The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-03
MEMORIAL At
ELkS LODGE BY
E.C. BENNETT
Annual Lodge of Sorrow Was
Held Sunday
AT ROOM OF LODGE
Hall Was Filled BY Elks and the
Service Included Vocal Music and
AT ROOM OF LODGE
Hall Was Filled BY Eika and the
Service Included Vocal Music and
Selections by Orchestra.

| Iue annual memorial exercises o
| Bennington lodge of Elks was hell
Sunday afternoon at the rooms of tn,
lodge with a large attendance o
Elks, including several from out O
town The program was as follows;
Professional, "Marche Celebre" from
F. Lachner's Suite No. 1,
by 1obani
Orchestra
Bro Geo. t. Donnelly, Director
Opening Ceremonies.
Exalted Ruler j A. Evans
Roll Call, Our Honoled Dead
II. B. Hutchins Secretary
Solo. In ms Fathers Mansion"
Tracy
f. Z. Bottum
Dedication OF Altar,
BY the Lodge
Opening Ode.
BY the Lodge
Prayer,
Chaplain. Bro j. P Mulligan
Selection.
The Orchestra
General Eulogy,
District Deputy E. c. Bennett
Solo, Calvary" Rodney
Z. E. Bottum
Selection.
The Orchestra
Closing Ceremonies,
BY the Lodge
Hymn Nearer, My God, to Thee"
praye...
The Chaplain
Recessional, "Anthony's Victory, >
from Anthony and CleoHatra
Greunwald
The Orchestra.
The closing paragraphs of Judge
Benefits address were as follows:
I'VE have upon our honor as men
and Elks. promised each and every
friendship. and if we fall short i'll
the performance OF that promise
then have We rot sullied our honor
and ourselves become unworthy to
be called 4 brother
While on the other hand, the
kindly expression of friendly criti
cism and the well intended wora OF
advice and encouragement, is an act
OF friendship and should be received
in the spirit in which it was intend
ed
The real depths of human nature
are beyond our knowledge, but We
do know that somewhere beneath the
surface, invisible, and close to the
heart of every human being, there
exists a real quality for love and a
yearning for reciprocal regard and
sympathy.
Let us not be deceived by Inc ex-
terror mark OF eoldneses and indif-
ference Let the lesson OF this day
teach us to ever look upon each
other with the eye of fraternal re-
gard and brotherly devotion.
NO one of us can find comfort and
happiness without the aid and SYM
pathy OF each and every other qAe
and he who thoughtlessly with-holds
that fraternal spirit OF reciprocal
sympathy, may one day sink to
earth beneath his own burden OF
selfishness and lost opportunity.
and tnen ain, ID ~ reason OF hui
man weakness iunrestrained and
temptations unresisted, a brother
falls by the wa, = de, let us endeavor
to appreciate ii agony of the suffer
ing heart, brought perchance to q
stern and sudden realization OF i'm
pending disaster. And when in pro
cess OF time that same heart
cleansed by suffering and penitenti-
al performance, with the aid OF our
bIotherly sympathy, is born again
upon the solid structure of courage,
hope and trust regained let us then
my brothers. eagerly stretch forth
the loving hand OF fraternal brother
mood and with one voice eXclaim,-
Come, my brother, risen from the
ashes of your sorrow and dispair,
feel again the warmth of our love for
YOU, and with eyes fixed steadfastly
on the future, the past forgotten, en-
tor thou inlo the joy OF our fraternal
fellowship.
Let us do all we can in our day
and generation in the case of hu-
manity. Every men has divine
mission to help his fellow-men.
There is one platform Oh which
we stand united and that is the plat
form of friendship, charity and
benevolence And never do we ap-
proach nearer to eternal grace than
when we do our part to alleviate the
sorrows OF others. Never do we per-
form an act more Godlike than when
we bring sunshine to hearts that are
dark and desolate, and cause the
flowers of JOY and gladness to bloom
in souls that were dry and barron
before. Religion. in the words OF the
Apostle, is this: ITO visit the
fatherless and widows in their tribu-