The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-29

with a Roman Cross in the middle held the attention of nearly 2,500 per sons last night when the twelfth an nual lodge of sorrow of the Bridge port Aerie, No. APO. FraternaI Order of EagIes, was held at Eagles hall.
 There we're 128 candies in the areh.. They represented the 128 departed members of the Bridgeport Aerie.
 Solemn and impressive were the ceremonies last night. As the secre- tary of the organization Thos. Mo Namara, called the roll of the depart ed, ascand1e was automatically snuff ed for each name When the 12S candles were extinguished Nearer My God To Thee" was played on the chimes.
 John J. Heavey, past worthy presi- dent of the order, delivered the eulo- gy. It struck a. note of pathos and feeling tn3the large audience. The or ation follows:
 ssThe saddest words the human tongue can utter are, Memory of, ' How they fill the human heart with Loneliness and longing for our loved ones of the past. What tender reco1- Iections they awaken in every breast. To some they bring the recolIections of a kind and loving friend; or it is a boon companion whom we were wont to meet and in whose company we passed many pleasant hours; or is it some1 owed one who has gone from our homes never more to return? To each of us they bring sad memories, but most specially at crucial periods in our lives In times of great joy and happiness. how our hearts go out to our loved ones. We love to tell them of our success, and. oh, how we long to have them here now. Our cup of happiness would indeed be full. Or is it at times of sorrow and trouble Fzafe TIez and whisper to them that the burden is heavy, and we are so weary, and, oh. how we miss, them, for we know if they were here they would help us carry this cross of grief.
 As it is with the individual. so it is with larger bodies, for do we not find this great commonwealth of ours set ting aside one day in each year iii memory of it's honored dead? On the 30th day of May in each year it asks us to pause, as it will ask the genera tion and the generations to come, to pause on that day and consider the many heoric deeds, the terrible sacri- fees that those brave men made. They have given their very lives that we may live, and we come to a fuller realization of these sacrifices. we may become more worthy of our beloved country.
 ..If there is such benefit in com flun1OA the Q6S4Sas H. IS 1lOI S1t ttA4 strange to find this great American institution The FraternaI Order of Eagles, setting aside one day in tn. year in memory of it's dead, and so to- night we Eagles of Bridgeport have gathered. as it were, at the grave sides of our dead and from them we hope to receive the strength and en- couragenment to carry on the work of our order
 s.And what is the lesson that we should learn tonight? What is il that those comrades of the past are calling to us in no uncertain terms ? It is to-day for me. tomorrow for you and tomorrow for you and me. oh, what terrible words these are, not alone from a spiritual standpoint, but from a material one also
 s.eWhat have you young men, you who have been raised by kind and l loving parents until now you stand at mans estate, done in case tomor- row you were stricken with a long lingering illness? Nothing2 Are l you willing. then. to go back home 1 to that aged coupIess not alone te 1 bring them the cares and the worries i of your illness, but you would ask them, aye, compel them ito take from that little treasury that which they have worked so hard for, and which I they have laid aside for comfort in their old days, and you have nc ] done for you? You would see then strip their savings even to its last dollar? And you fathers of families you have moral obligations to sec that those depending on you are pro. tected and provided for at all times and you wives, and mothers, have Eyou given this question any consId iteration?
 .sDo you know. if the bread win. ner were stricken down, that you1 homes are provided for? And yol i who love to call yourselves eagles but who through carelessness an, neglect, allow yourselves to drif Eaway, and who have not the mora | courage to tell those folks at hono, of it, and they will never know un til you are stricken down and then it will become the sad duty of oul secretary to inform that broker hearted wife that it is a, long, Ions time ago since you were an Eagle. An my friends, there is sass lesson W, should learn tonight. Let us see t, it that we give it the proper con sideration. Let us profit by this hou that we are spending here tondgh so that when our hour of sickness