Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-07
ELKS ANNUAL
LODGE Of SORROW
Memorial Exercises
Were Very I'M
pressive
EUL0GY BY DR.. +. PALMER
Club Rooms Were Filled to
Their Capacity--.Musical
Program a Feature.

In keeping with an annual custom
of the order and a beautiful one it is,
Santa Fe Lodge No. 460, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, held it's
annual lodge of sorrow or memorial
exercises at the club rooms last eve-
ming in honor of those brothers who
had passed away during the past year.
The club rooms were filled to their
capacity by o'clock, the hour set for
the services. Roses and carnations
We're used effectively in decorating the
hall for the occasion. The Elks entered
the hall in body, followed by the Off
GERS who assumed their respective sta
tions. Exalted Ruler Thomas p Gable
formally opened the exercises by call
ing up the lodge. To the eleven strokes
OF the clock, Secretary Jose D. Sena
called the names of the departed bro
theirs, Vernon X. Hurdon and Thomas
M. Madden. Then followed the sing
ing of the opening ode by the lodge
and the audience, all standing.
After Rev. w. r. Dye, rector of the
Church Of the Holy Faith, had deliv-
cred the invocation, G. d. Miller rem
dered an appropriate solo, being ac-
companied on the piano by Mrs R. Fl.
Satterwaite
Miss Virginia Bean, touchingly rem
II q uio al yUh
H. Sweet, accompanied on the piano
by Mrs. Satterwaite, sang beauti-
full solo.
Address by Rev. Dye.
Rev. w. r. Dye delivered the ad-
dress He took for his subject the
part that religion played in fraternal
orders in general. He pointed out that
all, or most all lodges and secret SO
cieties were founded on the princi-
piles of Christianity and that when
man took the oath of a
fraternal order OF society he had to
affirm that he believed in a supreme
being. Rev. Dyes talk was one calcu-
lated to make men better, to make
them live up to the obligation assum-
ed when they become members of a
lodge. He pointed out that those prin-
ciples upon which the Elks lodge were
founded, namely, charity, justice,
brotherly love and fidelity, were Chris
tian principles, taken from the book
of law. the Bible. He believed that if
the members adhered to and put into
operation those principles in their
daily life that that life would be we'll
lived. His remarks were listened to
attentively and that their logic i'm
pressed those in attendance was ap-
parent.
EuIogy by Dr.. Palmer.
Following Rev. Dye, DR.. F. Palmer,
of Cerrillos, member of the local
Elks lodge, delivered the eulogy. Dr.
Palmer spoke of the custom among
the Elks all over the vast domains
of the United States to meet the first
Sunday in December to venerate the
remembrance of the departed dead
He said:
To-day we lay forgetmenot or
the alter of friendship. We have Wis
tied the sick and relieved the needy
but we do not stop there. When
dreamless rest is mine 7 sail not need
the tenderness for which long to
night. Keep back the sharp retort;
let the unkind criticism remain un
said: forget the unkind gossip. Don't
leave your little acts of kindness hid
den away until memorial day. If yor
have pleasant word to say, say i
today. tomorrow and the next day.
"The Elkian brother is quick to heal
the cry of affliction, fleet of foot tt
render aid to the suffering, dying ant
distressed, in caring for the widow
and orphans, to exemplify the virtues
Of charity, justice, brotherly love ant
fidelity. Brotherly love is the rock
the foundation upon which the B. P
q. Ellxs Is built. It is the flower Q
kindness and consideration Of one hu
man being for another. It IS a com
nland Of Almighty God: Love tn.
neighbor as thyself.'
"Flkdom brings together men of al
opinions SO they may enter into eac
others joys and sorrows. The orde
Of Elks can claim the proud distint
! tion of including within its quartz
of million members larger percent
age Of fraternal men than any othe
order in the United States. 1t is fire
from religious or, political strife. 1t
charity IS never advertised, eve
among its own members. There ar
no classes in Elkdom and there is bu
one decree and when an initiate take
the obligation he is on a level wit
every other member and he can I,
main on the level as long as he is