Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-23
A.. 0. ]. v.
Animal Memorial Services Of That
Body Yesterday!
HELD IN THE LODGE ROOMS-EX-
CELLENT ORDER OF EXER-
CISES RENDERED-MEMORIAL
ADDRESSES DELIVERED BY
REV. N. s. THOMAS, OF ST. MAT
THEW'S p. e. CHURCH.

The annual union memorial services
of the Wheeling lodges of the A. o. U.
w. were held yesterday Afternoon at the
A. o. U. W. Temple, corner of Twelfth
and Market streets. There was a large
crowd present, composed of the fami-
lies Of members and their friends. An
excellent programme of exercises was
rendered.
F. N. Flood, Master of Ceremonies,
opened the exercises with a brief adj
dress, touching on the subject of the
services. He extolled John Jordan Up
church, the founder Of the A. o. u. W.,
and spoke briefly on the merits of the
organization.
The opening ode was then sung by
those present. Directly following Rev.
Father Mcbride, of St. Joseph's Cathe-
dral, made a short and appropriate
prayer.
A musical number, a duet, "Just AS
I Am" was rendered by Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Frazier. 1t was followed by a
quartet, Saviour, Hear U.s. by Mrs.
Zou Hastings-Frazier, Miss Kate Laud,
Mr.. Will Day and Mr.. Fred H. Frazier.
Rev. Nathaniel S. Thomas, rector of
st. Matthews P. E. church, delivered
the memorial address. Rev. Thomas
took as a text st. Pault to The Galatians,
6 chap. verse 2: Bear We one an
others burdens and so fulfill the law
of Christ" and verse 5: For every
man shall bear his own burdens" He
said that he had followed the work of
different lodges into many homes in
the city into which deaths hand had
reached, and while the dead could not
return the lodges did all that men
could do to relieve the bereavement.
1t is we'll to have a memorial day
set aside to contemplate a few facts.
First, there is an absolute certainty of
death and eventually every one will
follow the great majority. The next
thought is social aim, the love for
friends and social ties. Friends may
go with us all along the line up until
death comes and hurls the soul into
that unknown land along which the
journey must be made alone. The
third thought that presents itself is
the accumulation Of wealth. We live
just as though wealth accumulated
during mortal life would be Of benefit
in the hereafter. AS an ILLUSTRATION Of
the utter uselessneSs of the way most
people make life a continual scramble
to acquire great worldly riches, the
case of a man exiled to live on Attic
isle is cited, who upon being given a
year for preparation, spending his time
in laying in a cargo of paper dolls and
straw hats. The man would be called
a fool. And why not call the man,
who lays up great worldly riches,
which benefit him not, a fool. 1t is
right and proper to accumulate enough
to live moderately we'll. Carlisle said:
In England there are 10000, 900 peo-
pie, and most of them are fools" Is
this same not true the world over?
Men can see, hear and feel. They
generally profess that there is a God,
yet they never saw God. They are not
sure there is a hereafter, yet they adj
NIT there is a possibility of one, and
yet with a possibility of such great i'm
p~ortance staring every one in the face,
why is not every one who does not
prepare for it a fool?
What do we known about the extent
of things. We are certain We can car
ry nothing away with us when the
time comes except our soul? Surely
that is a question for the wistest.
We know that the soul contains rea-
son, love, volition and memory. They
are requisites of a soul, that is all.
The love of mortal fame is one Of
the greatest evils of this century. A
great deal of harm is done in this
world by struggles after fame.
In conclusion Rev. Thomas said he
could not conceive of men loving God
without loving his neighbors. True
life %revolves finally into two great fac
tors, namely, yourself and the other
man. Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself," is one of Gods great COM
mands to us. Nature hates a mar of
one idea.
Following Rev. Thomas address was
a solo, "The Heavenly Song" by Mrs.
Zou Hastings-Frazier, selection, Bells
hazzar's DOOM by Miss Minnie Wyn-
tiers; solo, "The Holy Well" by Miss
Letha Frazier; selection, "Thanatop-
SIS" by Miss Matte V. Shields, and a
solo, Heaven and Earth" by Prof. I.
H. Williams. The exercises were clos
ed by an ode sung by all present. Prof.
Hermann Schockey acted as accompan-
list for all musical numbers.
Following is a list of deceased mem
bers of Wheeling lodges A. o. U. W.:
LaBelle Lodge, No. 2-Wm. Allen,
Thos. Bayless, Thos. Besse. Phillip
Bohn, Louis Carl, Jas. N. Charnock.
VIM. H. Combs. f. G.. Cracraft w IT