The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-05
THE DEAD.
Their Memory
Bright
In HEARTS OF ELKS
= &. SuIIivan's Eloquent
Address atLodgo Of Sorrow.


ana the stately ships go on
TO their haven under the hill;
bul on. for the touch of q vanished hand
And the sound of a voice that is still"
With this sentiment Of love for the
departed brothers, the Worcester Lodge
of the Benevolent and Protective Order
Of Elks held their annual memorial
service last evening, at the Worcester
Theatre with all the beautiful simpIi-
city and tmpressiveness of the ritual.
lhis custom of paying warm tribute
TO the hon0red dead is distinctive of
the Elks At the lodge of sorrow the
noble character and generous acts of
the beloved dead are again recalled, and
their memory honored in all the SOL
emnity and sincerity Of the hour.
NO order more Cherishes the recollec-
ton Of its brothers who have passed to
the great beyond that the Elks The
worcester lodge, at it's memorial serV-
ice last evening, presented a living il
lustration of the motto of the order
THE faults of our brothers we should
write upon the sands;
Iheir virtues upon the tablets of love
and memory"
The stage setting was very effective,
presenting the lodge room, with its
rich drapery of black and white, to
commemorate the departed brethren.
At the right and left were rows of
palms, and in the centre was a central
arch, on each side of which were in
sclibed the names Of the deceased
brothers. At the keystone was the
clock of time, with the hands set at II
o'clock the hour when throughout the
length and breadth of the land the Elks
veil their thoughts of life and silently
recall their brothers now enrolled in the
lodge of the hereafter.
Despite the threatening weather, the
theatre was crowded and the audience,
with its wealth and learning, grace and
beauty, joined in paying a tribute of
respect to the dead His Honor Mayor
Rufus 3. Dodge, Jr.. and family occu-
pied a box at the right, and at the left
were Congressman-e elect John r. Thayer,
a party, with their guests, David F.
O'COnnell and John E. Sullivan, Esq,
the orator of 1he evening. Rev. George
". Kent of the South Unitarian Church
and his family and Charles W. Parker
occupied boxes.
The Clifford Quartet of Boston, with
Prendivilles Orchestra, furnished mu-
sic for the occasion, and rare musical
treat was afforded. During the ad-
dress of the exalted ruler, the pictures
VI llle uepdIltu QGdU OL TIE OIOEL were
thrown upon the screen, and many who
had not been privileged to know them
in life. had the opportunity of seeing
those who had contributed so much to
the local honorable career of the lodge.
The perfecting feature of the pro-
gram of speech and song to the mem
DRY of the departed was the address of
Lawyer John E. Sullivan, the orator
of the evening. Eloquent, scholarly
and beautiful, the Grafton was one of
the most finished and impressive which
has over been heard by Worcester
audience. The impassiOned utterances
of the speaker held his auditors spell
bound. and when he concluded his mas
terly tribute, many an eye in the large
audience was moist.
The exercises opened with the over
ture, Memorial" by the orchestra,
followed by the lodge marching upon
the stage and taking their positions
in open form, as follows: George c.
Start, exalted ruler; Arthur j. Marble,
esteemed leading knight; DR.. David 3.
Lowell, esteemed loyal knight; Albert
M. Powell, esteemed lecturing knight;
William Lancaster, treasurer; Dexter
N. Pratt, tyler; Timothy J. Hurley, es-
quire; Thomas J. Smith, inner guard;
Bertrand w. Stone, chaplain; Elmer
e. Ruggles. organist.
The opening ode with the air of
"Auld Lang Syne" was sung by The
Clifford quartet, comprising Jewell
Boyd, D. j. Murphy Thomas E. Cliff
ford, and j. L. Thomas, in a very eff
fective manner. and prayer was then
offered by Brother B. w. Stone. Jewell
Boyd sang "Hosannah" by Grenier
with marked beauty, and at the close,
the eulogy upon the departed brothers
was delivered by Bro. leo. c. Start, eX-
allied ruler, as follows.
Brothers and Friends-The wisdom
Of the founders of the Order of Elks
is in no way more strongly Illustrated
than in their provision for a memorial
service, and their inSistance on its an
nual observance, when the living
should with appropriate ceremony re-
call with loving tenderness the forms.
the faces, the kindly deeds and noble
virtues of their brothers who have
gone before reiterate their allegiance
to the grand principles of which they
were exemplars, and from their we'll
spent lives learn lessons whose only
result can be collective and individual
benefit.
To the Order of ElIls the memory of
it's dead members is as precious as the
presence of the living, and this lodge
of sorrow. at which we publlcly pro-
claim our undying fealty to their mem
ory, and the toast "Our absent BROTH
ers." which is given at II o'clock when
ever and wherever Two or more Ell5s
are assembled, are amongst the strong
est bonds that bind our cosmopolitan
order into an homogeneous whole.
Since our last annual memorial ser
vice. four noble Elks of Worcester
Lodge have passed through the invis-
ible gates on into the great beyond "
Who in Worcester lodge can ever for
get that morning IN early January
when
Game news that held suspended
The sparkling glass, till slow the hand
descended,
The rudy cheek turned pale, and all the
mirth was ended
the news that our secretary was
dead. He was a typical Elk. With loyal
heart and willing hand he did what
seemed his duty. He added to the sum
of 10y" and the world is better for his
having lived.
James r. Fitzpatrick was man TO
whom nature in her vainest mood could
proudly point as the highest eXempli-
ication Of her work.
And a little later when the budding
leaf and flowers gave proof OF a ful-
6lIment of natures promise OF q new
recreation. we received the melan-
choly intelligence, none the less painful
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