Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-07
lL|sCH SPEAKS AT
.ELks' ANNUAL MEMORIAL
presses Confidence I'm Doctrine Of
! Resurrection of the
i Dead.
PsIoAL PROGRAM RENDERED
pressiye Services Are Hold III
Academy of Music, Roll of Mem
bers Who Have Died During Year
Being Called.

Bringing message OF hope and good
per. Rabbi e. n. Calisch. PHI. D., de-
pred an address as appropriate as It
- feeling at the memorial service Of
fhmond Lodge. No. 45. Benevolent
Protective order Of Elks, hold yes
day afternoon In the Academy Of
sic. He brought answer to the
rld-old question, III he die, shall he
agaln?" declaring that. as every
ysical desire and need had each Its
atihcation. so was It we'll to be-
He that the spiritual need had aiso
response In n life that comes after.
70 fnc desire of the soul, touching
pm tho verge OF Infinite things. he
Ia. 10 proof to the spiritual mind that
does not end with the grave: that.
I'm matter. 80 Ia the grave the cradle
new birth and the entrance to u
lger sphere. Commenting on the car
lal virtues which form tho ground
|irk OF the 12lks' organization, DR..
f,sch said that charity and sentiment
list as they have existed since the
ginning of time; that the chief dis
Iict!on between man and the lower
GERS OF animal life lies in his char
Il. his Willingness to help his fallen
|Pthcr. In his Ideal of Justice TO all.
the proof. so constantly given, of
II brotherly love and in his ndelity
the trust which has been placed in
n keeping.
LLENNICM WILL. COME
Il WITH UNIVERSAL JUSTICE
These are the cardinal virtues by
iich the order abides. the virtues
Inanded OF every man. and as long
II charity exists and so long as It
3 expression, SO long Will man con-
Tue to approach the ultimate per-
ftion. "And when Justice becomes
II Key to all our actions" said Dr.
llisch. when there Is actual justice
tween man and servant, between mis-
ISIS and maid. between employer and
pioye. between capital and labor,
tn Will come the dawn Of the mil
inium. And when we listen to such
memorial service there comes to US
IL came TO the Hebrew sage OF old
- question, If he die. shall no live
ain" and say. yes. Faith begins
iere the mind may not perceive, and
{ souls reach out vaguely, but def
ely, TO the Infinite. grasping comfort
pm tho thought which animated the
Han when he buried horse and bow
d arrow with his dead, the Egyptian
len no swathed his dead In balm and
ndage that tho soul might return
AIN to It's body. In OUR own hope that
dead shall rise again"
JsIC TAKES PROMINENT
PART IN SERVICE
After the overture. prayer was led
Rev. George w. Mcdaniel. D. D., pas
OF the First Baptist Church, and
an quartet, composed OF Mrs. John
irphy, Mrs. Jasper l. Rowe, Joseph
nittemore and Howard Bryant, sang
rossing the Bar" Tennyson'a fine ex-
esslon OF faith set to music The
j OF our honored dead" was road
tn the lights out, and as the name
each departed member was uttered
nournful bell was tolled. All joined
singing the Elks ode. put to the
+ OF Aud Lang Syne," and a trio
pm the choir OF the First Baptist
urch. Mrs. Murphy. Mrs Rowe and
L. Whittemore, sang again. a violin
10 was rendered by Glenroy Stein.
id Miss Corinnc Samuels sang 1.-THE
cd Shepherd" After the address, Mr.
|hittemore and AR. Bryant sang
rdis LA Fora Del Destino," and the
artct sang still With Thee" Bene-
|,tion was pronounced by DR.. McDan-
rhe exercises were presided over by
lillian Perlsiein, exalted ruler. and
hind him on the stage sat the officers
the Richmond Lodge