The Dickinson press., 1911-12-09
Elk SERMON
IMPRESSIVE
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count myself fortunate to have been his
friend.
Maurice Quinn. a young man-for he
was born in 186S-an Irishman of
undaunted courage. born and reared
among the New England hills, is the
third brother whose loss we mourn to-
day. In Lowell, Massachusetts. he
heard of the possibilities of the west
and came to Dickinson to make for
himself a home and fortune. He was
progressive and energetic, quick to gain
and sure to keep friends. Perhaps his
death is the saddest Of all. His life's
thread vas snapped in the twinkling
of an eye and his soul hurled into
eternity.
It is meet and proper that we COM
memorate the virtues and sing the
praises of the departed. We al say
nothing to assuage the grief Of a
relatives who miss their voices and
companionship in the home but we can
pay honor to their manhood. We are
proud to have called them brothers.
Whatever imperfections they may have
had, as who has moi, we can say they
never >wronged anyone. The record
they left has impressed itself upon the
life of the city, an inspiration to the
young, a consolation to the older ones.
l will close with that beautiful thought
of the New England poet, Bryant:
So live, that when thy
to join
The innumerable caravan which moves
To that mysterious realm where each
shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
Thou 60 not, like the quarry slave at night
Scourged to his dungeon: but sustained
and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy
Like one that wraps the drapery of his
couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant
Dreams"
Judge Spaulding said it had been a
long time since he addressed a Dickin-
son audience and that while the duties
of his office precluded the careful pre-
paration he would have been glad to
make, he welcomed the opportunity to
raise his voice as every royal Elk should
to voice high ideals and the opportunity
also come in touch with the heart beats
of an audience. his work tending to
withdraw him more and more from in
tercourse with his fellows. He felt he
would get a hundred times more from
the inspiration of the audience than
they from him. Judge Spaulding said:
Exalted Ruler, Brethren. Ladies and
Gentlemen -
Some scientist has said that the first
mar was a discontinued ape, and that
had he been a conservative, like his
father, he would still be clinging by
his tail to the branch of a tree.
If this be true our fraternity owes its
origin to the dissatisfaction of this ape
with his surroundings. Whether true or
false as history. the principle is self
evident when applied to human nature
and experience.
After a brief existence without Or
%ganization, when possession was the
only law of ownership, and power to &C
quire and retain, the only criterion of
right when might solved all problems Ct
right and wrong when the strong only
survived because their code of ethics
knew no law of charity or brotherly
love the primitive state of individual
ism was succeeded by a long period of
paternalism.
In it's early form it may have been
limited to the family, greater or less
in numbers, of which the male was the
head, and all rendered obedience to
him. From that of the family relation
developed other and more extended
forms of paternalism, extending down
through the ages into the tribe, the
clan, and various forms of monarchy.
until at length the comparatively mod
ern kingdom resulted.
Out of the tribal relations which so
long existed in Europe was builded the
vast structure called European monar-
chy. 1t was welded together during the
crusades, and since their time monar-
chy has been the dominant feature of
the old world. The annals of their
states became the annals of their kings.
European monarchy was little less than
enlarged edition of .feudal chieftain-
ship. II consisted in the people. desti-
tute of political rights and dependant
for life and liberty upon the pleasure of
the king, the property of whose sub
jects might be appropriated at will,
and their lives were constantly sacri-
feed in wars for booty.
The king was such by divine right.
He consequently assumed the attitude