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Show II BIG fllBMK AT SERVICES OF. ELKS HI Fully Six Thousand Persons 1 Gather in Great Mormon II Tabernacle. II GREATEST IN COUNTRY Impressive Tributes Are Paid II to Dead n tne kfee II of Sorrow: II With a mighty audience numbering 6000 porsons assembled in the greatest Bfl and most. renowned auditorium in tha II land, and -with a programme of which II every numbor wns a gem in its particn- II Jnr sphere, Salt Lako . Lodgo No. 85, II Uenovolcnt and Protectivo Order of Miles, lost night in tho tabernacle held llj I ho largest memorial service in tho II history of the order, and tho most im- II prosslvo and beautiful among all that II wwre 1101(1 tt,rotl"out tho United States- II during tho day the annual lodge of II sorrow day. II Modestly decorated in the national II and lodge' colors, the tabernacle pro- II scnied an aspect thoroughly appropriate II tg the occasion, and tho splendid audi- III euce of people seated in tho lower lill fIoor atul nc gallery gave to the scene II the poetry of animation subdued in rcv-u rcv-u crcntial rcniembranco o the dead. In II tIlc cll0ir wero al)0Ut 400 sl"5CrSJ aTln l all seemed to take on the spirit of tho III ceremonies, as did all others who took I Exalted Ruler S. A. Maginnis opened II by ordering tho rollcall of departed I members of tho local lodge, which was H lead by Secretary Thomas Homer, when H the' ceremonial responses were made by II the lodgo officers. Chaplain K. w. H Kcllv uttered (ho invocation, and tho II programme was executed according to l announcement, with the exception of IH omission of tho memorial address by Perry A. Clay of Denver, who was pro-H pro-H vented from" reaching the ciU- by tho IH snow blockade on the railroads. III Music Is Inspiring. Ill The first was an organ selection, H "Tho Pilgrim's Song of Hope' (Ball (Ba-ll tiste), bv Professor John J. McClclian, HjyN a numbor which ho rendered on the ill great pipe organ in exquisite taste. Iltil 'nr tabernacle choir, under direction Ifl of Professor "Evan Stophcus, sang tho Mi anthem, "Grant Us Peace, 0 Lord" 11 (Stophcus), in which was a duct bv 119 rs- Sarah L. Wood, contralto, and 9 .fames Moncnr, tenor; and the anthem, 111 "Mighty Jehovah'1 (Bellini), with, a I baritone solo bv A. Clyde Crawtord. II Mrs. Lizzie 'ftiomns Edward rendered I i wo soprano sobs, ,4Oh. Dry Those I Tears," and Rossini's "When Thou (jmcsl to flic Judgment,' ! the latter with tho tabernacle choir in choral ac-II ac-II fompaiiiment. associated with the grand 1 Sanies Dcvinc delivered the eulogy, in H which he recited poetic, selections of a H rharacter appropriate to the ceromo- H nies. He prefaced his eulogy with an H expression of thauks in behalf of tho Iridic to the first presidency of the l ( linreh of Jesus Christ of Latter-day I Saints for the courtesy extended in complimentary permission to use the tabernacle for the lodge of sorrow, Mr. Dp vino's dcliverv was eloquent and hn I was heard distinctly . in all parts of I H"1 groat building. I Gone to Eternity. HI The eulogv in part follows; H A' house dedicated to God by a peo- ifl pin Js ji most appropriate place in I which to hold services of this ehar-M ehar-M acfr. TIiIh memorial tablet con- H tains the names of our brothers who have failed to answer the rollcall to-II to-II ' MSht. In Since our annual service one year ago these brothers have been called IB to join the army of limitless hosts f .-nlisted for eternity. The thousands H who hear my voice tonight are all ronseripts for this same grand army. I; Some who are present shall enlist be- ! fore another annual service Is held, PB and ere another half century passes ) , away most of us who nre here this iHI enlng shnll be enrolled for cler-il cler-il PPJ The mysteries of mat eternity arc BH nop to our dead revealed, and their B faith In Immortality Is a realization. Ood bless their memories, and may PPJ he who docth nil things well bless the HL afflicted families and their friends PHE vho mourned at the biers. It Follow the Master. You havn not assembled here this PPJ vcning with the expectation tbnt the PPPJ f'-w words that I or others may say Pflpfl shall compensate you for your pros- PPPJ once; but you are here as believers PPPJ .ii, and followers of, the Divine Mas- PPH cr, v:hose teachings of love and ohar- PBpB Ilv it Is the promise of this order to HH propagate, and on each anniversary PHBH proclaim with the Prince of Peace, PMpB charity. Justice and brotherly love. PHpfl We, a:i members of tho order of PMVfl Elks, ere specially here bocause this PHH beautiful annual sorvlcc is manda- H toi-y. PBPI This Is the one day set apart when PHPJ every lodge, of this order meets hi PBJH poiiio suitable place to pay homage PHPB to the memory of the departed; and PBPfl I misht add, to affirm our belief in PHafl the doctrine of immortality; for If PBPH t here is no hope beyond tho grave, , PHpH If we have no soul, no future slate, PBPI why disturb the dust to which theso bodies have returned? HI -H Are Bonded. Hflj Yes. your presence hero on this oc- PBPH t'aslon typifies the sympathetic chain PBPH that links the human family together, pHoyJ and while you may not have any dear PPPJ to you upon the roster of names PBPH wIiok memory this occasion revives, PPPJ the great bond of human sympathy PPPJ that with inexplicable magnetism PPPJ i-eachcs all of God's children, takes PPPJ ' ou within Its embrace, and you un- PPPJ ' onsclouHly respond to a summons PPPJ before any, tribunal that ty pi lies the PPPJ rorncrstonc upon which this order Is PPPJ founded, charity, justice and brothcr-PPPJ brothcr-PPPJ PPPJ Then many of you who are not of PPPJ this order arc here tonight, not with PPPJ any obligation to he present, but cim- PPpi ply and unconsciously, hs I havn PPPJ stated. In response to this mysterious PPPJ summons that neds no officer to cx- PPH ccuttr, no court to enforce. PPPJ The language of this summons is PPpi I he only language thai is as universal PPPJ as God's crcitlon. confined to no PPJB ountry, and no people, yet spoken PPJPJ and understood by all the language PPJPJ Vnr Nobler Life. Thoro Is another phase, greater. PPPJ ci-ander and deeper, that not only an- PPJPH peals to all true Elkw, hut to tho PPJPJ r.Igher and nobler feelings that gov- H cm mankind; and vhilc the rpecial H purpose of these occasions Is to HH brine biik to actUe mrmorv tli- 11 cs of the dear departed ones paying them the tribute that is theirs, nnd to extend a word of comfort and consolation con-solation to the loved ones whom they have left behind our duty would only be half done If we did not blaze tho way for a purer, better and nobler civilization. , St. Paul tells us, "Though you give your goods to feed the poor, and your body to be burned, and hath not charity. It profitcth you nothing." This good saint In these few word3 outlined the real principles of tho Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He here Indicated the kind of charity he meant. Not the millions to endow Institutions of learning. Not the giving of a great cathedral window win-dow with tho name of the donor inscribed in-scribed thereon. The Broadest Charity. Ife did not mean the founding of a hospital or other worldly Institution, Institu-tion, but tho cliarlty of spirit, of forgiveness, for-giveness, of kindness. In short, ho meant tho charity of love, that Utile Ut-ile word that rules tho individual, tho home, the country, the world. "Thou shalt love tho Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, and with nil thy mind, and second sec-ond to this only, thy neighbor as thyself." thy-self." Love thy neighbor is. therefore, ono of tho injunctions of tho Master, "Who is thy neighbor? The poet answers by saying, "Thy neighbor, it Is he whom thou hast power to old and bless, who3a achlruj heart and burning brow thy soothing hand may press. Thy neighbor, then, dear friends, Is every human being made after tho image and likeness of our Creator, and we owe to him as one of our brothers that sympathy and love which is the essence, tho loving, active, ac-tive, vital force that cements humanity hu-manity together In one great common family. Remember the Living., "While these memorial services, as I previously stated, are held for the purpose of reviving tho memory of the dead, I should heartily dlsllko to entertain the thought that such occasions oc-casions suggest that wo forgot the living. Wc might say with Washington Irving. "Sorrow for the dead Is tho only sorrow from which vo rcfuso to bo divorced. Every othor wound wo finek to heal, every othor affliction to forget, but this wound wo consider our duty to keep open, this, affliction wo cherish and brood over in solitude." soli-tude." Yes, while tho grave is tho sepul-cher sepul-cher that buries and hides our faults, that wipes out our resentments and hates, tliat softens our hearts toward those, whom we call our enemies, it also awakens in un tho active thought that wc have failed to do our dutv toward the living. Universal Brotherhood. These occasions should lend as a leaven to plant arid nourish Into a happy fruition thn doctrine of the unlveral brotherhood of man. They should be symbolic of a closer fraternity fra-ternity In spirit rather than name, with "the faults of our brothers written writ-ten upon the sand, their good deeds upon tho tablet of lovo and memory." When this is done, not only hv Elks of this fair city, but by Hs citizen- ship generally, wc will not only fool happier and hotter in oursolves, but we will see rising and growing by leaps and bounds this intermountaln metropolis of the west. Whero charity, Justice and brotherly broth-erly love aro practiced, no peoplo can go backward, no city remain stagnant. stag-nant. Lot tho dead past "bury its dead and o'er tho smoldering funeral pyro resolve to raiso this banner, from whose trinity of virtues nought can come to its bearers that will not make thorn bettor sonB, better husbands, hus-bands, better citizens and more worthy to meet tho final Bummons to their home beyond the veil. An Impressive Scene. As the Toll of the departed was called the lights were lowered, so that the memorial me-morial shaft, softly Illuminated from within, showed the name of each of tho dead as it was called by Secretary Thomas Homer. It was a most impressive eceno, and was witnessed by tho audience with almost tho stillness of death pervading the Immense building. Tho list of names In whoso memory the lodgo of sorrow was held 1b as follows: W. W. Miles. E. J. Pratt, F. IL Petors. J. W. Smith, Lester Walla.cn, W. A. Wat-kins, Wat-kins, K. A. KJob. F. X. I-Ioltman. P. J. McICenna, Louis Goldsmith, M, M. Miller. Mil-ler. Henry Slegel, W. A. Neldcn, John EL Hill, Jr., P. A. IL Franklin, George D. Inman, W. P. Caffcy, H. M. Saylor W P. Lynn. J. W. Hoy wood, J. D. Norton. W, D. Parker, D. H. Pecry, Jr.. C. s! ordsJI-JY'r etcher. JET. H. Harder. William Wil-liam M. Elliott. James Hogle. Max A Peters. Pe-ters. J. E. O'Brien, Owun Hoglo, John C. Laur. R. L. McElroy, A. St Watson W II. Root L. E. Riler, Frank Yashburn, Ieoter Taylor, C. L. Miller. S. A. Benson, Ben-son, D. P. Tarpey, P. T. Huddart. Otto C. Bersback, W. J. Mclnlyrc, E, V Mc-Cuno, Mc-Cuno, George II. Neville, C. M. Nevihau-sen, Nevihau-sen, F. A. Lange, Nathan Young, R, v. Moscr. J. P. Murphy, J. T. Pitt I M Barratt, L. P. Marlx, F. A, Hoock, R, w! Richmond, L Kahn, J. Oberndorfcr, W I Gray, M. J. Kennedy, n. B. Hoywood" j! D. Wood. J. H. Mease W A. Johnson. Tom D. Pitt. W. W. Hall. Kdward Hoffman, Hoff-man, ChHrles M. Freed. W. P. Cooper, Jacob Ja-cob Moritz. James McTcrnav, Alma C. Itlser. W. B. Kcrrln. Thomas Coulthurst. David S. Murray, J". J. McPhce, E. C Iladlcy. P. IT Irwin. P. J. Xillcullen. A.' B. Murgotts, O. P. Conner, Allen T. Dor-scy. Dor-scy. C. E. Warr. Frank Gawan. Adam Snyder. J. V. Morris. -Joseph Itlgby. William Wil-liam Llward, C. H. Reed. J, A. Shariahan, I' red D. Morgan. C. F. Warren, J. S Bergman. Berg-man. R. L; Booth. Goorgo M. Deusch. R. T. Rives, K L, Kracmer. Theodore Ttob-iBon. Ttob-iBon. George P.. King. A. M. Kondcll, C T. Richmond, George A. Whltnkor. Julius Frumkln. If. A. Nelson. C. Earl Hatch and Leon Q. Bednarek. Ogdon lodge came down to tho ceremonies ceremo-nies In a body, .the members of that organization or-ganization having held their lodge of sorrow in tho afternoon. They were all at tho tabernacle, and took great Interest In-terest In the proceedings. |