The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06
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LOVE And MEMORY
ARE ACCORDED TO THOSE MEN,
EERS OF THE ORDER
OF ELkS
WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE.
MINNEAPOLIS BRANCH OF THE So
CIETY HOLDS A LODGE OF
SORROW.
ROLLING MILLS SOON TO START.
Fires VIII Be Lighted in the Fur
naces Next Week-News
of Minneapolis.

cherished memories of the departed
brothers, and the watchwords of the
order charity, brotherly love and fidel-
ity, were deeply impressed upon the
minds of the living.
Every seat in the church was oc-
cupied, pews in front being reserved
for the Elks and their friends. The
rostrum was beautifully decorated with
palms and chrisanthemums, and
large American flag was tastefully
draped from the choir loft to the plat
form below. In front of the alter a
large open Bible lay upon a table which
was covered with silken flag. Fine
! music was a feature of the service.
! The Appclo club of about forty mem
bers rendered Sabbath Morn" by w.
Muller, with an obligato solo by G. A.
Marshall Oscar Seagle sang Eternal
Rest" as a baritone solo. Then fol-
lowed the impressive opening ceremony
of the Order of Elks, with Exalted
Ruler A. N. Harrison presiding. The
opening ode, which was sung by the
congregation, was followed by prayer
offered by Marion D. Shutter. The
quartette Of the church. consisting of
Miss Redlon, Miss Stoddard and
Messrs. Finel and Fisher, rendered 80
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem" DR..
Marion Shutter then spoke briefly, dur
ing which he said in part: I'VE well
come your order and your friends to-
day. During the last summer we threw
open these doors for service for the
living; we open them today for this
pictured window upon my right l see
there two figures, which, if / were go
ing to make an address, would furnish
the discourse of this memorial occa-
sion. [ see yonder figure draped in
the blue mantel, the head in a thought
full and reflective attitude, and in one
hand a scroll. This figure represents
Memory, and the scroll is inscribed
with the virtues of those who, have
passed away. The scene behind is that
of the sunset at evening. So this serv-
ice today is a service of memory. We
recall today the virtues, the good
deeds, the noble qualities of our broth
ers who have passed away beyond the
sunset. This recollection ought to be
an inspiration to those who are left
behind The virtues of our friends,
the good deeds of those whom we have
known, furnish one of the strongest
incentives to righteousness, nobility
and justice for ourselves. The old
maxim concerning the dead, Nothing
but good" is not the invention of flat
terry. 1t has it's. rights in one of the
profoundest sentiments of the human
things worth remembering will live,
and that all the goodness, truth, up
rightnesS and affection that there was
in the hearts of our friends will live,
while all else will pass away and be
forgotten. 1t is noble sentiment that
enthroneS only the good on the throne
of Immortality"
The memorial address of the service
was delivered by Frank B. Nye, who
said in part:
1 feel honored, and yet, looking at myself
l cannot but feel that you must be disappoint-
ed, for / come to you with no symmetrical or
well studied address. 1t has been impossi-
BILE to do this, but l feel that we may we'll
trust upon such an occasion that our hearts
may send to our wits the fitting words for
an occasion like this. l would not give a
gloomy address. l would rather speak of
hope and sunlight and good cheer than to
speak of despair, disappointment and sor-
row. l had rather look out on the landscape
living, with birds, animals musical with all
natures beauty, radiant with flowers, with
the music of running brooks, with the beauti-
full paintings of nature, her lawns, her mead
ows, her foliage, her mountain streams and
seas, than TO look upon the dead level of
the marsh, or to the land of despair. am
glad to address an order to which 1 belong
whose membership is mainly composed Of
optimists: men who look with all their i'm
projections and infirmities, upon the bright
side of human life; men who believe some
thing; men who have faith, and hope, and
love, and who feel the ties of brotherhood
of kindred and of citizenship.
The mysteries of death are no stronger than
the mysteries of life. The scientist can ex-
plain death and its causes better than he
hood, and the love which is the well-spring
of all noble and heroic action. He may stand
upon the battlefield looking upon the dying
hero and explain clearly the course of the
bullet, with all of its physical effects but
he cannot explain the love which clothes
the dying hero as the banner of beauty.
You are members of a fraternity that be-
lieves in the human soul. No man wom-
an have ever left their impress upon hu-
man history who did not believe in some
thing; who did not see some star of hope
through the deep and inpenetrable darkness,
and who, upon the wild tempestous sea of
human life, had not some hope that some
day they would anchor in the harbor of the
blessed. The human soul is not the intel
lect alone; it is will. The man we ordinarily
call the man, the eating man, the trading
man, does not represent the true man. When
IlS CSChIo Tic oOuI, huOSe organ lie is,
we bend the knee in love and alteration to
him. This power, shining upon the intellect
is genius; shining upon the WILL it is vir-
tue; shining upon the affections, it is love.
1t is the very weakness and fall of man when
he trusts the intellect alone. All true re-
form recognizes that it is only by the light
and splendor of the soul that we can grow
broad and powerful. This is true reform.
All else is sham. Looking over human nfe
what is there if it is not this? How frail are
the conditions of men. Man, boosted lord of
creation, is after all the toy of every wind
and wave upon the pitiless sea of human
love.
1 am exceptionally glad to belong to a fra
ternity which, in spite Of all its faults which
may cling to its members, believes in those
brightest wreaths that entwine around our
temple are the vfeaths we bring today in
momory Of the dead. We must have belief,
faith. Good cheer is the watch word of this
order. We believe in charity, we believe in
brotherly love- in justice and we believe in
fidelity. Fidelity is a virtue which seems to
underR all other virtues. The man, woman
or chiN who is faithful, true to his friends,
through disappointment, through hardship,
and toilng along the path of self denial, amid
a struggle and pain, but faithful to the end
is the person whose character has the bed
rock upon which may be built all the orna-
ments beauHs and splendors of the higher
virtues.
I would have the Order of Elks study the
lesson of Charity; not mere pity not more
giving, but the sharing with each other. 1t
is not in means; it is in the sunshine Of that
charity which We should expect in every
lay life; thu smile, the good cheer of man
Kind the welcome hand, the word of encour-