The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-04
Elk Memorial Service For
Deceased Members Is Held
Tribute Paid To C. T. Eccles Edward May, ThOs.
D. Brux, Sol Calm and Thomas P White
In Solemn Ceremonies.

give her back to God finally, purer and
truer and finer for having been intrusted
to his keeping.
"Ah. 1t seems to me as I listen to men
speak of him, that he must have en-
bodied in his character, to a wonderful
extent, those virtues which you Elks
emblazon upon your shields-Charity,
Justice, Brotherly Love and Fidelity.
He had mastered self and cultivated
the finer virtues of gentleness and kind
ness. Little children loved him. And
he loved little children.
He knew that justice demanded for
the defenseless, projections; for the ig-
norant, enlightenment; for the strug-
Cling, encouragement; for the fallen, a
helping hand.
"Brotherly love, you emblazon upon
your shields.
For him, brotherly love meant an
affirmative answer to the question: Am
I my brothers keeper? This man is my
brother. 1 will not misuse him or see
him misused by another. What is dear
to him is dear to me also. I will protect
him and his
This was the position of the man of
whom I speak.
1--WE commit his soul into the hands of
God, humbly praying that He WITH grant
peace refreshment and continual de-
VelOpment. Ana the Tie IHdI nOlQ3 MN
TO US is not broken; 1t extends beyond
the grave. In passing from life to life,
we lose nothing but earthly alloy. Fail
ing disapper, and virtues become more
luminous. But I have not overdrawn
the picture.
ut is glorious to be simply an honest,
decent man; and this is what T. D. Brux
was"
The tributes Of James L. Sweeney. to
Chris Eccles and Of DR.. Iser Freund, to
Sol Calm, were both cOuched in terms
of encomium that were beautiful. and
to those who knew Chris ECcles and Sol
Calm in life, were so true in their de-
lineation of their characters. so true Of
their virtues in life that the mortal be
ings Of these two good men We're Wis
ualized to the men and women who
heard the addresses.
However, neither of the speakers had
notes of their eulogies and it is impOssi-
BILE to reproduce there here.
Eulogy of Thomas p. White.
The eulOgy Of Thomas p. White. de
livered by Fred W. Marsh. was as fol-
lows:
ITO eulogize a departed friend who
was dear to me, as he must have been
dear to each of you, and to each of his
host Of friends within this city, enlivens
our better selves and brings US nearer
to the fundamentals Of life
II IL OF lfOSC IHlIlSS III " IlCu L HDIii|N =
?. White excelled, that l wish to speak
OF the simplicity and genuineness Of his
character. and the Gentlenoss Of deDCrt-
ment to those about him.
When I came first to Pensacola ho
was but three years of age He gradual"
merged into my acquaintance, so that
I do not remember the time The llbrr0i
education he obtained here in our schools
and in the Georgia college that he al
tended gave him that breadth Of ideals
and the faculty of good fellowship. whi"h
marked him as n favorito among his
friends.
Il think I may speak. as one Of hiz
friends, OF those attributes which sp"-
Cially endeared him to US all His defer
ence to the feelings and opinions ~
others; his love Of square dealing; his
kindness to all those about him and his
friendly interest in their affairs, eXhI
tied always in a helpful way; and F.. X
of these qualities was a supersensitiVe
nature. too delicately attuned to success
fully meet the more adverse circuTl-
stances of life so, that under any IL
tai strain, l thought often / detec Cd
more acute suffering that comes INTO
the life Of most Of us. Although TO some
this may have seemed n weakness, yet
1t was the source Of his greatest virtues
and the we'll spring Of his gentle nature.
He was but 81 years Of age when
death claimed him as its own. That. To
men Of my age seeems but the end Of
boyhood. Vet in the brief years OF his
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