Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-12-08
ELKs MEnORlIAL ExERC1sEs.

The annual lodge Of sorrow, held BY
Little Falls lodge, B. T.. q e. Sunday
afternoon at Elks hall, was we'll at
tended.
Exalted Ruler Frank Renick pre-
sided An orchestra composed OF
Messrs Folsom, Bastien and Prior, and
Miss Noella Duclos, opened the exer.
cises with finely rendered selection,
and gave several excellent numbers
during the afternoon.
The opening ceremonies followed,
with responses by the various officers.
Rev. r. B. Walker gave the bless.
ing, and the ladies' quartet Misses
Laura Brannen, Myrtle Olson, Olive
Corn we'll and Mrs. Chas. Jensek-gave
in splendid style the shepherd of
Israel"
The eulogy on departed brcthers was
given by Ion NJ. Cameron. and vas
finely conceived and eloquently pre-.
sented. Mr.. Cameron did full Justice
to his subject. 49,.
Miss Loretta Vessel sang "Face to
Face, beautifully and effectively, and
the duet There is Green .Hiil,' by
Miss Laura Brannen and Mrs. Jensen,
was fine number.
The memorial address was by. Chas.
E. Vasaly, and its central thought was
the exempllficatlon of charity by thu
application of justice to the affairs Of
men. He said, IN part:
"Thisssis not the day of the dead. Il
is the day of the living. True it is,
that we meet in comn1emoration Of the
brothers who are gone; that in this
lodge of sorrow we call to mind those
friends whose lives are now only mem
cries, even though those memories be
sad and sweet.
We pledged our departed brothers
remem brance and the tribute of tender
recollection 10 theirs today. We be:
lieve that our brothers have not lost,
but gained.
The sorrow over the departed is
tinged with the hope that they have
reached home. The Order of Elks sup
plants no creed, has no religious
formula. For forty years the lodge.
of sorrow have been held and every
ELK who has passed tho gates of day il
remembered. We will leave to thu
log1cians and tho theologians tn.
arguments as to Immortality. Some
thing within our hearts, confirmed bI
faith, tells us that it must be so
otherwise this world would lndeed III
dreary and life hopeless journey
from darkness unto darkness.
| The Order of Elks practices tn
practical charity which helps thu
widow and the orphan, which raise!
the fallen and cheers the sorrowiug
In that it has never and will neve
fail. Much as the world needs charity
however, it needs something still
more. and that something is justice
In the service of our fellow men ma.
be exemplitied the highest form o
charity. The Savior said that tn
greatest commandment of the law wa
to love God with thy whole heart, tn!
whole soul and thy whole strength
and then love thy neighbor as thyself
How can this commandment be full
filled by forgetting that around you ar.
the poor and miserable, the weak an.
the maynard. Charity means helping
those who need sympathy, love ant
justice. The social and industrial pro
blems of our time must be settles
on the only foundation that will reall!
settle anything-the foundation o
Gods eternal justice. With this Keel
sense Of justice, which once realized Ii
our laws would destroy so much b
POVERTY and crime, must go the livel!
sympathy springiug.from full belle
in the brotherhood Of man. -.