Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-03

across the way that there are not so
many doctors of the homeopathic
school as formerly and she said she
guessed Harvard was aoout the most
popular.
to contain all the elements that enter
into such a journey. There were the
known dangers of the open sea. its
tempestuous nature, its engulfing
depths, its trackless wastes. its vari-
Gus moods, with its enhancing beauty
and unspeakable horrors, and, beyond
all this, the harbor, the goal, the end
Of the voyage.
Tho faith has replaced superstition,
and knowledge has replaced ignor-
ance, the metaphor fingers with us
and our memorial occasions have be-
come hours Of rejoicing for we speak
OF those who have finished the voy-
age, who are beyond It's dangers. as
those who have entered the final har-
Dor Of rest
To make the journey less perilous
and happier, to make life worth
while has been the dream Of man.;
and II is our belief that our order
helps solve the problem.
No Creed Inhibited.
The order Of Elkdom inhibits nor
recommends no creed. It neither crit
icises nor congratulates any sect. It's
book of law Is Gods time table and
program, and Its devotees may wor-
ship In any Christian temple or upon
the highway Of their respective lives.
The word in which they believe con-
tains the story of Moses trials and trl-
umphs, Abraham's fealty and folly,
David's songs and sorrows, the para
l'les, the preachings and prayers of
Jesus Christ, the faith of Paul and the
prophecy of John. This book has
| guided many saints to glory: has
nerved many martyrs to victory: has
| piloted and save thousands of ship
wrecked lives, and is the rock upon
(which all truth Is founded in Christ
erdom's courts. In its pages the war
rlor is chastened because the peace
baker is blessed; the mournful are
rested, for they shall be comforted;
the prosecuted are assured, because
theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
The home. the Flag and the Bible
are the shield and buckler Of the gem
uine Elk. The home protects his
heart, the Flag protects his body, and
| the Bible shines the light upon his
pathway in this vale Of tears These
| three are the great peaks that rise
above all other mounds in his rituals
and creeds and beliefs, as does Vest
Nirs above its surroundings. The wall
this order are the stages upon which
he works to build his character to II
fitting harmony with these three
| cardinal loves.
These stages are charity. brotherly
love, fidelity and justice. The char
ity that walks the streets of destitu-
ton and without the blast of trumpet
or advertisement of act, relieves dis
tress and binds the wounds of mis-
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throws the arms of sympathy about
the shoulders of affliction and whis-
pers new song and an undying faith
to sickening soul. The fidelity that
respects the honor. institutions and
lives Of its associates and guides them
as carefully and as securely as it does
its own. The Justice that grants to
every man the right to think and .acy
as he may consider proper, without
the espionage or supervision of self
constituted superiority.
When one walks on this sacrificial
slope, the perfume Of these wayside
flowers, narcotic-like, deadens the
pain of the cyitable, and the hurri-
cane OF. disaster becomes the fluting
winds Of hope. and the desert waste OF
tolsome hours carries the rich har-
vest Of an understanding friendship
The Lonely Cities.
The silent cities of the dead are
lonely, cold. dreary territories, tc
which each of us breads to go, and
vet when we move there, If there arc
living, throbbing monuments in the
breasts of our comrades, they are bet
: tor than chisseled granite or carved
marble. Whether our dead have full
filled the measure of our law is no,
for us to answer. BY teaching We
know it is easy TO censure, but ii does
more good TO congratulate; we know
1t is easy to pass by the fallen, but
II does more good to love: we know
1t is easy to criticize. but il is more
brotherly to congratulate; we know II
is easy to pass by the stumbling and
fallen, but what thrill of satisfac.
tion is ours when we assist Goot
words for the dead multiply goot
deeds by the living. Remembrance
of those VINO are gone inspires the
present to render themselves immor
tai in the minds of their fellowmen.
From this shadowland we summon
our loved ones. The magic of retro
spection gives us the best of the pest
What professions come marching
past. There is the one of the elo'
quent word, here the one of the sons
that rang with the passion of genius
there the one of golden friendship
yonder the ore Of rich experience, and
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