The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-04
EIK MEMORIAL SERVICES
ARE ESPECIALLY SUBLIME.
Brilliant Address is Made by
I. A. Johnson, Local law
yer, "lmmortaIity.'
VERY BEAUTIFUL
Impressive Program is Carried
Out in an Especially
Able Manner.

Out in an Especially
Able Manner.
Imprcssively beautiful memorial
services were held by Clarksburg
Lodge. No. 4S2. Benevolent and FRO
tectivo Order or E1ks. at ESQ o'clock
Sunday afternoon in the Robinson
Grand theater, Intended by almost
| capacity house Tho lodge mem bership
was unusually large and hundreds or
friends attended lis we'll
The Elks assembled in their audi
torlum shortly after o'clock and
marched In body to the theater.
where seats had been reserved for
! them. III
Tho audience hchcld very artist
cnlly arranged stage, when the cur
tain went up. the creation of the ma-
mortal committee. OF which Fl. Arthur
tEIelnze is chairman. Flowers and
l4Dotte6 plants were profuse
The officers Of the dge. tho speaker.
and tho minister occupied the stage as
required by the lodge ritual.
The program was observed with
lsHblimo simplicity md proved one OF
tho best Of the eighteen rendered byE
the lodge during its history. Heartiest
concentrations were showcred upon
the officers, speaker. minister and mll-
sicians and the event was regarded nv
NIL as measuring up fully to the high
standard maintained by the lodge In
remembering its absent members. The
officers acquitted themselves with no
table distinction. the address was
brilliant and the prayer Wns ferVent.
The musical features TY the Kernber
orchestra md tho Aeolian male quar-
tct composed nf Josse M. Shinn A. y I.
Smith. II. Clyde Beckett md DR..
! Charles u Moore were especially ex-#
t8callGnt. indeed, no sWcGter or more
appropriate music has been listened $to
here IN many Il day.
The program was aa follows:
Prclude-K emher orchestral
Opening memorial service I'll. T..
| Horr, 10 II.
Inyocation- VIM. b. King, ID. ID. .s
Bass solo"The Lord is Ny sshep1
| herd d"-Dr. Charles " Moore.
Calling roll OF absent brothers.
"Crossing the Bar''--A Ae0Iian male
quartet n
RESPONSIVE service Lodge officers.
DuetsI1ord. Thou JOY of Loving
Hearts Sc Clyde Beckett, Jesse M.
Shinn. ...I
Memorial address Louis A. John
son. Clarksburg Lodge NO. 4S2
Gracious Spirit. Love Dlvln et'=--5
84AeDlAuI#lnulG= quartet
Closing ode-=AIr ''Auld Lang syne.2'
Benedictlon-Wm Wm.a B. King, D. ID.
March Finale. Kember orchestra
Mr.. Johnson spoke In part al ollotgs sS5 EE
Rrothers. nnl Friends:
AZ 8i1lkdom meets today with tender
hcnrts; we meet In loving rem EN- bFancos
md contempiNte the shortneKs OF human
t1te te 9Td I1d ths greet mystery of
without hope but on the contrary with Il n *
coniident 1t,a belief the Immortal and
ceded Us ont OF this life Into the snirltaNl3
E5k11i,nngdom Of the Great beyond. AS true
over their living, Of morrow mt tl,eit Ill
timely departure and of the glorious hope
Our heartE are very tender as We recall
1 the precious com eship of the years they
5thcir lives to ours and of all the@j oy and
| sIhapplness u of our ac1naintanceship and
back to their former places from out tfiet3
\ ahudo distance and once more to visual
SO vivid and our hearts so In tune that
we seem to os feel th cir preEenc th uAS as
OF our great .brotherhood#a and their hearts
beat trn and i loyal to ours: And We stretch
them once. again. They are not 3of us IN
ph1X.sieal f9Fm any longer but they are
/ remembered, their fellowship apprec1ated
fPd s1e eysd
/ EimR ~ passed on ahead of3us and await cur
S coming
Man has a8dnal natur,a--a ptlynical bodyT
and an indwe1liug regal spirit ThereNis
/ the inner being as well az the outer mans
! Iifestatlon in hts dual personallty tyI both %aH
/ regnrds hls ph ysical atura and his spiT1
We're We ,to Cd hnracterize man in terms
the moralist uses we would say tha u this
bdual existence OF man may be descrthed&s
\ former is the inner principle or the fonn.
tain from which conduct flows. ChAracterA
| u also the result Or erect 0fa ones III
III is a tremendous Thought to realIss
IT, roots e ali our pHst thSt eyerg
thought emotion. aspiration OF purpose
ana Becomes ta a part Of IT, The
am now thinking. the words IL am now
.speak King. as an expresston or th at feelinss
And this inner life OF the soul tho
IL this Inner life chat gives to man his
fperso 1ity. thatm kes him ssogIni ghtgI,
t5onEh fha6sStef msg s. TeiieG
.ontefs i esprcsston and we ara better known
than we think. aaEs3 IN
Character IS revealed by the temp
human countennnce, the voice, the lanEhs
the smile. ones nnnnerE, Ian Euage 9a1tttg
other. outward sign of exp pressionss e. psra
And probabIy W wo reveal ourselves In our
M nsofEs AZ goI and or
tendency to act In the sam e or,l1k Ernanner
ta has we'll said . sowasazds
N sire Al d lreapr an act; he he8suwBSan&actEAnd
II rea Ds "a habit: he BowB ali habit and rRHpR
n character he sows al 5sh haracters and sEeapG
" f1f Gods creatures man @tH@ the only
isonaSthat has asap1rtfual or moral characters
/ THE 9beastsShAve habitE and # so has $maa1s
The bird 81 and animals have instincts hut
mn. moral element is Involved IA they u0N Rss
!; theIrsp proEenltorB have done aand4sAd dEanres
I{pothInHs In the methods OF theirH lfte They
iscannot5 SIN because they have moral gpers
iicepttons# OF spiritual ma ture++s
Is$ Man has aSsuu1. al gpfElt4 on pteHE&s
which wells htH houEaas of iaiea
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