Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-05

1 in obscurity not without reason.
! Our order is founded primarily for
benevolent and protective purposes. 1t
rests upon the bedrock OF charity.
| But there are different kinds Of char
ity. There is sort which loving no
toriety and playing for praise. lies In
wait to manifest itself only when the
| best sense of community is outraged
| by the discovery Of some dire distress.
The charity for which this order stands
is the charity which. done in secret.
: comes to the proud spirit suffering I'm
silence and fearing more the blush Of
shame that comes of asking. than the
pangs of hunger; the charity SO bestow-
| ed as 10 insure its recipients that the
sore need, the fraility, and the help ex-
| tended will remain as sacred condolences.
And we would dwell for a moment upon
yet another law Of our being as an or
| der, another tenet of our faith. II you
please, Justice.
| There came time when, as Mans
conception of government broadened. he
| recognized that Justice. which has been
defined as Truth in action, was far pre-
ferable to the arbitrary will OF a sover-
eign. The idea gained commanding In
flnence in the days when Greek and Ro-
man civilization was moulding the
| worlds best thought
As to that watchword Of our order
"Brotherly Love-" be it said simply that
it finds its truest expression in that sa-
| cred precept. DO unto others as ye
would that they should do unto you." a
prccept which in itself embraces a re
| ligious philosophy and a rule of life com
plete.
OF that other motto. Fidelity, let Inc
! say that it embraces steadfast good
faith. and unfaltering loyalty. first to
| ones self and thus necessarily to others.
| You will remember the noble words
| which Shakespeare put into the mouth
of the good old father Polonius. who. az
he sends his boy out into the world. bids
him Godspeed. and says: This above all
things: to thine own self be true. and II
must follow as the night the day, thou
canst not then be false to any man."
Fidelity: A cardinal virtue! AS such she
needs no encomium. She speaks for her.
self"
We are living at an age wherein are
being wrought changes vital and uni
versal.
The humiliation of time and distance,
the concentration of population, the ire
mendous power born of combined labor
and combined capital. mean that the
multiplication table is being applied to
we'll nigh every conceivable phase OF
modern life.
This enlarged completely of our So
cial, political and religious problems of
today is but the elimination Of shifting
conditions, varying needs and mutable
vicssitudes of successive generations.
Man has ever stood ready In the nobil-
ity of his physical strength, his moral
courage and his mental power to CRAP
pie with and solve the social problems
of every age. He perceives that today
as never before the conduct Of the .if7s
dividnal both in public and In private
life is subjected to the most searching
light of critical analysis and he. there
upon has faith to hope for" a cleaHef life
in home, in church and In state.ts =
Ladies and gentlemen, tonight, az this
very hour as in all the hours past and
in all the hours yet to be. the cry Of pa
tions is for men. The vast phaiAnxes Of
mankind stand In splendid battle array.
God give us men to lead them fiji the
right, men embodying the fundamental
principles of Charity. Justice. BrotheriS
Love and Fidelity. men who through
these virtues shall lead the great mass
Of humanity up from the rhtasmlc mIsts
of conflict and Of error into the clear
and healing light of Truth. that search
Of all the ages. Given ever greater
numbers of such men let MS press on
striving to perfect our social inst'tu-
tons, seeking to realize In the future OF
this government fulhllment of those
ideals whose symbol she files; symbol
typifying truth. constancy and righteous
courage. a symbol OF which We as Eiks
are wont to say: There is no such red
in budding rose, in falling leaf or spark
ling wine; no such white IN April bios
SON. in crescent moon or mountain snow;
no such blue. In woman's eye. IN oceans
depth Or heavens dome. and no sucn
pagentry Of clustering stars and stream
Ing light In all the spectrum OF tbs sea
and sky" -.
After the eulogy was .deilvefea.
which WAS one of the flnest'ever nearo
| in this city, the quartet rendered Leao
Kindly Light" followed by selection
BY the orchestra. Nearer My GOO
to Thee" was the last selection by
the orchestra. f., -. .-y -. ',n~s- E;
The service was concluded With cers
enonies performed by the officers, of
the lodge. as follows: Exaltea
| ruler. Herbert B. Holland; esteemed
leading knight. Lowell G.. Salisbury
esteemed loyal knight. J.. Howart1
Welch; esteemed Occurring knight
Charles NJ. Richardson; secretary,
Frank K. Currier; treasurer. Harry M.
Hilton; tyler. Silas A. Dickinson es-
quire, l. Eugene Connor; inner guard.
William A. Crosby; chaplain. Fred. J.
I4ashus; trustees. Frank ReainGton
William 4. Haines, w. II. X. Abbott.
The committee in charge Of the sff-
vice were Charles A., Little, ]. How
ard Weleh. Ora A. Meader Frank H.
| Mitchell. Norbert gKrutzly. s1 s,efg7