The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-12-08

three issues may be left with the
agent at the Presbyterian church or
at the Free Press office.
Mr. Fagenstrom seemed to rattle
off the names of neighboring towns
with remarkable fiuency. 1t appears
that he lived in Mankato for a year,
staying with Mr.. George M. Palmer,
the chairman of the local committee.
People who predicted that this
movement was only another evangel-
istic campaign of the save-me-for-
heaven type have another guess COM
ing. There is nothing narrow-gauged
about any of the speakers. And do
you notice how men sit up and take
notice when one of them touches on
the social problems confronting
America? AS some one says, social
responsibility is the chief sacrament
of religion today.
From Mondays Daily.
Beautiful ceremonies marked the
session of the Lodge of Sorrow con-
Quoted by the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks, held at the
Presbyterian church yesterday after
noon. The solemn and impressive serv-
ices were in keeping with the &C.
casion that of paying tribute to the
departed brothers. The church was
handsomely decorated.
The altar was moss of ferns,
chrysanthemums, ported plants and
pretty blossoms, while above hung
LOTT lnoy Nxrifh fxryn xyp,ir
electric lights, each light represen-
ting departed member of the lodge.
The church was filled with men,
bers of the lodge and their friends.
The former were seated in a body
in the front pew of the church.
Opened With Prelude.
Miss Mamie Skuse opened the
exercises with prelude, "Andante in
G." on the pipe organ. This was fol-
lowed by the opening ode, which
was sung in the air Of "Auld Lang
Syne," by the audience while stand
ing. The opening ceremonies were
then carried out by the lodge.
Miss Elizabeth Fakler rendered
beautiful solo, "He Shall Feed His
Flock Like a Shepherd" after which
Rev. P. X. Edwards invoked the
prayer. Lamm's orchestra, consisting
of E. L. Lamm, William Behrns,
Robert Jache, DR.. Kemp, Harry Iver-
son, Fred Krost, William Schwanen
berg, Simon Lamm, and Mrs. Harry
Iverson, then played "Adagio Pathe-
tique," very pathetic selection as
embodied in the title and it was
well rendered.
In Memorium of the Departed.
c. e. Wise followed the selection
by the orchestra with "In Memoir
iam," in which he spoke of the four
members who had passed away dur
ing the year. These were o. o. Grue,
d. T. Macarthur, John r.. Thomas and
A. J. Butzerin. He spoke of the
brethren as they were known to his
fellow men, and as embodied in the
verse:
"The faults of our brothers we
write upon the sands.
Their virtues upon the tablets of
love and memory"
Mr.. Wise spoke as follows:
Brother Elks and Friends: This
day which is universally observed
throughout our land by members of
this fraternity has been very apprO.
priately designated as our Lodge
of Sorrow" 1t is an occasion i'm
which sadness predominates because
we are gathered here to mourn the
departure of those of our brothers
who haev been called to that Mys-
terious Realm from which there is
no returning. And yet through the
tears which are started afresh by
todays ceremonies, through the deep
gloom which sorrow has cast about
us, the many virtues of our depart
ed brothers, deeply craven upon the
tablets of love and memory, stand
out i'm bold relief and their perpetu-
alton in the tributes we pay them
serves in measure to dispe1 part
at least of the deep shadows which
surround u.s. The black shrOud of
death is hidden beneath the bright
flowers strewn upon the biers of the
departed, they are symbolic of the
tender regard of the living and are
their tributes to the memory they
cherish of those who have passed
from our midst into a brighter and
better world.
During the year that has passed
four members from the ranks Of
Mankato lodge of Elks have been