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

L. 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, o. o. F., and w. o. w, Hawk
eye Camp, No IS. The Odi Fello VS.
held their exercises early in the after
noon, which We're 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 exhortatlon to his hearers to
be true to the principles of the order.
NEARER my God to Thee" was beau
tifully rendered by chorus of young
ladies, after which Rev. A. G. Martyn
made short address.
The Odd Fellows exercises were
barely over when the head of the wood
men procession arrived at the Gene
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-
yelled. 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 out the beautiful
unwilling ceremonies without single
hitch. - Il
The male quartette, composed Of
Fred soehl, Albert Riepen, Dr.. J. l.
Gibson and Iorenx Lorenzen Gang 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 Van
camp were in attendance and assissed
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 q mastery effort. MIR. Cook 10 .
staunch member of the order, and she
words spoken by him came from the
heart We are glad to be able TO give
q synopsis Of his address.
Esteemed sovereigns and fellow citt-
zens:
Idesire first OF all to assure you that
/ 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-
ton at this time is one of sorrow
yet as remember our excellent sover-
eign who has gone little way before
us I do not know but that we should
sorrow rather for ourselves and rejoice
for him. The eternal silence into
which he wandered gives back 10 us
no echoes of the pains and penalties we
endure here, and if we can reason from
those things we understand are over
there, certainly his lot is the happier
of the two.
public as we'll as fraternal dutys
nv 20 tho
hero whose chief merit lies in the fact
that he has imbrued his hands in the
blood of his fellow men; whose heroism
rests on the very doubtful claim of
having been servant OF brute force,
the force behind armies, the force that
lies to men and cheats them into the
belief that they can be great only il
they use the sword and the cannon and
bayonet to STAY their fellows. We
have here no hero of that doubtful sort.
Our hero has clean hands and pure
heart: love was to him the greatest
thing in the world. For him the
brotherhood OF man exceed the fellow
ship of kings in its value on the human
heart. To him the character Of the
man was more than the deed. He saw
that without character the man could
be nothing more than beast Of
burden, living out here little portion
OF time with but one thought and one
aspiration-the, comfort of himself to
lift him out of The mire.
And he was right; you may pass laws
for human government; you may do
wise plans Of religion and religious
instruction; you may fill all your morn
ings and your evenings with prayer;
but I'm less there is firmly fixed in your
heart the foundations of character
there can be nothing that will endure.
Every thing in this world depend upon
having somewhere the man whose will
is to do the right. Everything in this
world, and our eternal righteousness
in the next, depends upon the sense Of