St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-08

he was not ambitious in money getting;
lie preferred TO live in the sweet conf
dencc and smiles of his many friends.
dispensing kindness and charity, and
shedding brotherly love and happiness
upon them, 10 a sordid life devoted to
the accumulation of wealth.
Are these words exaggerated? Is
not every sentence true? Let US ask
any one that knew him-did he ever
come into your presence that you did
not feel the benign influence of that
genial smile and firm grasp OF the hand,
that bright Intellect, that vigorous par
Sonalltv that betokeneI an unusually
generous and manly character?
The eleventh Hour.
Brother Elks: Our order differs from
others of its kind in that its social feat
ure prcdominateS. Ii results in closer
relationship and stronger fraternal
bonds; we are brothers not only in our
lodge, but in our daily life wherever we
meet. This element of brotherhood.
more than any other, has attracted the
attention OF the outside world, and
brought our order to its present ad-
vancemenI. The kindly offices to the
distressed are performed by all brothers
OF all fraternitieS with willing hands,
brother Elk bestowed his care and at
tentlon with something more OF heart
and sympathy.
LAS Il little of the Elks' thoughtful
ness and brotherly love refer to one of
our most cherished customs, which is
peculiarly our own. At every social
gathering it is our unfailing custom to
rise in our places and listen with re-
| spectful silence, and Sometines with
! bowed heads, to the toast 10 Oar All
| sent Brothers.
Last Thursday night some of you
| stood at the bedside of our brother.
! The clock bell in the public building
| across the way began to toll the hour:
| One the startled watchers bow their
heads-the bell is tOlling off his life.
| Two! Can we not save him? Three
he is going! Four! !-blanche faces
are raised in despair. Fivel.!-he is
| gone!-the Sorr0W-Stricken brothers
| grasp each others hands and listen 10
| the bell-eleven!-We have one more
| absent brother!
There is circle within which we
may not enter. whose grief Is too sacred
| 10 he mentioned here, 100 poignant to
| be asSuaged. He gotS TO his Eastern
boyhood's home and we send with him
| and his stricken mother our representa-
tive, laden with flowers, with our eX-
| prtsS!OnS OF love, our assurances of
| fraternal sorrow. But the first tenet of
| our order IS belief in a supreme being
| lie believed in it-so do we. God still
| reIgns. we cannot tell why He brings
| this sorrow upon rs i'll this bright new
| year. but we still trust and lean on Him
| and believe we shall know the reason III
| due time. But, meanwhile, what is the
lesson to US? Each must carve ii out
| for himself. Shall it he from his rich
| life, his early cutting off, or the sud
| deneSs of that death? Snail We be 81
well prepared when the clock strikes
! eleven? We shall miss him, but shall
| we not also have his life engrafted in
| our own?
| NE long for household faces gone,
For vanished smiles we long,
| But God hath led our dear ones on,
And lie can do no wrong.
| We know not what the future hath,
OF marvel or surprise,
Assured alone that life aud death
| His mercy uuderlles.
and so beside the silent sea
We wait the mutfied car;
NO harm from Him can come to us
On ocean or Oh shore.
I'VE know not were His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
We only know we cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.
And Thou, o Lord by whom are seen
Thy creatures as they be-
Forgive us if too close we lean
Our human hearts on Thee"
The remains were escorted from the
theater TO the union depot by the full
body of Ellls and the band, all march
ing to the solemn music of the Dead
March," The parade was one OF the
longest ever seen upon funeral occa-
sion in Minneapolis. The casket was
put aboard 500 train and left for the
East-Biddeford, Meat 4:25 DR..
freeman's mother and representative
of the Minneapolis lodge of Elks accom-
panying them. 49,