The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-07

Yet Hopes bright star is shining in the
distance far and fair.
And our eager footsteps hasten when the
friends We love are there.
There is blended JOY and sadness along
Life's thOrny path,
BILE of a day,
But Love alone is lasting. and will never
pass away:
For Love is heavens gift to man, to keep
his Eden near,
His Heaven on earth. his happiness. till
Time shall disappear;
And by her aid he journeys toward the
land he cannot see.
From the Beautiful that was, to the Beau
tiful to be.
The milestones of Lifes journey tell the
end is far away,
Yet some reach II in a decade, and some
reach IL In a day;
But be it days, or be 1t years, or when
soccer IL ends,
Gods blessing will sustain US to whatever
length IL tends.
Will fill the desert places with the how'r
we hold most dear,
The thornless ilow'r of friendship. balm
of breaking heart and tear.
Whose fragrance, like sweet incense. when
the head is how'd with grief,
Raises up the drooping spirit, gives the
fainting soul relief.
Along this trying journey there are pas
lures always fair,
And glimpses of Gods garden in its beau
ty, too. are there:
There are blossoms mid the thorns, and
the birds sing overhead
And pictures of enchantment, to delight
our eyes, are spread;
Tho the road leads through the desert
there are living springs to cheer;
Tho the selfish are about us. yet some
cherished friends are near:
And who shall say that Eden's joys to us
have been denied
When the land is filled with beauty, and
our loved are by our side!
The absent friends We mourn, and vainly
look for through our tears.
Are bound to us by sacred ties through
all the passing years;
We may not see their faces, but their
mem'ry cannot fade
TIL life, and love, ana friendship In
common grave are laid,
And the pulsngs and the strivings of man
kind are 1T an end.
And the present with the future in one
symphony shall blend,
And the choirS of Heaven proclaim, in
Anthems most sublime
EternityS good morning, and the last
good night of Time!
AVE MARIA SUNG.
Mrs Thcle sang Ave Maria" by
Bach and Gounod, and Spring Song"
by Well. for an encore. There was
violin obligato accompaniment by Mr..
Thiele.
The memorial address Of Mr.. Ross
revealed IA great depth of feeling in
the speaker for the fundamental prin-
ciples of the order. He made refer
ence to but three deceased brothers
and of them briefly. He was particu-
larly earnest in his closing words, which
were addressed to the members ON the
stage. Mr.. Ross said:
ATTORNEY ROSS GRAFTON.
Exalted Ruler Brethren and Frlends:-
Standing as we do today, me neirS .,
all the ages in the foremost files of time,
men everywhere occupy very high vantage
ground compared with the environments
of centuries ago. The ages in their flight
have wrought radical changes not only IN
knowledge and effort. but even In our
ha bits of thought, and the entire super
structure, being but the crystaliZed eN-
preston of present conditions, must pre-
sent IA vastly different aspect.
As in Goethe's grand fable wherein an
apparently unpretentious and even repul-
sive old hut. by the light OF lamp -
transformed from It's smut to Il beaiiiful
palace so in everyday experience sort
Of lamp has been lighted. by virtue or
which it Is no longer necessary that men
should die In order that their good traits
of character may be recognized as gilt
tering gems of moral worth from which
the lights of Charity, Justice, Brotherly
Love and Fidelity like glories fall, making
glad the waste places in mems hearts, and
causing the most arid desert of life to bios
som as the rose.
Isn't it a singular fact that we are so
stingy of praise for the living, and yet see
so much that Is admirable when they die?
Men act toward one another as If there
We're not room enough for us all on this
footstOOl, and as II acknowledging merit
In another would detiact from themselves!
An encouraging word, often goes 4 long
way toward softening the asperities OF the
hardened struggles of life," and worl
Of appreciation is always grateful to mems
ever hunger hearts. This would cost us
not a cent, though its value Is beyond
price. Why refuse it.?
There is some good in every one. Take
that good dwell upon it, and magnify II
while they are living. instead of dwelling
upon and magnifying the evil, as so many
do. ! would that could send this thought
home to your hearts with such force that
II might take root there and bear abun-
dant fruit in the days to comet Truly
there Is more than one sense in which eV-
cry man Is his brothers keeper
Whatever Is good and pure and true and
noble has an inherent attraction for men
and women of every class, and consequent
ly this organization challenges the admir-
gether In the various cities of our land
for the purposes OF this unique, touching
and sacred memorial ceremony.
THE DIVINE LAWS.
When the Grand Exalted Ruler of the
universe, gloriously enthroned in the
bosom of the great eternal Now. first
Hung from His omnipotent hand the
myriads OF stars, suns and systems that
now stud infinite space. he implanted upon
them immutable laws In accordance with
which they must ever run their endless
courses. be those courses what they may.
No wonder the Psalmist. amazed at the
mighty thought, should cry out: when
] consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy
hand, the moon and the stars which Thou
hast ordained. what is man that Thou
are mindful of him? and the son of man
that Thou visitest him? o Lord,
our Lord, how excellent Is Thy name in
all the earth!'
Nor Is II upon the universe alone these
laws are stamped as whole. The law of
the vegetable kingdom: First the blade,
then the ear, then the full corn in the
ear applies on every hand.
Come with me to a happy home. whether
in a palace or howell See that tiny in
FAINT in its cradle. only baby" is all
We see, isn't 1t? All! we're blind! Look