The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-12-11

| It's course.
So too are there forces from out.
side the flesh that tell of other pow.
crs, and other fOrcCs-thCrc are long
| Iings in the human heart, cravings after
spiritual relationships, which are in.
cApliCablC except upon the basis of
Il continuance of life after death. The
tcndrils of the human heart like those
of the climbing plant, are feeling out
into the future and grasping after the
stay which they need for their full ma.
turity and fruitagc.
by our very make up. by our spirit
ual needs, by the possibilities cngcn-
dcrcd within us, and Il thousand other
| signs and facts that go to make up the
totality of life, Almighty God has set
eternity in our hearts. We crave It,
we need it for our completion by the
transioncy that is stamped upon
! earthly material possessions, by the
delights that are short lived, we seek
for and hunger after permanecy and
eternal being. The things that stand
in this life in the forefront and urge
us onward are the food in the wilder.
ness The first taste, the Meditation,
but the fall cup will come in the here
. after
Ht year llldJ HAS lHltINtntu SlICt
we last gathered here to call afresh
to our memories the brothers who had
passed from their earthly relations
with us, has taken three of our mem
bers.
The call came first to Brother
Charles A. Madsen on April 20, 1908.
1t is needless for me to attempt to do
more in his case than to give dates,
IT.
, characteristics and his goodness of
heart. Born in Norfolk December rs,
1879, he grew to manhood in your
midst. Many of you no doubt knew
him as a boy and are familiar with his
doings. He received the advantages
of our city schools, graduated from
the high school, and at once began
his studies in pharmacy. He is said
to have been the youngest pharmacist
in the state at the time of his admis-
sion. He took duty for some years
with Brother ChriStoph. Later he en-
tered the employment of Park, LAWS
4 Company of Chicago. He was most
successful as a travelling salesman and
was advanced by his employers to the
position of field director for the state
of Illinois, and again made good. Hav-
ing had an attack of pneumonia he was
! left in a weakened condtion-espeC-
tally as to his pulmonary organs
Later on he suffered from tuberculosis
He tried the climate Of Texas, Ari-
zona and Colorado without receiving
permanent relief, and finally came
| home to give up his life among his
| family and friends. My acquaintance
with him was intimate and one of the
things that stood out for exceptional
commentator was his great love and
! tender care bestowed upon his mother
and sister with whom he made his
home before leaving Norfolk for Chi
cagO. He made provision by his poll
cies of life insurance for his mothers
comfort. He was a loving son, true
brother, and manly man.
The next brother to answer the roll
call beyond the River was Samuel
/ Wilder, who died the sixth day of
July, 1908. He was a resident of
/ Harrington where he was engaged in
/ business. His parents were residents
of Hiawatha, KanS., where he was
born, December Z, 1875. AS mer-
chant he won the esteem of the peo-
pie of his town and was active in ad-
vancing its interests. Unmarried he
died at Harrington in the thirty-third
year of his age.
While somewhat reserved in man
ner yet he had many friends. AS a
young man of twenty-one he settled
in Harrington and remained there un-
til his death eleven years afterward.
| During the latter part of June of
this year he suffered from an attack
of appendicitis and went to Roches-
ter, Mimi, for treatment. The opera
tion resulted in his death. His re-
mains were taken to his old home at
Hiawatha, Kans., and there inferred.
His family connections were of the
very best He was not-distant
relative of Samuel Clements, other
wise known as Mark Twain. His
membership in our lodge was not of
| long standing, only extending over
about eight months.
He was one of the few of our num-
Der who had taken a life membership
He was a man of culture, having re-
ceived the best opportunity to secure
an education. He was wide and open
, in his sympathies for everything that
rendered to the betterment of his fel-
, lowmen. All who knew him well be-
came his friends.
A third call to go into eternal life
came during the week that has just
passed. William A. Smith of Chadron
died at his home on Friday last and his
mortal remains are being taken to
their final resting today. Few facts
have come before us as to his illness.
His ailment was tuberculosis and eX-
tended over many months. He was a
conductor on the Chicago and North
western railway, having served in that
capacity for more than twenty years.
He was forty-eight years old. He
was a most worthy member of our
order.
Sixteen names make the roster of
! those whom we of this lodge call our
absent brothers" as the clock strikes
the hour of eleven. Year by year it
will be heightened by the addition of
other names, and in time the majority
will be transferred to the lodge on
the other side
Some of us will go during the com