New-York tribune., 1896-12-07
THE NEWS OF BROOKLYN.
ELKS MEMORIAL SERVICE.
SENATOR-ELECT WELLINGTON. OF MARY
LAND. ADDRESSED LARGE GATH
ERING IN PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
ERING IN PLYMOUTH

The memorial service OF Brooklyn Lodge NO. q.
benevolent Protective order of Elks. which was held
In Plymouth Church yesterday afternoon, ofoueh' o',
a large attendance. quite number OF actors ana
actresses were sprinked through the audience.
General Horatio c. King opened the service by play
Ing an organ voluntary composed BY himself ana en-
titled the "Elks Memorial March" After the Metro
politan Quartet had sung Come Unto Me. EHd1'eu
Ruler c. NJ. Nevns and knights George W. Ddi'""'
Charles II. Williamson and Henry f. Nelmes gave
the questions and responses that required on suc
an occasion by the order THE Last Greeting was
given a. a soprano solo by Mrs. VI. +. Snayne. ana
the Rev. DR.. 5. Girfard Nelson made the opening
prayer Brother John T. Brennan followed by sing
ing The Lost Chord" In an effective manner.
The address OF the day made by George L.
Wellington the newly elected Republican senator
from Maryland who is member OF Cumberland
Lodge OF the order. Mr.. Wellington il smootn-shaVeh
and looks as If he had not gone far beyond Inc age
limit required for the exalted Office when ne nous
His delivery is forceful and he uses iew Sou'he"
!sns. such pTonouncing to- as II IL were sP'"e"
toe"
The order TO which he belongs he said, occasionally
called halt in order 10 turn thought backward TO
those who had dropped by the wayside and 10 once
more write their names IN the innermost corner W.
the heart. lie referred TO the National Memorial
Day. when the services over the graves OF war NeI-
Grams taught Americans the patriotic duty OF stai.u s
Ing by nag and country ana II r,;,ntyv ~
the remaining days Of their NE 10 the CUM O-1or
II
Of E,lks 10 lis dead to that they were n'i"! !.
membered The organization Was siions, PC, rrho
was founded on the principle of brotherly love. me
speaker touched upon the founding OF me oue' q
quarter Of a century ago through the ehoIts o..
Charles Vivian May the Sod. he added res.
lightly upon his grave The benefit OF ms ac'S re-
mains with us. -, ,-,,,.u.o, ,,.o g
The order Of Elks continued Nh Wellington, was
founded upon the idea that was necessIy Tor M S
10 he.p one another. Ii an eXempHncd ,lO ol te
prin ,.ples OF Christianity The idea OF chaihy cN-
emplifed BY this order he would symhoize VIII ne
figure of a woman with her head hidden by hool'
walking IN the valley of the shadow OF deatn gIr
ing counsel to the erring food 70 the AuhSly' -
ments 20 the needy. lifting the fallen ana giving 'oii
lanes j. Byrne, barytone. gave Dudley Buck
.Salve Regina In the concluding par. OIL me pro,
rrarn1ne the congregation sang Aud Lang Sylie
ard the "Doxoogy." and the finale WAS BeethoVeh
'Funerai March" given by General klnS; >,o
The dead OF the Brookyn lodee are W,naH' o NeE-
ritt Cha,iss A. McNianus. william snow, ., r.
barnes, NJ. J. REYNOLDS George Keock A. s;ic ri Gn Wr
ards Harry ;ilbert Thomas r. Mott, fatflCk MuI-
nbv w D. Carpenter Ira n. Moore. II; g. Walker.
s j. Halle Harry kennedy Iiassan II; WneSler'
lanes MCGOWAN. John Zipp Henry j. ScnaTmani;; i
John j. Read, philip Nathan, r. H. RaPhael, Day,n Nhn
y Ro,he Charles r. Smith. George H. Lyons JONI
W Beatty Charles II. Ferr2n. William Lang t,n. rfdnh
" UfneE Walter L. Sim. Emory Brown anu i''''!
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