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more eloquently than can hope to do
ed brothers are held and this outpour-
ing of the citizenship of your city at
tests the esteem in which the Frater-
nal Order of Eagles is held In this
community.
I'm Eagledom The virtues of our
brothers we will ever treasure, their
faults we have forgotten This Gus
tom Of paying tribute to those who
have gone forever from our midst is
as old as civilization and in every
Eagles Aerie, reaching into the hun
dreds of thousands of members OF the
order, it is the goodly custom once
year to hold these memorial services
as we are doing today and there in
solemn ritual and appropriate exer-
cises we commemorate the loving
memories of our departed brothers
who have crossed the bar.
Origin Of Order.
| February 6, 1898, just a little more
| than seventeen years ago, there gath
cred together in fraternal spirit on the
shores Of Puget Sound at the Tide
water Flats Of Seattle, few actors OF
the drama, and there was founded the
first aerie of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles. At later meeting this tenn
porary organization was made perma-
nent and in times of sickness and dis
tress, this society, bound together in
ties of common sympathy and brother
hood became permanent organization
with the principles Of Liberty. Truth,
Justice and Equality as the principles
and foundation upon which they built
the temple of a great fraternal organ
ization Within a comparatively short
time the infant organization there
christened in Seattle has become the
greatest faternal society of the CEN
fury, aye of all history. It has for its
model our own, our native land the
United States of America. the might
est republic in all history, since the
dawn of civilization. Its emblem is
the American eagle and liberty is the
master-feather OF its wings which mas
borne it to the remotest corners OF the
earth Our colors are the American
flag Old Glory. the grand old emblem
of freedom. your flag and my flag and
the flag of every American citizen
worthy of it's protecting folds. Out OF
the very cardinal principles of Chris
tianity the founders built this great
fraternal organization embracing the
virtues of older orders and rekindled
the fire of patriotism, love of coun'
try and Of flag, and renewed faith in
the existence of Supreme Being, an
Omnipotent Creator. thus joining the
religion of love and the gospel Of hui
manity.
Tribute to Dead.
81 would pay this tribute to our de
parted brothers. Of them it may be
said they were ever faithful to their
principles, ever ready with charity
that charity which scripture tells us OF
II I speak with the tongues Of men
and angels and have not charity l am
become as sounding brass or thinking
cymbal-that charity which compre
bends the woes and miseries OF the
poor, that charity which means toler
ance Of spirit. purity of heart, bigness
of soul and these are the principles
they typified in their daily life while
they walked among men. Here they
wove about them the tender fabric Of
Liberty, Truth. Justice and Equality
clinging closely to these Christian
principles of Christian manhood they
breathed forth the blessings Of human
! sympathy with the afflicted; with
Truth they brought themselves ir
closer bonds of fraternal affection with
their brothers. With Justice theil
lives shed forth its respondent rays o.
Equality, knowing neither class OF
clan they made the homes Of each and
all a temple for honest men, standing
united in the bonds of Eagledon
around the fireside Of its enduring
principles, there with fearless libertie.
and a belief in the righteous laws o.
mankind they stood unimpeachable If
their power for good. Always foe tt
hypocriscy: they sought to perpetuate
Liberty, Truth, Justice and Equality
the principles that makes men free
that makes men honest with each 9th
err, that keep honor bright. that does
not fetter the temporal or spiritua
!. liberty Of men but which bids him tt
hold fast to the religion taught him a
his mothers knee.
World Must Grow.
"The professions and practices o
men must measure the standard O
civilization. The world grows better
even though temptations assail us ye
never in the history of civilization hal