The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-12-08

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still
! But while we miss them and
canBSt forget the vacant chairs in
our midst, we do not mourn today.
Rather do we publicly express our
| appreciation for the good our bro
theirs have done, our joy in their
| friendship and our faith that they
and their good works shall live on.
why should we sorrow for the
dead? =
Our life on earth is but span;
They tread the path that all must
tread,
They die the common death OF
man.
Tho noblest songster of the gale
Must cease when winters frowns
| appear,
The reddest rose is wan and pale,
When autumn tints the changing
year. /
The fairest flower on earth must
fade,
The brightest hopes on earth
Why should we mourn that man was
To droop on earth. blu. dwell on
high?
The soul, tn eternal soul, must
In worlds devoid of pain and
strife; .'s =
Then why should mortal man com
plain
OF death which leaSs to happier
life?' -
1t is not death to die
To leave this weary road:
And with the Brotherhood On high
To be at home with God
/ We are bound to our departed
brothers by the indissoluble ties OF
fraternity. And Though our several
walks of life have taken us OH our
different waysS,we have always met
as brothers. whether in the lodge
room Of in the highways and bywavs
OF life.
"As be1tted true EllIs our absent
nd~avored to exenfplify those great
virtues of Charity, Justice, Broth er
ly Love and Fidelity which are the
foundation stones OF our brother
hood In so doing they sought tn
build the true spirit of the frRterni-
ty, the spirit of the brotherhood OF
man and the fatherhood OF. God.
THAT Is the spirit which the world
needs today. lie is the spirit which
prompts us TO help brother in dis.
tress, TO cheer him in prosperity and
comfort him in advefsity, to be
kindly tolerant of his differing opin-
ions, to forgive his mistakes and to
help him to live his highest aspira-
tons. May you and live that spirit
of true fraternalism.
Let me live in my hbuse hy the side
of the road 80
Where the race of men go by:
They are good, they are BAD. they
are W eak they are
Strong. wise, foolisl1,---so anu T.
Then why should sit Ia tho >scorn
er's seat
Or hurl the cynic's ban
But let me live in my house by the
road
And be friend to man
Our meeting together here bears
witness to that spirit of true friend
ship of man for his brother man,
(which was >nourished in \the hearts
Of our many brothers who have an
swered the final summons through
the passing years What does it mat
ter if they had their frailities who
has not? And who shall be their an
gel? 1t Is their good qualities that
dwell in our memories.
Their faults We write upon the
sands of time,
Their virtues upon tablets OF love
and memory
"Theiri mortal life on earth is end
ed, but their spirit Of byothsrly love
and kindness is still urging us to be
fraternal. Those unseen hands stfff
| hold us In the grip of deathless
| friendship. Let US follow as they
ernity. in mans united effort to
fraternize the world Our brothers
are not dead
There is no death! The stars go
down
To rise upon some falrer- shore,
And bright in heavens iewelled
They shine forevermore.'
"No our brothers are not dead.
The immortal spirit which actuated
each still lives and speaks to us Ia
the OFF quoted and immortal words
OF Bryant:
so live, that when thy summons
comes to join
TheNinnumerable caravan that moves
To that mysterious realm. where
each shall take ~
His chamber in the silent halls OF
death,
Thou go not like the quarry slave
at night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sus-
tHiped and soothed
BY. an unfaltering trust, approach
thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drarary OF
his couch
About him. and lies down to pleas
ant dreams
In addition to the eloquent adj
dresses a beautiful and appropriate
song program was carried out.
Members of rre 0rpheus Male Choir.
us under the leadership of DIR. Hiram
Lloyd and consisting of Paul Ford.
H. Hammer. e. Silbcr, f. Quinn, M.
Switzer, Glenn Shoemaker, H.
Hrandrup. Harold SLIDER, DR.. w. w.
Zettler, Earl Scherer, and AL Kirch-
err. rendered a. number OF most beau
| tifully rendered selections. Miss
Wayne Schippel's : solo was an
other beautiful utimber on the pro-
gram. Harold Oryis Ross presided
al the oil gan. At the Opening of the
meeting devine blessing was invok-
cd by Rev. n. Ross Paden, and at
the end of the services, benediction
was given by the same prelate.
Officers OF the Mankato Lodge No.
225, B. P. @. E.. are: Exalted ruler,