Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-12-09

God pardon us all for the triumph
we feel
when fellow goes down meath his
load on the heather,
Pierced to the heart; Words are
keener than steel,
And mightier far for woe than for
veal
As it worth while that we battle to
humble
Some Door fellow down into the dust?
God pity us all! Time too soon will
tumble
All OF MS together like leaves in a
gust,
Humbled, indeed, down into the dust.
There is another divine injunction
ahat Elks have truly lived. This
message was given for the guidance
of men.
"Take heed that We do not your
aims before men, to be seen of them;
otherwise we have no reward of youi
Therefore when thou doest thine
aims, do not sound a trumpet before
shge, as the hypocrites do in the
synagogues and in the streets, that
ahey may have glory Of men.
s'But when thou doest aims, let not
Thy left hand know what they right
hand d0eth.
THAT thine aims may be in secret;
and thy father which seeth IN secret
himself shall reward thee openly"
Quietly, unobtrusively they have
reached into the home in the dark
hour, with sustaining hand. The
unfortunate cast up as driftwood on
the Unacceptable shore Of life has felt
the handclasp of confidence and COM
mon brotherhood.
Possibly no better example Of I'M
ostentatious giving need be cited
than the financial aid extended to the
Salvation Army girls, in France by
the Brotherhood of /Elks. No head
lines announced it, no public approba-
7fion was sought, no tyranny collected
lit was the gift of love from broth
ver TO brother. All that was known
was the Iaconic authority given the
Salvation Army "Send your girls to
France. DO all the good you can, and
never mind the cost
History some day will record in de-
tail the heroism of that band of girls
keeping with our boys, vigil with
death through the grim months of
that awful struggle. Surely the Christ
looking across the twenty centuries,
down upon the fields of France, at
their work of mercy, whispered again
For whosoever shall do the will Of
my father which is in Heaven, the
same my brother and my sister"
Perhaps the most treasured act of
FGlkdom is it's Christmas tree for the
children of the land. Let us emulate
~9he perfect faith of children, for they
are right There is a Santa Claus
Just as surely as the spirit Of the
Master leavens the hearts of men.
And Just in proportion as we keep the
faith of children and keep faith with
children, shall we know His mean
1ng-'Peace l leave with you, my
peace | give unto you, not as the
world giveth, give I unto you. Let
not your heart be troubled, neither
let it be afraid"
Love of God, of country, and OF
home, benevolence, charity Of thought
and deed, and simple Christian faitl
these are the spiritual and practi
cal aspirations of this order. We
claim no favored alliance with God
no special patriotism no super
virtue. With all churches, with all
kindred orders, with all good move
Ynents, we join hands to make this
world a better and fairer place.
And this ought to be the great aim
of government, of churches, Of orders
of men nd women everywhere, For:
Here. are the struggles and striving
Here are the cares and the tears
And so I say in living this spirit we
shall not forget our departed broth
aeEs or their loved ones-and we know
Shey do not want us to grieve fol-
them nor wish them back. We know
the faith they lived and died by. AL
rs we'll with them. At this hour, this
would be their message to u.s.
There is Power whose care
Teaches thy way along that painless
coast
The desert and illimitable ain.
Lone wandering, but not lost.
He who, from zone to zone
Guides through the boundless sky
thy certain flight,
In the long way that I must tread
alone
Will lead my steps Alright"
Following Judge Hills talk DAME
Roberts rendered olo; the closing
ceremonies by the lodge officers fol