The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-05
HONORS FOR DEAD
OF PADUCAH LODGE
IMPRESSIVE LODGE OF SOR-
ROW" YESTERDAY.
Kentucky Theater Packed With Peo-
ple-Splendid Orations
Delivered.
MUSIC WAS UNUSUALLY GOOD

Paducah Lodge. b. p. o. f.. in ac-
cordance with the annual custom OF
Elks lodges everywhere. yesterday
afternoon at o'clock assembled at
the Kentucky theater to hold memo
rial exercises In honor Of its dead,
particularly of those who have died
since the exercises last year. The
program was excellent and the mu-
sic good. both instrumental and vo.
cal.
Deans band furnished the music
and the invocation was pronounced
by Rev. @. w. Perryman, OF the
First Baptist church.
The opening ceremonies OF the
lodge were followed by a solo by Mr..
Emmett Bagby. and following this a
general eulogy on the deceased
brothers OF the year was delivered
by Attorney J. c. Flournoy. the fol-
lowing: w. E. Augustus, @. NJ. Tagg.
W. |. Levy. Z. J. Bergdoll. A, L..
We'll. II. II. Hobson. ". c. Bro
nough.
The eulogy was pretty and heard
with interest. Owing to the unusu-
ally large number OF dead this year
no separate eulogies were delivered.
but Mr.. Flournoy well covered the
ground in his general address.
The quartette. Mrs. w. c. scho-
field. Mrs. w. c. Gray and Messrs.
Emmett Bagby and Robert Chastaine
rendered fine music and Rev. David
Alexander. Of Temple Israel. follow
ed with scholarly and impressive
GRAFTON on THE Purpose of Life. He
said In part:
This memorial service gives ex-
preston to one Of the most obvious
facts OF human experience and to one
of the grandest hopes OF human
hearts. With US. at this hour. there
are two angels-the angel of mem
ory and the angel of hope. BY virtue
of this glorious faculty OF memory,
we are enabled to recall TO our minds
those OF our brothers who have been
gathered to their eternal home.
Though vanished from mortal sight,
they are with us here and now; they
dwell In our minds. made better by
their presence.
Our order has well understood the
purpose of life. We are organized
for service TO each other. and to help
our fellow men. We are eyes to the
blind. feet TO the lame. helpers OF
he helpless. We clothe the naked.
and feed the hungry. We teach and
to the extent of our powers,
the lessons OF charity. justice. broth
arly love and fidelity. We stand for
Individual morality. for social right
sousness. for good citizenship and for
whoie-hearted patriotism.
And what will be the reward of
him, whose life Is life Of service?l
Living. he will wear the crown. not
Of knowledge. not of priesthood. not
Of power. but that which excels them
all-the crown OF a good name. And
dead. he will have won for himself a
two-fold Immortality. an earthly and
a spiritual Immortality.
In the absence Of Mr.. James
Young. of the Viola Allen company.
who was to recite Thanatopsis. but
was detained by the failure of his
train to arrive, Mr.. A. w. Greif re-
cited IL In masterful way. His
voice. rich and strong. could be
heard TO the fartherest part of the
house, and his reading was q most
feeling Interpretation OF this, one of
the most beautiful poems ever writ
ten.
The chorus. Nearer My God to
Thee" when forget-me-nots are de-
posted in the urn In memory of the
dead. was followed by the closing
exercises. the doxology, and the ben
ediction pronounced by Rev. O. w.