The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-07

On, near our prayers TOT nOnOreQ QeaQ,
While bearing in our mind
The memories craven on each heart
For Aud Lang Syne."
memorial services Of Minneapolis
Lodge No. Al, Benevolent and Protect
i've Order of Elks. held in Elks' hall
yesterday afternoon. To the tune of
the familiar air signified in the words
of the last line, the beautiful verse was
sung, and the spirits of the departed
brother ElkS seemed to hover near.
e. s. Austin-Francis S. Mcdonald!
Three times the roll was called, three
times these names were spoken, but
the only answer arose with the strains
of the hymn ASLEEP in Jesus" Never
again would living man answer to that
call.
E. S. Austin-Francis S. Mcdonald!
One year ago they had joined with
their brother Elks in paying tribute to
the memory of the dead of 1885. Yes
terday their former brothers Joined in
paying tribute to their memories. In
another year others will have gone
with the past. The grim reaper OF
death will cross the paths of some Of
those, perhaps, who gathered yester-
day, and on the first Sunday in De-
cember, 1897, those who are left will
meet in Lodge of Sorrow" and yearly
each and every Elk who may have an
swered to his Makers call and passed
into the great beyond.
The services yesterday afternoon
were in charge of Exalted Ruler Lev
ings, and were beautiful in the ex-
IRENE. After a voluntary, a quartette
composed of Misses Alberta Fisher and
Minnie Stoddard and Arthur Clark and
j. Fl. Chick rendered beautifully the
hymn, There's Friend in the Home
land"
Then came the roll call, perhaps the
most impressive portion of the services.
The names OF those members of the
lodge who had passed away during the
year of 1896, E. S. Austin and Francis
S. Mcdonald, were repeated by the
secretary three times Slowly the
ton of an answer. but none came.
Then the hymn. ASLEEP in Jesus took
up the echo, and as the strains swelled
out, tears rolled down the cheeks of
many of the gentier sex, wives and sis
tiers of Elks, who, by their presence
aided in the tribute to the memory of
those whom all had joined in honoring
The opening ode and a prayer by
Chaplain Brother Neil Downey began
the regular memorial service "a
Hymn of the Homeland" by the quar-
tette, preceded the memorial address
delivered by Brother A. H. Noyes Mr..
NOyes said:
1t is a fact that we, as Elks, may contem-
plate with satisfaction that this spirit of true
cnaIlty mot that OF mere giving) is developed
within our circle to a greater degree than in
any other fraternity, and yet there is room
for further development Should we not hold
that spirit as men-not merely as Elks?
Should we not get out ourselves step beyond
the circle and make the world our fraternity =?
1t is the lack of this spirit in the world at
large, and the desire to create it among the
lew that may be reached by cooperation that
has caused fraternities to come into existence
We talk in a nonchalant and yaingIorious
way OF the great brotherhood of men, of the
universally of fraternity; and there is much
in it. Still, when we find it's foundation stone
we discover that this great brotherhood of
man is built upon mere pity and commits
erauon-not upon love OF fellow man. Some
terrible disaster or particularly sad circum-
stance, accompanied by specially harassing
details, such as the forest fires in our state
two years ago, may cause a generous out
Durst, but nave you ever noticed that those
VINO are foremost among their fellows at such
times are those who have been allied with
some fraternal order, where brotherly love
guide?
Pity and commiseration will do-if there is
nothing better; they merely prompt men to
the perfunctory performance of a nrasant
duty; they simply awaken in man the latent
seif-pride that dictates the doing of some act
IN order that he may not lose the respect of
his neighbors; they are found in these who
strive to avoid, rather than seek oppor-
tunities that call for charity We NAV be
thankful that the feeling of pity NAV move
men to good works, even when dictated by
sen-lnterest or pride, but If we might by
same strange metamorphosis, change that
pity into true charity, how glorious would be
the contamination! It is an end that cannot
De attained In day, or in generation; we
may not make it universal, but it may be
treated within the vicinity of our homes: it
cannot be developed by mere preaching or
noneyed words or legislation, nor can it be
driven into the hearts of men; it must come
from within; out Of the heart, from the soul
of men. and show itself by it's works. and
these works will in turn kindle the flame in
others, like the leaven in the measure 81
meal. -
So, l say, this development of the true
spirit of charity beyond the mere selfishness
OF him VINO gives it; this extension of brother
~ love beyond the circumscribing circle OF
our friends and acquaintance into a univer-
sal brotherhood of man, should be the great
est mission of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks.
This is Memorial day-and what NJ +be
dead?
Because death has not entered your circle
Moius euioglsuc OF the absent brothers of our
fraternity would fall coldly from speaker
lips To-Day; and yet, some time-let us hone 2
long time hence-the first name must be writ.
ten upon your memorial tablet, and Won,
memorial day viii be sorrowful indeed be.
cause OF personal bereavement Whose name
shall 1t be? Shall it be the name of onf
| who loved his fellow men, who unselfishIy
sought by acts of genuine charity with It's
uhldIIing accompaniment of brotherly love
TO establish the universal brotherhood 81
man? oo0 "
1t is source of much satisfaction to find
/ that all Memorial day addresses speak wifi
commence OF the immortality Of the soul as
| a TACT beyond question. How we wish Il
/ might be demonstrated with mathematics
! eXactness. How much of comfort might bt
brought to many a sorrowing heart today il
| Lr1nr hI@
the spirits OF our dead live on and are onI,
awaiting our coming. We cannot prove it
and yet why need we doubt it? We know
! the spirit comes from somewhere whence
| we cannot ever guess. All our aspiration.
are for the better, sweeter life beyond thi,
one of drudgery. We feel, with some show
OF reason, not perhaps, unmixed with selfish
| ness, that the law of compensation must sill
hold good, even after we pass beyond tn,
! confines Of this earthly sphere and tina
! same reward must await us il we have snen
our life here for the right according to tn,
! light that was given US. All the religions O.
| the world give assurance of life beyond
we may concede that the heavenly state il
! presented to the minds of different races il
different ways, and that their conception of i
is Influenced by many circumstances anon,
others by their physical surroundings, ant
their mental tendencies; yet underlying al
| we find an Interchangeable, undertaking con
yiction. amounting almost to absolute knowl
edge, of the immortality Of the SOUL TIL,
vast majority of mankind believe in it. T,
most men the desire, the hope for IT is sniff
Gent reason for the belief; and the uniyer
salty and persistency of this hope is on,
of the strongest proofs of the fact of i'm
mortality. l believe in the divinity of man
that every soul is a part of God and that al
God lives, so shall every soul live Belief il
the immortality of the soul is, apparently
based upon an Insecure foundation becaus
we have so little material proof: The resul
of all organized Investigations, such as tha
carried on by the English Society of Psychi
cal Research, points incontestabiy and mos
| satisfactorily to the certainty of iTlmort a litv
| If one were to follow the developments of tn
society, he could not fail to see the riffs il
| the clouds that have hitherto obscured tn
vision, and the light breaking through t