Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10
TIL MEMORIAL SERVICE
And an Appropriate Musical Pros
gramme Constituted the Exercises.
The stage Appropriately Decor
ated-A Summary of the Days Pros
ceedings.


OF the Shield OF Honor, and the inter-
esting. exercises were attended by an
audience that comfortably filed The
large auditorium. The stage, for the
occasion, was prettily decorated in
flowers and potted greenery and with
the national and lodge colors. The
exercises were participated in by the
four lodges of this city, namely the
Zane Lodge No. 1 Fort Henry No. 2.
Eureka No. and Wheeling No. Z, and
Bro. c. D. Thompson, acted as chair
after which the Summers band rend-
cred selection and an ode was sung
by the audience. The Rev. G. E.
Clark, the pastor OF the Thomson M.
E. church, led the assembly in prayer,
and Mr.. w. B. Day followed with an
excellently rendered solo entitled Elk
celsior."
The first address of the afternoon
was made by Bro. Jas. DeGrant, and in
it he gave brief history of the lodge.
He said that in September of 1884. he
received a letter from the lodge in Bal
timore. asking him what he could do
in this city for them. He at once set
to work and on October 4th, of that
year, band of twenty men met and
were organized into the first lodge of
tho Cb;o1d oP Honor in fhic oitv Sow
enteen years have now passed and this
little band of men has been extended
until there are now twelve hundred
men in this city belonging to the Or
der The first lodge in this country
was formed in Baltimore twenty-five
years ago, and it's growth over the en-
tire country has been nearly as rapid
as in this city.
During the seventeen years that the
lodge has been in Wheeling $4,000 has
been given out In death benefits, and
many additional thousands have been
spent in the relief of the sick and poor.
In concluding he referred to the honor
that had been paid the city by the
election OF the Supreme Master of the
United States from the local lodge
The lodge, he said. does not expect to
stop in it's present growth but to con-
tinue to extend it's growth. He then
referred to the action taken by the
denomination that recently met and
condemned all secret societies. ''The
Wheeling lodge has done nothing that
would bring reproach on the city and
l think the denomination that would
criticise an order that has done so
much is very selfish and narrow-mind-
ed"
At this point the band played an ov-
erture after which the Rev. c. E. Clark
delivered the memorial address. He
said: eve have not assembled here
this afternoon to honor those who have
passed away for what they did for
themselves, but for that which they
did for others, therefore l think that
the topic 'Unselfishness' would be an
appropriate one for my address. l
shall consider it in three divisions
what they did for themselves, what
they did for us and what we can do
for them
Eve honor these men for their I'M
selfish acts. We can do naught else.
for immortal honor belongs to every
man who to some extent has forgotten
self and worked in the interest of 9TH
ers, and it is only in this way that pos
terity will remember us. You would
not honor them had they worked al
ways in the interest of themselves" AS
an illustration he recited the incident
of two singers that went to England
One sang for money and is now un-
known and forgotten. The others
voice was not so sweet, but she sang
to the sick, to the poor and to those in
prison and her memory is honored by
all. She was Jenny Lind. He also
spoke of Lord Shaftesberry and his re-
gret that he must leave the world. He
then told how he had worked among
the poor and ragged, the unfortunate
and helped establish school. His fun
eral was the most magnificent ever
seen in Europe. All those he had
worked for turned out to do him honor
even to the smallest school boy. Would
they have done this had he selfshly
worked for himself?
In all the great reform movements
the leader is forced to answer the ques-
tion-shall l live for myself or for
others. If they decide ON the latter
clause they will not be forgotten. He
then spoke of the works the lodge had
accomplished and said that those who
have gone before would not be forgot
ten, but the man who lives selfish
life leaves memory as poisonous as
s-e other leaves memory good and
pure that will help all. He then recit-
ed the instance of the death of Lord
Nelson and the favorable memory he
had left to posterity.
Those who have passed from earth,