The Saint Paul globe., 1900-12-03
FINE SERVICE AT SALTWATER
Eloquent Address by Gen. ChtIds IN
the ElI6s.

E1oquent Address by Gen. ChiIds to
the ElIls.
sTILLWATER, Mimi, Dec. .2.-(spec al i,
The annual memorial services of StTlil
water lodge, No. 179, B. p. o. Elks, were
held this afternoon and were attended bv
MANY Inc lodge rooms were art1sticaIlv
decorated with potted plants and cut flow
ers' and mastery tribute was paid to the
order by Hon. H. W. Childs OF ST. Par1
VINO delivered the memorial address. Mr.
ChlIds captivated his hearers in his ELL
Losy 10 the memory of those whom the
Great Exalted Ruler had called. In nart
he said: P''''
spring time, with it's bursting buds.
summer with its verdant dress. autunn
with Its golden sheaths and winter with
lts Killing 1rosts, has each in its season
served TO measure off another year since
our last memorial service was held. Let
US DOW in reverence to the spirit of the
hour: and may our thoughts be fitting to
me meme Death is as natural and beau
utul as birth. Nature proves it through
all her works. Plant the seed in the
earth, warmed by the heat of summer. If
germ1nates, sends it's green shoots IN
ward. The blossoms come. then tba ri
pened fruit conserving the living germ
ana at last the plant, prey to elemental
stIlle' goes back to the earth and air
AIOA4 NAA4SL ~ SpIduS. The child jS
nurSed at the fountain Of q loving moth r.
breast Strength follows weakness ana
knowledge instinct. It creeps. an infant
then leaps with the vigor of youth vyaTlys
win the strength of ripened wears and
pehC ana broken on Hfe's battle fields
totters to the grave. But with pbvsica1
oeFelopment comes the unfolding Of =
soul 1he babbling babe inferior AT first
IN sen-preserving attributes, strengthen
oIyex
OF WEBSTER and the wisdom of Bacon
proceeding with inquiring mind it search
es out the laws which govern the nhvs cal
universe, sweeps with its gaze the yauII
OF heaven, and the milky wav
dlscloses her myriad suns. He
demonstrates that sun, and earth, and
moon and plants and the fixed stars are
pul Ine sister creations of one almighty
cause He traces their courses through
limitless space and, with unerrino a.
curacy their movements through 10 00O
years lie puts them in his scales and
weighs them. He separates the sunbeam
INTO It's component parts and reads the
mystery of the heavens respIendent
DOW He bring the lightning from the
clouds and harnesses it to his chariot.
ne reads the rocks and before his men
tai gaze appears the panorama of geo
logic transitions and prehistoric life. He
descends to the microscopic world and
there beholds manifold evidences of an
oVerrultng Providence. His marvelous
research stays not for time nor space.
All nature is his province" Such is
the wisdom of man. But where is the
human wisdom so profound or human
agency so masterful as to save man
from the shadow of the grave. We all
are Journeying, the wise and simple, the
great and small, upon the same high
ways, toward the same goal We are
like tiny boats adrift upon a never
ceasing tide without chart or compass.
but none can say when, where or how
his Prov shall break upon the hidden
reefs.
Mr.. Childs referred to the great good
done by the EIks and said the organiza-
tons over the country helped to drive
thoughts of the street and of the mart
away from peoples minds. Charity was
the watchwOrd of Elkdom
Vocal numbers were rendered by a
quartette consisting of w. c. Master
man, George o. Haskell, Frank Berry
and H. W Davis. Saltwater lodge was
organized ten years ago, and during that
time eight deaths have occurred, none
since January, 1898.