Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-03

thoughtiessness Of youth indulgently.
had infinitely rather hear of thoaEnIieSs
old age and the indulgence due 70 that;
nothing can In any way be materially al
tered in his fate, let him forget his toll
and jest with his fate if he will; but Wnat
excuse can you find for willfulness OF
crisis of fortune hangs in your dec.s-
ions? A youth thoughtless, when all the
happiness of his home forever depends on
the chances or the passions of an hour:
A youth thoughtless, when the career OF
all his days depends upon the opportunity
of moment. A youth thoughtless. wnen
future conduct, and every imagination
fountain of life or death. Be thougntless
in any year after, rathe than now
though. indeed, there is only one pace
where man may be nobly thoughtieSs,
his death bed Nothing should ever be
left to be done there
But the pleasures and benefits enjoyed
by the Elks living do not cause them 10
forget those who have departed this
earthly life AS has been stated, eacn
year we assemble to pay tribute TO nose
who can no longer respond to the I, can Of
Wheeling Lodge No. rs, assembled your
Lodge CT Sorrow one year ago to pay
tribute to the memory of your then de,
parted brothers, God in His wisdom ana
mercy has seen fit to add the names OIL
four more of your membership to your
silent roll of the dead. Four more broth
ers have answered the summons from on
high. The voices of four more brotnerS
have been silenced.
''The bodies, the earthly abode of four
more brothers, have been consigned 10 the
tomb, that they may again become as the
dust from whence they came But Chas.
Fl. Branum, Otto Tyson, Anton M. Arm
bruster and A. NJ. Alberts are not dead.
They have only preceded us to that
higher and happier life for which they
SO richly prepared themselves in this one;
They have but cast off and abandoned
the house of clay in which we knew ana
welcome of those of their own flesh and
blood and the friends of their earthly
life who preceded them to the grander
abode Of an eternal existence.
You, the cherished and beloved rela-
tives who survive them in this life; and
you, their scores of friends yet on earth,
ana you, their brothers in Elkdom. stood
by the casket of each, and through your
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 concourse of relatives, friends
and fraternal brothers who had preceded
them to that world beyond, with faces
beaming, with the joys of very heaven,
gathered in a spirit form about the same
caSket and the same body. Could you
but have heard with the ears of the soul,
you would have heard them sound the
child has been born. Charles II. Branum,
Otto Tyson, Anton M. Armbruster and
A. NJ. Alberts, with the experience and
spiritual development of all their years
on earth, have come to abide in that
nobler realm which awaits the sons OF
men:
1.-THE assistance which we render in
this preparation and development FOR that
higher and nobler life, is the crowning
glCry of our beloved order By uplifting
and upholding the man, we make him
the better citizen; by making him a better
citizen, we raise the standard OF the ma
ton. By raising the standard of the ma
ton we carry more near to completion
the work begun by a most noble ancestry
And how well has the work been done. 1t
is to-day our just and proud boast that
nowhere and among no people do civil
liberty and religious freedom obtain to
so great degree as in our country and
among our people.
I'm the efforts of the people of our land
does the hope of the world lie for the
final establishment of the universal broth
erhood of man and the Christian fellow
Him who, by counsel and precept, taught
us the read to life divine, standing be-
fore us, let us in reverence draw nigh;
and from the innermost depths of our soul
let us exalt Him for the examples of fdel-
ity, charity, justice and brotherly love
He, from CalVary'S cross, bequeathed to
US. In the light of His teachings, guided
by His hand, let us maintain for our
beloved order that standard of purity and
righteousness that makes it helpful to
every brother who would attain a life
more happy and more blessed than the
one we here enjoy.
Brother Elks, the performance of a
great and good work yet awaits US. Let S
to the task with the courage and convic-
tons of men,
The address was followed with a vo-
cal number, THE Lord is My Light"
= (Frances Allitsen), rendered by Mrs.
Mabelle Barry Hanley. The number
was magnificently rendered. The ac-
companist was Prof. Hermann Shockey.
Bryant's 'Thanatcpsis" was the next
number on the programme. 1t was
spoken by Mr.. James P Morgan to the
accompaniment of the chimes.
Next was a vocal number by Miss
Elsie Gundling. 1t was THE King of
Love My Shepherd is" by Guonod Miss
Gundling's voice was especially adapt
ed to her selection and she rendered
it in a very effectual manner. Prof.
Shockey accompanied her.
The Rev. ]. G. Robb delivered the
eulogy. He spoke especially of the
service and its objects and the general
objects of the order 1t was eloquent
ly rendered and impressive in the ex-
treme.
ST. Luke's choir sang a second Choir
us. "Hark, Hark Ny Soul" by Shelly.
After Verdi's Finale" from Mac
beth had been rendered by the orches-
ira, the closing services were conduct
ed by the officers and the closing ode
was sung by all present, the benedic-
ton, pronounced by the Rev. Britting-
ham, terminated the service