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Show II OGDEfy ELKS PAY II MM TO DEAD II Memorial Services Held in II Lodgeroom of Order Are II Largely Attended. II MUSIC IS BEAUTIFUL Charles A. Boyd and the Rev. Mr. Fleetwood Deliver HI Eloquent Eulogies. II Special to Tho Tribune. HI OGDEN". Dec. 7. Profound tributes of HH respect and reverence wore paid to the HI memories of thirty-eight departed mem- II bc" of PJen lodS Ifo 719, B" P''0, II E,ks' n'"cn 11,0 annunl momorial services HH r tho local orsanlzatlon wcro 'e,fl In HH lb lodgeroom of the Elks' home at 3 HH o'clock this afternoon. The addresses by 11 the Rev. VV. VS. Fleetwood.- pastor of the HI IS Church of tho Good Shepherd, and 111 Charles A. Cowl, both members of the II Ogden lodge, together with the musical fl selections and Impressive ritualistic serv-II serv-II ice, combined to form a beautiful me-H me-H morlal sen-ice. , The increasing attendance at tho Elks ra lodge of sorrow from year to year re-II re-II suited In an audience today, together II wltn t"c large representation of tho lodge a U membership, which completely filled tho H main lodgorooni, balcony and outer cor- u rlrlors. The decorations throughout the HI building and especially in the lodgeroom wcro very befitting of the occasion. In Ml front of and upon the stntlon3 of all lodge jLlI officers were potted palms, ferns and Ml large clusters of chrysanthemums. I III Coop at the Organ. 19 The. organ prelude and po3tlude were II rendered by Professor Squire Coop, who fffl was also accompanist for the singers. H The vocal numbers were a duct by Mrs. If William Allison and A. J I. Sander; nolo, II "Ave Maria," by Mrs. Fred G. Clark: iff solo with cello obligate "Abide With III !o ' JIr- Sander and Austin Sooy. The HM opening and closing odes were rendered HfijC bv the lodge members and, at the closo 12 of the service, by all present. The Rev. HH Fleetwood, who Is chaplain of tho HH lodge, pronounced the Invocation and Hffifi The eloquent eulogy delivered by Mr. Hill Bovd was profaced by tho .explanation Hill ll,a"t Dr- "". 1C- MacMurdy, who was to HIS have served in that capacity, -had been HH suddonly called to New York a few days HH aS bv tlle fifrionB illness of his father. HI'fl ln an Introductory explanation of the HI!) meaning of Elkdom. the speaker said that HH U was tho broadest conception of fra- II tcrnlty. its objeel, the strewing of eun- Hll shine and flowers in tho pathway of life. HHI Continuing, he said:. Huj As men tlir members of the Elks' HOI lodges arc tho same as all mankind; HHi aa Individuals, they havo tho same H"H weaknesses as all mankind; but. as an HB order, they have a systematic, definite HB purpose Tor attaining higher Ideals and obtaining a bettor standard for HB "'- Fidelity, fraternity, friendliness and love havo been flowers of this H pathway of life and the four form H"H "-hat groat quartette which scatters B ine cl01ldK of gloom and despair. IN Basis of Elkdom. y Fidelity encourages new hopes and I f-aternlty -blesses the whole with Its j magic touch: these are some of the things on which Elkdom is founded. J Tits order of Elks teaches these J i things, encourages and practices them, not for the glory of dollars or H honor, but because of the benefits H that recount to him that receiveth i nnc! him that glveth. Just as the H j smile gives encouragement to the H inah who Is down and out, so docs tMs organization believe in the good- ness of charity, justice, hrothcrly love i and fidelity. j We hold thc.ce services to do rcv- oictice to our brothers who have dc-IH dc-IH parted and we revere their memories JB for those who, while here, made the In way a little easier for un by pluck-j pluck-j Ing the thorn? nnd planting roses. II While the lljt is not great, it is grow-Bll grow-Bll 3,1,1 "we ue" to meet at least fHfl once each year to reverence the mem-". mem-". orit-s cf the departed ones for the Hgl gold tliat was in them, not the dross. 1 V.'lthout taking up each name indl-fHI indl-fHI vjitaliy or mentioning those to whom he ffffU illrtcMy referred, Mr. Boyd spoke of a f'v df the former tr.ombers of the lodge HER whom he had be.:l:nown. Hi Discusses Inizaortality. ll T ealing largely with the subject of Um yin ii-ortallty;". iiic Rev. Fleetwood said Kl Five years age- It 'v.'fis niy privilege ""MB 10 addrs the members, and. friends B 'f this order on t!e occasion of their """(MR r.nnual memorial services. At' that HbI time 1 knev lUtla or nothing about the Benevolent- and " Protective Order HBJ of Klks, except that- the order was J noted for its good fellowship and Its Hi charities. The service that day -was J held in the old lodgeroom, a place "ff"fffH somewhat dreary and dingy when I compared with These present rjuartera, and was presided over by one who h?.g since been railed to the grand iodge on high Fred Burt, one of the B sv. detest, noblest, truest natures I H hn'J ever known. IH That service made a great lmpres- .- on on me for It revealed a side of B TJ'klom that had hitherto been un- MmM krowu to me. 1 recall that I tried B to seak to you on that occa?o!n of brotherhood, of how till." -wonderful : B l" which we ore permitted to live Is especially noted for the earnest ef- forts it ie making to reall7; In n practical manner, the brotherhood of man. And I tried to point out tha'L tlio annual observance of this d.-iy n- (i:'Tited your belief thnt the bond uniting 5ou here in one great hrnth- orliood was not and could not he broken even by that mysterious event we mil death, H Learns by Experience. I did not then; tut isti oulsldrr. real-7.e real-7.e what this memorial day meant iz u lorn! Elk. And It was only after 1 1 ad taken part with you In other of theae terviees, pnly arter 1 had stood v 1th you as your chaplain around t-open t-open graves of some of those whoso names are written upon your mo-morial mo-morial tablet that I came to realise V what n very large place this belief In Immortality occuplea in tlu-thought tlu-thought of the order. This cuHtom of our order In setting apart this day each year, of gathering together here Jn this solemn and beautiful memorial service Is an II- ( lustration of what I am seeking to I omphoalze. We reverence the rnem- ory of those departed brothers whose names are written upon our memorial tablets because of the qualities In their lives that endeared them to us. There Is a wealth of meaning in that principal of our order, "The faults of our brothers w write upon tho sands . and their virtues upon tho tablets of love and memory." It la right that we should throw the broad mantles of our charity over the weaknesses and frailties they displayed, for wc know It was not the real man who spoke and acted at those times. We carve their virtues upon the tablets of love and memory, becauEe we believe be-lieve that those virtues of truth and honor, of justice and fidelity were the expressions of their real nature. And as we think of them today In this solemn sol-emn hour, as memory binds them to us with golderr chains in this mystic tie of true brotherhood. It Is of tho real man that we think, and cannot bring ourselves to believe that tho real man ever dies. Need of the Hour. We do not need a Plato today to construct an argument for immortality immortal-ity so convincing, so alluring as to cause men to long for a release from the battle of life. But we do need, in this materialistic pleasure-loving age. a philosophy of life that will put dignity and meaning into our existence: exist-ence: a philosophy of life that is comprehensive com-prehensive enough to take Into our account all the facts of this existence; exist-ence; a philosophy of life that stresses the true dignity and worth of our human nature, and that provides scope and opportunity for the development develop-ment of man's intellect, his arrectiofi, his will both here and hereafter. At the ronrfiHdon of tho sen-ices the relatives of the late lodge members were presented with flowern. The following Is the complete list of Ogden lodge incmberx who hove been called to the great beyond, the Inst nami that of Thomas W. .1onen. "having been added within, the past few days: Gorgo L. Wade. John H. Brady, Harry S. Howard. How-ard. Julius C. ICIesel. Jesse F. Bnkor Hamuel Way. Andrew C. Hcinzor, Louis J. Holther, Charles W. Lowrey, Edward S. Luty, George H. Corae. Albert L. Howe Gordon K. Grant, Seymour L. Clark Arthur Ar-thur E. Baker. William E. Marsh, William J. Wood. Fred Arbogast, William 7.., Ma-I Ma-I glnnls. Harry L Plain. John T. Carna-I Carna-I lian. James Lee Nelson, Edwin A. Llttle-) Llttle-) field. Frederick A. Burt, J. Clinton Jone.v, . George Leiyia. Allen N. JenkliiF, William J, Sweeny, James Casey, Joseph VS. Bailey. Bai-ley. John II. Llnehan. R. Alex Grant. Emory E. Harrison, Edward H. Line, ter Mlnnoch, William II. Bchrinsr. Raymond T. O'Donncll and Thomas W. .Touch. Thr list also Includes Samuel H. Win-i Win-i tr and George T. Hood, who were not members of the local lodge, hut who wvro membra of the order, and died In this (c-lty |