The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-12-04
ELKS GATHER IN
annual TRIBUTE
TO ABSENT ONES
Memorial Services Well At.
tended-Mullen Delivers
Eloquent Address.

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were attended by many members OF
the lodge and citizens of Juneau The
program lasted less than an hour but
was generally recognized as being
one of the best of it's kind ever given
by the Elks.
In addition to the altar services
conducted by the officers OF the
lodge, musical features of the pro
gram included song, Still, Still
With Thee" by the Presbyterian
Church choir; a solo by Mrs. l.. d.
Henderson. There Is No Doubt" ac-
cumpanied by Mrs. l.. P. Dawes;
songs by a male quartet, Messrs.
Fry. Nordling. Harland and Allen,
THE Vacant Chair" and "Auld Lang
Syne"; selections by the Palace or
chestra.
The eulogy to the memory OF the
Elks who have passed away during
the last II months was delivered by
John F. Mullen. In eloquence and
beauty of thought the address was
a masterpiece and made a deep inn
preston upon the audience. Mr.. Null
len said, in part:
Mr.. Mullen's Address
To-day we revive the memory Of
our brothers who have passed before
us into eternity. We experience that
complex emotion which blends 50
peculiarly sorrow and calm happi-
moss: sorrow, because we have been
deprived forever of the human com
panionship of our beloved dead;
happiness in the thought that they
have gone to an eternal reward
where we one day hope to meet
them.
when the grave was closed we
were crushed with grief--unconsol-
able-and it was natural while the
heart was heavily laden to weep and
mourn--to wiring our hearts it may
have been, with anguish and remorse
ait the thought of what might have
been.
There are among the dead Of this
lodge those whom we knew when
the Tight Of love was in their eyes
and there was laughter on their lips
but we cannot no matter how much
we would help them now; for
"'Can storied urn, or animated
bust
Back to its mansion call the
fleetng breath?
Can honor's voice provoke the
silent dust
Or flatitery soothe the dull cold
ear of death?
"Still, sorrow for the dead. my
friends. is the one wound we do me-
seek to heal. With painful recoilec
ton the mother broods over tbs
child THAT faded like blossom from
her arms and she will not try tc
forget Brother continues to recall
brother. although to remember is bur
to lament. With the poet we YEAR,
for the touch OF a vanished ham
and the sound Of voice that Is
STILL At no price would we buy
forgetfulness and when we consideI
the ennobling effect OF sorrow upor
the living, refining and elevating tn
mind, as it does, 1t would seem thai
It is for us the living, as well "a
for the dead. we treasure the mem
ory OF the departed. 1t would seen
that 1t is the dead who teach us how
to live.
''For this purpose we build monu
ments; for this purpose we preserve
in glowing eulogy the story of oul
dead; in part. to honor the dead, il
Is true. but mainly to pay tribute
to their virtues; to stimulate lag
ging memory to the remembrance Of
their good deeds that their lives may
be held up as an inspiration, a
model. after which we may pattern
our own destiny. Nor need our lives
be filled with great achievement OF
renown 10 offer model TO pos
terity. The excessive humilty Of
lazarus immonalized his name while
the man of wealth. power and posi-
ton. who refused him the crumb:
from his table is unknown and hi
and his kind have been held in exc
Grafton ever since.
"In recalling and dwelling on ths
virtues of our absent brothers VS.
learn how we can make our lives
more serviceable, more productive o
happiness both to our neighbor anc
ourselves. We all need such model:
and the more perfect model W.
choose the better our own lives arF
ant to be .
"Your life will be like the mode
YOU choose. You will be like thu
brute il you choose the brute "A
model. You will be more pure. NOR
charitable. more considerate OF You
neighbor If you take the perfect o
fsiyine model given US by God IL
Jesus Christ.
'Glance over the list OF the dea'
of this lodge and you will fine
that ii is those virtues and goot
qualities which were a reflection o
the divine model that you love t.
recall and remember them by.
Remembering Their Virtues
"My friends, in honoring our dea'
today let us silently dwell upon thos'
virtues which make their memorl
laeasing Let us recall the way
and teachings of the divine mode
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