Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-03

Lodge of Sorrow" Sunday after
noon
In an inspiring address delivered
at the annual memorial service OF
Augusta Lodge Of Elks. which was
held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the lodge room, Hon. Burleigh L.
Martin stressed the importance OF
brotherly love in the every day af-
fairs of life. This. which is one of
the caripal principles of the Lodge
essential to every we'll developed
man.
The address was presented upon
the occasion of the Lodge of Sor.
row. of Augusta Lodge of Elks. No.
064, which was held on Sunday af-
ternoon in connection with a nation
wide memorial observance by the
I1lks. Mrs. Martin said in part as
follows:
I'VE meet here today to honor the
memories of our departed brothers.
1t is the cherished duty of every Elk
to honor their memories in his daily
life and this he can best do by carry
ing out the principles >of this, our
Order, so deeply loved by them.
Patriotic hearts and pure minds
founded our order, giving us as our
guiding and cardinal principles Char
ity, Justice, Brotherly Love and FL
deity. Beautiful and inspiring are
Charity, Justice and Fidelity but
Brotherly Love Is the human quail
! ty that is essential to every well de-
| veloped man.
"Our gone but not forgotten BROTH
ers did well for our City and State
, for their share of the work in form
| in:; this lodge and carrying it on, an
! order in which Brotherly Love is so
emphasized. To an Elk position. in
| fluencc, wealth, religion or occupa-
ton has no bearing upon his friend
ships: he greets all worthy of it with
Brotherly Love: If a man is a real
man, he is entitled to friendship. We
are all in this world for compare
| lively short time, the same end
awaits us. all. death-wealth or in
! fluence cannot prevent 1t, 1t is writ
| ten on the book of ages, the unchan-
geable fat of man.
II feel than our departed brothers
! today would wish us to preach and
practice, the Importance of our great
principle of Brotherly Love, that
principle embodying the value of bo-
ing friendly. kindly and Thoughtful of
is filled with the influence of kindly
men.
Kindly was Washington. After
seven years. of war, tears streams
down his cheeks as he bids farewell
to his soldiers. Twice chosen Presi-
dent, he refused to longer serve,
thinking tit migt establish prece-
dent, and expressing this mastery
sentiment of Brotherly Love when
he said, II wish to see the whole
world in peace and its inhabitants
one band of brothers, striving to do
most to the happiness of man kind"
"The scene changes to 1868 on
Gettysburg Field and the voice not
of the deliverer of our Country. but
of its preserver is heard. It's In the
midst of the bitter Civil War In
which hatred is at fever pitch, Abra-
ham Lincoln is delivering his Gettys-
burg address, the masterpiece of
American oratory and in it is not
one word of malice or hatred. The
influence of this Gettysburg address
in healing the wounds of the South
and North after the war, cannot be
over estimated, and we can well this
day pledge to our dead, in piedging
to carry on the principles of this.
their order, in the words of Lincoln
that day "that the dead shall have
not died in vain
Again the scene shifts and 1t Is us
of yesterday; a solemn cry fills the.
universe. Warren G.. Harding, Pres
ident of the United States and a
member of our order is dead. From
San Francisco to Washington, from
Washington to Marion, you recall
how the love of a nation accompa4
MED the slawly moving black draped
funeral train and amid the tears OF
his people and the bowed heads OF
European leaders they laid him to
rest in the City he had loved so well.
I mention Mr.. Harding because he
was an Elk and because the genuine
grief, coming from men and women
OF all parties, of all creeds, OF all
races and all positions was due not
to any outstanding accomplishments
of his, not to any particular great
ness or genius, but to my mind to the
fact that despite position and honor,
he had always remained a kindly
man, a typical real Elk, with heart
filled with brotherly love. writing as
we should 1.-The faults of his brothers
on the sand. and their virtues on
tablets of love and memory"
"Brotherly love Ia what the world
still needs. 1t 1t could be put INTO
the hearts Of those controlling Euro
pean nations today, expelling the greed
therein, avarice and love of power.
real peace would come. In our country
there is room for this love, and exclud-
ed there would be class, racial or sec
tartan issues. and the bitter conflicts
between so-called labor and so-cal1ed
capital, which appear so Unnecessary
and repugnant.
To-day like to vispa1izN our depart
ed brothers in their heavenly home.
listening to our humble memorial
service here and ]. as you, as their
names, are called and we see their
names upon the roll. hear again their
voices and 1t brings to us the fact
that death creates but a brief separa-
ton from the living, and D reunion
with those who have gone before. To
you. departed brothers. who so splen-
dfdly lived and served. I pledge. I
know, for every, member Of this lodge
that ever green and tender will be kept
your memories and that we, the living,
will carry on in our daily lives the
PRINCIPLES of our order. your order.
knowing that If we so do we will be
real Americans and that we will place
particular emphasis on brotherly love.
feel today that our departed brothers
would voice the living az the Drfffei.