Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-10
BURLINGTON ELKS
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Michael A. Tierney, Past Exalted Ruler of Troy
Lodge Gives Eloquent and Impressive Exem-
pification of the Principles of the Order.

| The annual memorial services of Bur-
lington Lodge, No. 916 Benevolent and
Protective order of Elks was held Sun
| day afternoon. at the same hour all
the other lodges of the order in the
! country observed similar ceremony. The
services took place I'm the Strong theatre
and were attended by nearly one thou
sand people. The exalted rulers throne
was on the stage as well as the chairs
of the other officers and the central
figure was the open Bible with the elk $
head, the emblem of tho order. The
stage was decorated with American
flags, flowers and ported plants Exalted
Ruler Thomas w. Quincy presided. On
the stage also were the other officers
of the lodge, the past exalted rulers, the
Rev. C. V. Grismer and the orator of
the day, Michael A. Tierney OF Troy,
IN. Y.
The memorial services as carried out
by the lodge officers were dignihcd and
impressive with a tnge OF sadness as
the names of the unresponsive dead were
called. In addition to the customary
ritual and memorial address there was
an excellent musical program carried out
by Lessons orchestra and n duartette
Of male voices.
The dead of burlington lodge who
were eulogized by memorial services are:
Henry ]. Coffey Thomas II. Brown,
Archibald j. Taylor, Chic L. Soule,
George /. Sinclair. Myron G. Norton,
'harlcs Fl. stevens, r. Henry Parker,
David j. Foster !. Chester Jones, John
NJ. Fraser, Thomas G. Carson, Trcffle
I. Duhamc William A. Trask. Charles
\. Beach Eugene A. Iafountain Fred
cricl j. Flanagan. Nelson A. Zero.
The memorial committee were: Fred
W. Calden. DR.. Guy e Ioudon, Roy L..
Patrick, Walter f. Peters, John j.
Whalen. Dr. James y. Tanner. Charles
r. Mower William b. McKillip, Willis
p. Hall.
JUDGE TIERNDY'S ADDRESS.
Exalted Ruler, My Brothers. Ladies and
Gentlemen:
once more the season has come that be-
tokens waste and decay; the leaves have
withered and fallen; the grasses and
flowers have faded, and the ivy and vine
nestle their clinging tendrils more closely
to the supporting wall. And as We pass
amidst these ruins of nature a feeling of
insecurity and sadness comes over us at
these stern reminders of the truth that
all must die.
What more appropriate season then
than this to honor the memory Of the
dead? What more fitting time to spea''
words of eulogy over them?
Would that the task had fallen to one
oC your own, who is more intimately &C
auainted with the characters and virtues
Of those of your members you have fallen
in life's battle; to one more accustomed
10 pronounce words of eulogy, or to lips
more eloquent than mine, but mindful of
the duty / owe to my brothers, and con-
scious of the obligation l have taken as
an Elk, I accede to your wishes and
willingly and gladly take up the task.
Our great order has instituted the grand
and beautiful custom of annually mem
orializ.ng its dead, in which exercises. to-
LAY. over 1900 lodges are engaged. with
. a membership of over $4,000 Elks spread
throughout this broad land and still on
, ont into the great oceans and wherever
the flag of freedom reigns supreme.
society that thus commentaries th1
lives of its members, a brotherhood that
makes for the virtues that stand for the
promotion OF public and individual happ'-
ness, a chart of private conduct, Is GER
. tainly a most effective instrument of civ
ilization.
When men die 1t is we'll that thelr
faults be forgotten, while the good they
do should live on forever.
| The grandeur of the future must be
based upon the greatness OF the past
and the glory Of the past is enshrined only
in the memory of the good and great and
the good and the great are one.
That nation only Is mighty that holds
as her dearest possession a treasury OF
noble names. for names are richer thar
deeds and deeds are richer than gold.
We are but atoms of the great natior
In which We live but it is out of atoms
that every great whole is made and what
Is true of a whole is true of its componen,
parts.
II we keep these thoughts in mind, my
brothers, the principles OF our noble order
have for US a broader. a deeper meaning
They teach US to know ourselves. AS
: charity solves the problem of hate by Law
OF love, so We by doing and by givine
learn to feel the rapture of receiving.
As justice lightens our minds to per-
> ceive the value of good in others, sc
also In its reflection we see the imagery
| of our own faults and failings.
| AS fidelity imparts endurance to human
} institutions and makes the prosecution
, Of a plan and the pursuance Of a policy
! possible, so II teaches us that II faithful
to our ideals We can reconstruct society
| and found a now civilization where right
shall be universal law.
And as brotherly love warns our hearts
/ with feelings of mutual affection, so in
the friendships OF our order we feel a
safer, happier and better contentment
and the whole Of ii operates as a pro-
tector and guardian of our moral being.
The road OF life starts about tn,
innocent babe, a sweet new blossom
Of humanity. fresh fallen from Gods
home to bloom on earth sees nothing
but beauty at the beginning of LIES
journey The road is strewn with
, flowers and childhood's happy days
rarely feel the sting of the thorn. tho
clouds of sorrow never lower and the
storms OF life are not visible to the
. eyes of children; only the sunshine OF
happiness lights the way of childhood
; IT Is farther down the road where the
disappointments come, and the feeting
hours are marked by the real trials
and tribulations that all must endure
In their travels OF life's highway.
The weak fall by the wayside, the
strong press on. All start on the right
road In life, but after childhood's In
nocence have carried us down the way
the roads diverge. The one has more
OF JOY than sorrow, more OF sunshine
than rain 1t has on either side happy