Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08
HONOR MEMORY
OF DEPARTED ELKS
Newark Lodge No. II Holds
Services in the Orpheunl
Theatre.
EULOGY IS PRONOUNCED
BY LECTURING KNIGHT
Past Exalted Ruler Runyon
Speaks on Greed of Or
der on Death.

B. p. o. e., were held last night in
the Orpheum Theatre, Practically
every member of the order In New
ark, together with relatives and
friends of the departed Elks, were
present.
Edward L. Hartmann, esteemed lee
turing knight. in his culogy of the de-
parted brothers urged all Elks to
emulate the example set by the
brothers that had passed away. The
address OF the evening was made by
former City Judge William NJ. Run
yon. past exalted ruler of the Plain
field lodge. He spoke from the creed
of the order on death There is No
death: what seems SO is transition"
he declared.
Tho Orpheum Theatre, placed at the
services of the lodge through the
courtesy of M. s. Schlesinger, was
well filled when the curtain arose
upon a scene representing the lodge
room. with an altar occupying the
centre of the stage. draped with an
American flag.
quartet sang Meek and Low" fol-
quartet sang Meek and Lowly." fol-
lowed by "Zug der Frauen," from
Wagner's 'Iohengrin," after which
Exalted Ruler Ralph r. Eichlin
opened the services with a few intro
ductory remarks on the principles and
aims of the order.
Pxonounces the EuIosy.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Eichlin's
talk a soprano solo was given and
Edward L. Hartmann pronounced the
eulogy.
Brother Exalted Ruler. Brothers
and Friends:
The call that E1kdom sends forth
each year has once again brought US
together to revere. and pay homage
to the memory of those of our broth
ers who have entered the great here
after. and 1t Is inspiring to consider
In Elkdom wherever a lodge may he
found. there will be found lodge of
sorrow 1t is beautiful thought
that brings us together and It but
Is; how II binds us by invisible ties
to those who have gone before, and
keens alive within us the fond reco1-
lions of our absent brothers.
Every day brings to us a deeper
~ealizat ton of the uncertainty OF hu-
man life. No truer words are spok en-
than those wherein we are told. that
we know not the day nor the hour.
Tonight, among others we mourn for
those who but short year ago were
with US, who had not even Fremont
ton of death, a SUSPICION LnaI Ine
end was nigh; we We're with them In
their homes. in business and In times
of recreat ien: they were In the PRIME
of life. enjoying the hest of health.
emily brief iilness-yet only a moment
and they had passed from the strife
and bitterness of this world. to the
neace and rest of a better one-and
YOU monrned a father. brother, a
son and we. brother Elk.
Yet what words are .ann-onrta re.
how can we suitably eulogize those
10 their deeds and actions not sneak
louder than our words can Draise
+hei~ character and the services they
10 their families. their friends and
their business asaociates? Aud II we
st-ove TO do as we'll as they did. to
bear as ,or hsppy f,e G@nntenq hand to
hestoW as cherry a greeting and to
he ms ever willing to give any as
distance needed to promote the well
Order OF Elks. I ask You. brothers
would not such an emnla ton of their
example be the sincerest eulogy we
could tender, the warmest praise we
For such were the characteristics
of those who have already crossed
the great divide: worthy men before.
tering the great brotherhood of Elk
dom. they practised as they were
taught. and endeavored to. and did
become. true and faithful Elks. En-
terlng an order founded on charity.
Justice. brotheriy love and fidelity.
they acquired the fraternal shirt: the
the practised charity. not only that
charity which relieved the suffering
nf the needy and distressed. but the
charity which causes men to over
look another's faults. to make light of
hem. and TO be liberal In their jude
ment of others, and while being lust
to be lenient. And lastly. they were
Rs but se fn en fpu tbe not bo 9ng
and In their work and made not only
Cor the advancement of the principIes
of Our brotherhood, but of mankind
in generals
A little back of The altar stood the
"broken column entwined by Easter
lilies. and as Richard p. Rooney read
the names OF the eighteen members
who have died since December /, 1912,
the stamen of one flower after the
other. being representa- by coiored
electric lights was lighted and re-
NAMED that way until the benedic-
ton. when. one by one, the lights dis
appeared again.
The opening prayer was pronounced
by John A. Hunter, the chaplain of
the lodge.
After quoting from the Scriptures
and from the poets songs on the life
eternal, Mr.. Runyon told his hearers
that such are the eongs that justly
make us forget that death is some
thing to be viewed with sorrow.
I'VE have been tod he sad. that
death is but transition. Now. can you
mothers remember the days when
your little daughters arms encircled
you in fond embrace, and yet. as the
years go by. the little daughter is
gone. never to return. She has grown
into a matron and probably has
little daughter of her own. You
fathers, have you not lost the little
boy who timidly told you of his woes"
He has grown into q man. The son
is still there. but the little boy is
gone.
Look at your aged parents. once in
the bloom of their best years. Al!
around us. from the cradle to the
grave. transition is going on con-
etantly Is 1t not reasonable to as
sumo that death is but another form
of that same transition"
Look upon those whose features
have been lined with furrows' In the
moments of anguish and pain and
then look upon the serene calmness,
the smile around their lips when
death has sealed them for this world.
Shall we say in the face of these
signs that death Is dreadful; shall
we deny that 1t brings happiness to
those whom we mourn3 Let US re-
member that where birth comes
death must surely follow. May we
not feel that God does not willingly
infiict misery upon his childf en- 2"
The speaker Their contfasted the
death of men OF might and fame like
Napoleon and contrasted them with
the death of the Lord in apparent de-
feat at Golgotha on the cross.
And yet, as history rolled on"
he continued, thousands of institu-