The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-02
ELKS' MEMORIAL SERVICE
ANNUAL EVENT ATTHE HYPERION
 BY E. r. 0. F. LAST NIGHT.

BY B. r. 0. F. LAST NIGHT.
 Homage Paid to the Dead of the Lodge
 Feeling and Appropriate Remark,
 Made by We'll Known Speakers
 "Charity" the Cardinal virtue-Th,
 Musical lNumbcrs-Large Audience.
 Yesterday was the day set apart by
 the organizat ton known as the Benevo-
 lent tnd Protective Order of Elks fol
 its annual memorial service. Such ser
 vices were. therefore, held by all the
 principal lodges in the country. The
 New Haven lodge No. 25 conducted a
 very impressive service at the Hyperion
 last evening. the audience quite filling
 the house.
 After number of selections by the
 orchestra Dr. J. H. Kelley, exalted rul-
 CT, opened the exercises, the members
 of the local lodge having taken their
 places in the body of the house. By means of a stereopticon the portraits of the deceased members were thrown upon the canvas hung at the rear of the attractively decorated stage. Follow ing are the names of the deceased mem- bers in whose honor the services were held, the last three named having pass ad away tho roet 1raor.
 Clark Peck, Charles R. Spaulding, Gustave Sprung, M. w. Carroll, Charles A. Davis, Charles Turner, Howard w.. Main, George A, Basserman, Charles w. Bradley, D. s. Northrop, August c. Blenner, Charles w. Bradley, jr., Dan- iel J. Brennan, Thomas F. German. Charles w. Guthrie, Samuel B, S. Bis sell Henry Bonn, Joseph P. Baldwin, John MacGilvray and Joseph D. Tay- Tor.
 The musical part of the programme was confined to two New York singers, the committee having decided not to have local talent this year. It should not have been difficult to have secured more professional talent in New York. Miss Fife Stewart sang three times, but evidently was in poor voice. Her tone delivery is far from free and her enunciation in consequence was faulty. Her soprano voice was at times power full and sweet her first number, "The Sweetest Flower" being perhaps her best effort. She was less successful than at her appearance here last week. John J. Bergen, a metropolitan church tenor, has small, sweet voice which 1,o da fIo Of in, a r,rlr priate selections. Rythm, which is one of the first clements of good music, seemed to be lacking. however.
 In the opening exercises Charles Bon- ney and his boy choir sang the hymn Nearer, My God, to Thee"
 The address of Rev, George Foster Prentiss, pastor of Davenport church, was eulogistic of the departed brethren, to whom he referred as the vanguard, and said that sooner or later those who were now present would form the van guard and join those who had gone be- fore He also spoke of the cardinal principles of the order-charity, benev- olence, brotherly love--and refsrred par ticularly to the latter, saying that it was one of the greatest virtues which we can possess and one which tended more to make this world as Jesus Christ desired 1t than most anything else. He said we must be true to things true to persons and trusts imposed upon us, To be truthful to each other was the fundamental element which gives us the power to be true to our selves
 Speaking of the departed brethren, he said they were true to their trusts, and that this memorial service was held for the purpose of wreathing garlands of forget -me- nots and to gather immor- telles for those who have entered into their rest We should In our duties be true to the principles of the order so that when the time shall come for our l departure we shall go as fearessy, as easily and as heroically as they who have gone before.
 Dr. M. r. Sullivan, of Hartford lodge | No 19, said that this assembling in honor of the dead was being done in all parts of this broad land. and wherever there was such an assemblage it was with the same thought of paying hom- age to those brethren who had gone to that bourne from whence no traveller He said that the season was In accord, the day brought to mind an other and better world, and 1t was the hour when night hangs It's pail over the city. Under these circumstances, and with these conditions, all had come to pay respect to the dead. He said they were now consigned to mother, earth, but their memories still lived and would i've forever in the hearts of those left behind. They have passed the jaws of leath, but are sending us messages of oy, hope and thankfuness They are lear to us, and to forget them would be o stifie the purest instincts of mortals. Charity does not cease with the grave. t Is silent and unseen and will go on 'orever and 80 long as the Elks exist hey shall do homage to the faithful brother.
 The last speaker was Rev. George H. Ferris, of Calvary Baptist church. He llso confined his remarks to the cardi- lal principles of the order, speaking es- ,ecially on charity. He said that true l1arity was heaven and that the more f it we have the better the world will , e. It must be spontaneous and hearty i nd originating by some impulse which ubbles up in some not understood way. / t Is as ray of sunlight which bright $ ms all that comes within it's touch and , laddens all that enjoy it. ,