The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-01
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M. o. w. Unveiling Ceremonies
Sunday Afternoon.
ADDRESS GIVEN BY H. A. COOK

ADDRESS GIVEN BY Il. A. COOK
/. o. o. + Also Decorate Graves Of
Deceased Brothers. Two Hundred
Listen to Address
Oakland cemetery, last Sunday af-
ternoon, was the scene of the memorial
services of two secret orders. Sidonia
lodge, |. Q. O. r., and W. o. w, Hawk
eye Camp, No. 76. The Odi Fellows
held their exercises early in the after
noon, which were very impressive. At
ter decorating the graves of the de-
parted members of the Order an address
was made by r. Shaw Van, which was
not only an eloquent tribute to the
memory of the dead. but was also an
earnest exnortatlon to his hearers to
be true to the principles of the order.
"N.arer my God to Thee" was beau
tifully rendered by chorus of young
ladies, after which Rev. A. G. Martyr
made short address.
The Odd Fellows exercises were
barely over when the head of the wood
men procession arrived at the ceme-
terry. w. j, McAhren as captain, rode
at the head followed by about forty
members of the order on foot and a
large number of citizens and friends
in carriages.
The memorial services were held at
the grave of Sovereign Andrew Stew
art where beautiful monument: which
has been erected by the order, was un-
veiled. w. c. Van Ness was master OF
ceremonies, and together with consul
commander B. F. Foderberg, adviser
lieutenant Ed. McAlpin, and banker
G. G. Davis, carried ont the beautiful
unwilling ceremonies without . single
hitch. 4
The male quartette, compoesd o.
Fred soehl, Albert Riepen, DR.. J. I.
Gibson and Iorenz Lorenzen sang sew.
eral songs. and Lincoln's fsvorite poem,
why Should the Spirit Of Mortal be
Proud" Was effectively rendered BY
Mrs. George Sprecher.
About fifteen members of tho Vail
camp were in attendance and assisSsd
in decorating the grave at the end Of
the ceremonies.
The address was delivered BY Sow.
erign 81. A. Cook, of Fl. Dodge, and
was masterly effort. MIR. Cook 10 4
staunch member of the order, and she
words spoken by him came from the
heart. We are glad to be able TO give
synopsis of his address.
Esteemed Sovereigns and fellow citt-
zens:
desire first of all to assure you tha,
much appreciate the favor you have
conferred upon me by giving me this
opportunity to again be with you and
to address you for few moments. AL.
though the theme that asks for atten.
tion at this time is one of sorrow
yet as | remember our excellent sover.
eign who has gone little way before
us do not know but that we should
sorrow rather for ourselves and rejoice
for him. The eternal silence into
which he wandered gives back TO US
no echoes of the pains and penalties We
endure here, and if we can reason from
those things that appear here anG
those things we understand are over
there, certainly his lot is the happier
of the two.
We have come here today to perform
q public as we'll as fraternal duty
We have not come to raise stone to
hero whose chief merit lies in the fac
that he has imbrued his hands in tn,
blood of his fellow men; whose heroisn
rests on the very doubtful claim O
having been servant OF brute force
the force behind armies, the force tha
lies to men and cheats them into th,
belief that they can be great only i
they use the sword and the cannon an,
bayonet to slay their fellows. W.
have here no hero of that doubtful sort
Our hero has clean hands and pur
heart: love was to him the creates
thing in the world. For him tn
brotherhood OF man exceed the fellow
ship of kings in its value on the huma
heart. To him the character Of tn
man was more than the deed. He ga,
that without character the man cdnl
be nothing more than q beast {
burden, living out here little portio
OF time with but one thought and on
aspiration-the comfort of himself--4 4
lift him out of The mire.
And he was right; you may pass Law
for human government; you may d.
wise plans OF religion and religion
instruction; you may fill all your morl
ings and your evenings with praye
but un less there is firmly fixed in 20,
heart the foundations of charact
there can be nothing that will endur
Every thing in this world depend upe
having somewhere the man whose vi
!. is to do the right. Everything in th
world, and our eternal righteonsne
in the next, depends upon the sense
lduty duty m ust be the one thing abo'