Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-12

| erly clothed and sent to our public
schools for the purpose OF education.
could describe 10 you scenes IN hospitals
where the sick and weary We're given
proper care and attention, / could tell
| you Of many ways. yea, countless ways,
In which the hand OF Elks charity has
been raised TO help mankind. Hun
| dreds OF thousands OF dollars are every
year expended by the order In this
| manner.
ELK JUSTICE.
There, too IL justice, and Justice Is
| one Of the very birth marks OF our peo-
| pie. We were born In a contest for
| justice. II was for Justice that our
forefathers fought from Lexington to
yorktown. II was for justice that the
leglons battled In the great drama that
eliminated ut Appomatox. 1t is inbred
In our very bone and tissue. II UNDER
| lies the fabric OF our institutions. II
IL manifest In our form OF government
| IN our system OF Jurisprudence, In our
laws, In our social customs, IN all the
rnmihcations OF our national life. For
justice all place temple and all sea-
son summer IL not with US n mean
ingless phrase. With the growth and
development OF our country, with the
increasing questions Of internal admin
istratlon and the problems that from
time TO time confront us, q deep sense
OF justice In the hearts OF the people,
Is indispensable for the protection OF
our institutions and for their transmits.
sion uninpalred to posterlty Elkdom
believes In the broad comprehensive
justice, in the justice that Is the bull.
wark OF Americas greatness and per.
petulty.
ELK LOVE.
There also is brothery love. And In
this we are az one with our people. our
people was the first pupil and greatest
exponent of this divine Injunction
Where could II find better Judgement
than IN the heart OF a people whose
own liberty and happiness had been
made possible through travail and suf-
ferlng, and whose dark hours had been
Illuminated In the time of need by the
loyalty and devotion Of an allen friend
We have seen the benefactlons Of our
people going to the suffering of distant
lands. We have seen them strike the
shackles from an enthralled race.
Through many detas has the stream Of
this divine principle poured forth into
the ocean 81 human affairs. We be-
hold II In arbitration, which is becom-
ing a controlling factor In the diplo-
macy Of the world. We see Il In reclpro-
city which Is bringing different nations
into closer relationship, Its spirit IL
implanted In our very hearts, Is mani.
fest In our affairs both national and In
dlvidual Its influence no one can es-
Innate. II enters into all our life.
both public and private. political and
social commercial and industrial. 1t Is
a potent power in the promotion Of
those sentiments and feelings OF
humanity and fraternity that should
and must obtain among q free people.
ELK FIDELITY.
And there above all Is fidelity. Can
you conceive OF patriotism, home, mar
riage, love, friendship. character, man.
hood, womanhood honesty OF convio-
ton, or faith or any Of the nobler at
tributes and sentiments OF the human
heart, without fidelity? II stands as one
Of the prominent characteristics Of our
people and II Is the browning principle
OF elkdom.
HOME AND WOMEN
While these are the four notices OF
elkdom, not alone by them are we idtn-
tilted With the higher purposes and bet
ter characteristics Of our people. We
enjoln respect CT home. What power
the word possesses! How Il thrills the
heartl How II bids us pause and re-
fleet What memories, what sentl-
ments, what Inspirations its very men
ton suggests How II holds us captive |
In It's sacred loving charml Home, |
Sweet Home" Is the sweetest song that
was ever bfeathed in music from hui
man lips. and nowhere has the home |
been so ENROLLED and dlgnlhed as here |
In our own country. II Is implanted In |
the very hearts OF our people. /, Is |
indeed national creed lilkdom be- |
lieyes In the purity OF the home. We |
enjoin respect for woman, and every |
member Of our order Is sworn 10 pro- |
tect and to defend her The age Of |
chiyalry Is not past. The days OF !
knights errant are not with us mem |
ory II Is said that in the great gal |
lery at the Louvre there r. q Picture |
strangely fascinating. II Is named The |
Night after the Cruclflxion" AS you |
draw near you win discover the outlines |
OF human figure enveloped In the inl-
penetrable darkness Of night No stars |
are visible. No moon casts its soft |
rays AS you approach you discover
that Il is the figure of Christ and az |
His bruised and bleeding feet Mary |
Magdalene.
And 80 throughout all time there have |
been no truer exemplars OF devotion, no |
nobler champions Of fidelity than wife,
mother, sister and daughter. The past |
created pictures OF beautiful women, OF |
their fidelity, their devotion. their |
beauty and their love, but the present |
Is making the ideals real. Scarcely a
day passes as We move among our So
cial circles or out into the pathways Of |
the world, but we see some de- |
voted Antigone, observe some faith.
full Penelope, fellow the guide of |
some heavenly Beatrice. sing to some
Highland Mary. con6de in some wifely |
Porta. or shelter the whitening hairs Of |
age on the flial breast OF some loving |
Cordelia. Elkdom believes in all that
and exalts womanhood.
PORTALS ARE OPEN.
The portals Of Elkdom are thrown
wide to all manly applicants, II draws
no distinctions. In the republic OF our
and democracy of our
ideas, all are equal Our order il con-
structiye and not destructive. The spir-
II OF iconoolasm dwels not within Its
circle. 1t molests no temple, desecrates
no altar. profanes no sanctuary. 1t
robs no man Of his faith. attacks no
creed, critieises no sect. II shadows no
lawn, darkens no hope, saddens no love
II does not seek to supplant the church |
or usurp It's functions. Its religion is
It's creed IL friendship. It's
golden rule the love OF fellow man,
which embraces and includes within
itself the best, the noblest the truest
impulses of the human heart. What |
O picture Would that the brush OF
genius could place Il upon canvas that
Il might shine forth as "a cloud by day
and pillar Of fire by night" TO light |
all mankind out Of the bondage OF in.
tolerance.
WHEN ELKs WERE MADE.
Elkdom was born at time when our