Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-12-10
MEMORIALEXERCISES
INTERESTING SERVICES HELD BY PRESCOTT LODGE OF sIkS
 ON SUNDAY.
Virtues of Deceased Members of the Lodge Recalled in Love
 and Memory.

and Memory.
 The memorial exercises held in of P. hall on Sunday by the Prescot lodge of Elks was attended by
 large number of Elks and thei friends. The first Sunday of Decen Der in each year is devoted to memo rial exercises over members decease during the year. Members of Pres colt lodge who have passed iron time to eternity during the year ar Herbert W. Pentland, Alexander Cor diner, Charles L.. Martin, George R Sutherland and Hugh Mathewson Five chairs, representing those oc cupied by the deceased, draped il black and wreathed with smilax an; white carnations, were arranged il front of the Exalted Rulers station while clock, with the hands point ing to the hour of II o'clock, ove the Exalted Ruler, was similarly dec orated.
 The services were opened by th, officers of the lodge, reading tht ritual of the order for such occasions when the following programme wa' rendered.:
 Invocation-Rev A. N. Gibbons.
 Vocal solo-E. s. Campbell.
 Piano solo-Mrs. B. N. Smith.
 Selected reading-Mrs. T. E. Bate
 Vocal solo-Mrs. F. P. Ward.
 Vocal solo-Mrs. A. J. Monihon.
 Eulogy-E. S. Clark.
 Closing ceremonies of the lodge Benediction Rev. T. E. Bennett.
 The eulogy pronounced by MT Clark was very eloquent one, and was as follows:
 Human character has it's loftiest examples in those persons who, while eIerting the best and highest en- deavor for the right and truth and whose lives are splendid in their purity and achiement, yet exhibit the brosdest charity and toleration re- specting the faults and lapses of their fellow man. All such are spar ing of oensure and criticism; they judge gently and in merciful temper. They have learned the lesson that to know man one must live his life, see with his vision, contend with his strength and fail in his weakness. Thus and not otherwise-then snd not till then-should any presume to give weight and measurement to a brother sins. For none is capable of estimating the real worth of man until he knows the weakness of his armor as well as the strength of his arm, who has carried his burden and fought his fight. A few years ago an eminent jurist of Arizona, in ad- dressing the Bar association of Pres colt upon the defeat of one of its members, alluded to the fallibility of ordinary reputation in these words:
 "A true and exact analysis of any human character is impossible. The real man which underlies the super facilities of manner, voice and ap- pearance, like the atom, can be in ierred, but never perfectly known. It is difficult matter ofttimes for man to discover himself and measure his own worth; much more difficult is it to justly weigh ones friends and companions. What hopes, what as- pirations, what noble ideals and lofty endeavors, may they not cherish, un- known and unsuspected by usi The purest and best side of mans char acter is the one usually kept hidden from his friends and intimates. And it is only at rare intervals that we are ever able to catch glimpse of that holy of holies, the secret chamber of mans heart. I have an abiding confidence that most men, disregard ing the weaknesses common to hu- manlty and judging them wholly from thC VI llOtANC dhu are better than they seem."
 Like beacon light, the true phi losophy of the universal brotherhood shines forth from the utterances I have quoted. How solemnly true it is that all men should be judged from the standpoint of motive and intent, and with what deepening sentiments of justice ought we on occasions like this, to accept anew the conf dence that all men are better than they seem. And if men are really higher and nobler than they have appeared, then, under the test of divine fairness and impartiality, many lives which seemed to be bar ren and fruitless and mere cumber- CTS of the ground, are rick in the dues and credits of lofty attributes which have passed unnoticed by the worldly eye.
 Full many gem of purest ray ser
 The dark, unfathomed caves of
 ocean bear.
 Full many flower is born to blush
 unseen,
 And waste its sweetness on the
 desert air"
 And so. viewed in this light the crowning life work of every man has the effect of an incentive, or perhaps as challenge, to the world. And while the answer is always in kind, fer the master piece of painter may awaken martial ardor in a hundred youthful breasts, while the glory of some great general may deepen in many hearts the love of statecraft, peace and home. A musician chal- lenges with symphony; an artist answers with a Madonna. A Colum- bus challenges with the discovery of a western world; Jefferson answers with the declaration of independence; a Napoleon the Great challenges as the impersonation of force and i'm perialism; Lincoln answers with i