The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-21
A. O. L. IL.


The feature in A. @. L. W. circles
the past week was the memorial ser
vices in Odd Fellows hall Wednesday
night a $50. 1t has been the Gus
tom for Years for the supreme master
+ WORKMAN to set aside one day in each
year to be kn0wn as memorial dav
/ at which the different lodges of the
order meet together in public and with
appropriate exercises commemorate the
departure of brothers to that heaven.
ly bourne from which no traveller re,
turns.
| Time takes them home that we loved
fair names and famous,
10 the soft long sleep, to the broad sweet
! bosom OF DEATH
It was with this beautiful expres-
sion of an honored poet that the Joint
memorial exercises of Salt Lake Val
ley lodge No. T. Temple lodge No. To-
Eagle Gate lodge No. 70 and Star of
the West lodge No. } degree of honor
began Wednesday evening in odd
Fellows hall. Besides q splendid rep
resentation from all the lodges Just
named there were about three hun,
dred friends present Past Master
Workman S. w. Darke presided, with
Milo c. r. Vincent as organist The
regular opening ode Of the order was
first sung, followed by a fervent and
beautiful prayer by Rev. J. T. Collins;
1hen came a duet by Misses S. Grow
and June DTuce; next an address en-,
titled History OF the Order" by Bro.
S. W. +. Brown, the drift of whose
most interesting talk can best be de-
scr,bed by that quotation: He wins
ineglects to provide for his family is
worse than an infidel." Next came a
in i11ir11i0e ma b.,
Brother Crawford of the Workman,
entitled The Old Sexton" this was
followed by the gem of the evening
an grafton, "a Tribute to the Dead"
by Brother 8. w. Darke, who, in his
eloquent manner, impressed the aud
fence that
There is no death! The stars go down
| To rise upon some fairer shore;
| And bright in heavens jewelled crown,
They shine for evermore.
/ 4 duet by Messrs joseph Poll and
a E. Brady called The SINKING
Snip" was splendidly rendered anG
would have been followed by an en-
core had not the unborn modesty OF
the gentlemen prevented. Brother l..
s. Davis then made some instructive
remarks, after which a song entitled
My Love is a Sailor Lad" was finely
can. 1.-The Blacksmith's Story was
read by Brother J. J. Walton, after
which the closing ode was sung and
Brother James Kelly asked the bles-
sing of the Supreme Master Work
man OF the Universe upon all pres
emit. All who attended voted the
meeting great success and came
away feeling better for having gone
Great credit is due the commit
tees VINO arranged the programme
and it wont be necessary to look very
far when committees are needed for
public entertainment again In fle
death at Ogden recently OF Brother
Ransford Smith this order has lost
an earnest worker ana a most noble
brother, his family a loving husband
and father and the public one of God
best handiworks. 1t was with great
dead of honest sorrow we heard tne
news in this city that ne was dead
/ The lodge at Ogden Of which ne was
/ a member loved him greatly and when
/ he visited them he was always the
recipient Of long applause and was
introduced to visiting members as
the old war morse of the order. May
his soul rest in peace.
The three lodges of the order all met
as usual last week and transacted the
usual routine Of business, many APP
lplfcations for membership were read
in all the lodges and a very bright
future is before us as to number and
quality OF membership. MAC.
Blue Cross" Ceylon Tea is -abso-
lutely free from the colo:ing matter so
injurious yet so often found in China
and Japan teas.