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

avenues OF Westminster Abbey with
| It's tombs and monuments Of Gothic
sculpture connecting links as they
are with the history OF England's great
| or the tombS that portray tho mem
| ory Of the heroes of Austerlitz or
! Rivol, or the Sarcophagus OF black
! Egyptian marble where resi- the ashes
OF the great Napoleon.
Who OF us here In our great land
! of liberty view without thought of
! immortality the unmarked tombs OF
| our own loved ones VINO wore the ble
and the gray as thvy sleep beneath
! the shadows of Lookout Mountain or
near the swampS of Chickanauga OF
/ the marble arches and granite shafts
In the silent city OF the dend at Ar
! linston. .All OF this my dear friends
and brothers is symbolical OF death
| This Sonl each and every one OF MS
Is unconsciously bun gradually and
surely heading for. impelled by some
supreme power On and on We go
| awakening al times. We startle at the
thought Of the hereafter, and then
. again surrounding ourselves with the
luXuries and JOYS of Efe We lapse
again into that dormant state but al
ways unerringly vending our way to
that great beyond. the morning OF
HE. Each and every one of our de-
parted brothers whose memory VIC
reverence here today strived To live
mp TO the teachings OF the order they
loved so well.
Their cheerful voices will be missed
from the lodge room by their brothers
who knew and loved them and the
loving ones whom they have left be
hind VIII be comforted In the know
ledge that the Owls VIII always keen
their memory green and their loss
win he that OF a brother and friend
and when the great day Of judgment
brings together, face 10 face We are
brought forth Into this world and We
must surely leave IL, all things ami
mate or inanimate have a beginning
and an end Il Is the law of nature
and We must abide by Il for 1t is
natural law
You can make your life happy OF
miserable. wealth or fame does not
bring either contentment or happiness,
il ls the pleasure we can give to others
which brings us happiness
Kind words and good deeds Will do
more than stern Justice and hatred
Remember VIC all have faults and
do not judge severely those who are
weaker than ourselves, but lend them
a helping hand and give them another
chance
\ kind word and a helping hand
freely extended to some poor brother
lE his hour OF adversely will do more
10 make him an honest man and a
useful citizen than all the courts, the
prisons or the usual methods OF re-
form; These are the principals which
the Fraternal Order OF Owls teach and
when We reach that state where we
can 1--we up TO the precepts of the
golden rule the world will be more
beautiful and when the final day
comes We can close our eyes In sleep
eternal with the loving assurance we
have done our share of good while on
earth and will have no harrassing
thought of what become OF us In the
world hereafter
In closing friends and brothers |
wish to say that today we should
remember that life Ia but a gentle
zephyr that passes with it's touch.
Tomorrow maybe some of us will have
received the final summons before our
daily toll Is over.
why then this sorrow and sadness?
Why this deepest grief and gloon?
Weep not that their tolls are over,
Weep not that their race is run,
God grant that we may rest calmly
When our work Ike theirs is done
TIL then We should yield with glad
ness,
Our treasures to him who keeps.
And rejoice in the assurance
He giyeth His loved ones sleep"