The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-26
IN EULOGY OF The DEAD
Annual Memorial Services of the
z. of P. Lodges.
ADDRESS BY ]. H. LEYSON
A Beautiful Tribute to the Members
Who Have Passed Away-Memory
of Noble Actions Will Out
last Crurnbling Stone.

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turnout of members and friends of the
members and their families. The seats
occupied by the several lodges were ar
ranged in the form of triangle in the
| center Of the room. These surrounded
the altar, on which lay an open bible,
whose pages were concealed beneath
beautiful wreath of white roses. From
the base of the triangle, ranged in tiers,
sat the uniformed rank K. of p.
After the rituaIistic exercises of the
order. j. HI. Leyson, past commander,
read the following memorial address:
Mr. Chancellor Commander, Sir
Knights, Brothers, Friends-We read in
book: And they rolled away the
stone from the mouth of the sepulcher.'
The love these disciples bore the cruel
fed Savior prompted them after their
vigil of the night, as the dawn of day
came glinting over the mountain top, 20
thread their way through the olive and
cypress groves of Gethsemane, far to
the eastern part of the garden where
| they had laid their beloved master
| They went to wGtcn, for fear that some
| one would steal him away. So we are
| asseilpieu mere lo-nisnt, prompted by
b,sa thers W Ioi aiiu SIN peai out
| realm of eternal sleep. Tonight we
| roll back the stone from the door of our
memory to recall indeed to resurrect
! the dear ones to living forms. In our
WI sye W. pee .Aela as tHey were;
~ az teeaii thei siee,lul Wolus anu
t ni.uly avs a9 nv ,ilousn lney oecurieo put
sestef eaa ~, ne glee.ins slnlle me
20 - go ST. wa ~ us' lLle Wolu5
~ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., cautloll, OF nee1ea
sun soulla ~ our ears. Inc
iieipihS manu-, ever feaay TO feileVe als-
llees' ~ outstletcAeu 10 Supply ouS
Mah'' neii ereiy act 10 d iiNIlis pi.h-
cLpie ol our nopie ofaer. Iney sun I'VE
~ uS III an that enhopies NE Oh editH.
nus we leeaii we Voices iiolii tldt
ecIoless snofe ana again commune
Win those VINO iidNe entered the realm
VI e,eInal nlsht. we must pear III
niliie., however, tilal our intimate com
i ,lulilon WIN tnefn VIII uepeild on the
1--we We oeal' lor N tnat ne q love 20
theii We iiVe dSdih ~ lne tapie's ~
enuurlng memory are Ialtnfuily regis
lereo az the dcss III thei[ llVeS that
can make our NE most nople' What-
ever there was OF weakness OF OF error
IN eLeil let II ne IN tile silent grave as
we ialu ehe uear prother away, put
WhateVer was brave anu oeneVoiet't
Jet US grappie 70 our own sous WIN
hoops VI steer, ana 50 py TINS hoplilty
eleEate OUT own lives ana cnaracter
so thdt as hHignls OF fythias we VIII
pe hloWn o. all lilsn' IL we Succeeu IN
THIS tnen the potent power they exert
mos. nrLhly attests tnat they are not
aedd, inueeu IN the lhtehsehess OF our
own HVes LOT sooo they are Ine most
VleaiiAeu Pdlt, liEiis FORCE. mus the
go , oeeus .hsy ala I'VE alteI tnen.
me iact that the Soou anu NANNY lorin
OF our protner mas peen lalu away IN
eVeriastins steep we can oeath is con-
trdalctea IN the potent llliiuehce OF acts
anu tnoushts tnat i've anu must ilVe
dller hlnl' loI, No man lives TO MIN
sell alohe. What lie OF death is We
KNOW not. me VIA yea force that gives
actioi 10 matter IS 50 suptie as % eiude
the skill Oh the aicheIflst TO detect. Inc
condltlon OF NE or death IS mystery
the human nina mas never peen able TO
soiVe. Inc proiouhdest researches or
science ana phliosophy are panied at
deaths aoor. lhueea, Whether TINS
change IS death or NE we Know not
slclahs tell us tnat every molecuie OF
matter is controlled by unVarylng, in
scrutable laws. Each atom possesses
the power OF attractFon, repulson ana
cohesioh. by TINS law or attraction
atoms are cohgregated together IN con-
~ - $500 ~. AtiS'S toi iii'
seem lnllhlte. Inc law OF repuislon is
emphasized as much IN the ldea or nat
ufai selection now generally adopted as
IS the theory OF attraction ana cohesion
IN the law OF vital cosmlcal FORCES
Each molecule mas ITS spectal life eX-
pressed IN us power. Eacn atom mas
It's vital rorce,' even though put a partl-
Gle OF what we term unorganlzed mat
Ter. l may De petter ape 70 convey 70
you my luea OF what death seems. II
Is put ahotnsr FORM OF ulsoIganlzed lie
IN the mouldering away OF organic or
ihoeea inorganic ooales. Every change
IN nature IS put Hletamofphosls OF
iorlh, ana YET each atom composing
that FORM possesses It's own special vi
talized force and individuality. Let us
CONSIDER Iiofhent. suppose that IN
sauhterlhs along the SANDY stretch OF
the sea snore on bright summer day,
the prlSht sunilght reflected from the
clear sana became painfully dazzling to
our eyes Eacn partlcle OF sand eX-
presses us inoividual1ty IN us power to
re11ecG the pencil rays OF light that da z