The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-09
In Demoriam.
General Euogy Delivered Idaho Lodge by William
Wheadon, of Denver Lodge No

Wheadon of Denver Lodge No. II.
r. Matted RULER Brothers and Friends
r We are here this evening, not TO mourn. but
We here ostensiby in obedience to the and
mandates OF the order but IN rea.y we are mere IN re-
every throb and beat of the heart.
The thought that the first Sunday in December OF
year day by this great brotherhood
to the memory of its honored dead indeed an edifyng
The knowledge that than hundred thousand
Eks have turned from the duties and respons OF
rendsbn to enshrne in thought the virtues of
their departed brothers. and Gull from the conserva-
tory OF the mind her most fragrant forgetmenots with
which unbroken garland of remembrance.
inspire us a determination faithfully full
fill the exalted missions for which are banded to-
gether
Do they know here?
only amazed but mystihed the scientific
world while to the lay mind of its achievements
are obscured in a haze OF lncomprehensioihty
Ignorant of methods employed, we know that man
has arrested the rivers torrent harnessed and driven its
power of miles spin the wheels of industry
without robbng old ocean OF single drop OF her leg-
We may able give scientific elucidaon of
the principles of wireless teesraphy but we do
that the transmtter and the receiver twins the
decatey attuned that it is deaf to every sound
the voice of the other
rppling breezes pilot its words up into the very depths
OF where they swiftly borne on the wings OF
the wind to the listening of its mate thousands OF
miles away.
of the elements, is not almost certain that the Great
Ruler of the universe in His supreme wisdom has & Or
and whose ears are atuned to the familiar voices of
fraternal love we are sending them tonight?
In passing desire to say word concerning what Is
science hope proclaim this truth in thousand voices
Region for since the days Of Abraham the friend OF COD
promise of eternal e science for the doctrine Of evolu
for in the mind Of man beginning
has dwelt an inherent conviction Of mortality
Al as e o
ma al
military ruler and the pedestal of this pagan
Abundant proof immortality found in every realm
Of nature This beautiful rose will droop and wher Its
of the wind and borne its bosom into the mys
res%rrecon which with the first kiss Of
the June and the gentle ausion Of heavens lfe-giv
The great Commoner clothes the thought in most be-
coming rament when he says IF the Father deigns to
buried and to make burst forth from its prison
made in the image OF his Creator?"
There is death. The stars down
To rise rise upon some farer emo,as shore s,
They shine forevermore.
The granite rocks disorganize
And feed the hungry moss they bear
The forest leaves drink daily life
From out the viewless air.
There is no death. An angel form
Walks DER the earth with silent tread:
He bears bestowed things away
And then we call them dead
where'er he sees a smile bright
Or heart too for tant or vice,
He bears 1t to the land of light
To dwell in Paradise.
And though unseen
The dear, immortal spirits tread.
For all the boundless universe
Is lfe-there dead"
organization E1ks undenominational
We believe the existence OF Supreme Being but
gard secarian bgotry barrier to human progress
and development.
Adherence to any creed dogma which confines
thought and action to limited sphere clips
wings the bird OF moral and Intellectual evolution
preventing flight the higher realms of learning In
quest Of knowledge and truth.
We do decry. but uphold the work Of the church,
and STILL humble example set is strong aRrma.
tion that great vital in religion
can pigeon-hoe into day Of the week
Denver minister recently said: "The church Is
shamed more than by the charity work of the
lar lodge. The alert church Of will provide
some fund such lodge carry in the pocket
when visitor follows the death angel"
We believe charity-that. charity which hnds its
hiahest development mind, and its truest exemp
loving words kind acts and humane liberation
We charity that Is spontaneous and quickly for
Rotten keep book account OF our good deeds We
hold highest exercise of charity charity toward
the uncharitable.
Almsgiving s not highest conception Of charity
It cold unsatsfying. distant but he who hands Of
water needy, with expression of comfost and
cheer water into nvgorating nectar and
the golden chaice beeweled with the priceless
gems Of love and sympathy.
We believe justice, knowing It to be virtue which
mpes do duty to Maker to each other and