The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-06-28
BLOOMsBURG COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA SATURDAY, JUNE rs

ImysIerou.' foe, fingers around the sick b
watches by day and night The slow bul u
erring stroke OF death, and pours the oil
consolation i n the desolale hear, Of I
widow, and freely mngles his tears wi
those of the W eeping orphans! The XII
of terrors has no fears for him, as he quiet
roams through OR deserted city, anu gisi
The abode of the sick, or the solitary chan
Der Of death. Yet his faith and 60 cd worl
DO not shield him from the attacks of di
ease, and he is llnge ring under its deaf
ming influence. His shop is closed HI
gathered s!ore,Ihe fruit of his daily toll war
shes 81 cold, chilling poverty greets him 4
his suffering house hold All his want
are promptly supple ! by weekly ippropria
tons of his Lodge, and brethren of tn
'mysteclic' are app oin'ed TO attend his lone
y couch. But tho rose here which glowet
upon his manly cIleck has faded, his gen
erous heart that burned with the celestial
fires of Frendsh ip, Love, and Truth, has
ceased TO beat, those bright eyes that beam
led with lus,re are closed in death, and biz
immortal spirit a,h fled to the bosom Of
his Creator. Tho ngh among strangers,
far from kindred, h is brothers follow his
remains, with me lung hearts to The cold
and sllen! tomb.
There shall the NOR her earliest stears bcstow,
There the first rose Of the year shall blow;
While angels with Il leir wings oershade
The ground now lcred by they relics made
A link may be bro ken, and our connexion
dissolved with the d cad, yet we Lave high
and responsible du es 10 perform towards
the living. The bCreayed widow receives
assistance from hii5 Lodge, while the faith
erless children ar clothed and educated by
the fostering han d Of q did Fellowship. l.
ices, and the IN lmortaIlty that turks wl'hln
her inner tempt es! The principles o. Odd
Fellowship may be traced for ages beyond
the food, but 10 purest organization IS OF
recent date. W revere the venerable Pa
lriarch whose ! ocks are silveIed with age,
vet we bow n ut to the Order as rellck oI
antiquity. H. is the benevolent and exalted
principles, which have characterized it II
1.-The nneteelh ccnlnry, that excite our high
lest admiration! Twenty-Five years since
~ not an al ,ar had been erected in the New
Fl World Bu Odd.Felowship has spread
Into every stale and territory, her flag
n proudly wave upon IN hundred temples
= land az ound her altsrs arc congregaied
II band of one hundred thousand brelAren.On
$ ward! is lis rapid march. Ii is not Ih'
: desolnting career of the ambitious mIIl'aF!
If 0chiefain, whose path is marked by RUN
!. misery and blood! but she bears IN he
p, Ihand lhe olive 6ranch and proclaims 'peac
!. and good will to all men!' shout ol VIC
!
d tory may be waited upon tho breeze, but
is is the triumph of charity! Its rise an
el progress is like the gentle rIvulei til;
= slowly meanders through green meadows
as increasing in size, and the number OF Il
ed tributaries, until it becomes the Fathers
ur all waters, and rolls as the mountains 10
he rent into tue common ocean.
is The founders Of the Order were not II
>. IopuIenl repeing in ease and luxury, M
beIthe ,houghlless, giuering in the gay cIrc
al. of fashion but poor & honest laborers IN Il
ate humble walks of life, who IoIled Tor the
,ss daily bread, and whose generous bosom
,rr lhrobbed with sympathy for the suffering
"a, of humanity. They are the nucleus
ii Iour Order, The pillar Of its strength, al
o., their hands have reared 'lhe high pyram
ep ,f our gloryr With what rapture does u
ohilanthropsl contemplate lis future pre-
in oects in The land of Washington As co
eli genial to its growth and prosperity! II sh
,ndl extend from cur extreme northern limits
biz the Gulf Of Mexico, every hill and valley
lar studded with lis Lodges shining brightly
,npI stars to the armament, the waters OF
its, lakes and rivers dash agains, her Ihousa
ing temples, and millions hoist her s'andar
ear displaying the banners of Faith, Hope a
lei Charity! Bat who in her rapid sIii
our to grandeur, can estimate the biz
,ay, lings she has conferred, the sick she has
ous Ieved, the sorrow she has dlspelled,
OF vice she has crushed in lis bud, and
win hearts she has filed with joy and graill'