The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-17
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DA Y OF
EAGLES
IT'S OBSERVED BY OGDEN AERIE
NO. 11e, ON SUNDAY.
Secretary Geiger Delivers Principal
Address Of the Afternoon, Paying
Tribute to Departed.

Yesterday was observed as memo
rial Sunday by members of Ogden
Aerie No. 11S of the FraternaI Order
of Eagles, that day having been des
ignated by the lodge for the purpose
OF holding services of commemoration
to the deceased members OF the or
der and decorating the graves of its
dead.
The services. which were held at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon at the
Eagle lodge rooms, consisted OF ap-
proprlate speeches by officers and
brothers of the lodges, intersperscd
with some splendidly rendered mu-
sical numbers suitable for the occa-
sion.
Worthy Secretary e. R. Geiger de-
liycred the principal address of the
afternoon, paying a tender tribute to
the departed and honored brothers OF
the lodge. Mr. Geiger said, In part:
Worthy president. onicers ana
brothers of Ogden Aerie No 11S of
the Fraternal Order Of Eagles; :;
friends and brethren; This is day
that every Eagles aerie throughout
our grand domain sets apart for re-
membrance and reverence to its fra
ternal dead.
"The custom is time honored and Il
noble and beautiful one, as we are
banded together as a fraternal order
and we reverence the memory Of our
departed brothers who have shared
with us in our sorrow as well as in
| our happiness and Joy.
when an Eagle passes to the great
beyond he is not forgotten. for on this
day of sweet memory we lay aside
the cares and pleasures of everyday
life and wend our way to the silent
city of the dead, there to shed a low
ing tear and place garlands of beau
uful flowers en- their graves.
THE Fraternal Order of Eagles In
its innermoSt feeling OF brotherly
love, liberty. truth, justice and equal
ity has consecrated, proclaimed and
set apart some Sunday In the month
of May, when all nature seems SO
beautiful and grand to hold sacred
communion with its deceased mem
bers whom the Supreme Ruler Of the
Universe in His infinite wisdom and
justice has seen fit to call to their
eternal resting place.
1T is certainly most beautiful and
solemn service that calls us here to-
day to weld more closely the golden
links of memory that bind us to our
beloved brothers who have gone be-
fore us. to weave, as it were. chaplets
Of fragrant flowers culled from the
pleasant memories of our departed
friends and brothers.
1T is hard Tor us, while still in the
full strength of vigorous manhood.
treading through life's busy ways Its
pleasures throbbiDg in our very VEINS,
to come to the stern realization of
the bitter truth that some day we,
too, shall join our departed friends in
the silent halls of death.
Life, that to which we cling so
tcnderly and lovingly-what is it. af
ter all?-a sparkling spring that bub
bles forth from the mountain side
the PERCEPTIONS height, gradually grow
Ing, now rlvulet. now a Swirlins
stream, and now with hurrying flow
to the majestic proportions OF a
mighty river vending its way rapidly
to measureless and infinite sea.
You can make your life happy or
miserable. Wealth or fame does not
bring either contentment or happi-
ness it; is the pleasure we can give to
others which brings us happiness.
Kind words and good deeds will
do more than stern justice and
hatred
Remember, we all have faults. and
do not Judge severely those who are
weaker than ourselves, but lend them
helping hand and give them an
other chance.
"A kind word and ? helping hand
freely extended 10 some poor brother
in his hour of adversely will do more
to make him an honest man and a use
full citizen than all the courts. the
prisons or the usual methods of re-
form. These are the principles which
the Fraternal Order OF Eagles teach.
and when we reach that state where
we can live up to the preceptS of the
golden rule the world will be more
beautiful, and when the final day
comes we can close our eyes in sleep
eternal with The loving assurance that
we did our share of good while on
earth and will have no harrassing
thoughts of what will become of us
III the world hereafter
In closing. friends and brothers.
I wish to say that today we should
remember that life is but a gentle
zephyr that passes with its touch;
tomorrow, maybe some of us shall
have received the final summons be-
fore our daily toll is over"
AT the conclusion of the services
the members of the lodge were taken
TO the city cemetery in conveyanccs
and the graves of the departed broth
ers of the lodge were decorated. 1t-
ting memorial day speeches being