La Junta tribune., 1911-12-09

compared with which the life work oi
Kant VIII look like a primer.
May | say right here. that because
Of our ideals. our principles. and the
practical lines of our service, Elk.
dom has become a shining target
Some, with total misrepresentation
Of what constitutes our order. and
Others too base To appreciate unset.
nshncss have dipped their etymol
oglcal arrows In poison. They seek to
do ns harm They speak disparaglng.
ly They whisper. Prom their mint
Of venom they coin ugly epithets.
They glory in TRADE For this ne.a.
tive attitude they substitute no pos
tive program As well might the
savage from his canoe hurl spitballs
at a Cunarder. Criticism is the trt
butte midEets pay TO genius
Faults We have, and faults apleuiy
We do not pose as candidates for
white robes What is true OF the
average Individual Is true Of this
order. for the order Is but the ay-
srage Of its members ANY human
organization is but combination OF
the faults and virtues OF It's oonsti-
10 perfection We do not claim for
ourselves that sanctification or holi
ness have been attained. our path
is starward. Godward. and In that
path all of US stumble betimes. and
some OF MS more than the rest OF US.
Some Of us may gamble, but not by
any law of the order Some OF us
may swear. even though that be
the copyright OF the preacher Some
of us may have some other faults As
| look about me | find other or
ganizations have their shortcomings.
everyone of them full brother to
our faults Some OF them gamble
and rob widows and orphans. go
10 church II tells me Of its ideals
It's achievements. It's benefits. and |
say. Am ! to thrust overheard all
these because there happens 10 be a
hypocritc among their number" Why
Judge good cause by It's worst rep
resentatiye7 why turn down society
because II has fool or nincOmpoop7
Why turn down politics because its
parties are sometimes run by peniten.
tlary eligibles. and supported by
churchmen who pray one way and
then vote the other Why turn
down education because our system is
far from what 1t ought TO be- We
cannot dispense with these Men
need the church The country needs
It's political parties Our children
need the schools All these We retain
and because they are not yet per
feet We try to improve them
Play fair Reason asks what are
the principles Of the order. and what
effect have they upon the life
within and without
Elks do not compete with the uni
yersl,y. The university may be en-
trusted to do It's duty to the heads
of our youth Then. there is the
church. divided into is7 varieties (
this country alone. The duty OF the
church Is to educate IN. heart The
noble Elk. browsing on thousand
hillslies, finds human shortage not In
the education OF either head or heart.
His discovery is one of immediate
touch In that vital need where for
the tim. being neither the church
nor the school may BE- of succor. Hay
Ing brought the damsel back TO life
the Nazarene said to her friends
Give her something 10 eat" L"ay.
lng the individual free TO choose his
university and his church, his com
pany, his party. the Elk intrudes only
upon mans mllsped. yet crying
temporal need. whether In the di-
rcction of the pantry. the wardrobe
or the spothecary
No. We are not perfect In admit.
ting our faults We clear our skirts
from the charge OF hypocrisy L.,
me illustrate On the train chanced
upon large moving body. Down
here at the midway plaisance ! no.
ticed huge Elk tooth. and the left
hind foot of a rabbit ! saw AT one.
the man was brother Elk. though
the rabbits hind foo, vas no, con
ributory. lie was on a journey and
aad taken with him his bay window
voranda. and all We'll supplied with
his liquifled foe touched him upon
the equator and said. when tn,
Elks got you they got Ciydesdale. e
Noticing my clerioals h. said. Yes
parson. I'm an Elk. by the yard cub
ical and spherical. know I'm n pos
representative. but my heart. II moi
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