The Butte inter mountain., 1901-12-02
J. NJ. Andrews.
H. A. NiedenhOfen.
Julius Reinhart.
John McGarry.
j. E. Van Gundy.
s. j. Reynolds.
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ritual. all of the officers joining in this
part of the ceremony.
The program was then resumed, Miss
Charlotte Nj. Best singing "The Grave
on the Heath" An invocation was made
by the Rev. j. r. Russell and Mrs.
MacFarland sang AVE Maria with
violin oblgato by Otto A. Olson.
Daniel Frawley. of the Frawley Opera
company. spoke briefly. Among other
things he said there could be no more
beautiful sentiment than one familiar to
all Elks-'The faults of our brothers
are written upon the sands. while their
virtues are engraved on tablets of love
and memory
Some OF the munificent acts Cf Elks
that had come under his obervation
were recounted and in conclusion he re-
fered touchingly to the death OF
brother of his profession and of the order
in a strange country.
Rest Of the Program.
The remainder of the program was
carried out as follows:
Trio, "Hear us o Father" Miss Scott,
Miss Finnegan and Mr.. Paynter; solo,
Heaven Has Shed a Tear" Mrs. Fitz
Butler, with cello oblgato by Russell
H. Ballard: quartet. Lost Chord" Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Thomas. Miss Finnegan
and Mr.. Coup; cello solo. Russell II.
Ballard; solo. THE Angelic Salutation.
Mrs H. V. Winchell. The Silver Bow
Glee club sang the Vacant Chair in
conclusion, E Vernon Matlack was the
accompanist in all the musical numbers.
In the feature of the occasion. the ad-
dress of Cornelius F. Kelley, those as
sembled were not disappointed. Mr..
Kelley was In splendid voice and held
the close attention of his audience
throughout his speech.
Mr.. Kelley's Address.
In part he spoke as follows:
We have assembled this afternoon in
accordance with the beautiful custom OF
our order to pay a tribute of respect to
the memory Of our departed brothers;
to give expression to those sentiments
outpouring from our hearts for those of
our brothers who have taken their cham
bers in the silent halls of death; to show
that within the ranks of our beloved
order, not only in life. but in death as
well. will they he remembered, and that
today when draped In the colors or the
pail are the emblems of our brotherhood,
the memory of those whom in life we
met within the enclosure of our ranks
still lives.
That cen though the body has passed
from it's mortal sight, and the soul that
animated it's earthly tenement has taken
flight today, no less than then, they are
our brothers still.
Not separated by the gulf of eternity,
nor lost in chaos awful depth, but fef-
low travellers on the pathway of life, they
have merely reached the rivers brink
ahead of us, and casting back one lin
era,>;,,c u1o hava takAn their n19ceS
by the boatman's side and crossed the
river to that dark and gloomy shore
where. standing on the rivers brink,
they wait Ito welcome us with out
stretched hands who must soon inev'ta-
bly, join them.
Today we dedicate to memory's golden
mirror an hour of reflection and pause
amidst our busy lives to commemorate
by these simple but impressive cere-
monies the memory of our departed ones.
Lodge of Sorrow.
Today the lodge of mirth becomes the
lodge OF sorrow. The joyous laugh that
followed the well-told tale, today is
silent. The merriment that sparkled
around the convivial board lis suppressed.
The royal purple gives way to somber
black, and Elkdom shows it's nobler,
higher self.
Intuitively we pass from a conscious
ness of the pre- sent to a reflection of the
past and a contemplation of the future.
We cannot think of one and exclude the
other, for commingled with the memory
of those for whom incense burns today
upon the altar Of fraternity is the con-
sciousness that one day brother Elks
will assemble in some temple like unto
this. and, with Blended heads, pay to us.
the living Of today. the tribute which we
now pay to Others.
The Roman reached the sublimest
summit of his glory in his Pantheon
and temples decorated the Capitolene
hill; his soul awakened and his mind
illunined by faith, whose magic vapors
startled the intellect from it's bondage
and created works Of magnificence un-
heard Of, undreamed Of and unthought
of before.
The sublime thought OF the conception
and the crucifxion impelled the brushes
of the masters to those prodigies of art
that stand unequaled and unrivaled
through all the world. All. yes. faith it
has been, and the inspiration that comes
from the abiding belief in it. that has
advanced the art, the science and civil
ization OF the world.
And while we refer to this broad faith,
far be it from us to underestimate or
slight the benign results that have fol-
lowed in its most rfpened and best form
as embodied In the principles and teach
ings of the Christian church.
Came Among the Lowly.
Centuries of gradual development had
prepared man for its founding and when
advanced to prove a fertile soil for It's
conception and it's teachings. its pro-
Chalmers came not embfazoned In the
glory OF the monarch. nor descending like
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