The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-05
THE DEAD.

because it was in a measure anticipat-
ed that James Pursey had Joined the
great and silent majority. His was a
/ pleasing personality genial, kind heart
ed, generous and true, he constantly
made new friends and never lost an old
one.
Soon after we received the sad tidings
from the officers of a sister lodge, that
all that was left of another brother was
a memOry-One, whose vocation had
taken him from our midst, whose ac-
| quaintance with our members was linz
| tied, but to whose inherent worth all
who knew him gave willing testimony.
| William c. Richardson was an actor
and in life played many parts, but his
greatest success was the impersonation
of his own generous unsetish self.
Immediately after, our attention was
called to the gallent fight another bro
Their was waging with all conquering
Death. With alternating hope and fear
we noted each phase of the struggle,
and when the unequal combat was over
and another name had been added to
the list of our honored dead, who in
Worcester Lodge did not feel that in the
death of Henry f. Arms he had sus-
tanned d personal loss? AS the setting
sun leaves trail of light behind so
does the reflex influence of bis charac+
ter reflect a brightness on the lives Of
all who knew him.
There was, there is no manlier man
than he"
Such in brief is the mortality record
of one short year Time, the universal
healer. will eventually subdue the VIC
lence of our grief and deaden the pain
which is now so acute but it can never
eradicate the scars the cruel blows
| have left.
81 on 4
the quartet was followed by the ad-
dress of the evening, made by Brother
John f. Sullivan. He said:
Exalted Ruler and Brother Elks;
Ladies' and Gentlemen:
I like that word brother which our
order, not only i'm this city, but
throughout the length and breadth of
this fair land, with loving affection,
applies to its members. To me, it
means more than the word friend ;"
for friendship is too often a plant of
tickle and uncertain growth, like a
fair weather flower that thrives best
in sunshine, but when the dark clouds
Of adversely gather DER, its opening
buds are niEped, it droops, withers and
dies.
Not so with brotherhood. Adver-
sity only cements and tightens the
bonds. We are brought closer to-
gether in harmony and in union. Our
order lifts the shield of her protection
over her membeEs, and wards off the
shafts of sickness, misfortune and dis
tress. Brotherhood means that we
are members of the same family, a
band of brothers united for a common
purpose and a common end
The idea of brotherhood is a noble
and inspiring one. How it first sug-
gested itself to the founders of this
order I do not know: but it is the
same idea on which Christianity is
founded. The savior of mankind
taught the doctrine of the brotherhood
Of man. that is, "all men are broth
ers."
Up to that idea. we live: it is the
guiding principle of our conduct Be
lieYing that all men are brothers by
ndture-to make them so in fact is the
aim of our order.
70 those who are not of us. but who
seek to inquire into the secrets of our
order we answer, we have none
save one, charity without ostentation. "
SWeet-faced. modest, retiring charity.
The cardinal principles of every re-
llglon that deserves the name of reIig-
ION, are faith, hope and charity. A
nigh authority has declared that the
greatest of these is charity" Remem-
her the apostle Faith without good
works is dead" Charity dries the tear
on the cheek Of sorrow. She brings
US nearer to each other. She bids us
look with more compassion upon the
faults and weaknesses of others. She
moves US to smooth the brow Of suffer-
ing with the tender hand of mercy. We
cover cur brother with the mantle of
challty ana no one is the wiser. No
eye, except the All-seeing Eve. Wit
nesses the good deeds Of our order. The
ven OF secrecy enshrouds the charity
OF the order. Charity, the noblest of
the virtues, is the keystone on which
Inc arch of our order rests.
The other leading principles of our
order are Justice and fidelity. Justice
consists in doing injury to no man; or
10 put the same thing in another form
Jusllce consists in giving every man
ms que. Fiat justitia, ruat coelurn"-
Let there be justice through the
heavens fall" This maxim which has
come down to us laundering through
the ages, shows the reverence with
which this quality has been regarded
IN al times. and by all men.
me great English dramatist. who
would nave been an Elk if the order
existed IN MS country, because ne was
an an actor ana all good actors are Elks-
shakespeare r. to whom | refer mrs
Lhese words into the mouth of the mn.
fortunate Woolsey, after he had fallen
rom grace: Be just and fear not: lei
al the ends thou aimest at be Inv
tiod $ Thy countrY's and Truths rhf
JUS. man has no reason to fear. oil .rr
now or Hereafter. He is at resi- viii
cchscience-' the inward monitor of the
soul, The man who has ALWAYS IN
mind his Cod, his country and I'm.
I canno, go wrong, and is truly lust
man
Fidelity means to stand by one an
other. Tie poet expresses this idea in
the words: Il am constant as fhr
northern iar, of whose true fixed ana
resting qua ltY there is no fellow in the
/ armament Faith and confidence in
each other: loyalty to one another. =
firm and faithful adherence to The
brothers with whom we are united, and
the order to which we are boilud If
/ the whole world sours on one of our
number ana went back IN him, still
come what may, he it veal or woo, we
would stand by his side and aid him
no matter if he were weak. We believe
"a friend should bear a friend's in
| iirTnities. Remember the maxim OF
the Glba: ~ he faults of our brothers
We write upCn the sand their virtues
are engraved on the tablets of ave and
memory
The law OF birth is inseparably Joined
| TO the lazy Of DEATH and TIL two are
one, sci aratc@ only by the little space
we call life. To begin to live is to be
gin 70 die Some writer has SAID, The
cradle locks us nearer to the grave.
Our hearts, like muffled drums, are
/ beating funeral marches to ehe grave. %
The grand old globe on which we move
IS subject o the same law; it 9ll81 die
it is dying Row. We die. and through
death pass to immortality. Death is
the door which opens on the future
Oh, that Ne could tear aside the cur
tain Of tirlc and catch "a glimpse OF
eternity
Ii dee In is the twin brother Of sleep,
balmy sleep. which the poet adj