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

in is cherished the good deeds of those
who nave gone before, and feel that it
will be like the ray of sunshine through
the window falling against the deserted
hearthStone to those who are bereft of
a loving husband, kind father. or
dearly beloved son or brother, to know
that we pause at this mile stone and look
back with feelings of sympathy and sor-
row. Many have closed their eyes in
death in our order during the months
that have been making chapters in the
history of our lives and lodges since we
were last assembled in form as now,
lodge of sorrow, and though we may
feel that our membership has been
tightly touched IN the inevitable work
ing out of the will of an all-wlse power.
still our hearts are none the less in per-
feet harmony in this sad office with all
those who know the full meaning of
''CerveS Alces." for zee mourn as Elks,
not as individual lodges, and each one
of US should bear an equal portion of
the burden of loss that has come
upon the order as an entirety;
and While we can look around
our lodge room and feel that
although there are vacant places today
IL Is because OF absent brethren, and not
that they are gone forever, and we find
but one chair vacated for all time to
come; still we cannot pierce the myS-
terry OF the future. nor do we know how
soon this or that brother may be called
to his lodge meeting, or how soon the
narrow confines of the earthly resting
place may mark another name upon the
list OF those we mourn. | would that l
could today be able to show to those
outside OF our order its many beauties;
that could disseminate a knowledge
or Its grand underlying principles, for
L feel that all men would be better,
and humanity advanced more nearly
10 the goal of earthly perfection could
each one of the millions of throbbing
hearts. called into action by that grand
directing power, be actuated and gov
erned by those simple words, do unto
others as you would have others do unto
you" 1t is too much to expect perfec-
ton In this life, and yet | feel certain
were each act and impulse weighed
and melted out by this, the Golden rule,
that we would be better; the sun would
seem brighter. our lives lie Durdened by
much less of care than now. were
every one Of our daily acts to be fla
vored with and actuated by these simple
words we all learned as children, and
yet are SO prone as men to overlook or
forget.
Memory is the delIcately built-up
structure connecting us with the past,
and as we cross this bridge of thought
today, we retrace the steps of the past
twelve months, and lmbued with the
solemnity of this occasion, we stand
again beside those of our number we
have known when in life. and the tears
that welled into our eyes when first the
somber emblems of mourning pro-
claimed they had gone flow fresh.
InlS day of ali others is the one, my
brothers, that should start into new
life, partially or wholly forgotten good
resolutions; and should give strong
impetus to our zeal for the well
fare of the order; and while
L do not wish to be considered
III the light Of sermoniZing to you, L do
want to say that this beautiful ceremony
to the departed; these pages in our rIt-
ual devoted to the perpetuatiun of kind
ly remembrance OF the dead, should be
strong incentive to renewed activity
within us for the furtherance of an
order which, it seems to me, more than
any other, does SO much TO foster aud
cherish the remembrance of the depart
ed: for not one of us to-day can tell
what length or span separates Us from
utilization with the great majority, or
how long it will be until we are num-
bered among those for whom these
services are held; and in the
yearly observance of this custom
we are each one assisting TO erect for
ourselves monument more grand and
impressive than any sculptor can fash
ion from cold, unfeeling marble. 1t is
living, breathing monument, of which
each member VINO gives this day to the
prescribed ceremonies of his lodge is a
part. 1t is a tribute that will be paid so
long as our rapidly growing order shall
stand, and no more beautiful assurance
can go with us on our last journey than
the thought that though the lodge room
and the walks of life shall know US no
more, we are not forgotten, and that as
time rolls on and on we are feelingly
remembered by those who survive us
and fill the places we were wont to oc-
cupy i'll the active workings of the
lodge; and that each year the brethren
will assemble and live for US their part
in tue human monument to which |
have referred.
The lodge quartette. consisting of F.
Q. Linsey, t. G. Connors, p. j. Schaub
and j. F. Heinlein. then sang after"
THE DEAD OF '93.
Elmer II. Dearth, of st. Paul lodge,