The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-27
A GREAT PARADE.
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at Plymouth. and the Cavaliers at
jamestown, they trace their origin:
and they have been gaining Roadway
ever since. II I mistake not, they will
continue to grow by the rolling OF years.
The people--the common people-de-
z mand them. and they, therefore, cannot
I. be suppressed.
Standing to-day In the twilight OF the
nineteenth century, some of you may
y nsk what need have we for secret socie-
ties like the, Elks; what have they done,
I. and what title have they to public IA
Vor? / answer, In the ages when the
bfnckness OF paganism surrounded the
world: when Idols were set up for wor-
ship In the temples; when the advocates
I, of religious rites were subjected to
cruel torture; when many were COM
2pelled to bow the knee to Baal; then 1t
:, was that thoughtful men assembled in,
I secret council and resolved to be free
and to think for themselves, and there
I. they decided to worship the true and
the living God. All along the centuries
societies like the Elks have stood out
brarely and herofcally for religious toll
Grafton. and openly and publicly pro-
claimed the doctrine of the Fatherhood
sof God and the brotherhood OF man;
and by such action they have made
bier and grander. (.,s is.,,ls
$. My fellow citizens, mighty things
have been worked out In this, the
youngest OF the great nations, as the
nineteenth century Is grandiy rolling
out: and yet We are entering upor new
area to be begun by the twentieth CEN
fury OF which the nineteenth was only
Z, the preparation. What we behold to-
day Is but the presage Of that which Is
to follow. Progress Is the law OF the
ages. APPOINT which was yesterday in
visible is the goal of to-day. and will
be the starting point OF tomorrow.
We look Into the future and hall the
coming OF the morn. radiant and efrul-
gent, when this beautiful world which
we now lnha bit Will be ablaze with
the radiant splendor OF new discoveries
which would blind the eyes OF those
now living, were they In their fullness
to break upon us now. 1t seems to me.
my friends, that more potent to-day
than ut any other period of the worlds
history. are most manifest all instru-
mentalities for the lettering of the hui
man race. May the lightning spare the
walls of our glorious civilization. and
may peace. like minlstering angel. IL
lumtne our tiresides. and may the
shadows Of the centuries continue to be
upon our splendid Ohio Valley = the
richest of all the great valleys of the
earth.
Man should not live for himself alone.
Where is the one who can look along
the line OF the receding ages back Into
the long forgotten past. who Will say
that man should not live outside him
self? Not one. The true manly men
Will seek to aid others, and will strive
to preserve that which Is most perfect,
most beautiful and ennobling In the
earth. Thus the subtle and mischiev-
GUS speculations Of the ancient sophists
have been supplanted by the philosophy
z which recognizes. not only human
morals. but the Divinity OF God, and
the eternity OF the SOUL like n beautiful
stream. ripping over the rocks and
craSs and pebbles of its channel. flow
Ing by every door. singing ever the
same sweet song Of untiring love, glad
dening all hearts: and along the course
OF this true sospe! OF peace. benevolence
and protection spring fresh and fra
grant the flowers of beauty. innocence
and, truth to adorn the lives OF all be-
levers and lend Il lasting perfume to
the works OF faith and labor and love.
Such. my friends. Is the chief purpose
OF an order like this one called the
Elks.
Where the Elks Stand.
II has been properly said. my hear
Z ers. that every government on earth Is
founded upon some form OF religion. a
system OF morals based upon some re-
llSion. binding upon every Individual,
is necessary to constitute q state. While
the society of Elks Is not specifically re-
ntyin a ,t6 A. Aoo
ism produces disobedience to law, dis
loyalty to sovereignty. and engenders
materialism, rationallsm, socialism,
nlhilism. communism, and other false
doctrines wholly inimical to constitu-
tional government, subverslve of civil
liberty and destructive OF true manhood
everywhere. This excellent order OF
Elks. like all others of It's class, clear
ly sees this great and growing evil, with
all OF its concurrent vices, as the mons
ter with which the next generation OF
our people must grapple In final
deathly struggle; and when 1t comes, as
come It VIII. 1t will be struggle be-
tween law and anarchy. liberty and
despotism, order and plumber. happi-
ness and misery. In this spirited con-
test this great society, II ! mistake not,
will be an ally Of law, order. liberty,
happiness; and so will all Of these Sc
cret organizations tina. l know any
thing about-and 1 am familiar with
number OF them-be the last to furl
their banners and retire from the
field.
All OF these large benevolent orders
teach men to inquire what they are.
whence they came and whittier they are
fpnlInUv M n thn hn.
lief that death ends ALL The soul re-
bells intuitively against that dogma.
No one can persuade himself TO the be-
lief that his life Is but a bubble cast
up by the ocean of eternity to float
for a moment on the waves and then
sink out OF slight forever. The rain
bow and the clouds. the stars which
hold their midnight festivals in the sky.
the bright forms Of human beauty, and
the high and glorious aspirations that
leap like angels from the temples OF
our hearts, all teach that man is born
for u higher destlny. and that there Is
higher realm where the rainbow
never fades. where the stars always
shine, and flowers bloom uncnding In
the summcr-land OF song Don't you
know, my countrymcn, that this order
teaches this doctrine? Who. then, can
have the temerity TO oppose It?
The rush and enterprise and energy
OF modern times. my fellow citizens,
have done much that Is good. They
have carried along education. morals.
religion. government and law. But In
these driving times business has made
Itself absolutely supreme. Everywhere
its mnxims rule-everywhcrc It's dc
tates nre Obcyed. Pity lifts Its eyes.
but TOUCHES no heart. Charity extends
her hand 10 bless, and often blesscs
mt rChIe grant yo,rar or snnptbipu