p.
o. f., Jan. 6, 1891, and was ever faith
full to the grand and noble objects of
the order which all good Elks love so
dearly. He was never found wanting
IN anything that pertaIned to the cause
of CHARITY" In all his acts he never
lost sight of mercy in championing the
cause Of Justice" His fund of
''brotherly love- was large enough to
encircle not only his friends and asso-
ciateS, bnt all the brothers of Elkdom
the world over. and in no instance was
he ever known to lose sight of that most
commendable virtue which embraces
all the others, Fidelity"
He has now gone from the familiar
haunts of earth to the higher realms of
Immortality. He is lost to the lodge of
Eiks, to the home. TO the friends and
business circles. We will follow him:
he will return no more to us, for "Life's
pilgrimage, upon which we are all EN-
parked, leads ever onward, and no re-
turning traveller meets us on the way"
Behind him the wife, whose whole life
lay in his; the little boys, not yet
merged from childlood's day of frolic;
the fair young dau ghters, just springing
into closest companlonship, claiming
every day, and every day reWarding
fathers love and care, and in his heart
the eager rejoicing power to meet all
demands.
10 those of us who remain occasions
like this may well seem like admoni-
tions. Today our brother sleeps. 1t is
we who speak. Tomorrow our lips may
be silent. and other voices speak as we
are speaking. In the lottery of death
there are no blanks. 1t is part of life
to mourn. Death is rest in peace.
Those who live must grieve. Those
who leave us have no sorrows. With
them ali is over and the eternal problem
solved.
Unless we anchor our hopes in the
hereafter, we find the sun of earthly
happiness borne down by its sorrows.
This is only one sad chapter i'll life's
history. The dread moment is sure to
come when the happiness of lifetime
melts away in one sad hour.
Our brother is dead. And yet what is
death?
ITO live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die"
Whether we shall see him, face to
face, in that undiscovered country :.
whether we shall know him there as
we knew him here; whether that better
life is comingling Of kindred spirits,
while the body returns to dust; whether
it is all of life to live, or all of death to
die: whether his soul is lowering around
us still, or marching OIL to glOrieS which
We cannot see, and which with him are
just begun, are problems which we
shall all solve in Gods good time. Until
then, it is happiness to trust that we
shall all live again. With US, as with
his loving family, it is a blessed hope, a
comforting belief, yes, happy cOnvic-
ton. that it is not all of death to die,
that it is but an entrance into paradise
10 those who are sOOthed by this grand
consultations:
There is no death; the stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore,
And bright IN heavens jeweled crown
They shine forever more
The exalted ruler then closed the
lodge, aud the exercises were concluded
by singing the Doxology and the pro-
nouncing of the benediction by Rev. Dr.
Carson.
No lodge of sorrow by st. Paul lodge
has ever surpassed that of yesterday in
beauty and impressiYeness.