The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-06
Eurrifure Caroets.

lions shwartsd, our good deeds turn 20
stab IA. cur best efforts are n1Esunder-
we see the worfhIesxness o. living. The
hopelessness % striving the too great
reality os the Struggle for naeTe existence
ard we despair.
Disasters came not stngly.
But ~ Il tBey Watched AID %A1ted,
Scanning oae an0if4sTs movements;
Unez1 the FIRST descends. the others tos-
Follow. gathering aockwise round their
victim.
First q shadow then sorrow;
TIL the az - dark attn anguish
And ~e deepair. and with despair comes
so in the history Of the race there
have been and always viii be Elks OF
skasgt tcfam TIE world doubts. Tire
Clouds hold possession Of The worlds
naeatal sky The ieaden atmosphere re-
Gects 10 rainbow.
s-Tae world aespairs. And with de-
spaIr comes doubt.
And 10 doubt il not all evil. To doubt
is Refii Without doubt is 10 BE- without
progress Columbus doubted the teach
lngS Of this geogrs piers, who said that
me weria was fiat and supported on tho
hack 81 a turtle Darwin doubted the
Theory of the psychologists who taught
mat human lie was spontaneous efsa-
II, In well 10 doubt But It is also well
TO believe and to hope:
In our personal saepticisni we hnger
8nfH q ray of hope perceg the caonf OF
dependency. A ray OF faith breaks
through the veil Of unbeiieg. Another
follows and yet another. tlll all al once
yhe air II fun Of color The nght mas
come. Despair gives WY 10 nope. doubt
10 faith We realize ina. ali is net dark
ness all not a great mistake. That life
holds more than trouble. unhappiness.
sorrow and despair.
Ia
awakening and out OF the earth's uni
yersal tomb come The dead, awakened:
Decades OF doubt and gloom are followed
ny decades Of bu0yaat lie and JOY me
world aons q aew garb In response TO a
renewal OF faith ard a revived hope
shall We gather here today as skeptics?
Shall doubt and gloom oershadow US!
SHALL We look upon the silent mound over
fhe closed grave and say. Our brothers
have gone We know not where.
or shall we approach this anniversary
with faith ard with hope1 Faith IN the
ultimate law OF nature that everything
il lldestruetih3e; hope that all things
lead 10 better: that the indestruetibtlLty
~ the soul Is the promise Of a wonderful
future?
Can we say TO all the great masters
who seem To have conquered the mys-
teries o: the future:
4 do NOT ask to see;
Lead thou me on.
The notices OF our order are based upon
faith and hope. Charity Is our primal mot
Ia Can sne divorce herself from her twin
sracss faith and hope Charity means
sose. That universal love. which,
rs a humble. iow-born thing.
And hath It's food served up in eartnen-
/. is q thing TO walk with hand in hand,
Through the every-day-ness Of THIS work
dag world
Lowell has so well described charity as-
"A love that gives and takes. that seth
tauitE.
Not with ilaw-seeking eyes. like needle
points.
fug. loving kindly. ever looks them down
With the oer-comlng faith OF meek for
givenesS."
Ard again he pins faith and hope and
charity together In his wonderful Vision
OF Sir I.aEniai, when he says:
The holy supper is kept indeed
In whatSo we SHARE with ahother's need.
Sot what we give. bur what We share.
The gift without the GiNeT Is bare
Wao gives himself with his aims feeds
Himself. bis hungering neighbor and Meg'
can charity exist without faith and
nope?
Justice Is another motto OF our order
Can Justice be without faith aud hope?
Let as foG one momen; lost faith Ia tho
future lose hore OF z werld 10 come. Let
faith In good and nope III It's resultant
cease. Let us eat. drink and De merry. for
tomorrow We die.
Injustice heeomes Al once the law which
ftce when iniustlce a. just as We'll? For
tomorrow ae die
Faith and hope must meet ere justice
holds deliberate SWAY. Justice
a. The hope Of all who suffer.
The dread Of all who wrong"
Tempered, as Il must ever he. with the gem
| tie dew Of mercy. Is ever attended by faith
and nope, or IL wotild he but selnshusss.
| facs that with Justice impartial tempered
| - thai mercy which views the Weakness of
] mankind with sorrow rather than with
| flgor. We may lead an unselish life ana
| gain aa nHknowable reward.
| "RTetherlv love is another OF ;he mile
| stones u Eis3om, IL is but another ex-
| preston of charity. and Of faith and Of
hope
| . To 90 unto others as We would that
! They would do unto ns is hut broad char
! f{y, making allowance for human frAllfy.
/ nope for the universal reten OF true fra
| itrnslism. falsh in The ultimate exiting
ton Of B@liishu ses.
| 'Can you far Il moment picture world
! - which this golden r1le prevails This
/ teaching az all The great masters This
| central scicBce Of ali socialism all society.
| tan Nau. ! ask. picture such wogid9 Each
| ia,is idilal NyinE with ,he next 10 ia as he
! would ne done by. How needless isws in
| sucll 81 world ' Ice VsniS3ps sin Is IN
| known, heaven hss assumed ful sway
/ Fidelity IS exemrliiied 10 ;he Elk les ne
] exalted ruler Al here Is aBth Itself. and
/ fsrFel Too. the twin sister. hOuc. abiapS.
/ For faith ir friendship. which W. term Hdel-
5.A- Is based Up0n Ptftect hope - I.S re-
! turn.
| shah rlks then. whose notices W.
! haF" studied, come 10 these EXERCISES :
/ skeastcsf SAsl! they stand before ,h, c}aS-
/ st graves OF t3sctF departed tu3 tugtiFf a
I iSFs. never - b rsEa3ue31 STAN vs. be-
/ Eete taAt NatHr", - careful ~ material
| SUES atce As not % ieT PEen wreath CF
smoke lte deSsTot Il fs ~ sss t4N;s az ys1tp.'
ana snail - }or the-f4 10 sslfh ss1s, l,.s,st
| No. nay brothers Fidelity - nature
/ fidelity 10 car brother mast bead SIS e.
| The great hope thas th~ lives they lca
| among IA were not wasted that The great
struggle which constantly educated ,hsrr
| for greater effort was NOT an IN vain. fhai
| in "a" thought ouiiCtlnE as experience. fhs
Houl -htH9lF2 Of SELF sacrifice There. v,tS ur
! sudden less when the pulse sF3ya,t fn bat
| Ca has day ~. Elks must tavr a1>
/ preach an oJeer srpuict"r the Stone rcllrt
! away. the napkins folded the Soaf arisen
! Remembering tbe nacstoes Of car order
we nsUSS - 5sC0 ihat tire good aasr ,s,-ss3,-t
( ft3 brothers Thought Erlraesf and ftd IL an.
! descr0C'tble ana imwoEgAI Tbc sl.seiaf,
I uAent ar mlna aai sral la the RACES has l.s.es
tHs one srsstic~t fsrinr az htsfcr> ard ~.
SIS Etks, 0o U0g helsr>s> tEag there exists a
! warning 1art.H%. conflicting lavs ~ ratur,
! which LAYS 20 car Hssi.vs 'You ara s9r
! strNet@1 81 fHAtie: waCh IT iniestysl,. fhlc
! and yri SAYS to p@r minds Xcu are tlr
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