The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-07
OWLS MEMORIAL
SERVICES HELD

| Oag AFTERNOON ana large number
Of the members and their friends as
sembled at Eagle Hall on Twenty
NTH street to pay tribute OF respec
TO the departed brothers.
Since the organization OF the loca
| lodge two members have passed to
the great beyond, They are Harry
w. Syphers and william D Blosser
! The memorial services were held at
2s30 o'clock after which the graves
OF the deceased members were banked
with flowers The program of the
hall service was as follows
Selection by QuNrtette. Lead Kind
| ly Light" Carl allison, Jed Ballantync.
Leo Madsen and Geo Douglas
Opening Announcement, President
Thos, Leslie.
Invocation. GHyocator #. c. Ivcrson.
Selection by Quarrctte. Beautiful
Isle
Roll Call. Secretary Jos. Oliver.
Eulogy. Dr. - D. Estes.
I Nearer My God to Thee" Quartette
and Audience.
Benediction.
The culogy delivered by DR. Estes
was a beautiful tribute of respect to
the memory OF the deceased members
OF the lodge but not only the mem
berS Of the ogden Lodge but every
deceased Owl through the domain OF
the great order The euloGy in its
entirety was as follows:
Brother. President. Officers and
brothers OF Ogden Nest No. 1918 of
the Fraternal Order OF Owls Friends
and ethern:-This l. a day TINT
| every Owls Nest, throughout our
Grand Domain, sets apart for rcmem-
brance and reverence 10 Its frateTnal
dead
The custom Is time honorcd and A
noble and beautiful one. as we are
banded together as a rrotcrnal order
and VIC 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 Owl passes TO the great
beyond he iS not forgotten, for on this
day OF sweet memory We lay aside the
cares and pleasures or every day lie
and wend our way to the silent city Of
the dead, there 10 shed a loving tear
and place earlands OF beautiful flowers
on their graves
The fraternal order OF owls In its
inner-most feeling OF brotherly love,
has consecrated. proclaimed and set
apart The first SUNDAY in the month
OF November. when all nature seems
10 grand. TO hold sacred communion
With It's deceased members whom the
Supreme Ruler Of the universe in His
wisdom and justice has seen fit To call
TO their eternal resting place
II is certainly a most beautiful and
solemn service that cnlls us here 10
day to weave more closely the Golden
links of memory that binds us 10 our
beloved brothers who have gone be
fore us, to weave. as II were chaplets
of fragrant flowers Cullcd from the
pleasant memories or our departed
friends and brothers
II is hard for us while still IN the
full strength of vlgourous manhood,
treading through lifc's busy ways. its
pleasures throbbinG 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
Lifo, that which We cling TO so ten
dcrly and lovingly. what Is 1t after
all? a sparkling spring that bubbles
forth from the mountain side. splash
ing with playful sprays down the pre-
cIpitous height, gradually grow
ing. now n rlvulet. now swirliDg
stream and now with hurrying flow tC
the majestic proportions OF A mighty
river vending Its way rapidly 10 Z
measureless and infinite sea, A great
writer has said, Life is but a morrow
10 D. - nF1 IaT ~
peaks Of two eternities"
I'VE strive In vain TO look beyond
| the heights, we cry aloud. and the
only answer is the echo OF our wall
ing cry. from the voiceless lips of tho
unreDlying dead there comes no worC
but In the night Of death, hope sees
star and listening love can hear
the ruStllng Of a wing"
This is a sentiment typical OF hu
man ambition which shall live wher
| time shall be no more and calls tC
mind the Supreme intelligence which
| pervades all nature and shall never
no never die.
Just one short year ago. and two
OF those whom these exercises arc
held today and whose loss we mourn
were assembled In our midst full o
life. v,gor and health. and with The
charity that our fratornal organiza
tion had instillcd into them and viii
a feeling OF brotherly love that ha.
always heen our beacon light anC
faith. they mlnistered the same kind
! ly thoughts to others that we minlste
unto the today.
No ecomlums that ] might utter to
day. no words Of fulsome praise cal
portray their real genuine worth a
friends and as men.
Whatever may have been their lit
tie SHORTCOMINGS in life, for being hu
man. none OF us arc perfect. they. a
least. reycred the beautiful principle.
OF our order. and with us as brothe
owls. let only the good they hay
done live after them
They have gone 10 their final home
but the sunshine and happiness o
their llvos Is radiant SIN. their virtue
and good deeds We shall ever cherish
But what OF the loved ones VIII
have been left behind? What nus
be their feelings on this solemn ant
sad OCCASION The ever faithful an
loving mother: The grief stricken wic
ow: the venerable father, the innc
cent little children and the brother
and sisters for them all Is darkes
sorrow and er.cf; the vacant chaiI
the lonely nreside, no fond caress. n
kindly smile or gentle word and lo'
inglv we must say with them in SUI
plant tears. "Oh for the touch OF III
vanished hand or sound OF the yoic
that Is still
The grim reaper Death, Is no II
specter OF persons.
I TT r.,t.rhty Cny.raf,rnc of III. cart