Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-12-08
PRESCOTT ELKS
 MEMORIALIZE! !
Lodge of Sorrow Held Sunday in Remembrance of Departed
 Brothers.
A Large Audience Present to Listen tO an Interesting and Im-
 pressiye Program.


 vice of Prescott Lodge, No. $50. B
 r. O. Elks, was held in the lodg, room Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock
 ID the presence of a large audience I and was decidedly impressive. The , altar was drAped, while between the
 altar and tse Exalted Rulers throne two vacant chairs were placed and
 shrouded m cTape as a significant reminder of the departed brothers John Lloyd Fisher and William c
 Ashton.
 Fast Exalted Ruler Davis called
 the body to order, and the following
 program was given: Opening cere
 monies by the lodge; opening ode by
 lodge and quartette; prayer by Rev
 C. K. Jenness; hymn, Abide With
 Me-; memorial address by J. C.
 Herndon; solo by J. F.. Morrison
 eulogy, k. NJ. Ling; organ voluntary
 by Mrs. w. A. Cline; doxology; bene-
 diction by Rev. H. 4. Brown.
 In his memorial address, Hon. J l c. Herndon told how that in 1875
 the first memorial service of the
 Elks was held in New York City,
 and being of such an appropriate
 and impressive nature, it was made
 a permanent feature, and now on
 the first Sunday in December, the
 service is held in commemoration oi
 ''our absent brothers"
 The eulogy by Judge k. M. Ling
 was remarkable for its appropriate
 ness, aud without comment, repro
 duce it full through the courtesy of its author:
 EXALTED RULER, BRoTHERS AND
 FRIENDS: Another year in our order
 has passed into history, and tue Brotherhood of Elks meets again ID sacred session to commemorate the
 lives of our departed brothers. Each
 =ear succeeds a year, each .S= sne- eeeds an age, taking from its prede- cessor some impression for good or evil.
 lp every lodge Of our order. the first Sunday in December in each year is set apart, for that pause in life's activity which gives thJ oppor- [ tunlty for a brief tisy to draw aside the veil which hides the entrance to the land of shadows, and brings to us by memOry's celestial wand, the ] form and attributes of the loeed ones. who have passed from the subordinate louge of the present to ! the Grand Supreme Lodge of the hereafter, where the Grand Exalted . ks4l. AF h.. r.a. degree upon. It's, member of Etsr- nity.
 Our absent brothers respond 10 our invocation. Human power can not bar their entrance to the lodge room, they enter and take their accustomed seats, they extend their hands for the close grip of fraternity. This IS thedsy dedicated to fidelity, and 1t embraces all the noble princi- pies of our order. We teach that while We remain faithful to our obligations, we Will act toward each other with justice, charity and brotheriy love. These three princi- pies, held ia the fond embrace of fidelitY's arms, are conducive to a perfect human character. lie whose fife Is ever guided, whose soul is inspired, and whose heart is ever led by these, will go through the world infesting life's journey with halo of light and glory, and die a bene- factor of the human race.
 The progress and development of the human race has left Indeilibly stamped upon each historic period an impress of potential influence upon the fife of its successor. Gen srations of men have come and gone, just as the waves of the ocean chase one another upon the shore and disappear forever, and as each wave dashing against the rocks tends to purify or pollute the beach, SO the life of each individual tends to purify or pollute mankind as to strengthen or weaken the facric ot civilization.
 Sadly mistaken is he indeed, who supposes that when death shall cl aim him as victim that he shall cease to live. The dailS life of each individual is molding some model that shall be the gu idle to some ones future | action How unexpectedly do we often find another endeavor- ing to follow in our foot steps, and how often are we unconsciouslv in- fluenced by the actions of another. l 1t Is when We suspend the busy cares and scenes of life, upon occa- l siOns like the present, and mediate 1 upon the fact that thls silent and | unseen force exists, and that it | exeTts an influence upon our lives, | that we more keenly appreciate the | necessity of emulating the virtues, rather than the vices of others, and | that our lives should be worthy of imitation by those who shall fol- low us.
 While human nature is weak, l while life's pathway is strewn with temptations on every hand, vet he whose heart beats with human sym pathy, and whose soul is filled with human kindness, will find through lIfe's journey that there is no more night than day, no more sadness than gladness.
 1t is the lives of such as our order teaches us who have written "the faults of others upon the sands and their virtues upon the tablets of love and memory" that have raised the standard of human character to higher and higher planes in the worlds civilization and caused it to become more intellectual and better.
 Life's pilgramage, upon which We are all embarked, leads ever onward and no returning travellers meet us on the way. From childhood's dawn, until the way is lost in the gloom of manhood's night, We stTug- gle with the cares and burdens of our lives. Many there are who fall beneath the weight, and others toil- ing bravely on cannot escape the rough and rugged rocks that lie along the way. Then it is that charity should assert itself. It should softly temper the relations of all mankind, for charity is kin to that mercy which we trust will be shown to us when life's pilgrim age is ended.
 When death casts dark shadow across our lives, when we have waited by the bedside of Q dying friend. and watched the wasted brow as 1t seemed to be touched by 4 L