The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-12-12

depth of the heart at the mention
of a vanished brothers name. The
hour when ne remember Our absent
brothers is a, Mystic Hour. the
tribute, O. silent tribute.
! Yet today. WHEN we, as is fitting,
tray a public tribute to the dead,
we can express something of what
we feel.
/ AS we say the names OF those
who have gone from us since our
last service, Brother p. II. Carney,
Brother A. 0. Rjelland, Brother J..
J. SpeIlman, and Brother n. L..
Gregg, we think. perhaps, first of
what they were In the community.
We remember Brother Carney as a
charter member of this lodge, coun-
Gilman, mayor, postmaster, the found
er of one of Mankatos largest
industries. Public spirited, big.
hearted, wholesouled, free to a fault
with money and sympathy. Brother
Bjel!and, a man standing high in
his profession, self made, respected,
loved, influential. A physician at
whose death, his fellow physicians
adopted resolutions deploring his
death, and declaring how they felt
deeply the loss, "Of an honorable,
capable, upright physician, q sym.
pathetic friend, a wise counsellor,
and good citizen
Brother Spellman, not so we'll
known, but a true Elk, man who
lived quietly and honorably, faith.
fully doing his work as locomotive
engineer. Brother Gregg, another un-
obtrusive, not widely known man,
who was for years drug clerk in
Mankato, but who some years ago
moved away.
But when we, as Elks, think of
our departed brothers, we ask not
concerning them, Were they rich,
were they prominent, were they sue.
ccssful, did they do this or that?
But we ask simply this, Were they
charitable? We're they just, were
they loving toward their fellOwmen,
were they faithful? For these are
the things that We care most about,
these are the virtues our order
tries to inculcate. These are the
qualities we long to write on the
tablets of love and memory, these
are the characteristics that make
, true worth. We. as Elks know that
apart from these, all achievement, all
renown, are of little account. With.
out charity. justice. broLherly love
: and fidelity. all earthly success is
but brilliant appearance with nc
reality behind it. bubble that
bursts at the approach of death.
SO of our brothers, we speak not
OF wealth or poverty, not of prom
inence or obscurity, of brilliance OF
of the COMMONPLACE. We tell only
OF these, charity, justice, brotherly
: love, and fidelity.
But even here let us acknowledge
that our judgment is faulty, oul
vision dim, our tribute incomplete
No man can measure fully the worth
of another. There is a funeral
custom. beautiful, but little USED
now. by which the casket was
covered with pail, in token thai
the deceased was passed out Of
reach of mans criticism, beyond
mans faulty judgment, his half seeing
eyes, and laundering love, into the
presence of Him whose vision is all
), seeing, whose judgment is perfec
in its wisdom, whose love, is al
enfolding. The Grand Exalted o.
the universe alor2 knows each mans
trials and temptations, what his
} opportunities are, what his failure.
and successes, and the full reach
of his influence.
Therefore let our tribute be this
+, First we thank Him that we have
, the memory of these lives, confident
that each has in his measure made
Elkdom stronger and added to the
worlds store of those virtues fol
; which Elkdom stands. And then
the highest honor that we can show
them, we will emulate their virtues
We say, THE faults of our brother.
we write upon the sand. theil
virtues upon the tablets of love an(
memory" We mean more by thai
more than the garnishing of theil
tombs and the singing of theil
; praises. We mcan the keeping alive
OF the virtues of which they possess
ed. The monument which we real
to our brothers is a living monu
ment. A lodge, alive and real will
charity, justice, brotherly love, ant
. fidelity.
; Opening and Closing Exercises.
The opening and closing exercise:
were of the. usual character. The
musical part of the program was O
a high order of excellence and add
I ed much to the beauty of the cere
monies. Miss Mamie Skuse presided
at the organ, bringing out the rich
tones of the instrument. Miss Lora
LulsdOrff sang solo, I'm Pill
GRIM. which was beautifully done
d. NJ. Jones, the baritone singer
sang Lead Kindly Light Mr.
, Jones possesses a highly cultivated
baritone voice and he was heard tt
excellent advantage yesterday. Miss
Katherine Won Ewertsen sans
My Redeemer and My Lord" very
prettily. closing the solo singing
part Oh tho services.
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