Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-12-07
B. P. 0. T. MEMO,
ORAL SERVICE

The impressive order of exercises of
the Lodge of Sorrow were carried out
by the Danville and Bloomsbury B.
p. o. Elks in the Bloomsbury Opera
House Sunday afternoon before an
audience that taxed the capacity of
the theatre.
The members of Danville Lodge, ov-
er sixty strong, left this city on a
special trolley car at 80. In addl-
ton to the Elks large number of 9th
ers from Dauville attended the ser
vice. On the stage. which was besuti-
fully decorated, were seated the otfic-
ers of the two lodges.
Clyde @. YetteT. as Exalted Ruler
of Bloomsbury Lodge, opened the ex-
ercises and the officers responded as to
what were their several duties. When
the roll of the departed brothers was
called, the beauty and significance of
a large white star with lighted incan-
descent bulbs at the points, was reallz-
ed by the audience. In the two lodges
during the past year five members
have died and as each name was call
ed and no response came light was
extipguished.
The departed Elks in whose memory
the service Sunday was held are:
Bloomsbury Lodge, No. 436, Clemuel
Beishline, Anthony Golembieski, W.
I. Huntziuger and Dr.. W. H. Pur-
man; DanviIle Lodge. No. 754, n. S.
Harris.
The musical part of the program was
especially beautiful. Walter Russell,
of this city sang Fear Ye Not, o
Israel" in charming manner. Miss
Mary Derr, of Lewisburg contributed
two vocal selections, aud Mrs. John K.
Miller, of WILKES. Barre, two violin
solos. Crusade Commandery Quartet,
of Bloomsbury and Boyle's Orchestra,
of Berwick, also added several num-
bers to the program.
The oratorical numbers on the pro-
gram. the Eulogy by Ralph 6. Kisner,
Esq, of Danville, aud tue Memorial
Address by Hon John G. Harman. of
Bloomsbury were masterpieces.
Mr.. Kisner's address was couched in
beautiful terms, which were delivered
earnestly and with much eloquence.
He said in part:
I'm every Lodge of our Order the
first Sunday in December is set apart
and gives the opportunity for one
short day to draw aside the veil which
hides the entrance to the land of shad-
ows and brings 10 Us by celestial forms
the attitudes of the dear ones who
have passed from the So bordinate lodge
of the present to the Supreme Lodge
of the hereafter. where the great Ex
alted Ruler of the Universe confers
the honorable degree of the fraternity.
I'VE, therefore, meet today with a
purpose that has the dignity and ten
derness of funeral rites for their
friends 1t is not a new bereavement,
but one which time has sOftened. We
don't meet around a newly opened
grave where we have laid tc rest one
of our beloved brothers. but among
those which nature has decorated with
the memories OF our loved. Above
every tomb her daily sunshine has
smiled her tears have been wept, over
the humblest she had grass to grow
and vines 10 creep. To natures signs
of tenderness we say not "ashes to
ashes, dust to dust. - but blossoms to
blossoms and laurels to laurels.
1--WE stand today before the unbolt-
ed doors of another century, what
shall these years bring to us and our
fraternity? May its progress still be
onward and upward in the cause of
Charity and Justice and may our mot
to be a very guardian angel over every
member of our great and charitable
institution. Let our brothers march
down through the ages getting larger
fruits from every celebration. With
the Bible for guide in moral educa-
tion and guide for the constitution
of our order our text book for upright
ness aud justice and our motto, our
sym bol OF fraternity, love and good
works.
"There is one statement that should
be impressed upon every mind and in
stilled into every heart and that is our
brothers may they always be true and
loyal, may they put forth their best
effort to maintain the standard and
dignity of this fraternity and may we
all live the lives of true men and in
strict accord with our motto, Charity,
Justice, Brotherly Love and Fidelity
Charity, the noblest tree in the
garden of life, its roots are i'm mbedded
| 10 the lives of men, its tendrils environ
| his heart, its blossoms are fragrant,
while its fruits bless alike the givel
and receiver.
Justice, the ray of divine light
which shows the rights OF others and
our own shortcomings.
'Brotherly Love, the electrical core
which unites the hearts of men, th'
fibre that sympathy touches and make
the misfortune of one the sorrow O
all.
"Fidelity, the bridge that spans tia
chasm twixt time and eternity. 1t
pathway leads to the pantheon o
friends and brothers who are safe frou
the winds of adversely and while near
ing its paraIet the world appears
paradise.
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