Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-02

knows no waking. During the past year Norwich lodge has lost some Of it's most valuable members, among whom I might mention the name of pr. P. H. Hartman. who if alive today would be taking a prominent part in our memorial services. Noble Elks have fallen, pierced by the arrow Of death, their trials ended. their faults forgotten, their virtues cherished. We are taught to practice justice towards the living and to cherish the memory of the departed. The sentiments ex- pressed from each station in our lodge room show the fidelity of our motives. To practice charity is accompanied by the no less strict injunction that all charity must be dispensed secretly and without ostentation No secret is more carefully guarded than the name of that brother who, overtaken by ad- versity or misfortune, may receive aid or relief. The relief of want, however, is not all there is to charity. Charity means helpfulness and sympathy Our members are taught the charity or thought, word and deed. The warm hand of fellowship, the kindly spoken word given when sorely needed are often more beneficial than dollars lav- ishly bestowed. Let us speak Of man as we find him, no matter what others may say. let us give him the credit that is due him, as you'd have 1t day by day. The gospel of love was preached in many tongues and taught 1 in various ways centuries before the coming of the Elks. but mankind | awakened to its best and truest mean | ing when forth from the lips of the Elk first came those words of his golden rule which will never die: The | faults of our brothers we write upon | the sands, their virtues upon tablets | of love and memory" Then let us 1 all try and live up to the grand prin- 1 ciples of our order so that when we i are called 1t can be truthfully said | that we always practiced charity. jus I tice, brotherly love and fidelity.
 Memorial Address.
 Following another selection, Quar-
 tette from Rigoletto, by the orchestra | Past Exalted Ruler Nelson J. Aylint
 gave the address of the afternoon l speaking as follows:
 By the grace of our Father, thu
 Great Ruler of the Universe. we hav'
 been spared to assemble in lodge O
 sorrow today, as our brothers are do ing from Alaska to Panama, and iron
 Maine to our far-hung flag in th'
 Philippines, to pay respect 10 tn' memory of our departed brothers.
 is meet and proper we should do so
 and set as;Ce this day, out of rever' ence to those who have gone oe1or'
 and as others will do after us: w cannot be reminded too often that l
 is only question of time with us anC that all must travel the same path
 down into the valley of the shadow The lcdge of sorrow is sentiment tn
 same as our Ii o'clock toast for tn henefit of the brothers in the flesh, To
 We can be of no further service t' tft.se brothers who have gone before II is sen.'nrent that moulds opinion shapes our conduct and the objects w strive for.
 The Order of Elks best typihes tn tendency of modern thought to recog
 nize the essential unity of mankino
 As first created, man lived, fought an
 died alone.
 Then came combinations for defens and aggression, but only as the worl' : grows old has come the knowledge t inc sons of the earth that they are al , one family, absolutely dependent oI v each other for happiness, and only wit 5 this knowledge has come the realiza ton of the resultant duty of mutua 1 helpfulness, of kindness.
 f And out of this realization and t
 help us to discharge the duty s
 sensed has come this great organiza
 ton, an organization to make charity justice, brotheriy love and fidelity ef ! fective, And all the shades Of mean , ing attached to these several words ar included in the living work of the tru Elk and blended in tho single word : ''kindliness"
 5 The growth of this great sentimef . and of this great order that 50 we T exemplifies 1t marks the progress humanity, cut from nature. to highe
 and better things,
 In nature there is n6 change, She
 the same today as she was when sh 6 first smiled 6 sunset at the frs [. broken heart above the first new mad r grave. But man, because of that l Ii him which dees net come from natur F but from God, strikes down the in l. pulses and the tendencies that al e natural and on the stepping stens
 of his dead self reaches up te bettt r things"
 And late, late iH the life ef seHturit
 he cemes to kindiiness. For aPP1ie
 kindliness is new to the world. IT
 active cruelty of the savage was SUI Ie cee6ed by the indifference te sufferir j. marking later times, and 1t is eniy in d past SC recent as to well be recalled Le the present that humanity's sufferiI l. has successfully appealed to human
 ty's heart