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This day is set apGft BY the iAW of
our Order for the purpose Of colmein-
Grating the lives Of those Of OuF Order
who, for awhile, were associated wiki
us. but have passed TO the life beyond.
When they were with us they loaned
The influence Of their lives, the strength
Of their characters, the beauties Of their
virtues. to the PRONUNCIATION Of the
principles for which our Order stands,
their deaths we're, with ua, occasions Of
deep sorrow, we mourn their loss not
only because the personal ties which
bind them 10 us are severed, and we no
longer enjoy their companionship, but,
as an Order, we feel that the ranks of
our organization are thereby, and 10 the
extent OF their influence for good, de-
pleted We cherish their memories in
our hearts. whatever faults they nay
have had we inscribe upon the sands, that
they may be soon efaced by the waters
Of humanity's errors, and remembered
by us no more forever, but their yiF-
tues we write upon the tablets Of love
and memory, 80 that our hearts may b.
sOftened 10 all mankind by the recol-
lection Of our departed brothers, whom
we believe would have Il 50.
In this custom we are fulfilling the
highest law Of our Order, which Is d.
rected to the building of perfect men.
II this is not the object Of our Order,
It has no place in the progress and de-
velopment Of our world We hold
that the moral progress of man is his
first duty to society; the progress Of his
character, which begins In the self-cOn-
troll Of his will and in obedience, then In
the rectitude Of his conduct, and then in
prudence and the whole range of duty,
which embraces intellectual, physical
and religious development.
We realize that the distinctive forces
Of this life, those forces which, operat-
ing upon society, make for it's demoral-
ization and the unhappiness of it's mem.
bers. are selfishness, greed, pride and
insincerity, those forces we are organ.
lied TO combat, out Of them spring the
evils which we would correct. Although
we may not hope to reform 4 world, we
at least may cultivate among ovryelves
q friendship that, embracing our entire
membership, will make, for the ulti
mate uplifting Of man, the ennobling Of
his chspActer and the consequent glOrih-
catfof Of our Heavenly Father. Why
are not men kinder 70 one another
than we are? How much the world
needs kindness How easily it Is
done How intantaneously II acts
And how infallibly 1t is remembered,
says DrummOnd. There is no debtor in
the world 80 honorable, 80 superbiy
honorable, as love. Brewing says tn It
II is the energy of life 'FOr life, with
all It yields Of Joy or woe, And hope and
fear, Is Just our chance, o, the prize of
learning love How love might be, hath
been, indeed, and is."
This virtue is the supreme possession
OF humanity, 1t is the hope Of our sal
vation, IL is the spark of divinity in our
lives, il is the educator of our races, IL
u the builder Of our character, It is the
shaper of our destinles, both temporal
and eternal. 1t is the only permanent
thing in human life, and as DrummOhd
says: 1.-THE greatest thing In the world. "
BY the cultivation Of this virtue and its
dissemination among our membership
we hope to set examples of unselhsh-
ness, generosity, humility and sincerity.
and ~ this means counteract as far as
possible the forces of evil which make
for the disfigurc ment Of our lives and
the destTuc tion Of our hope in God.
This virtue we propos shall be the
foundation Of our friendship, the mo-
tive of our conduct.
The memories of our deceased BROTH
era are therefore dear to us because
their lives are bound to us by their tie
Our lodge has suffered the loss Of two
members Brother H. d. Hartt, who
was born in Charlotte. New Brunswick,
on the llth day Of June. 1869. and died
in Boston. Aug, 1905, and Brother A.
w. Hall, who was born in Walthenville,
Georgia, December 9, 1879, and died in
Tallahassee, February 3, 1907. Brother
Hartt was admitted to membership
February. 1905. and Brother Hall Octo-
Der 3, 1905 Their labors are finished,
we walk with them no more upon this
earth, but IN our hearts we cherish
their memories and feel that in their
places while among us they did what
hey could for the good of our order
We commit them to the judgment Of
the Allwise and Merciful Father who
we believe will reward them according
TO their motives which were good.
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