Evening journal., 1907-12-02
ELKS SERVICE
OF MEMORIAL
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Church, brought this solemn feature Of
the service TO close with prayer
Mr.. Handy Talks Of Immortality.
The Elite Orchestral under the direc-
tion of John S. Eagan. played the rev
erie 'Iraumerei," which was followed
by The singing OF Lead Kindly Light"
by a quartet composed of Miss Eliza
beth j. Schwab. soprano. Miss Bessie
G.. Bonner alto;. H. Howard Carver,
tenor, and James w. Gillespie, bass.
i. Irving Handy member OF the
lodge, delivered the eulogy of the even-
ing. His theme was Immortality" Mr..
Handy said death is the fate of man
and forgctfulness the fate of the dead
Death is always awcsomo and pathetic
and oftentimcs leaves only q ripple on
the surface Of general remembrance.
Then he declared THAT Elks never for
get their dead "rhis Is "a beautiful
custom and speaks OF our belief that
the dead still 1.-Two. We would not call
.the roll Of fictitious and empty names.
There is q living permanency for each
name called"
Mr.. Handy said the order took from
the Scriptures its authority for It's be-
lief in Immortality. The services for
the dead of the order are conducted
on the Sabbath day because st was on
that day that Christ broke the bonds
Of death and returned to the habita-
tions of men.
Mr. Handy declared that every man
has sufficient proof i'm himself of the
Immortality of the human soul A life
hereafter IS necessary that justice may
be done eve see the righteous perish
daily" he said. 'the Virtuous meeting
disappointment. while the wicked
flourish like tho green bay tree If
this iifo IS the only life, not justice.
but injustice would be the rule of
nature"
"Shall we doubt that the great ma
ture which keeps rs promise Of re-
turning spring to the birds of the air
VIII disappoint the human soul to
which Ct promises immortal life for q
lifc woll sDent?" Mr. iandv asked in
conclusion.
Mr. Handy was followed by the
Wartote IN the singing of tfe selection
'"rhe Vacant Chair" William Eds
Alsop rendered the cornet solo. "1he
Lost Cord" and again the quartete
sang this time the selection zone
sweetly Solemn Thought"
Address by Grand Lodge Member.
Frank E. Herring. of South Bend.
Ind, member of the Grand Lodge,
was the chief orator of tho evening.
He discussed the origin OF the or5er
and the powerful part that sentiment
PLAYS En- the world The three questions
of life We're. when. what and whittier
or two. the last and the first. men
cannot know as they do Of the second.
Tho what concerns the lives OF men
to-day. And it was for the upliftmr
of the DEVELOPMENT of men that the
Order of Elks was founded He spoke
of the emblems of the order, the Bible
the antlors of protection. which
symbolized the home and the flag
which represented courage not only on
the field OF battle but Ga the everyday
walks OF life. Not all courage is found
on the battle field The cardinal doc
trine Of the order was the teaching OF
/ Christ, the Golden Rule Of doing unite
others as we would wish they should
do unto ms.
After his address Mr.. Herring wa.
presented with a handsome bouquet OF
flowers.
The orchestra played Song TO tn.
Evening star" from Tannhauser, az.
ter which the lodge conducted tn,
closing memorial exercises. which were
FOLLOWED by tho audience standint
while an SANG the long metre doxology