LESSONS OF ELKS FAIR Subject of Discourse by Rev PhilipS Philip-S Thacher Rev Philip S Thacher at the First Unitarian church spoke at the morning service yesterday upon the subject of the lessons of the Elks fair He chose I his text from Job sll 7 Ask now the Behemah Elks and they shall teach thee Rev Mr Thacher said In part I The fair teaches the lesson of repose In the midst action There was an Incessant trample of feet blare of music and the buzz of multitudinous voices and yet how serene everybody was This did not result from n lack of Industry but from the harmony of the whole and the regularity with which It went This Is a hint to us solO I so-lO adjust our alms and purposes as to avoid frictions and fuss and carry our plans forward with a melodious execution execu-tion that rests while It advances Do not worry about results Let everything every-thing be lost in a perception of beneficent benefi-cent law which spreads over our whole experience an unbroken quietude of I trust The fair taught the wholesomeness wholesome-ness of amusement Whatever opens the lungs of life and flings a Hush of romance over the hardness of dally toll has its place among the good gifts of God and Is to be taken heartily and enjoyed thankfully JJet who will distil his grumbling1 anathemas agVlnst it Unitarians with the Elks enjoy tho cheerier aspects of life Our religion Is In harmony with the sunshine the music of birds the rhythm of glad motion mo-tion Jesus began his ministry garlanded gar-landed with flowers and with cups of Innocent wine In his hands He was always n welcome guest wherever there was a wedding In the parable of time prodigal son he represents the Joy of heaven consisting of music dancing and feasting People ought to ask God to forgive them for their sadness and sad-ness tempers as well as for their evil thoughts