The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
patriotic principals Of the lodge.
Muat Be An American.

| Must Be An Americana.
ITO be an Elk" he said. you must
first be an American. The world is
at war. Brother is fighting against
this great order can be happy in thu
| knowledge that at no place in tho
wide world is there one Elk fight
ing against brother Elk.
"The future Is dark for the old
world. The one bright hope Of the
Peoples of the world is the Ameri-
can flag and the fine principals for
which it stands.
"One Of its great meanings is con-
stitutional government, the right OF
each citizen to have a part In the
affairs Of his country. We can be
happy in knowing that the hand Of
America is going to some day reach
] out to stricken Europe and lead that
/ war torn and war SCARED land to
| the realms of everlasting peace.
New Spirit Of Country.
There is an old saying, Am ! my
brothers keeper?' l would answer,
No. am my brothers helper. The
! Elks are trying to put this great
I thought into practice. They are try
ling to be their brothers helper.
"There is a new spirit in the coun-
try today, the Spirit of rendering SER
! vice. And this order is a leader in
! Interpreting the spirit of the G'rle3.
The Elks are trying to render service
without saying SO. This, / believe,
is true charity
,"The world needs that type of man
hood and woma nhood, the kind that
/ does not let tile right hand know
what the left hand is doing. That
is a great ideal and this body of
1 men is practicing it in every day life.
True charity goes out into the world
to plant roses and only plucks thorn
when it interferes with a rose. Some
pluck only thorns and this in time
leads to destruction. We need more
people to plant roses in this life.
| Reaching Out for Service.
'The Savior &c me into the world
not so much as preacher as a
teacher. He knew the law. He reach
ed out a little farther than anyone
else and the world is receiving the
benefits from it now. The Savior
said to reach forth and help in
humanity's sake. This is the great
spirit of the twentieth century. He
who interprets this spirit has found
| the meaning of true charity.
"This order has reached out; has
rendered service that has been a vast
! benefit to this old world. This is the
| spirit of the Elks and it is a worthy
one, enc that might well be the
example Of any individual. AS we
go out of this building this afternoon
we should consecrate our lives to
some service that will benefit our
fellow men. It is a worthy example
to follow.
eff you do this you will be a bet
christian"
Closing Exercises.
This address was followed by
solo by Miss Ward, "a Spirit
Flower by Campbell-Tipton. The
officers of the order then stood and
sang "Auld Lang Syne." The bene-
diction was pronounced by Chaplain
John E. Craig and the closing num-
Der was the "Star Spangled Banner
by Kindig's band.
Thos. In Charge.
Officers Of Lodge-Alvin L. Kraft,
exalted ruler; J. A. yHennemann, e.
L. K; G. Floyd Norman, E. L. K;
C. C. Buffum, z. L. K; L. J. Won,
secretary; ]. r. Raur, treasurer; John
e. Craig. chaplain; Arthur F. Muel-
Ter, esquire; Cal Scheible, tyler; II.
|Swenholt. inner guard; F. w. Loewen-
stein, organist; VIM. Sinton, w. H.
Reimbold, B. . Hobbs, trustees.
Committee on speaker-W. II.
Reimbold, H. J. Reeves, Carl E.
Scheible.
Executive and program committee
~. A. Hennemann, w. H. Kennedy,
L. J. Wolf.
Decoration committee - Claude