The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-09-28
MONUMENT is DEDICATED BY
WOODMEN OF WORLD AT CEMETERY

memory that shall live on and on TO
the end OF time. and shall shine as
brightly as the evening stars when
the destiny OF man shall be fulfilled
How shall we best celebrate this
OCCASION With tears7 No. For that
Is not the best way to give express
sion for the love which we hold for
our brothers. BY simply marking
their final resting place. by the erec-
ton OF marble shaft? No. Rather
let Us this day consecrate ourselves
10 the virture of a perfect and more
united brotherhood. in order that we
may be able to give expression TO the
civine injunction: 4 am my brothers
Keeper. Rather let US this day re-
member that death Is only the awak-
ening out OF sleep and stupidity to the
grander realities Of an immortal ana
divine existence.
These brothers. whose death we
mourne today. whose memories we
commemorate. and upon whose graves
we lay the flower OF our tribute. were
good citizens. faithful members Of our
order. conscientious men. and above
all men wholly consecrated to the
principles OF truth. right and Justice
In all their dealings with men
truth Comes First.
A fraternal organization, or any
other body OF men bonded together for
mutual concern and betterment. can
not rise higher in the scale of perfec-
ton than is exemplifed in the lives OF
It's members. Its principles must be
| founded upon truth. or in falacy they
Will die. II must be ideal or il will
perish and 20 down. IL must be the
criterion upon which men can found
their fortunes and shield their honor.
IL must be as gentle and tender in fits
brotherly love as a mother to ner
darling child. II must be as law abid-
ing and as patriotic as a patriot sol
der who fights TO discharge the enemy
OF his country. May old glory wave
over every home under whose roof Is
sheltered and protected a sovereign
member of this fraternity. Let IL wave
over every home and institution
throughout this broad land OF ours,
! for the emblem OF the free marks the
home of the brave.
we offer you today no new philos-
ophy of life. Our vision is short We
cannot look beyond the still small
chamber of death. nor beyond the
'tongueless silence of these dreamless
mounds. save the vision of faith and
the eye OF hope. But by that we may
catch the tender thrills OF the infinite
and in this We should be content. The
spirit of our chosen fraternity is not
alone confined TO our own country,
but upon the far distant islands of the
sea may be found monuments erected
at the graves of our fallen brothers,
whose lives were sacrificed upon he
altar of our country
From the shores of the Atlantic to
the tranquil waters of the Pacific.
where. in the eventide, we see the sun
beams kiss the placid sea a nights
farewell or the shore at the Golden
Gate: from the granite hills OF the
North to the orange groves of the
South may be found the handiwork OF
our craft. and in n thousand GENE
teries this day. with the decaying YER
dure of spring. stand these silent sen
tinels of stone. telling of a brother
hood unselfish. stripped of prejudice
and creed. doing those things which
tend to unite. rather than divide. the
races of men"
Following the address the members
formed in line and marched to the
park, where they boarded a special
car and returned to the city. Upon
their arrival at the corner of Fifteenth
and Eoff streets the members formed
in line and marched from there TO
their headquarters in the Waldorf
building on Market street
Among the visitors from a distance
was delegation from Apple Tree
Lodge No. .. OF Rochester. Pa. of
which the deceased was formerly
member. before having his name trans
ferred TO the lodge in this city