Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-02
BEAUTIFUL SERVICE
BY The ElKS IN
MEMOR|AM
OPERA HOUSE IS CROWDED.
FINE PROGRAM RENDERED
Sympathy, Charity and Com
partnership Three Great Aims
of EIkdom, Says Fletcher
Cook in Memorial Address,

"The faults of our brothers we write
upon the sands;
Their virtues upon the tablets Of love
and memory"
These beautiful words express most
nttingly the motive which prompts the
Benevolent and Protective Order OF
Elks all over the United States to meet
once a year to reverence n keep
green the memory of their departed
brothers. Their spirit was impress
sively evident in the memorial service
held in the Elk theater yesterday
afternoon. The big theater was filled
10 the doors at 3 o'clock when the
services began. The stage was pref
lilly decorated with palms and seated
on the platform were Rev. Fletcher
Cook. who delivered the memorial ad-
dress: Exalted Ruler NJ. r.. Hickey,
Esteemed Leading Knight L. {. Ben
nett, Esteemed Loyal Knight O. ).
M~cLandress, Esteemed Lecturing
Knigh John Lee Clarke. Treasurer c.
A. Hawks, Chaplain II. T.. Fox, and
Inner Guard Ralph Dunbar. The
members of Albuquerque lodge en-
tered and took their seats in the front
OF the hall while the Elks' orchestra.
under Director Grady played impress
sively Handles Dead March from
saul.
Just previously the orchestra had
played, as the opening number, Ros-
sinis 'Cujus Amman from Stabat
Mater" ali the orchestral music of the
afternoon being especially well rem
dered.
A male quartette consisting OF
Messrs. Nettleton, McLandress, Wash
burn and Maynard then sang pleas
ingly The Beautiful Country" from
Parks, following which was the sing
ing of the opening ode, Aud Lang
Syne," with music by the orchestra.
After the Invocation by the chaplain,
Mrs. Roy Mcdonald sang
Forever With the Lord" after which
Rev. Fletcher Cook, rector or 81.
Johns Episcopal church, arose m
commenced the memorial address.
An Impressive rmo
Rev. Mr.. Cook delivered a most
earnest and impressive sermon appro-
PIRATE TO the occasion, dwelling on the
broad and generous aims OF the Or
Ger of Elks the significance of the oe-
casion and the lesson inculcated.
was a comparative stranger i'm Albu-
was a comparative tranger in Aibu-
auerque he was never a range
among brother Elks He read from
the program the beautiful words OF
brotherly love, which typify the spirit
OF Elkdom and dwelt on the great
antiquity of memorial services such
as the one instituted by the Elks III
honor OF their departed.
Inb lIItt kiNAhA 49, ~ 49,
the order of Elks is based, accord
ing to the speaker, are sympathy,
Charity and Compan1onshlp. me
lack of sympathy that often obtains
he pointed out by the instances OF the
hill collectors who swarm around a
business man when he goes under,
the depositors who withdraw then
money from a bank or the unrespon-
siye public which often gives an hon
est man seeking work the cold shout
der. perchance his collar Is solleu OF
his clothes are shabby. The WEAKNESS
that comes to man i'm all walks of life
the LAWYER. the minister, the physl-
elan, creates the need for the mental
rest N recuperation which comes IN
good fellowship eompanlonshlp =
the kind Of companionship for which
the Elks are famous.
Another requisite is charity-or
"charitableness," as the speaker pre-
ferred to characterize 1.-THE charity
which has love, without which II
would be q c-ontemptuous, unmeaning,
unhelpful charity, the easy kind thai
consists in giving a suit OF your ola
clothes TO a beggar or passing out a
quarter to a hungry hobo. True CHAR
itableness means the giving of your
self" said Mr.. Cook. when you give
"A moor man some money TO buy a Ill
lie potatoes and a little sugar as soon
as the food is eaten he Is where ne
was before IL Is the man who gives
sympathy. who reaches down and lfts
the man or the woman who has com
pietely fallen. who helps men dally
with the assistance that makes them
better, who has real c|haritableness.
The mantle Of charity covers a multi
tude of sins, not in the giVer but IN
the cocipient. The speaker told the
story Of the man who when IN sore
straights begged the minister TO tell
him ii il would help his soul any 70
give the minister a thousand pounds.
You might try it, said the minister.
The man Is not charitagle who is look
ing for sin as i'm the case of the men
who asked Christ of the blind man.,
who sinned, this a or his pa
rents ?" TO which the Savior gave the
beautiful rejoinder, "Neither"-but
that his blindness might be healed TO
the glory of God.
MANY people say of the Elks that
they do not pray enough, said MT.
Cooke. We'll. perhaps they don't.
But a good deed done in i've minutes
Is worth five months of praying u
Elks are 50 busy helping their breth-
zen and cheering each other on the
way tina perhaps. he said. they might
pray a little more-but the doing
comes before the praying.
Rev. MI. Cook told an Impressive
story of the time he was iecturing IN
Missouri and met a colonel who had
cut himself on from what might have
NNNlMA A IT'LL HN.-
and %carOusing. With a comfortable
cargo Of whiskey he came TO see the
minister after the lecture and invited
him and two young boys into a saloon
TO take a drink, subj" We went IN,
said the minister. they filled thtit
glasses and ! filled min with water
and proposed a toast. Here's TO your
mother: God bless her ! said. looking
at him. and here's to her son; God
save him. II was. many would say. a
questionable thing for me 20 40, 10
enter that saloon. But ! knew IL was
the right thing TO do and ! did It. The
nect was marvellous. The colonel
trembled and put down his glass
next day he came 10 see me and ak
% me and was perfectly SOBER FOR the
first time since he had been in town.
sympathy and good fellowship gave
the chance 10 win the man 10 a better
life. rms speaker closed with another
tribute TO the Eiks for their Christian
ity. sympathy. charity and brOtherly
love. with q word Of reverence for
the dead. His address was full Of
humor n nafhos and was received
with close attention. laughter and ap-
plause.
A ladies nuartetfr consisting 81
Miss Reynolds. Miss strong. Miss COL
nnS. sang swectiy. One SNeetiA