The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-06
IN MEMORY OF
DEPARTED ELKS
HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE cEREMoN-
les MARK ANNUAL LODGE or
soRRoW"-GEo. A. BANGS OF
GRAND FORKS DELIVERS MAS
TERLY ADDRESS.

Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock, the
members Of the Fargo lodge OF the
Benevolent and Protective Order OF
Elks, together with large number OF
the friends OF the order, gathered In
the lodges quarters on Second ave-
nue. north for the purpose of holding
in sacred memory, those brothers who
have passed to the realms beyond and
of recalling their good deeds and noble
acts.
It was the annual lodge of sorrow
and like ell others in past years, the
ceremonies were most impressive. It
opened with the ritualistic ceremonies
of the lodge conducted by Exalted
Ruler Addison Leach, assisted bv the
other officers and members. Follow
ing this ceremony, Rev. A. n. Young
rector of 81. Johns Episcopal church
Of Moorhead, pronounced the invoca-
ton.
There was not flaw throughout the
entire programme, which created a
deep impression upon those present
The musical numbers were especially
good. the Mendelssohn ouartette
composed of Miss Charlotte Stanton
Wall, Agnes Bishop Jardine, Paul f.
Bunce and Chas. H Lavell with
Samuel Lamberson as accompanied.
rendered several selections. Mrs. Mita
p. Stephens rendered beautiful So
prano solo.
Geo. A. Bangs Orator.
The GRAFTON of the day was deliver
ed by Geo. A. Bangs of Grand Forks
In part Mr.. Bangs said:
THE services in which we are en-
gagged are, at this hour. being repeet-
ed all over this land of ours. and mill
lions join with us in our sorrow. Every
FAITHFUL member of our order with his
family and friends, at this hour. ceases
from his accustomed labor and rem
ders tribute to the dead; they reign
supreme and every thought to them
belongs.
We are met to refresh our recoIlec-
tons of those who have gone before
and from out the halls of memory to
bring forth the pictures. of the past.
I'VE do not do this that we NAV
revive again the bitter grief and poig-
nant sorrow that came to us when we
first appreciated our loss. but we re-
call our loved ones that we may lay
before them our tributes Of respect
and affection.
Their faults were written upon the
sands and the great river Of Time.
sweeping on to Eternity. has washed
in it's flood, every trace away. we
have called our members together.
with our families and friends, that
we may revive, before the public. the
virtues of our brothers and to hold
them forth as an example for the
betterment of men.
"The brother whose life we meet to
commemorate was, percnance, a man
of action in the world in which he
lived, or he was student drawing his
wisdom from the learning of the ages
engraved in the book of Time. Again
he was the professional man. the
physician, or he was the business man
of integrity in his counting house or
bank; he was the artisan from his
shop or factory; or ne was the tiller
of the land; he was the newer of
wood, or the drawer of water, or the
dominant spirit, the leader and master
of men. All things, in his journey
through life, he found to his hand
and in each and all Of them the con-
trolling, ascendant spirit was your
ideal and my ideal Of a man. No
matter what the forEa or the figure
of the tenement of clay; no matter
he was fair to look upon.
with features, limbs and presence |
pleasing to the eye; no matter if dis |
either natural or artifi- |
cial rendered him repulsive to the |
casual observer, yet, to, you and to |
me, these all were but the instru- |
ments by which he wrought mis- work |
which God Lad placed in his ands to |
do. They were made, by Him, the !
means with which to give substance. /
form and action to the spirit that was /
within"
1t was an address that will be long |
by those who heard 1t.
From beginning to end the pro-
gramme was most pleasing and will
not fail to create higher opinion for
this great order and its teachings.