The daily star-mirror., 1922-12-04
LOCAL ELkS OBSERVE
ANNUAL MEMORIAL
FITTING PROGRAM RENDERED
ABLE ADDRESS DELIVERED
BY w. f. MORRISON


While the attendance at the annual
memorial day exercises of Moscow
Lodge No. 249, Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order Of Elks, was cut down
by the snow storm which prevented
members of the order from other
communities attending, there was a
fair attendance of local members and
their families and friends of the
order The program throughout was
impressive and in keeping with the
occasion.
The ceremonies of the lodge were
conducted by Exalted Ruler John S.
Heckathorn, assisted by the other Of
ficials of the lodge. Clyde Marsh,
secretary of the lodge, called the roll
of departed members, of whom there
are "a, six having passed to the be-
yond during the past year.
The music consisted of a number
of orchestra selections, vocal solo
by Miss Bernadine Adair, of the de-
partment of music at the University
of Idaho and two numbers by quar-
tet, composed of Mrs. Bert Martin,
Mrs. H. H. OTiand and Messers. E. o.
Bangs and J. D. Davis, all of which
were we'll rendered and appreciated
by the audience.
Attorney Guy WOll6 gave Iiic SuioSy
setting forth the virtues of the de-
parted members and expressing most
aptly the sentiment of the occasion.
The memorial address was deliv-
cred by Hon. w. F. Morrison of Pa
Iouse. 1t was an able effort, well
prepared and expressing the senti-
ment of the occasion, and at the same
time advancing thoughts well worthy
Of contemplation.
Mr.. Morrison said in part:
To-day in thousand temples such
as this a million Elks are gathered
together to witness the love and
friendship they still bear to those no
longer able audibly to answer the
roll. We need not discuss the his
tory of such societies as this. How
it was necessary at one time for
those who firmly believed in certain
principles to band themselves to-
gether for the purpose of making
those principles eduring and enabling
the members the better to apply them
practically. Such societies have now
become so large in membership as
to be meaningless to the individual,
were it not that each and every mem
Der is chosen of those common men
tai and moral qualities which make
them willing and anxious to uphold
the principles of his order.
What then is and should be the
criterion for membership? Strength
of moral character and those virtues
which give rise to charity, justice,
brotherly love and fidelity. There
fore, moral character should be the
first and constant thought of all.
Certain eminent philosophers main
tain that the infinite is an all per-
vading subjective intelligence within
which, or rather by which is in
herently possessed the sole creative
force of the cosmic universe. That
the individual possesses dual in
telligence is the constant, involun-
tary creating force, while the object
i've intelligence presents the pictures,
the concrete objectives to be created,
that is, it is that which makes the
individual free agent for the develop
ment of good or evil as he chooses.
Tt is the power of selection in the
individual. But while the objective
is the selective principle
it possesses inherently no power in
itself, to create. On the other hand,
while the subjective intelligence has
no power to select it possesses the
sole power to create, to act upon and
develop the selection made by. the
objective mind.
eff therefore we hold up to our
subjective intelligence with objective
mentality, pictures or thoughts worth
while-mora1 strength. brotherly love
and those other tenets of our order,
and use our will solely for the pur-
nose of shutting out evil. or counter
acting thoughts and pictures, the
nrocess of our subjective
mind will unconsciously. but surely,
develop us mentally and physically.
he connter-nart of the picture He
has presented to it.
"God has then, indeed, been good
TO US, What power and responsi- |
bilitv he has given TO us to usei And |
what of our stewardship? What use
have we made of this power? Have I
we returned our talents unused, or