The Irish standard., 1905-02-18

workers and better dabaters and ora
tors than the old timers whose fame
is state wide. We have the young men!
Will they be equal to the task of keep
Ing No. 4 in the front rank? Let us
hope the genius Of the old guard will
descend on them and fire their hearts
with patriotism that cannot be
quenched. trust this division room
will be as sacred to the young Hiber.
mans as it is to the old. Here are
the portals of No. 4. Let every young
member resolve to enter these doors
with the regularity and constancy that
the veterans have and the future will
weave fresh garlands around our di-
Visions brow.
We rejoice that No. 4 has long since
passed the danger reefs and is sailing
in placid waters. There is no possibil-
ity of its being wrecked. Good men
are at the helm and stout-hearted Hi
bernians line its deck ready for &C.
ton.
In the midst of our rejoicing, how
ever, trace Of sadness creeps into
our hearts and bids us remember our
absent brothers in distant states and
those that rest beneath the sod. There
are vacant places in our ranks, gaps
made by death. Since our organiza-
ton, some forty of our brothers have
answered the last roll call. They are
not here to share in our merry making.
They were called hence, and like good
Hibernians they obeyed, and wrap
ping their mantles about them laid
down to pleasant dreams. AS William
Cullen Bryant says: "They didn't go
to their deaths scourged like the galley
slave, but they wrapped their nantes
about them and laid down like one to
pleasant dreams" Let us trust they
are happy in the radiant presence of
Him in whose faith they died. We
do not need to mourn for them; they
are at rest beyond the purple hills.
Call not back the dear departed.
Anchored safe where storms are oe'r"
Think of the good that No has
done, of the benevolent deeds that
mark the years of it's existence. Not
letting it's left hand know what it's
right hand giveth away. No. 4 has
need. to the widow and to the cause
Of religion, education and nationality
The weekly sick benefit paid when
| sickness lays a brother on Il bed Of
pain has often carried him and his
dear ones through till health and
strength returned to the breatlwinner.
In seventeen years No. 4 has paid in
sick benefits between $1,000 and $1,000.
It's charity has been unbounded II
a just cause presented itself No. I
| went down in it's pockets and contrib
| uted to the tune of hundreds Of dol
lars When the Boer war was Oh this
| division gave 5000 to assist the strug-
Cling farmers Cast thy bread on the
| running waters, and it will return to
| thee, is No is motto. Let us cOntin-
| lie the good work of spreading the
gospel Of friendship and charity to the
uttermost parts Of the earth. Let us
resolve to be better Hibernians and
better citizens of the great state in
which we live. Let civic virtue be
uppermost in the mind Of every Hi
herman and hold fast to the right in
the face of temptation or political pre-
ferment.
BE proud of the old flag that was
never trailed in the dust of cowardice.
Openly profess the faith that is in us.
show that we mean what we say, and
that come veal or come woe, we will
never be false to liberty as taught us
by our alma mater-our grand old
order.