The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-06
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Sc R Y ICES
OF ELKS

SimDle and yet most lnpl toSi'v
were the memorial services or the To-
cal lodge of Benevolent Protective /
Order of Elks, held at their lodge !
rooms yesterday afternoon. whlch ,
we're largely attended by members
and friends OF the order The an
nual lodge OF sorrow" meets on the !
first Sunday in December throughout
the universe wherever there is loaSe
OF the order. IL Is time ~nen mt
ting services arc held as tribute 10
those who have joined the majority.
Yesterday OGDEN Lodge No. Il9, b.
p. o. Elks. observed the day WIN
speciaIly arranged exercises which
consisted of two eloquent addresses
and a special musical feature.
The addresses were delivered by
Rev. p A. Slmpkin of Salt Lake City
and John G. willis. The solos were
rendered by Mrs. Bessie Dean Allison,
Through the Darkness" Mrs. Fred
G. Clark. abide With Me- n. IL.
sander. There Is Green Hill Far
Away" Mrs. Allison and Mr Sander
rendered duet, MY Redeemer
I>iveth." Prof. Squire Coop officiated
at the organ. Invocation was offered
by l. j. Clark. the lodge chaplain,
and Rev. w. w Fleetwood offered
benedictlon. The lodge ritual was
conducted by Exalted Ruler John S.
Corlew, assisted by the members.
Rev P. A. SimplIin, pastor OF the
Phillips Congregational church of
Salt Lake City. in his memorial ad-
dress said in part.
again We come down the yew-lined
road OF memory, where every step is
fringed with the twinkling beauty of
unfaded flowers and as VIC march to
! the harmony majestic. holding the
| echoes of yesterdays dear songs that
! viii not wholly die. We pass by the
long line of the quiet. smIle-kissed
faces OF the loved and lost To stand
within the temple Of sorrow.
How vast thing il stands. magni
fccnt in its icy whIteness its far
reaches of space. consecratcd forever
to tho children OF men. It's high dome
has echoed TO the higher heaven the
heart cries of all those who have laid
their hands upon the red cord of life,
! from the first man-soul To this day
when vast multitudes kneel I'm sorrows
temple spaces about the SHRINE where
the leaping tongues of memory's fire
are lifted high. The organ tones of
the human heart tremblingly respond
| TO the fingers of pain that press the
KEYS making not a discord of Wild
| sorrow, for the angels OF love atd
| hope weave the notes of the pain
song into subtitle nocturno of faith
and resignation
Yesterday and memory-today aud
love tomorrow and God-hear YOU
not Your heart singing as around the
holy room you keep for your loved
lost the quiet ones smile again as
they were wont to do in the sweet
yesterdays when they walked beside
YOU in the way?
yesterday and memory 1t is
glorious TO remember love. Tho love
remembrances and the love lights
have been the beacons of all the way
men have walked.
Custom Is Beautiful.
This beautiful custom % YOUR
fraternity is rooted in the finest SEN
timent of the human soul. Gathering
10 brood In the quietness OF sorrow's
temple upon the worth OF those VINO
were. and in earth are no more, to
ponder a little space on life's sol
amnity. beauty and brevity. no less
than its high responsibility. We are
here to find in a new apprehension of
the worlds sorrow q new enthusiasm
of pity and love which shall send us
from this holy hour TO service Eentler
and moro beautiful for men, because
they and God need us in love and
diyinenesS.
"All the tcuets of your brotherhood
arc marshaIed in quiet array as we
come to this service In their hands
they bear the unstained mantles of
tender charity; in their voices a mes
sage that bids YOU sweep aside all
the petty memories that tlutter over
life's bruises and its deep sores. That
Is not only because the heart lives
but because Judgment reuns not to
us. neither to any other human life.
We can no more change life's deformi-
ties OF soul by the alchemy of love
and tears than can the tender mother
the manned temple of the baby lie
she holds at her breast But US be-
meath, the broidered lawn the MAIN
is hid and the flower face mirroring
] heavens light is turned to fond view.
so we come. bidding the winged mes
sengers of other DAYS to bring with
swift flight the record OF all the
worth and kindness. the virtue and
unselfshness. the love and the genu-
inc. undyine things that shot through
the lives of these your brothers in
their earthly pilgrimage like threads
of gold through the silken meshes of
an oriental web"
In his address John G. Willis of
Ogden spoke of the Elks from the view
point OF layman and of what he had
seen of Elkdom while travelling in
trains ships and overland; of the fra
tcrnal spirit and brotherly love al
ways exhibited and of the good of the
order His remarks as 4 laymans $
observation constituted beautiful
tribute To the order
The members of the order who
have been called to the other side"
are: George l.. Wade. Harry S, How
ard. Jesse f Baker. Andrew c.
Heinzer Charles w. I-owrey, George
II. CorSe. Gordon S. Grant, Arthur z.
Baker John II. Brady. julius c. Kiesel
Samuel Way. Louis J. Holther Ed
ward s. Luty. Albert l.. Howe, Sey-
mour l.. Clark. William Z. Marsh
Samuel H. Winter and George T.
Hood
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