The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-12-08
IIiFiR ANNUAL MEMORIAL
SERVICE HELD IN GALE
THEATRE.

Sunday afternoon the officers and
members of the Elks' lodge assem-.
bled in their hall and marched te
the Gale theatre. where the annual
memorial exercises, were held for the
departed brothers Of the lodge.
Aside from the good r representation
from the lodge there were a num-
Der of citizens present to witness the
exercises. With the officers of the
lodge on the platform, the opening
of the exercises were conducted by
the exalted ruler, Robert Burns. Sec
rotary Silsby called the roll of the
departed members, which was in
creased during the past year by one,
in the death of Emil Becker.
me others include C. B. Barrett, p. ].
Flemmer, James Mckinley. John NJ.
Schmidt, Charles G. Woods. the four
latter passing away within the year
of 1909.
The Elks' male quintette sang two
selections during the exercises and
Misses Laura Saul and Nina Hager
gave a scored duet. Miss Sannie
Ford presided at the piano.
The address of the afternoon was
delivered by Rev. F. B. Barnett, rec
tor of st. Mary's church and chaplain
of the lodge. In his opening re-
marks the chaplain referred to the
death of Emil Becker as the only one
having occurred during the year.
and ne paid a very high tribute of
respect to the deceased business
man. He said that the life of Mr..
Becker in our midst had been n
which was loved and respected, and
while he knew the deceased but a
short time, yet he found him to be
a man of fine precepts and that he
admired him very highly. Mr.. Bar
nett said that in the ! ives of all
men there is the good and the OPP
posite, and that 1t was the duty of
all brothers to follow the admoni-
tion of one of the tenets of the order
Ito write the faults of III brothers
on the sands, and their virtues on
the tablets of love and memory"
and which he believed should be EN-
phasized in all cases.
Mr.. Barnett said that this memoir
ial day is a valuable institution in
connection with the lodge, for it
gave opportunity for the brothers to
come together this one day of the
and listen to the expression of
those precepts which are c%alculat-
ed to bring men closer together and
in touch with problems hat have to
be solved. In this connection the
speaker thought it was we'll to con-
slider the problem of life and the way
in which we are using the present
time. The chaplain referred at
some length to the sowing and reap
ing, which are to be found in the
lives Of all men. He touched upon
one or two incidents concerning the
impress the idea that as a nan sows
SO shall he reap. He displayed the
two characters of individuals, one
who sows in the flesh and the one
who sows in righteousness. In the
former the ma reaps in corruption
and the latter preserves his SPLEEN
did characteristics as he passes
through the trying ordeal of life.
felt that it paid to SOW the right
kind of see0, for in the end the
man prevailed. In clos
ing the chaplain urged his brothers
to SOW the seeds of purity that will
bring them closer to the great har-
vest day.
Exalted Ruler Burns spoke briefly
s'The Hour of Eleven" which he
said was the golden hour of recol-
lection, the homecoming of the many
who are in the land of the living and
those who have gone before. 1t is
the occasion of recollection to pause
in the mad race and give thought
to our fellowman, and to pay that
tribute to the one who cannot be al
member of the lodge, but who is
dearer than all-the mother. The
exalted ruler said that the order
did not teach to remember only
those who have departed but every
one of the 100000 members Of this
country, to indicate the spirit of
brotherly love and to extend the
helping hand to each other as they
go through the pathway of life. He
urged more of this spirit to become
prevalent, that the precepts of the
lodge can be lived up to fully.
With the benediction being pro-
nounced by the chaplain. the exer-
cises came to a close. The after
Moons exercises were impressive
and bore that spirit of reverence that
lAe occasion invoked.