The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-12-02
LODGE OF SORROW.
Impressive Memorial Service by the
Portland Lodge of Elks.

sive and were witnessed by large num-
Der of members of the order. Exalted
Ruler George p Dewey, presided, and
the full programme was aslfollows:
Organ Voluntary, Prof. Ryser
Opening Address,
Exalted Ruler George P. Dewey
Sacred Selection,
Portland Mandolin and Guitar Club
Vocal Solo, Charles s. Carlton
Prayer, Chaplain John J. Lappin.
Solo, Carl Davis
General Eulogy, John P. Welch
Sacred Piano Recital, Prof. Ryser
Sacred Solo, Charles S. Carleton
Sacred Selection,
Portland Mandolin and Guitar Club
e. Closing Ceremonies.
Doxology.
BenedlcUlon.
The following brothers of the lodge
have died since the. lodge was initiated:
A. I. Neal April 10, 1891.
M. S. Searle, February 6, 1892.
d. M. Mannix, April "a, 1892.
James Donahue, March II, 1898.
j. =. Mulnix, June II, 1883.
"a. g. Morrill,, May 80, 1895.
The following was the address of Ex-
allied Ruler:
GEORGE P. DEWEY.
My dear brethren and invited guests
We gather here tonight to do reverence
and justice to our absent brothers. 1t is
my privilege to extend our most sincere
thanks for your presence, coming as it
does from the hearts of those closely knit
together in the warmest fraternal ties.
The year passed quickly, and it now be-
comes our duty to review the record for
good or for evil, ever mindful. that the
measure of the former has been height
ened and broadened by the blessings
Ruler of All, through whose loving
kindness we have assembled. The year,
frightened for many byEhealth and hap
piness, has also been darkened for others
by grief and sorrow. We are rem inded
that all have not returned to kneel in
their devotions at our alter, who bade us
God speed in the labors in the years that
have passed. Some have finished the life
work assigned them, and rendering the
account thereof to Him above in the
glorious light of Immortality. We shall
m ISIS them in their absence, as we now
deplore their loss to sight as friends and
brothers.
From our sorrow. let us weave the
fraternal bond Of sympathy for stI icken
homes and commend to the care of our
Heavenly father, the orphan land the
widow, the father and the mother, who
cry aloud to Him in their grief, and turn
| to Him for consolation in their affection.
| We shall pay sincere tribute to the noble
| lives and deeds of absent brethren and
erect fitting memorials in recognition of
| their services in behalf of our order.
| Let US emulate their virtues, that like
them we may be prepared to answer tho
| beokoning call of the boatman to cross
| the dark river
All over this broad land at this moment
in the different lodges of our order Elks
are sitting in sacred session tonight
| AS we honor those of our own fresides,
let us also do honor to those who have
answered the summons from homes in
other states.
Their names and their fame are the
common possession of all membe of our
order. and the broken circle in any
| jurisdiction but marks the several links
in the chain of union that encireles the
Benevolent and Protective Order of .Elks.
On this solemn occasion we write the
faults of our brothers upon the sands
their virtues upon the tablets of love
and memory. We place garlands of flow
ers on our alters, and their memories as
q sweet incense fill our halls.
The grand principles upon which is
erected the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, is Charity, Justice, Broth
erly Love and Fidelity. and may the.spir-
it of these virtues personifed, draw about
you their enchanted circle
Dark is the mystery of our birth. and
darker still the gloom that fills the vale
Of death. Our time upon the stage Of
action is but brief, and in the tragedy
we must each play part The charac-
ter is left for you to choose. A villain.
if he will, or man of honor, holding HIGH
all things, high as hopes great throbbing
star, arose the darkness of the dead, re-
spect OF virtue and love of wife and home
and friends. Mid swiftly shifting scenes
that mark the action of the play. we by
each other may oft be aided in our part.
or from each other catch The insniration
of a high resolve, and to this end was
born the Brotherhood of EIks.
| leave to Others to make suitable offer
lngs OF our appreciation of their life
work. And now, my brothers, there is
a lesson and warning for us. LET ms
be true to our families, our friends and
ourselves. Let us keep our minds nure
and our conscience quickened. SO wershaIi
not fall victims to the moral death of Sin
and corruption, and then we shall be able
to meet the foe face to face, and the grim
monsterswill have no terrors for ms. hnt
we shall pass over the dark river and
reach our home, the house not made nv
hands, eternal in the Heavens.
!. Brother j. P. WEIGH closed the EXERCISES
with an eloquent and luoucnlunp eu,ogv.
which lack of space prevents MS from
I printing.