The Washington times., 1901-12-02

promise upon the horizon of our holiest
| aspiration.
| Like the several orders of architecture
That sprang perfect from the creative
genius of classic Greece differing in their
distinctively ornamental graces. yet shar-
ing in common the fundamental concepts.
so are the four pillars-charity. justice,
brotherly love, and hdelity-that support
the temple OF Elkdom-a temple built on
the material taken from the minds of
| human thought and feeling; a temple
whose foundations are the granite of
| manhood its walls the crystal of virtue,
its arches the gold of honor. its embcllish-
ments the garlands of kind deeds. whose
dome of inspiration tessellated with the
gems of sacrifices, is illuminCd by the
| brilliant lamp of wisdom.
"BrotherIy love is the golden key which
| unlocks the callOus; it is the lame that
melts the icy heart; it is the laughing
| sunbeam that awakens ,the blossom for a
smile; it is the sweet voice that prompts
| us to take hold of the hand of our brother
who is a little lower down as we grope
our way along the great worlds altar
| stair that slopes through darkness up to
| God"
Father Currier on Charity.
The theme of the address of the Rev.
| Charles Warren Currier, of st. Marys
| Catholic Church, was Charity" and he
spoke after there had been shown tab
leau depicting this phase of the princi
! pies of the order. Father Currier said in
! part:
Anything that tends to raise mankind
| to a higher plane commands my SYM
pathy," he said. 1T is an evidence OF
! your broad -mindedness that you have in
| vited me, representative of the most
| urcompromising religion in the world, to
contribute my mite to tt1fs service.
Nothing makes US so great, so broad,
as charity. 1t is the death robe of selfish
ness. 1t takes us out of ourselves, and
places US in the world beyond. 1t makes
US feel the heart throbs of humanity.
Nothing makes man so GodIike as chari-
ty..s
No better expression can be found than
IN the words of the apostle. God is chari-
ment of charity
Representative Tompkins Speaks.
Following a solo, Thy Will Be Done"
by Mr.. H. NJ. Smith, the tableaux Jus
tice,' by Mrs. Julia U. Haas, preceded an
address on Justice and Fidelity by Rep
sentative Emmett Tompkins of Ohio.
Mr.. Tompkins' address was a mastery
dissertation on these two qualities, the
mainstay of the bonds of the order The
order has, he said, for its controlling
forces patriotism and fraternalism. Fra
ternalism was that component part of the
natures OF men that drew men together
within the strongest and tenderest bonds
True patriotism inspired and set afoot
that condition of mind and heart which
moved mankind to the plane where peo-
pie became good citizens jusJ for the love
Oh belng such, and it accentuated and in
tensified all the clear and effective ener-
gies of fraternalism. The problem of a
people tending toward these principles,
Mr.. Tompkins said was how to come near
est being people who are altogether
good. The liberal practice of charity, jus
tice, brotherly love and fidelity was so
rare he said. that he who does practice
them is distinguished in the community
where he resides by reason thereof.
Extent of Aid Unknown.
Charity was the principle of the order
which, Mr.. Tompkins said. received more
frequent recognition than any other. THE
world does not and never will, know he
said, the uncounted acts of charity per-
formed by the Elks, because we have all
pledged our highest honor never to reveal
TO anyone not an Elk any help which
may be given to the needy.
The old ScripturaI injunction prevails
with us. Never let the left hand know
what the right hand deeth, and hundreds
have felt the warm touch of the Elks'
generosity, and none besides the giver and
the taksr tnew. And so it will be. Can
it not be. should it not be said then, that
with such principles. and with such prac-
tees, the Benevolent and Protective Or
der Of Elks exercises the power which
lifts mankind, aRd everywhere within the
sphere of its operations sheds benign and
softening light"
The Marine Band played Chopin's Fun
cral March, there was another tabieau
Fidelity. after which Mrs. Elsie Bond
Bischon sang. Il VIII Extol Thee" and
the closing ceremonies were conducted
by the exalted ruler and the officers of
the lodge. Another selection was rendered
hy the Marine Band and the audience then
Joined in the singing of Nearer, Ny God.
10 Thee, after which the chaplain, the
Rev. Alexander Specht, pronounced the
benedictiOn