Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-12-12

once again tne Rrea 1rateTnal
body of Elks has paid its annual
tribute of love and memory: to its
departed brothers, indelibly i'm
pressed upon the tablet of life the
virtues of those who have gone
before, and with. their devotion
carried to the world again the
powerful lesson of loving kindness
and charitableness.
On Sunday afternoon the MEM
bers of Rocky Ford Lodge No.
1147, B. P. o. E., with a large
number of friends gathered in the
Grand opera house to observe the
lesson which the Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks teaches
the lesson of brotherly love, the
lesson which above all others
makes the Who'll 9 world better.
The Elks assembled at their
lodge reom and marched to the
opera house, which was tastefully
decorated for the occasion-a
lodge of sorrows-and as they
filed into the building the con-
cluding number of splendid
musical program, "The Process
sional," by the Nash orchestra
filled the auditorium with sweet
strains of music.
The officers of the lodge, in
charge of District Deputy Grand
Exalted Ruler Pollock, then ex-
emplified the memorial ritual in a
very impressive manner, and were
followed by beautiful solo "Out
of the Gloom into the Clean of
the Day." tenderly sang by Mrs.
III. S. Johnson.
After the opening ode, "Auld
Lang Syne," and prayer by the
lodge chaplain, quartette con-
sisting of Miss Pansy Sheldon,
Mrs. johnson, Messrs Pollock and
Stout, in most sympathetic
manner rendered Jesus, Lover of
My Soul"
The eulogy was delivered by
Father w. s. Neenan, and as he
spoke of the departed brothers a
flood of memories rushed to the
minds of those who had known
them in life and he most truly ex-
emplified that noble thought ell
grained in the heart of every Elk,
"The faults of our brothers we
write upon the sands, their virtues
upon the tablets of love and men,
ory." Like this the eulogy ran:
The highest eulogy that we can pro-
nounoe upon our departed brothers is to
say that they were true and faithful
Elks. thoroughly imbued with the virtues
of our order. and by their daily lives they
excemplified our cardinal principals oi
Charity, Justice. Brotherly Love and
Fidelity.
Practicing that charity which consists
not alone Of aims. but the higher and
nob,er charity which harbors no evil
thought and speaks no unkind word the
charity which is eager to do. but reluct-
ant to reveal; the charity which does not
act as pail. but envelopes both the giver
and the receiver in the radiance of good
deed well done; the charity which takes
no thought of the gift, but which makes
the act Of giving blessing: the charity
which lets not the left hand know what
the right hand is doing; the very highest
of all charity, to the uncharitable;i meet
ing out the Justice which needs not to be
forced before it will act. but the justice
which takes infinite pleasure in doing
what is right; not the justice which Is
sslfishly wondering il this is not our due
but rather that which is generously re-
solving that it belongs to others; the
justice which cheerfully inpels US to dc
unto others as we would they should dc
unto US; indulging freely in that brotherly
love which not alone binds US together IL
this great organization, but that which in
its exuberance makes of every man a
brother and the whole world kin; the
brotherly love which is not satisfied with
self-happiness. but that which is diffus'
ing universal joy and sunshine; the bro
thehy love which is seeking peace oil
earth. good will toward all mankind
Harmony" a solo sweetly SUNG