Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-11-06

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faithful servant. 1t begs the priv
lege Of serving true religion in tn
capacity Of servant. Do we low
Odd Fellowship Oh, then, lei us b,
true TO this, her first principle. LIE
US honor our beloved Order by givin.
the world no chance to complain o
our want OF respect for the principle,
OF true religion. Let US know tina
such a want would be an equal dis
respect to the foundation principle o
our Institution.
The second principle of Odd Eel
lowship is that God is our Father
and in that capacity creates, govern:
and blesses his human children. A.
a result, it demands OF US that we
shall be humble, peaceable, obedienI
and loving children, paying filial res.
pect 10 all the requirements Of oul
kind Father, and remembering al
ways the wants and weaknesses o.
his human children. 1t asks hear
to love him and a hand to serve him
Ii asks willing labor in the Fathers
great harvest field. --rs v.
It's third principle growing out o.
its second, is that mankind are the
children of this Father, are his hu.
man family, by being created in hi:
moral image; that they are a CON-
mon Brotherhood, all bound together
by the filaments of blood relation
ship, that there is a tie, a golden lie
Of sympathy and union down deep
below all strife and sin, where dwells
the image Of God, below the dross
and rubbish and selfshness Of earth,
down, in the calm crystal depths Of
the soul, which links in one circlet Of
life and love the entire race of hu-
man creatures, making them essen
TALLY and truly one family.
As a result, it inculcates in the
heart, a universal love, an earth wide
sympathy, philanthropy that would
bless all nations and kindreds oil the
earth, a patriotism not measured by
boundary lines. by leagues, degrees
and rivers, but reaching to the down
trodden of all climes, one which
makes the world our country, and
mankind our countrymen. 1t asks
US to behold a brother when we meeI
a human face and do brothers work
of love. But in this wide element
it forgets not that the whole is made
up OF all its parts. 1t tells US that
the human race are not all at the
door Of our hearts pleading for a
place there, nor at the door OF our
houses Pleading for charity. But a
few only come within the circuit oil
our narrow spheres. Hence, it be-
comes our duty, not 20 waste our
energies in attempts to form schemes
for blessing the world, and making
all happy at once, in vain efforts 10
free the whole race from thraldom
and misery, but to love the man we
meet, give him our hand, fill his
heart with gladness, his mind with
truth, and his hand with bread; make
him feel the smile of a generous
friendship, the sunlight of a noble
soul. II he has got disconsolate and
discouraged in this cold world, we
are to cheer him with hope; fill up
his heart to the brim with gladness;
sing him a CHEEKY song Of,
Hail! my stout and hearty boy,
On, right on to the work, my joy.
We are to bid him up and laugh, and
let the wales hear his glee and the
hills echo it back again; make him
feel that there is man in him, strug'
Cling for action, worthy, honorable
heroic action. Then he will do. He
has caught the spirit Of sympathy. Ii
has reused his heart. He has taken
courage and become a man. He
wants no more help. More would
make hin. weak, as it does an in ami
Just learning to walk 20 bear bis
weight in your arms. A man can dc
what be thinks be can, or at least,
10 think is the great battle. Victory
comes from a stout heart. A strong
arm is powerless without will to
move il. To mill is almost to do
When we inspire the man with cou.
rage and hope, we may turn away
TO find another who needs our help.
lfthe nextman we meet is a drunk
ard we are 10 90 down into the ditch
and reach down our hand (he is our
brother) and lift him up and shake
off the mud; give him a shower bath
from a cold spring, and sprinkling
of the crystal drops in his fevered
stomach. Then tell him the world
hopes better things OF him; make him
believe he is not brute, but man;
get his name, his heart, bis tviH, to
the total abstinence pledge by the
side of our OlOn, and he is safe. He
viii be a man, and perhaps an Odd
Fellow. He may be if he is true 10
bis pledge, bat cannot be without.
ODD Fellowship brooks mol to name
drpnkard hrafher in its bonds