The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-02

contentment II your wishes be modest
then will you he content with the ordi-
nary affairs OF life--those which are more
eosiy within yGgSr rsasn t anu more o SeadiIS
encourage and assist those who are less
fortunate and less happy.
laudablp ambition Iof those who r~plre TO
extraordinary positions In life. II is the
natural and normal desire OF man TO excel.
I" IT'S sweet to win,
No matter how, ones laurels,
BY blood or Ink"
And he who in raising himself can ele.
vate and comfort his fellow man receives
the mcrited praise OF mankind ana the
blessings OF heaven upon his greatness.
"As some tall cur that lifts its awful
sweils from the vale and midway leaves
Tho round It's breast the rolling clouds are
Eternal sunshine settles on its head"
But the man who seeks to elevate him
self by oppression or other form OF selhsh,
receive the plaudlts Of the seryle can
neither carry TO his grave the blessings
OF clear conscience nor leave 10 man
kind the heritage OF n blessed memory.
Far better aud happier than such greatness
Is the modest, unassuming. humble NE
that has learned "the luxury OF doing
Now as we are about to review the indl.
vldual characters OF those who nave &C,
complished this life and left their record
Of good and bad. may we write their
faults upon the sand and their virtues
upon the tablets Of love and memory.
~
The quartette choir Of the Beth Isrnel
synagogue, Miss Bessie Hughes, Mrs. n. c.
Munger, Mr.. A. b. Cohen and Mr. n. c.
Munger sang Protect Us Through the
| Coming Night" their voices blending In
The Quay Of delivering the eulogy had
| been assigned to Mr., ]. VI. Coleman, but
| that gentleman being called away az the
! last moment, the task was transferred TO
| MIR Nj. l.. Malevnnsky, who extcmporlzfd a
! beautiful eulogy, OF which tie following IL
| simply a synopsis. He said In substance;
| We are gathered again In annual conven-
| tion TO pay d solTowful. respectful AMI
| loving tribute to the memory OF our de-
! parted dead The faults Of our brothers
! we write upon the sands, their virtues on
! the tablets OF love and memory" The In
| sttution Of this erylcc would fall short or
| accomplishing its purpose were u only the
planting Of n flower or the shedding OF a
tear on n dry and unproductlye soil from
which comes no echo OF human voice.
Looking buck through hlstorys pages now
many Of those who lived century aSH
! whose names were then inscribed In the
aiSleS. Of fame are remembered today ny
the living. Even going back a score OF
years, how many, II called upon, could re.
,~lnt the names and recite the virtues OF
those who were then active In nghuhg lne
grcut battle OF me! We are not nero soIely
~ recount the virtues or reclte the honors
due our dead, but rather TO gather fhsplta'
ton and ieain a lesson from inc ncho,le'
OF those who nave pAsSel away. lnt , va
T"uS ny, M, l,r3 % ,,,i,,ry hsrit1ye A.
/, Virtue that we might emulate It is moi
necessary TO refer indlyldgaiy TO 1aro
, nred roll We know that In THIS hall SW'
, stand upon the sacred spot whore but
few short days ago we saw them IN th'
prime Ana Nlgor "r ro "lo an "f,,,iI,oT Wi,
, some of their frailties but to err is hu
d man The man has never lived who h
,,,,t' made mistakes, who has not at SOM
: lime nm counter 10 the human and diyin
law Snffico n that they were all goo
nttizana"ntl good Elks 70 do unto other
A ns We would have others do unto Ms, {
~ tcnd 70 tb,tn tho warm hand of friend
: aim 70 extend n hone. to aid some holtn
G hpmnn, TO helm A brother, not necessarl
i'm oImSciylng and charity, but 10 take u