The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-31
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According To the beautiful customs
OF this order, we are assembled here ON
this national memorial day, 10 do honor
10 the memory of our members who
have carried on to the great beyond,
from whose bourne no traveller has yet
returned.
In doing this, we are reminded of
the mighty oak of the forest, that soon
er or later must give way 10 the wood.
mans axe, and 50 In the forest of
Woodcraft, our sovereigns ere hong
must fall under the scythe Of time.
"Oneof the sad things to contemplate
In thinking Of our mortal existence Is
how quickly we might De forgotten
after death has pucked as from
amongst the llving--so like AN advanc
ing army as the ranks close up, and
the place that once knew US, knows "a
no more, Yet, my friends, the great
lesson learned from the sacrifices and
suffering of the greatest war of all the
ages just now closed Is to find our true
selves, the real awakening of the soul,
and to realize that all humanity is close
~ akin. and that as such We should
share each others pleasures and each
others woes.
SOne by one have our sovereigns been
escorted to the tomb, and our mem
ories of them might be permitted to
fade as the rose In the garden, but for
occasions such as this. Yet my friends, ]
We rejoice to know that death which
is the great adventure. is not the end
OF all.
This occasion then is one of both
sadness and satisfaction. and is the bit
ter with the sweet. Bitter for the con
temptation OF loved ones forever alb
sen> from our camps bitter for the va
cant chair at the fire side-bitter
through the absence of hearty, honest
friendship--but sweet i'm the realization
OF a blest Immortality, sweet in the rich
legacy TO those Of sturdy character and
Christian manhood. the memory of
which hovers over US today like u
blessed benediction.
1T was not my privilege to know in
life the one who so peacefully sleeps
in this tomb. and yet as sovereigns here
assembled we feel the very presence of
his spirit. As a member of this vast
brotherhood. he assumed the same vows
of right living that we ourselves have
taken, and in life had the same vision |
10 take advantage of the protection
vouched to those near and dear to
him through membership in the Wood |
men of the World. In this mutually of
interests, it really seems as sovereigns
in Woodcraft that we know each other, |
and that silent, y / he speaks to us in !
this hour.
Tribute to the Dead.
standing in this presence so glori-
Gus yet mournful, as member of the
state administration, l want to pay
tribute TO those whose monuments we
now unvei TO these men who We're good
citizens of the great state of Oklahoma,
and as such had the foresight to protect
their loved ones from want after the
bread winner had taken his departure.
This being acc omplished by AN inherit
ance for them in Woodcraft. | am
proud of the fact that the state has
two good orphans homes at Pryor and
Helena but | rejoice to know that the
fatheriess in Woodcrlft are well provid
ed for. and are not a burden on the
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nation's capital piercing the very dome
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