The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-02-07
Eagles Held Services
Honor Departed Dead
from Mondays Daily.

ness the memorial services given
by that lodge for their departed
members. Franklin F. Ellsworth de-
livered the memorial address, which
he did with impressiveness BETTING
the occasion.
Mr.. Ellsworth began his address
by explaining the occasion for the
exercises. This day." he said has
been set apart from the rest for
the remembrance and recollection of
the departed members of the Eagles.
The impressiveness of the ceremonies
is for the purpose Of making us con-
template death and to remember
the deeds done by the departed
members. On this day we should
look with circumspection on the af-
fairs of everyday life. Through the
coming of the Savior We are filled
with hope, for by His teachings we
know that there is an existence be-
yond the grave. If We were to fol-
low yet the teachings of Plato,
Aristotle and Socrates, no matter
how wise they were for their time,
We could not be embued with the
hope for our departed friends and
brothers that We are now. On account
of the sacrifice which Christ made,
the greatest sacrifice in the history
OF humanity, We do not look upon
death with sorrow as was the Gus
tom in the days of Socrates, but
with the knowledge that all is well
in life hereafter.
The Christian Faith.
1.-The Christian faith has spread
all over the world and in every
country of the globe, the spires of
Christian churches point to the
source of all divine inspiration.
Something over d hundred years
ago the arch transgressor of the
world died. He had for his pur.
pose. not truth, justice and equali-
~, not the alleyiating of the con-
ditions OF the poorer classes, but
simply the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of France.
He, through his superior generalship
spread his rule of tyranny over
nearly all the world, but when it
seemed that it was past time for
Providence to intervene and estab.
liSh the right, he met his defeat
at Waterloo. At the crucial mo-
ment. Providence stepped in and
proved over again that the right
shall win, no matter what the odds.
When the Civil war broke out it
was not expected by any authority
that it would last over six months
at the outside, but through four
weary years of strife and struggle,
the North was forced to fight for
the right. Then at the crucial mo-
ment again. Providence interceded
and decided the question. Thus by
seeming miracles at times, the pow
er of God and right, and the truth
of Christ's teachings is made evil
dent. And these miracles are not
few. Through the progress of sci
ence, men have found that there is
in a single drop of blood, millions
Of infinitesimal bodies in constant
conflict. The light of the sun, travel
ing through space at the rate of
100000 miles per second, reaches
the earth only after thirty years.
The Brotherhood of Eagles.
The Brotherhood of Eagles, al
though a comparatively new organi-
cation now numbers over 100000
members In the United States and
Canada. They have taken for their
emblem, the eagle of liberty of the
American continent They have Sc
lected for their colors, the colors of
our country, and they have for their
standards, Liberty. Truth, Justice
and Equality. Liberty is the his
tory OF the human race. 1t is what
men have fought for since the be-
ginning of time. We have only to
look through the pages of history
to find what liberty is. Late in
fifteenth century, there came to a
convent at Palos, Spain, man and
a little boy begging for food. Later
there became known a man who
was startling all the philosophers
and scientists with his declaration
that the earth was round instead
of fiat He was scoffed at, ridiculed
and scorned wherever he went in
search of some to back his enter
prise to prove his reasoning. When
at last, he found a monarch will
ing to do this, the truth became
known as result of his labors
Columbus was impelled by that
dynamic force, Truth, and had it
not been for the strength of his con-
victions he would not have been
successful But the truth was bound
to win. Truth is the corner stone
on which the Order of Eagles was
built.
Justice and equality are the out
growth of the application of truth
and liberty. Men living in an en-
vIronment of liberty and truth will
treat each other with justice and
equity, no matter what the condi-
tons. feeling of tolerance In
stilled in men by the love of truth
and liberty, and this makes allow
ance for the shortcomings of their
brothers.
How Man Is Remembered.
In closing, Mr. Ellsworth dwelt
on the ceremonies performed by the
officers in remembrance of their de
parted brothers. "As the bell tap
ped and the light flashed when the
names of the departed ones were
read, this service is a failure if
in the minds OF those present, there
was not some thought of the deeds
OF each man. BY the deeds which
a man does is he remembered. The
kind deeds of a man are made an
everlasting monument to his life
here on earth. i remember a Ger
tain society man in Iowa, who after
long illness was forced to change
his plans in his home city and &c
west. During his illness, when he
fingered between life and death