Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-05
Annual Memorial Service of
Waterville Lodge, COS, B.P.O.E.

if1rotective Order of Elks was held
at the City Opera house Sunday af-
ternoon with Impressive ceremonies.
The attendance was large and the
service was enjoyed. Special music
was rendered by Wentworth's Orches-
ira and the Ellss' Quartet, consisting
OF Elmer ClOutier, Fred Lashus, Felix
I4aco,nbe and f. II. Mitchell. Exalted
Ruler, II. +. Holland presided.
The service opened by the lodge
ritual. which was followed by the roll
call Of the honored uead. AS each
| name was called q candle light on the
| altar was eNtinguished and star
lighted above. The effect was most
impressive.
The following are the names of the
deceased members: Edward A. Jones,
Thomas +. Murphy, Howard p. Mer-
win. Robert +. Hail. John W. Mari.
r. August knhnert, Henry Washburn,
Albert B. Page, Albert A. Hildreth,
William A. Il. Boothby. William S.
Hunnewell and Jean f. Tufts.
Call ye the roll of the passing year
Patiently awaiting their answers Here -
" 'nS'SNtt!'D ny lIt l.,
"Ahi0e With Me" prayer was offered
by Rev. F. S. Hartley and a selection
was rendered by the orchestra. A
solo Here's TO Oar Absent Brothers"
was rendered in & pleasing manner by
Felix Lacombe.
ffcre'S to our absent brothers, to dea;.
ones afar and above
IheH 1auItS we write upon the sands,
their virtue on tablets of love.
Absent put not forgotten, for them We
viii sing the old line
Should auld acquaintance be forgot. in
the days of Aud Lang Syne
The eulogy was delivered by Carroll
l.. Beedy. member of Portland Lodge.
No. 1sS. He spoke as follows:
Man Is and has ever been the bewild-
cred child of enigma. encompassed by
the multitudinous and myriad mysteries
OF Creation. Endowed with inuuiring
mind. with aspiring soul, he has ever
striven to solve the riddle of his own
existence, to understand this physical
world, his present home, and to pierce
with prophetic vision the dark wall of
the future. lie stands in the silent night
watches and marvels at the luminous
beauty of the stellar world following
the descending shafts of light he looks
with wonder upon the massive grandeur
of the hills: training his vision down the
mountain slopes he gaZes upon the placid
beauty of the waters lying at their feet
and stands appalled, to behold in the liq-
uid depths, the reflection of those lumi-
naries which glow on high. A truly Won
derful experience, to look below and to
behold the scene which in reality exists
on high. Change upon change! Wonder
upon wonder! Mystery upon mystery!
After much study and scientific specu
lation man has deduced conclusion, as
to the general scheme of the universe
He has reasoned that countless 'anets,
shedding their clear and steady light
traverse in the gertrude numerous and
distinct orbits encircling the sun; that
numberless other planets, forming sew
eral and distinct systems, traverse with
equal gertrude their separate orbits en-
circling fixed stars; that the entire in
tinitude of systems is governed by fixed
and changeless laws. Yet these are but
theories, one of which is already scien-
titically denied and others OF which fur
Their centuries Of study may prove to be
without foundation in fact.
If. even in these enlightened days. men
should speak the innermost promptinss
of their hearts. they would confess their
utter inability to comprehend the univer
sal scheme.
After all, instructive reason bids man
cease his restless speculatons as to the
nature Of his origin. the security of his
at nd h., y,y>it aC
future
There is a Scriptural injunction:
whatsoever thy right hand findeth to
do. do it with all thy strength and with
all thy might Is not this Injunction
ground for the conclusion that it Is for
us to busy ourselves with the solution
of those problems which q Divine Prov
idence projects into our daily lives?
When, therefore, men band themselves
together, either for the establishment Of
governments. the administration Of JUS
tice, or for the cementng of social re-
lations by any means whatsoever. they
are. we believe. Goas tie work they
were intended to do.
The Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks believes primarily. fundamentally
and eternally In the fatherhood Of God
and the brotherhood of man. We are met
this very hour In humble recognition Of
that most profound of all mysteries.
Death.
We come not to speculate upon the flu
ture state of brothers gone to that I'M
discovered country. Their virtues which
alone remain vivid In our memory thetr
faults we write upon the sands) are In
our sight a sufficient guarantee of their
admission to the Supreme Lodge Beyond.
Nor do we purpose to philosopher up
on the nature of Death. Just as the
glow of moon and star pales and fades
from mortal sight before the advancing
light of each day, SO do the lifelights
shining but for the night Of an earthly
existence, fade and die. to mortal sense
before the approaching dawn of day
eternal.
AS an order our energy is little given
to theory upon the past or future destiny
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