Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-12-03
GLOBE ELkS ANNUAL
 LODGE OF SORROW
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''""""" ehoec ptautiiul iineS o1 Ten nyson:
 Break. Break. Break.
 On thy cold gray stones, O Sea.
 And l would that my tongue coul6 utter
 The thoughts that arise in me. o we'll for the fisherman s boy That he shouts with his sister al play;
 O well for the sailor lad
 That he sings in his boat in the bay;
 And the stately ships sail on To their haven under the hill.
 But 0 for the touch of vanished
 For the sound of voice that is
 still.
 The vacant chairs the unanswered call, all too forcibly remind us that these of our brothers have been gath cred to their rest by those who in turn shall follow them
 For some we loved, the lovliest and
 the best,
 That from his vintage Rolling Time
 natn pressed,
 Have drunk their cup round or two
 before,
 And one by one crept silently to
 rest
 But on this December day, as we again assemble about our altar. let us not grieve. Rather let us take unto ourselves the lessons of the hour and resolve to be better Elks, better men, with more of Charity, more of Justice, more of Brotherly Love and more of Fidelity.
 Let us here renew our allegiance to the exalted principles of our order, and let the complication of those princi- ples in the lives of our brothers inspire us to nobler effort and higher duty.
 Many times have our brothers as- sembled with us. Reverently do we re- call the hours of their eompanionship. None know better than we how the teachings of our order took root in their hearts and blossomed and bore fruit. None know better than we how they made the Golden Rule their daily guide. None know better than we how by kindly precept and golden example they endeavored to obey that injunc- tion upon all Elks "to do good unto all men. v
 No life can have greater eulogy than that which I gladly accord to our broth CTS when l say that with all the power that was in them they endeavored to live their lives in accordance with the ideals of Elkdom. And in speaking of the ideals of Elkdom l do not dispar- age or undervalue any other order, or any creed or any religion, for with the Elk the golden rule is as light unto his feet and he loves and reveres the germ of good in everything.
 The Elk is an idealist. He is a senti- First of all he is patriot. No lodge of Elks can be organized be- yond the sovereign soil of the United States. No lodge can be assembled unless the flag drapes the altar. No man can become a member of the order unless he is citizen of the United States and possesses flag. The Elk is taught to glorify and defend the flag. For him the lingering breezes of heaven kiss the folds of no other flag of such matchless beauty. For him that red, white and blue and those clustering stars symbolizo the best manhood. the purest womanhood and the greatest human liberty conceived in the womb of time.
 And then he is lover He loves life with all its sunshine and shadow, its laughter and tears, it's joy and pain, it's skies and fields of beauty, its chains and walls and limitations and he is glad that he was born and is ready to meet the exigencies of lie with a smile. He believes that all is we'll with him and the world. He loves the past for it's lessons, the present for its op- portunity, the future for its promise. He believes in sunshine and laughter, in good cheer and good health, and he thinks that the sunniest day can be made brighter with a smile and that the saddest heart can be soothed with kindness. He loves the home and fire side and believes it is a democracy of the heart wherein the only special priv lege that he can claim is that of af- | fording protection to those he loves, and he holds high above all other | things, high as hopes great throbbing star above the darkness of the dead, | the love of wife and child and friend. |
 And then he is a giver in charity. | Charity without ostentation is the law )f the order. Not the charity that is | in dollars and cents or which | gives for applause, but that simple | and noble charity that does good for | It's own sake. The charity that stays he unkind word, the foolish jest, the ,vil thought. The charity that without | ,ffense brings succor, consolation and | nope into the lives of others. He be ieves in the living present, in one world at a time. He knows he cannot | forecast the morrow or recall the days hat are gone. But the present is his. His to scatter flowers alongs life's pathway, to speak the kindly word to grasp the hand in friendship, to tighten he others burden, to bring rest to the weary and comfort to those who mourn. And by that to ken that he is here and doing good he is ever ready for hat final summons to other and higher fields of duty, whose portals we call leath.
 "The little child who enters life
 comes not with knowledge or in
 tent;
 And those who enter death must go
 as little children sent.
 Nothing is known but we believe that
 God is overhead,
 And that as. life is to the living, so
 death is to the dead. '
 
 And as he journeys along life s changing course, doing good where he ,an, day by day he meets and parts with many brothers, and more and nore the bands of memory bind him to bo nd md