The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-03

1t Is the grandest epitaph that was ever
inscribed on the tomb OF man." @
| we come now to the fourth and last
great principle upon which our order is
bullded-Brotherly Love In this the
bond OF Fidelity is made secure and
everlasting; deeds OF Charity are made
easy. y perform, the doing OF Justice
to ouEfellowman becomes O part OF our
daily ilife's' work..
Brotherly Love.
In Brothcrly Love We meet and dwell
together in unison. The old and the
young. the rich and the poor, are as
sociated together In spirit OF absolute
equality. From their contact and assu-
citation with the young. the old take on
anew the spirit OF youth; and their
business cares and graver responsibility
les OF life and citizenship are made
more joyful and easy TO bear. From
their contact and association with the
older and more learned and expert
enced brothers. the young take on 4
sense Of the true gravity OF life. They
are made more thoughtful Of the future,
both for themselves and those who are
or may become dependent upon them.
In this alone you can't estimate the
good accomplished. What 4 priceless
warning was sounded to the youth OF all
future time by the great Ruskin when
he said: In general have no patience
with people who talk about the
thoIghtlessness OF youth indulsently.
had Infinitely rather hear OF thought
less old age, and the indulgence due TO
that. When a man has done his work
and rothlng can any way be materially
altered In bis fate. let him forget his
toll. and Jest with his fate. IL he will:
bnt what excuse. can you find for will
fuiness OF thought at the very time
when every crisis Of fortune hangs gu
your decisions. "A youth thoughtlcss,
when all the happiness OF his home for
ever depends on the chances or the
passions OF an hour. A youth thought
less when the career OF al! his days de-
ponds upon the opportunity of mo-
ment; youth thouShticss. when HIS
every action Is n OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
future conduct. and every imagination
fountain OF life or Gea.h. Be thought
less In any after year. rather than now
though. indeed. there is only one place
where man may be nobly thoughtless
his deathbed- Nothing should ever be
left to be done there"
But tie pleasures and benefits enjoy
ed by the Elks living do not cause them
TO forget those who have departed this
earthly life. IS has been stated. each
year VIC assemble to pay tribatc to
those who can no longer respond to the
call OF our earthly rolf. Since you. Elks
OF Wheeling Lodge No. 2s. assembled
your lodge Of sorrow one year ago to
pay tribute TO the memory Of your thaT
departed brothers. God In his wisdom.
has seen lit to. add the names OF four
more Of your membership TO your silcT:
roll Of the dead. Four more brothers
have answered the summons from on
high. The voices OF four more brothers
have been silenced.
The bodies. the earthly abode. Of four.
more brothers have been consigned to
the tomb. that they may again become
as the dust from whence they came.
They Are Not Dead.
But Charles II. Branum, Otto Tyson,
Anton NJ. Armbruster. and A. NJ. Al
herts are not dead. They have only pre-
coded us TO that higher and happier life
for which they so richly prepared them
selves In this one. They have but cast
on and abandoned the house OF clay in
which we knew and loved them here.
and gone to receive the welcome OF
those OF their own flesh and blood. and
the friends OF their earthly lie, WIN
preceded them to the grander abode OF
an eternal existence.
YoN. the cherished and beloved rela-
tiyes who survive them In this Ike,
and you. their scores OF friends yet or
earth: and you, their brothers In Elk
dom. stood by the cas.et Of each, and
through your tears beheld the dead
body within: but the man. the soul. for
the soul Is the man. was not there
Could YOU but have seen through eyes
not OF the earthly and material body,
you might have beheld the vast con-
COURSE Of relatives. friends and frater-
nal brothers who had preceded them to
that world beyond. with faces beaming
with the Joys OF very heaven, gathered
In spirit form about the same caskct
and the same body. Could you but
have heard with the ears OF the soul,
you would have heard them sound the
Joyful tIdIngs to hosts on high that
new child has been born. Charles II.
Branun. Otto Tyson. Anton NJ. Arm
bruster and A. NJ. Alberts. with the e1-
perience and spiritual development If
all their years on earth, have come to
abide In that nobler realm which awaits
the sons of men.
The assistance which we render In
this preparation and DEVELOPMENT for
that higher and nober lie. IL the
browning glory OF our beloved order.
BY uplifting and unfolding the man.
We make him the better citizen: by
making him n better citizen, We raise
the. standard OF the nation. By raising
the standard OF the nation We carry
moro. near to completion the work be-
gun BY n most noble ancestry.
d, And how well has the work been
done. 1t Is to-day our tust and proud
boast that nowhere and among no peo-
pie do civil liberty and religious free
dom obtain to so great degree as In
our country and among our people.
In the efforts OF the people OF our
land does the hope OF the world lie for
the final establishment OF the universal
brotherhood OF mnn and the Christian
fellowship OF all nations.
With the Image OF Him who by coun-
sci and precept taught US the road to 4
life divine. standing before US. let us In
reverence draw nigh: and from the In
nermost depths OF our soul let us exalt
Hin for the examples OF Fidelity. Char
ity. Justice and Brothcrly Love He from
Calvary's Cross bequeathed to us. In
the light OF His teachings. guided by
His hind, let us maintain for our be-
Io'etL urutT tHhl slhHuaTu VI purity
and Righteousness that makes II help
full to every brother who would attain
life more happy and more blessed
than the one we here enjoy.
Brother Elks. the performance OF n
great and good work yet awaits zig.
Let's to the task with the courage and
convictions OF men.
Mrs. Mabelle Barry Hanley sang
"The Lord is Ny Light" after which
Mr.. James P. Morgan rec!ted Bryaurs
immortal masterpiece. .Thana,op,!s."