The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1922-04-25
Members y Of MtllLNernon
! Lodge. L. 9. 0.sMIL Listen
InspiEins Sermon
DISCOURSE DELIVERED
BY REV. WONDERS
Flowers Are Placed Upon
Graves OF twenty-five
Member, OF The Lodge

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Members Of the Mt Vernon of the
Loyal Order of Moose attended men,
orial services at st. Paul's Episcopal
church Sunday evening. A large
number Of the members of the order,
with members of the women's auxil-
iary and others, including members
Of st. Paurs congregation, also at
tended the service.
At noon Sunday, sprays of flowers
were placed upon the graves of the
deceased members of the Mt. Vernon
lodge. Of these there are %, of whom
two died during the year past
Those members of Hiawatha lodge
VINO died during the past year are
Otis Marshall and John Gansert.
Others who have passed away since
the lodge was instituted in Mt. ver-
non are:
Herbert Clark, Joseph McManis,
Lowell Shannon, Fred Ewens, James
Garland, John Woodward, William
Walcott, Cloyd Myers ]. Campbell,
Leo Reaume, John Hickey, Harry
Drope. Frank sapp, Burgess McMan-
is, Edgar J. Weber, John Dugan,
George Gregory, Edward Griffin, Rob.
ert Franklin, Clinton Dowdell.
The rector of st. Pauls church. the
Rev. Donald Wonders. preached an
able and instructive sermon to the
visitors, taking as his text two pass
ages from John 81: Feed my lambs" F."
and Feed my sheep" At the begin.
ning Of the service, addressing him
self directly to the members of the
Moose lodge, he spoke a gracious and
kindly welcome to the hospitality and
interest of st. Pauls parish.
Following his announcement of his
sermon text, the minister, by way Of
explanation and comment, said that it
was in these words the risen Christ
summed up the whole duty of man to
his fellowmen. Following that first
Faster, Christ came to His disciples
very often, for he knew they needed
Him. At these times, He drove home
the fact that they have something to
do aside from enjoying their religion.
Upon this thought was based dis
course following upon altruism which
was defined as "one giving himself
for his fellowmen"
Until about the time of the indie.
pendence of this country personal or
individual salvation was the keynote
Of religious thinking. Since then has
been developed the idea of brother.
hood, the grouping of men and wo-
men into societies. Along with the
idea of the relation of man to God,
man also has developed the capacity
of grasping the idea of his relation to
his fellows.
Peter was given q direct order,
Feed my sheep" BY this he and
the other disciples were told not to
keep their eyes upon the clouds. They
needed principle in life to give
them purpose.
"Men cannot practice religion by
themselves. No man ever was a
Christian in a corner by himself
said the minister. HE must go into
the busy places to show others how to
live"
I'VE need a comprehension that life
was given to Us for great purpose.
It Is a mans duty to show what he
has In him. Every man has right
to labor for a living. He has right
to fair wage for that labor he gives.
II is a poor charity to give others a
livelihood without an effort upon their
own part.
Through the ages we have seen
the persistence of the idea of might
over right. 1t is almost instructive
to go out and to get all that we can
for ourselves and to let the rest of
mankind get what II can OF the rest.
1T Is worth while to make the most
OF life that we can, the best we know
how. Man at his best 10 q sympathet-
ic being. He provides for bio loved
ones through the instrumentality Of
t'uch organizations and societies as
the Loyal Order of Moose" In this
connection the minister spoke with
appreciation and appreciation of the
work being done through the medium
Of the I. Q. Q. M,
4 tribute was paid to the purpose Of
those dead whom this service was de-
aligned to honor. A message and an
admonition to the living to carry on
the. work they have laid down was
given as the final though of the dis.
course. '.."'- =.