The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-14
ODD FELLOWS
MEMORIAL DAY
kebekah Lodges Join In
Beautiful Services.
REV. J.P. CURRlN THE SPEAKER
Delivers an Address Filled
with Beautiful Thoughts
Lodge Men and Lodge Women At
tend the Service which is Held
In the First Baptist Church.

The Independent Order OF Odd Fell
lows together with the Rebekah lodge
held memorial services Mt the First
Baptist church on State street Sun
day morning. Both orders were fully
represented and the church was beau
tiful with floral decorations. The
reading of the roster by Mr.. w. G.
Luellen was followed by the sermon.
The text was "And now abideth, faith
hope and love, these three; but Che
greatest of these is love. Cor. 1913.
The speaker began with tribute to
the dead members, saying, 'When we
members of organizations such as
this find the seat is empty we may
think with the poet laureate and 1t
seems to me that the great Tennyson
was voicing universal truth when
he said,
Break, break, break,
AT the foot of thy craigs, o, sea!
But the tender grace OF day that
Is dead
will never come back TO me
These three links, marks OF great
stations In the highway OF life, truth,
love and friendship are vocal voices
uttered of the stations, the starts and
the stops. These, our friends, are CIV
ing but this great truth, in the dra-
matte thought. They are stretching
out to the end from truth to friend
ship. The idea of love between truth
and friendship is the opening UP of
the great truth that is the sum total
Of life.
Life begins and life ends. Think
OF these names that we have listened
to. Since the beginning OF this or
ganization they, began, started. end
ed. Buttoned upon this idea are great
opportunities and privileges. Grasp
the truth, reach out and take hold
OF this great humanity. What hos
pitallty do we must find between the
start and stop between the upper
Jerusalem and this lower Jericho oI
life. Between these stations we see
the life and death. That Is what
we see in the flower. On all sides
brotherly altruistic feeling.
One may leave the train at Santa
Fe and travel one hundred and sixty
miles into Death Valley. II is away
] from life but between the state and
starts and stops what surprises meet
the travels. Perhaps he may meet
robbers at any time. Here is a little
cross to mark the grave of a stage
driver. The surprise met him, the
surprise of stealth. One thinks OF the
eye of Joy. the hand grasp of health,
the surprise of death and he says,
Come and we are here to do Him
honor Oh for the touch or a van
ished hand and the sound of voice
that is STILL"
Today you are well, tomorrow the
struggles of life will be uopn you.
May God help us and warm our souls
| that We ought to be on our guard for
these stealthy approaches.
While on the road from Jerusalem
10 Jericho He was beset. bereft oi
support. the representative people OF
the Jewish theocracy, SELLING Him
and stripping. leaving Him half dead
and wounded. In little while you
see the Samaritan, surely he will pass
by on the other side. but no he got
down from his beast. In the lesson
OF Barnalbas, he was chief of the
robber band. Even In addition to the
land OF compassion he said, 81 am
going to fellowship with him." Be
/ txun ha e,ta a,~fes oh e.to a
Gle and sinue. then compassion and
fellowship, What a beautiful SER
vice that mother Hannah fulfilled. /
Sam. III. That song tr'ansfusing to
the life, soul, how she served In the
temple, made the coat for heu child
the prophet, the leader of Israels
people. The climax truth Is being
lbefrlended by sympathies.