Gilpin observer., 1909-12-09
LODGE OF SORROW
ELKs PAY FITTING TRIBUTE TO
THEIR DEAD WITH cERE.
MONIES IN THE OPERA HOUSE.
-ExERcIsEs WELL ATTENDED.


when Central City lodge No. 557, B.
P. o. Elks recalled in memorial SER
vice the memories of their departed
brothers. No deaths having occurred
during the past year no individual
eulogies were delivered, but the gen.
eral eulogy which w. H. Weadon, Of
Denver. was called upon to deliver
ceased and living members Of this
noble order. His Grafton follows:
Exalted Ruler. Brothers and friends:
We come this evening, not to
mourn, but to remember. To Elks
this is not day Of sorrow. We come
not to grieve, but to glorify.
We come. ostensibly in obedience
to the laws and mandates of the
order; but, in reality, we come in
response to the call OF Brotherly
love, which echoes from every throb
and beat of the heart, awakening
cherished recollections Of the lives of
those who were once with us and of
us.
Memorial Sunday. 1t consecrates
The passing year with song and
prayer
1t opens wide sweet memory's gates
And blesses those who wait US
there"
The thought that the first Sunday
in December of each year Is day
dedicated by this great brotherhood
to the memory OF its honored dead
is indeed an edifying one.
The knowledge that more than two
hundred thousand Elks have t1rned
from the duties and responsibilities
of life to the hallowed temples OF
this fraternity. there to burn on its
sacred affairs the aromatic incense OF
devoted friendship, to enshrine In
reverent thought the virtues Of their
departed brothers, and to Gull from
the conservatory OF the mind her
most fragrant forget-me-nots with
which to weave an unbroken garland
of remembrance, must inspire in us
a determination to more faithfully full
fill the exalted missions for which
we are banded together.
The question Is: DO they know we
are here?"
Modern development in the utiliza-
ton OF natures forces has not only
amased, but mystified the scientific
world; while to the lay mind. many
OF It's achievements are obscured in
a haze Of incomprehensibility.
With but a vague conception OF
methods employed. we know that
man has arrested the rivers torrent,
harnessed and driven its power hun
dreds OF miles to spin the wheels OF
industry. without robbing old ocean
OF a single drop OF her legitimate
spoil.
We may not be able to give q
scientific elucidation of the intricate
principles Of wireless telegraphy. 6u,
we do know that the transmitter and
the receiver are twins. the one sc
delicately attuned that 1t is deaf &c
every sound save the voice Of the
other.
When the transmitter speaks. We
know that earth's ripping breezei
pilot dts words up. up into the yer,
depths Of space, where they arr
swiftly borne on the wings of thu
wind to the listening ear of its mate
thousands Of miles away. We know
that submarine navigation, so lont
in the experimental stage. has nov
attained practical development. ant
we know that mans victory over the
air, through. the phenomenal art o.
aviation, Is more marvellous, more dif
ficult of comprehension. more i'm
portant to prosperity. that the com
bined scientific triumphs Of the age
Since man has accomplished thii
wonderful mastery of the elements. II
It not almost certain that the Greai
Ruler OF the universe. In His sup
RENE wisdom, has ordained that oul
waiting ones, who now abide with
Him, and whose ears are attuned te
the familiar voices Of friends and kin
hear and understand the messages o.
fraternal love we are sending then
tonightf
In passing, I desire to say WORD
concerning what II commonly known
as death. There is no death. Religion
science. hope. proclaim this truth ir
q thousand voices. Religion. for since
the days Of Abraham. the friend o.
God, religious instructors have univei
sally promulgated the promise o