The Brunswick news., 1912-12-03

" Ndu Dldhe our iINES AulNln ?.
And departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands Of time.
-Longfellow
Sweetly, solemn, impressive aud
yet very beautiful were the memorial
services of the Elks lodge of sorrow
at the Grand opera house Sunday af-
tern6Ol, in memory of the dead meme
bers of the order.
lna every hamlet in the country
where there is an Elks lodge, the
first Sunday in December is conse-
Grated as a day when the living broth
er will call to memory those who
have departed this life. The exer-
cises occurred at o'clock and long
bS1ore that hour the WE'LL known
playhouse was crowded with vast
audience OF men, women and children
Promptly al that hour the lodge
members filed into the opera house
and occupied Jseass in the front
rows reserved for them, then followed
the attractive and Interesting pro
gram as published in these columns
The music. both vocal and instru-
mental,.-was very beautiful and ap
propriate, especially was that the
case with the quartet The Lord is
Gracious" by Messrs. sherman and
Bailey. Miss Butts and Miss O'Con
nor and the solo, Praise the Lord,
by Miss Butts
Lorentzen's orchestra rendered
most charmngly the prelude and 9th
er selections during the services. The
officers occupied seats upon the
stage which was tastily decorated for
the occasion in The emblems and
colors Of the order An electric ef
feet, very impressive, was so ar
ranged that as the secretary called
the names of each Of the absent
brothers, the tiny lights representing.
tehm We're extingiushed with tha
calling Of the name.
The rendition of William Cullen
Bryants Thanatopsis", by Col II. 7.
Dunn, was one OF the real treats Of
the program. Col. c. p. Goodyear
delivered in his characteristically
able manner the general eulogy,
which was one OF the strongest ef-
forts in that line yet delivered in
this city. The memorial address was
pronounced by Judge Isaac and the
talented young orator held Ibis audi
ence to the closest attention for thir
ty minutes while he eXtolled the yir-
tues of Elkdom .and explained some
Of the cardinal features upon which
the great order is builded. Judge
Isaac spoke, in part, as follows
The first principle upon which
this order is founded is that cardi-
nal virtue Charity OF all the gor-
geous jewels In the diadem Of fra
ternlty none shines so brightly as
that Of Charity In the garden OF
virtues it is the noblest rec. It's
roots are imbedded nthe soul OF
man, it's tendrils environ his heart
1t blossoms are fragrant with the per
fume Of good deeds and It's fruit
ie~ses alike the giver and the re-
ceiyer.
Since the time of Cain the ques-
tion has been constantly asked Am
/ my brothers keeper The order
Of lElks has answered the question in
the affirmative and in answering it
has linked with it the Golden Rule
as the basic principle Of the order
AN Elk's charity is no myth or
shapeIess thing. It is living breath
ing reality with eyes to see and ears
to hear and hands to give but no
tongue to relate.
Justice, that principle planted
deep in the human heart which bids
us approve the right and condemn
the wrong, is the next precept Of this
order While we write the faults
OF our brothers on the sands we
place their virtues upon tablets OF
love and memory. In this order all
creeds. all professions, all trades
combine and fuse. into an endless
chain Of human helphilness working
for the elevation Of mankind under
he broad banner Of The Father
hood of God and the brotherhood Of
man.
Brotherly love. the mystic cord