The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-06

! mcIOuy lS t1C prescribed music which Goa
| dictates to man to sound the praises
! of his fellow being. Hence tonlgh. we
| have ondcavorcd to present to you the
J strongest and ablcst vocal and nstrl-
! mental selections which our committee
/ was capable Of making, feeling assured
! that in no better way could We demon
: strate our lasting feeling and love for the
/ deceased.
/ This order has chosen for it's funda-
mental principles, those impcrishablc
| notices Charity, Justice, BrothCriy
! Love and Fidelity" which innamc and
. inspire the hearts Of men and will not
! crumble into dust like marble. nor rust
/ like steel
CHARITY Is SYMPATHY.
! charity is sympathy help. aid and re-
! lief 1t is originally an affair of the hut
man heart, the noble influence of one to
! help suffering humanity ana extending
! our sympathy. But as the ambitions and
! promptings OF the human hears are apt
. to run away with our reason, and have
us do things which are unwise and indis-
cree SO that charity without the guild
| ance of mature judgment. but lavishly
. given without any consideration of the
! consequences, is apt to produce results
J other than those which are intended
/ TO obviate the evils of this random
philanthropy and TO direct charity into
genuine channels has been one of the OBJ
: JellS CI lHC bcncNOltnl ana l1OletllNe
/ order Of ElkS. The only secret which
must remain inviolatc is that secret which
, the Bible commands US to Keep. "Lct not
the right hand knew what the left hand
| doth" "
/ Charity is immortal like sunbeam on
/ the battlefield. invuncrablc in "A shower
OF death, brilliant in the midst of car
maze and unsuled in the gore of death
We meet in friendly converse, we speak
If our absent sick brothers and the SPARK
of sympathy thrills tn" soul like elcr-
trcity. Who is sick, who infirm, VII
needs substantial aid% What is this hut
the parable of the Good Samaritan real
ized. what is this but practical Chris
tidnity which is intended to awaken in
. as the spirit of brothcrly love and JUS
ticc. That justice which. cmanating from
the Divinity has a rc: ting place in thr
. breast Of each and every one of US;
given rs as our guide and mentor with
regards 10 ourselves ana with regard to
others, and which will stand after this
earth has persisted and burned to ashes,
. our advocate or our acCuser before tn"
Grand Exalted Ruler of all, when lie
comes. in all His power ami glory to
, call upOu uS for the account of life
wcll spent. May our dealings with one
another hc uEimpcachdDle IN honor as
in power. May the ilkS always stand
as the refuge Of afflicted humanity ana in
its brotherIy love show that fidelity which
binds alike tn" hearts Of all men.
An ELENATING INFLCENCH.
Brothcrly love is that olevatnS innu-
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