The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-04

| as Natures child and will he keep the
| sweetness of babyhood? Will he never
| be cruel or tyrannical or passionate?
| VIII he always be unselfish, gentle,
brave and true? And you have to ada
nit that he is the child Of s,n and
! death.
| l remember reading funera, dress
| given by the late Mr.. Insersol =, er one
| of his friends. In ii he said: 'r.c flint
and thorns on life's highway bruised
and pierced his flesh and for his wounds
| he did not have the blessed balm Of
patience. He felt the manacles the
limitations. the imprisonment of life
and so, within the walls and bars, he
wore his very soul away. He could not
| bear the storms, the tides, the winds,
the waves in the morning of his life
dashed his frail bark against the rocks.
But he has passed to the realms of rest,
to the waveless calm of perfect peace"
l ask what other meaning is there to
the flint and .thorns" to the storms
in the morning of life to his frail
bark dashed against the rocks than
that of which the great apostle speaks
when he tells of the law of sin and
death? But Mr.. Ingersoll does not stop
even there for he speaks of Hope, the
child of Love, which beyond the dark
ness may see the dawn" The law of
sin and death giving hope to the law
of the spirit of life.
The difference between the great
apostle of the Gentles and the great
leader of agnosticism is but the ques-
ton of tense. The one says: II would
not have you to be ignorant, brethren,
concerning them who are asleep, that
We sorrow not, even as others who have
no hope. For if we believe that Jesus
died and rose again, even SO them also
who sleep in Jesus with God being with
Him. Wherefore, comfort We one an
other with these Words He says that
Hope, the child of Love. shall beyond
| the darkness see the dawn Mr.. Inger-
soil says may see.' And because Of
this may" we find two classes of
men-the coward who like the ostrich,
buries his head beneath the sand, fear
ing the blow, and the fatalist who, with
gladiatorial boast and bravery, says:
Hail, King of Terrors, those about to
die salute thee"
But the believer in God. our Supreme
Being, can look forward to the time
when, through death, he reaches life
and his friends, standing around his
last resting place, bidding his body
goodbye God be with you) can with
confidence say, 80 death, where is thy
sting? o grave, where is thy victory?
Thanks be to God, who giveth us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ
That is the message of memorial day
to us, brother Elks. In the cares Of life
we forget not the memories Of our dead.
To-day we have no myrtle to keep the
grave green, no glove to cover the hand
in the warmth of lasting friendship,
no flower to sweeten the pillow or make
the memory fragrant, no forget-me-!lot
to wear. Death has not entered our
hall. Once only has his name been
mentioned. Fighting for his country
and in defense Of that nag which drapes
our altar Lieutenant French, exalted
ruler of Helena lodge No. 1893. was
killed in the Philippine islands. At his
funeral in Helena our lodge was repre-
sented
Turning from the dead. we can face
the living. AS lodge we have. attained
the popular idea of men whose main
idea of lodge life is enjoyment. without
sorrow, and in respect to whom not
few have, without regard to feeling and,
shall I say, to truthfulness, said hard
things. If these could look into our
lodge room they would see that we
have regard for something greater and
grander: something to command re
spect and esteem. They would find
charity administered from a spirit of
brotherly duty and benevolence They
would find brotherly love, which means
that good fellowship between man and
man. THE faults of our brothers we
write upon the sands, their virtues
upon the tablets of love and memory
They would find justice tempered with
mercy. and they would find fidelity.
fidelity in all relationships of life, to
our homes, to our country and to our
God.
Practicing these virtues we shall con-
vince our neighhor that of a truth we
relieve the distressed. help the weak,
comfort the sorrowing, rejoice with
them that rejoice and bring sunlight
wherever we GO And, then, for our
selves, when the eventide comes. we
shall be prepared for the dawn of the
everlasting day, which opens Gods
eternal springtide in heaven.
The service was largely attended. The
music by the Nordica quartette was
splendidly rendered and the ladies of
the quartette won new laurels for
themselves