Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-06
TRIBUTE TO DEAD
PAID BY ELKS IN
FITTING SERVICE
s.sv Present ut ''Lodge OF Serreur
Ceremonies Conducted BY Rock
Island Members.
s,ys ALL HEROES NOT HERALDED
rhemas !. Weich in Addressing Gath
eripr States Many are Great Though
Far From BattleiieIds.

before a srge gathering OF Elks
and their friends in the club rooms
II Rock Island lodge. tribute was
nsjd 10 the deceased members OF the
order yesterday afternoon at $50
The memorial exercises here, were
similar TO those held by every lodge
IN the United States yesterday. The
FIks setting aside the first Sunday in
Decenber in each year as time to
nav honor TO deceased members of
the order
Thomas J. WEIGH formerly Of Rock
Island. but now city attorney of Ke-
vance. delivered the address Of the
afternoon. Robert Rexdale of this city,
delivered the eulogy and Rev. j. l..
Vance gave the invocation after the
aqodge of Sorrow" was opened and
the lodge hymn sung. A solo, Face
10 Fac" was rendered by l.. B. Can
terbury Mrs Canterbury gave a
reading Of Bryant's beautiful Than
stopss and a quartet number Gath
ering Home was rendered by L. An
derson, F. Johnson, Fl. Dickson and
Mr.. Canterbury.
Mr.. Welchs address followed and
preceding the eulogy Mrs. Canterbury
sang "Abide With Ne The quartet
sang THE Vacant Chair Benediction
was offered by Rev Vance, after the
lodge was closed and the Doxology
sung.
Absent are Remembered.
Mr.. Nelcu in his address said
we come here today in a spirit of
hope rather than of sorrow; not with a
song Of grief, but with hymns of
praise and faith; we testify to the vir-
tues Of those who have departed, and
demonstrate by our attendance here,
that it is not the fate Of those vino
scar the emblem Of an Elk to live
unknown or die forgotten.
TO honor our departed brothers
and preserve their memory is one OF
Gibbons priceless treasures. Some
may say such things are sentiment,
Sentiment satisfies the Elks. 'Tis sen
tlment that prompts The patriot TO raj
lf around mis- countrys flag; sentiment
has scattered their white and bleached
bones upon a thousand bsttlefelds
sentiment has reared marble monu-
ments above their graves to mark the
spots where fell our country's her
9es: sentiment prompts US to love the
scenes Of our childhood and the moth
sr who bore us; sentiment in the com
IBg years will cause us to scatter
flowers upon her grave sentiment
prompts all mankind to greater acts
and uobler deeds; and if this service
today is founded upon sentiment, then
il is founded upon the strongest OF
human emotions and Of human ties.
10 our organization. as well as to
The dead We owe the duty which we
discharge here for services of this
Kind declare the loyalty Of the living
no less than the virtues Of those
whom they commemorate.
These cherished dead. whose names
you have before YOU. are now beyond
The reach of our good deeds; to bring
fruit and flowers to them would be
in vain hut to Indulge in good
thoughts and affections toward them
saonld enlarge our hearts and awaken
IL our breasts, a determination to sac
afee something FOR the good Of others
Value Of Sentiment.
II matters not what we may accom-
plish in this life we may reach the
height Of all human glory we may
RFile our names in flames proudesl
aail; but when the end is nearing its
ahish and We look back over the wind
ing trail We realize that life, though
crowned with brilliant achievements
is uncertain
We NAV acquire magnificent for
uahesi our homes may glitter with
klqgIy spIendor we may own 10,o0t
acres OF fertile soil, yet. il We have
got within cur hearts love for oul
'eloTmen then, we are even poorer
taah the beggar in the street solicit.
ing aims from The passers-by.
The day viii come, my friends
Shen the acts OF men will pass in re,
view before the Great Exalted Rnler
Ehen the statesmen must lay aside thS
proud achievements of lifetime, and
'le iaaaFer is called from his work
laea. ouf worth will he measured, mo-
W The gold We possess, not by silker
osaaers and scrolls Of fame, but b.
'fe blessings We have brought Il
9SaeFs, the good deeds we have dons
aRoh earth, aad the temples We hav'
pQiA In the hearts of men. These ar,
'ae siapdards L, which the Eenegolen
aug Protective Order o. Elks measur'
nlsn
IL was given to ne personally Il
khas many Of the brothers who's,
names appear upon the memorial tab
'ets Of this lodge.
The lesson Taught.
st us then, seek for the lessons
.aal may be suggested in the life ant
Asath OF those who constitute GU