Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-04
ELKS LODGE OF SORROW
Annual Services Held by Council Bluffs
Lodge Sunday Afternoon.
MEMORIAL ADDRESS BY REV. T. J. MACKA>
EulOgy Was by Postmaster A. y
HaEIetOn-FOurteen Names ON
the List of Absent
Brothers.

Brothers.
"'rhe faults of our brothers we write |
upon the sand; their virtues upon the
tablets of love and memory"
In common with all lodges Of the order |
throughout the land Council Bluffs lodge |
No 53l, Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks held it's annual memorial services |
yesterday afternoon at the New theater |
The program was most elaborate but none |
the less impressive and the music was a
beautiful feature Of, the exercises. The |
stage was appropriately draped as were
the boxes and other portions Of the house. |
Immense clusters of white chrysanthemums
graced the stage. The audience entirely
filled the lower part of the theater
Since Council Bluffs No. ISL was instituted
December q. 1899. it has lost fourteen
| members by death and It was to honor
| their memory that the members assembled
yesterday afternoon. The absent broth
ers whose names appeared on the electric
lighted roll and disappeared as each was
| called by the secretary were:
James r. Doty S. Farnsworth. James NJ.
Fenlon, II. w. Findlay, Fred w. A. Geise,
Samuel Haas, W. e. Haverstock, Charles
| Lunlkley, Karl w. Wayne. c. c. Potter,
| DR.. f. NJ. Powell, s. f. Sucksdorf, DR.
Theodore A. Trulson. A w. Wyman.
EuIOgy by MIR. HazIetOn.
| The eulogy was delivered by Postmaster
A. s. Hazelton He said in part:
Today this house is converted into
| lodge of sorrow and here In this audi
| ence all temporal distinctions for the mo-
! ment are forgotten, we'll the ques-
lions Of absorbing interest which agitate
| the public mind, and in the presence of
these memories this solemn utterance alone
arrests our attention. Once more are we
| hand knocks at all doors; he enters with
equal freedom the homes of the humble
| ana the paiace or the rlch; ana SO today,
pride, ambition, the strfes and animoslties
| of the hour, veil their faces and eternal
things alone seem worthy of supreme re-
gard.
In the lengthening roll of our departed
brothers are the names of those whose
lives are crowned with years and honors.
came in the meridian of life-in the
strength and vigor of manhood Our best
tribute to them will be to emulate their
virtues to endeavor, under the inspira-
ton of this hour, to learn the lessons which
VIII be of value to us still remaining. Man
is social being, easily Influenced and his
character moulded and formed by his
associates and surroundings Among the
most potent of these influences are the
| fraternal organizations and at the head
stands the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks. teaching the virtues of brotherly
| love, charity and fidelity.
Address by Rev. IT. j. Mackay.
Rev T. J. Mackay of Omaha delivered
the memorial address. He said in part:
In one of the islands of the Aegean sea,
| in the midst OF ancient poplars, many cen
turtles ago stood an altar dedicated to
and women, young and old. to plight their
vows of fealty and cement their friend
ship by an offering on the altar At first
| a pure friendship was offered. the incense
| of which was most grateful to the goddess.
Soon however, the altar was surrounded
whom friendship meant a union of self
interest or union of bodies, not of souls
At length two Syracusans, Damon and
: Pythias, came and Frustrated themselves
| before the goddess, who accepted Their
homage and said: II will do more
abandon a place too long dsgraced by
r sacrifices that dishonor me, and | hence
o forth have no other asylum than your
! hearts and the hearts of true and loya
friends the wide world over"
AS Elks we have transferred from the
/ ancient grove in the Aegean the altar de
| serted by the goddess; forN friendship pure
| and true, is one of the underlying princl
Piles of our order. To protect brother
\ from defamation, to be a true and loya
friend at all times, and especially in Tho
~ hour of need and in the day of sorrow
is the distinguishing mark of the true Elk
among the wearers of purple and fine linen
is gift more frequently possessed b.
y To us the word friendship" should
mean what It really is. II comes from
= an old Sanskrit root. meaning ito love-
81 II Is too holy an attribute to be profanet
by applying 1t lightly and indiscriminatel!
to intinacies formed in the whirl of SO
ciety and often the creation of a passing
the soul, friendship is the holy of hole
Of love. for in it passion Is extracted an
1t thus becomes immortal and equal T.
the love of the holy angels In heaven. |
is In proof of this love that we are her
IotHay. inoush i, one one py one the frienc
name, no response has come and yet 4
trembling hope and fond expectancy W
come to renew our solemn vows of friend
ship with those who have passed out @
our mortal sight
Post-mortem praises are in the air Pee
pie kiss their dead who never stoop I
kiss their living; they hover over ope
collins In hysterical sobs but fail to thro,
their arms around their loved ones VIII
are fighting the stern battle of life.
word OF cheer TO the struggling soul
lie Is worth more than the roses {
dead cannot smell flowers. but the Twin
can. Scatter them broadcast in their patti
Ways ways therefore :. and pluck out the thorr
Let the observance of this day quicke
within as the sense OF our duty to OF
brothers living. well as our remen
brance OF the departed. To say the kind
word now, to do the generous deed nov
let this be our aim.
The program was replete with must
al both vocal and instrumental those assis
~ ing In this feature of the exercises beir
IS Miss Louise Jansen, Charles S. Haverstoc
the Elks' quartet. consisting of c.
1hm Haverstock. w. s. Rigdon. c. p. Lew
r. and j. r, Gerke, the Charles Hageno
or String quartet and Dr. Claude P. Levi
y. accompanist
IS The officers Of the lodge taking part
gT the ritualistic ceremonies were: Exalt,
IN, ruler, I. w. Green; esteemed Ieadir
Xix knight, f. H. Walters; esteemed 10y
ne! knight. Gail W. Hamilton; esteemed lie
"a turing knight, f. B. LAggett; secretar
E. A Troutman; treasurer, H. L. Tinle
It esquire. Joseph w. Smith: tiler, Otto
Rempke; chaplain. Rev. Harvey HostetIe
J0 inner guard, B! o. Tucker; organist C.
Il. Lewis; trustees, H. II. Van Brunt o.
Wickham and A. I. ElwelL