The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-05

of fraternal love % recently hrokon..
Lodge of Sorrow did We not hold that
steadfast belief that somewhere In
some Infinite manner life is going on
better. fuller, more richly and more
completely than it does here. This
Lodge of Sorrow proves that IL life
were nothing but the merciless strug-
kle which selfish enjoyment demands,
If its best employment were only the
achievement of power. wealth. place
or fame, then is our philosophy wrong.
our assembling here vulgar pretense
OF grief, our teachings fanciful imag-
cry and our great order like house
built upon the shifting sands,
But our philosophy is not wrong.
our fraternal teaching is fundamental.
our faith is born of the divinity that
stirs within u.s." quickens us with d.
vine impulses and brings us to q deep
er appreciation of the truth that
to make life that's white and
good
Fit for this human brotherhood
Demands the toll OF weary years
and tears"
1t requires self-sacrifcing. fraternal
life the life that is four-sQuared by
Charity. Justice. Brotherly Love and
Fidelity; the life that has made liter.
allure luminous and history glorious.
the life marked by service.
Sidney Carton. changing clothes
with his friend and going to the gull
lotine in the death wagon. assembled
the scaffold with serene face, saying
1T is a far, far better thing that ! do
than l have ever done" Jean Vatican.
convict Of the galleys. after his soul
was saved by the friendship of
priest, assembled toward his God by the
practice of charity and sacrifice The
passing shadow OF Florence Nightin-
gale. which dying soldiers strove to
kiss: the cup Of cold water which Sir
and parched lips that feverish mus
keteer watching him with wistful eye.
might drink. These are pictures In lit
erature and history which the world
will not let fade. The suns Of centur-
les will rise and set upon them.
Service to ones fellow man IL the
only immortal human thing. Life
heaped up and running over with hui
man sympathies, giving freely without
thought Of recompense. without de-
signs upon the future. sowing where
1t knows it shall not reap--is the only
real life. 1t is the life lived by the
Elk who Is faithful to ali his teach
ings.
We have paid our tribute to our
Absent Brothers Tomorrow's morn
ing will summon us again to our
worldly activities and the heat OF the
days burden will beat down upon us.
demanding our utmost endeavors. But
we make this Journey but once, and
we cannot retrace 1t. The passing
hour is brief but II 10 long enough to
AFFORD the opportunity to speak tho
kindly word, to grasp the hand In
friendship. to ask how goes the hight.
to bring rest to weary and comfort to
those who mourn, all Of which Is true
Elkdom #
Death has nothing terrible In It,
save what life has made 20" and II
the warp and wool OF our lives are
woven in harmony with the teachings
OF our order we will meet death az did
our Absent Brothers. not az the end.
but AZ a new impulse to higher
things and will answer the hailing
signs of our Absent Brothers. whose
passing we today commemorate, and
merrily follow them down through
the green portals that lead to the Val
ley of Rest"