Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-12-07

We heap their mounds with flowers
brought from our fraternal hearth.
When we sing of our brothers gone
away to that better land above may
we not gain consolation and sweet soul
repose from the lines of Alice Cary.
Il once had a beloved brother
With eyes that were dark and deep;
In the lap of the dim old forest,
He lieth in peace asleep
Light as the down of the thistle
Free as the winds that blow
We roved there in beautiful summers,
The summers of long ago
But his feet on the hills grew weary
And one of the autumn ewes
made for my little brother
bed of the yellow leaves
Sweetly his pale arms folded
Ny neck in a meek embrace
AS the light of immortal beauty
Silently covered his face
And when the arrows of sunset
Lodged in the tree tops bright
Asleep by the gates of light"
Thus, one is plucked as an early
flower from loves smiling garden to
Wither and go, ere yet lifes balmy
springtme has secured young summers
bloom another at noontide of sum-
mers rosy glow has passed from earth
forever; while another still in autumn S
waning hours his temples crowned by
the SHOWS of many wintersfull and ripe
with wisdom and experience has ar
rived at the evening of life to pass the
portals of death wrapped in peaceful
slumbers.
And as we view him there on his
funeral bier all that remains of one of
Gods noble sons, and note the absence
of that mysterious something that
answered to the name We called him
by, we deeply sense that
Not in the world of light alone
Where God has built his blazing throne
Nor yet alone on earth below
With belted seas that come and go
And endless isles of sunlit green
Is all our makers glory seen
Look in upon this wondrous frame
Eternal wisdom still the same"
When in deep and pensive mood we
stand amazed, Supplied, empowered by
the mystery of life, yet are we con-
WINGED that
When we leave this frail existence
When we lay these mortals by
Beloved brothers; we shall meet them
In the royal courts on high.
Members OF the Benevolent and Pro-
tectivA order of Elks. they sensed and
performed the duty that fraternity did
demand of them.
Ever ready with tender hearts and
willing hands, they answered every call
for help to ease the pain of suffering
brothers or heir beloved ones, to re-
iieve their wants in times of dire dis
tress and need:-liberal alike with
purse and tender judgement. ever do
ing unto others as they would be done
by, Aye ever following the golden prin-
ciple or our. order. writing upon the
sands the faults of the unfortunate
ones who fell by the way, while in
scribing their virtues on the tablets OF
love and greatful memory-untarnishe
obilisks of fame rock ribbed and con-
slant as the pillars of Hercules.
Always their happiest. their sunniest
hours were spent in giving joy to 9TH
ers, in comforting the bereaved, in
feeding the hungry. visiting the sick
bringing sunshine into the lives of
those who have cause TO mourn. heap
ing blossoms on the graves of dead
brothers thus reaping pyramids Of
flowers as their just rewards
Oh, how mysterious the power that
guides and controls the destinies of
men. Some revel in the lap of luxury
from the cradle to the grave; having
every wish granted. every slightest
whim fulfilled, a gentle hand tenderly
steering their bark Ger the turbulent
waters of lfe's fathomless and bound
less sea:-sometimes | fear forgetful-
ness of heavens unstinted kindness
and mercy produces on the part OF
these favored ones a tendency not to
observe. not to heed the trials and trib-
ulations of those whose boats were
launched in rough and stormy weather
when the sky was dark and overcast
with heavy clouds of want and suffer
ing-finally to be cast upon the reefs
of lone and deserted shore: broken
lost and forgotten forever: buried in
oblivion, no tablet to mark their final
haven of rest, no engraven word be-
speaking the kind remembrance of af-
fectionate relatives or friends.
Thus in unfading colorings do the
extremes of life present themselves to
us; what food for thought? What ulti-
matums for deep and somber contem-
plations Therefore let us not waste
the golden opportunities presented to
us. until time for kind and loving
deeds shall be no more. But let us
scatter flowers upon their pathway;
fill their lives with Sunshine-their
souls with joy o, it is just as easy for
us: aiding others will not lessen our
store of good things:-but will give us
a magnificent and pleasing reward; a
profound satisfaction in the knowledge
of good deeds nobly done and duties
well performed.
Belittling our fellows is the saddest
of sad mistakes they are the embryos
of the green-eyed monsters Jealousy