The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-02
ELKS' DAY OF GRIEF
PUBLIC SERVICES HELD In MEM
DRY of THEIR DEPARTED
BRETHREN
STIRRING ADDRESS BY F. NYE
Grand Opera House Is Ffttingly
Draped and Decorated With In
sigma of the Order - Inn
pressfve Ceremonial.

Following the beautiful custom Of It's
parent order, the st. Paul lodge of Elks
devoted yesterday afternoon to public
services In honor of the brothers VINO
have been taken from their number by
death.
The lodge of sorrow, as it Is designat-
ed, was held at the Grand opera mousse.
and that large auditorium was well, al
though not uncomfortably, filled. The
theater was tastefully and appropriately
decorated for the occasion. In the center
of the stage stood the altar from the
Eiks' lodge rooms, draped with a large
American flag, upon which lay an open
Bible, surmounted by a pair of antlers.
Other portions of the lodge room fur
niture were placed in becoming array,
and in the background on either side ap-
peared two large mounted elks. On a Ia
BILE prominently placed in an embraSure
of the scenery stood candlebra in which
were candles for each of the departed
ones The proscenium boxes were draped
with American flags intermlngled With the
purple and white of the order of Elks,
and the balcony was hung with the
latter colorS.
Exalter Ruler Isaac Lederer presided,
and on either side of him at the rear
of the stage sat the speakers of the oc-
casfon, Frank M. Nye, of Minneapolis.
and Rev. A. B. Meldrum. On the stage
also sat the officers of the lodge and
others who contributed to the programme
After Settings orchestra had played
Beyond the Gates of Paradise" the eX-
erciseS were formally opened by Exalted
Ruler Lederer who delivered the ADDRESS
prescribed by the ritual of the order for
such occasions.
Secretary John B. Baker was called up
on to read the roll of the honored dead,
and as each name was read, Past Exalted
Ruler c.. s. Bartram lighted one of the
thirty-seyen candles This ceremonial
being concluded a choir consisting Of
Misses Beatrice Pickthall r., and
Jane Moore and Messrs w. J.
Hall and Frank Wilson, sang
'Abide With Me- and the ritualst-
ic ceremonies were conducted by the OF
fcers. The opening ode of the order.
'.Auld Lang Syne," was sung by the au-
dience with the orchesra. Rev. A. B.
Medium invoked the divine blessing, and
w. J. Hall sang "Comfor Ie.
Nye's Memorial Address.
The memorial address was delivered by
Frank NJ. Nye of Minneapolis, who said
in part: ITO the Benevolent and Pro
tective Order Of Elks this sacred day Of
the year should certainly be consecra led
to higher thought, purity of sentiment.
and lofty ideas. 1t sometimes seems TO
me, as we dwell in the valley of the
night and doubt, that this is not day
of sadness. To every man of robust
thought there must sometimes come the
beautiful suggestion Of Immortality, Of
the infinite love of the infinite parent OF
us all. The Lord said to the Corinthian:
That which thou SoWeSt shall not
quicken unless it die and this principle
we find eXemplified in the life all about
us. There were found in the ruins of a
Roman temple seeds which sprouted and
grew. They had been there 1000 years.
"Out of death is born life. They whose
names you called today are not dead;
they are born out of that which we call
death into life. They not lieA - Them
selves, but they live to us. We are the
| noble thought but has gone forth to make
| the world better. The canvass of the
| painter may decay Or the marble of the
sculptor crumble away, but the beauti-
! full thought which inspired them still
lives No unsAlfish deed or thought has
peri&ned; they are ours. Leonldas still
STANDS in the past for you and me.
guarding liberty; Nelson, Farragut and
Porter on the seas and Grant and host
of Nther officers and privates on land
still live for us-live in minds made bet
But there is another thought than i'm
mortality suggested today. 1t is brother
hood, universal brotherhood. Men and
nations, according to their greatness,
| master thought; Abraham by the faith
that could move mountains, Moses by
that determination to lend his fellow
men from darkness into light, and Joseph
by righteousness, openness and purity
OF character Homer was actuated by
those heroic characteristics which
through his teachings, produced results
| in the young Athenians. In this coun-
try liberty has been the master thought.
Liberty coming down through the stream
OF our Puritan forefathers and revolu-
tionary ancestors, has lifted UP this ma
ton until it is the peer if not the superior
of any of those of the old world
DIR. Medium on Brotherhood.
The ouartette sang I'm Pilgrim,
I'm a Stranger after which Rev. A. B.
Medium delivered a brief but forcible
address, which was in substance as fol-
lows:
''It is a good thing for men of the
world like you to be brought abruptly to
| a realization of the world to come, the
real purpose of life, the meaning of life.
| AS l listened to the words of the preced-
| ing speaker I could not but think that
| If he was giving us ar exposition of the
| underlying principles of your order, then
| my friends what sort of men ought you
to be- what sort of citizens. you who
believe in the universal brotherhood of
man? There is an object in life and its
premise is faith. Greed is but the ar
| gument, and without faith, it is mere
! Pigment. nothing. It is a noble thing to
| believe in the brotherhood IN man; but
| there is one thing nobler and that Is
| to live as though we believed it. Let
us get rid of these incrustations of so
| ciety which come between us and those
| of our fellow men who do not happen
| to be of our particular creed or our par
! ticular class. Let US look upon our fell
/ low man not simply as the creature of
| God but the child of God
''There is one way to get ready to die,
| and that is by right living. We can find
| comfort when our friends pass from US
if We can say he lived rightly, died well
| and all is safe"
The programme closed with brief ritual
| istic exercises by the officers of the
| by Rev. A B. Medium.
| Roll of Honor Dead
Following is the roll of deceased mem
! bers of Lodge No. So in whose honor the
| services were held:
Stanley Proudf1t died April 90 1880.
| Daniel E. Roselle, died, Aug. IA, 1890.
B. W. Armstrong, died Jan. 8, 1892
E. Stone German, died May Is, 1892.
L. Coyle Kittson, died Dec. g. 1892.
E. E. Mcdonald, died March 10, 1894
/ Ehle Allen, died July g. 1894.
| Charles F. Dana, died July 26. 1894
David Kennedy, died Nov. IS, 1895
| George l.. Hendrickson, died Feb. IL
| 1895.
A. H. c. Yancy. died March 20 1896.
A N Nelson, died May "a 1896
J. d. Mckenzie, died Sept. 16, 1896.
Thomas A. Dunlava, died Nov. q 1886.
William Rodger, died Nov IL, 1885,
George H. Allen, died July 2, 1897.
Frederick L. Bancroft, died, Sept. g.
| 1897
J. H. Manchester died Oct 80 1897.
| Fred W. Paige. died Feb. Z, 1898.
Norton r. Bagley died April II, 1898.
/ Oscar A. Wolf, died Dec. 4, 1898.