Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-24

Who Stays the monster and saves the
child,
But he does best and merits more
Who keegs the wolf from the Widows
door"
burg, the wolf Of hunger has been kept
away from the doors OF hundreds OF
widows; thousands OF orphans have
been clothed ana fed, and are now being
educated-developed both I'm body and
In mind, freed from the whitening blight
Of poverty. The home Is the fountain
OF love and purity, 1t Is the cradle OF
hope where dreams of immortality lllst
quicken the soul 10 the infinite gloucs
of human lestiny IL Is this hope which
opens 10 Us gllmpses Of the Gates OF
Gold. The object OF Neghbor Falken-
burg and his order Of Woodmen was TO
protect and develop the home, The
order has not only built orphans homes,
but widows homes. We have kept the
home intact the mother and the child
together. f. a, Falkenburg loved fra
ternity He was one OF the few men
who comprehended the broad, deep,
divine meaning Of the word,
FRATERNITY,
at sweeps out a thousand errors
With its soft and magic touch
II lendeth the hand 10 the needy
And It's general share gives muchi
IL is slow TO move In anger,
Its patience endureth long,
And while II forgiyeth others
II viii never a brother wrong
Fraternity means a broad, deep love
for humankind. 1t means to augment
the sum Of human happiness. 1t should
be the purpose Of every man and wo-
man to make better world, by build
ing characters, to lift w from the sOr-
did and gross to the higher realms of
thought and purpose, su that the IN
huences Of our lives shall not be limit
ed to the short span Dame Nature al
lows, but that ages after we have
passed to the unseen He, some gem of
thought or action we have dropped
along the waysidc will bear a delicious
frutage for some poor soul who Is
struggling under lfe's burdens, II was
principally under the banner Of love,
honor and remembrance that his main
work was done. For number of
years, hand In hand, shoulder to Shout
der II was my good fortune to be his
co-laborer in the cause of Woodcraft
under the banner Of fraternity.
His was a gentle soul The urchin
harefooted and unkemped was not be-
neathe his notice, lie found his
greatest happiness I'm doing little acts
Of kindness. Men from every walk Of
life looked 10 him as a friend and a
brother, His everyday life was con-
tinual record Of love to his fellow men,
OF him, Mature might stand up and
say to all the world, This was a man -
As he lived so he died. He passed to
that mysterious realm sustained and
goothCd by an unfaltering trust after
n life we'll spent IN the interests Of
humanity.
We his friends In Utah, standing In
a fraternal circle with uncovered heads
and with hands clasped IN sincerity and
love, watt by thaught power over
mountains and plains our tenderest
sympathy to his sorrowing wife and
daughter In their lOnlness. When
earthly ties are severed and we are
separated from those we love, our
hearts and spirits droop like the flower
taken from the sunshine into the shade;
but hope sees star that goeth not
down behind the darkened west, but
fades away IN the brightness of ris-
ing day
We rit I'm the shadow Of a cloud to-
NtN DttduSt llle lblN VI lllt Nll'sl
was so bright and Joyous has gone out,
one hundred thousand men In this
jurisdiction stand today with bowed
heads at the departure Of this ener-
getic, active man. Truly can we say
God moves in a mysterious way, his
wonders 10 perform" Since the star
Of Bethlehem illumned the way and
guided the wise men TO the humble
cradle In the manger, songs Of love
and deeds Of kindness have echoed
throughout the turbulent pulse of hui
man life,
"Our echoes roll from soul 10 soul
And grow forever and forever"
Easter means the bursting into
now lifc-the resurrection. Today all
nature has put on her purcsu and
brightest raiment. She has bedocked
herself I'm the richest wealth of spring
sweet flowers,
Neighbor Falkenburg has left the
earthly casket, he has put on the spot
less robes Of Immortality; he has Civ
en- the signal at the outer door Of the
camp on high; the pass words have
been given, love and honor! The all
halls and the welcomes have been
sung, "Well done thou good and faith
ful servant"
This Earnest Faithful" stands be-
fore the supreme consul where the
deeds Of men are passed upon In JUS
tice, but in love,
Mr. Meakin closed his tribute by re-
citing the beautiful poem, Ernest
Faithful"