The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-11-11

Z COnSJbuuOn, ana Dy JWo-LntfqS vote,
Il be is reins tated, and resigns the Con.
stitution. 1st Is said Brother clothed
with the honoFs Of the Division, unit |
he Is elected and installed in the Office
Of w. P2 End, Can said member,
after he is reinstated, be elected to the
Office Of w. p, until he has served in
the regular subordinate Offices, as the
Constitutions of Subordinate Divisions
directs? +? a
To which interrogatories the G. W.
P. returned the following answers:
To the first question answer he is
not +; and to the second question also
answer in the negative. @
Brother Olds, from the Committee
on the State of the Order, submitted
the following report, which was adopt
ed and the Committee was discharged
from the further consideration Of the
subject matter therein contained:
The Committee on the State Of the Order,
to whom was referred the communications
of Brother Holderness, of Manchester Divi-
sion, No 572, asking this G. D to recon-
mend the appointment Of Committee from
each Senatoial District Of the State, to meet
and remain in Columbus during the Session
Of the Legislature, and labor for Prohib-
itory Law, would now report:
That they have had the same under con-
sideration and while they recognize the
Importance of having the friends of Tenn
perance throughout the State exercise an
active supervision over the doings of the
Legislature on this subject, they do not think
the g. D. can, properly, take any action upon
the subject, but that the same should be left
to the voluntary efforts of Temperance men
in their respective localities.
Il The Committee, therefore, ask to be dis
charged from the further consideration of
/ the subject.
Respectfully submitted.
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/ Brother Olds, to whom the Report
| of the G w. A. was referred, submit.
ted the following Report, to.wit:
Il The Committee to whom was referred so
much of the G. W. A.'s Report, as relates to
the death of our late G.. W. P. would now
\ present the following minute upon that sub
Il ject:
Il Death is ever at work. Silently but sure
II ly it gathers in its victims They fall on
our right hand and ON our left but the
busy world rushes onward, needless Of lis
losses. The living and the dead tread the
same thorOughfare-one to the silent rest
ing place of the grave the other in eager
| pursuit of life's bubbles, thoughtless of the
lessons of mortality that might be studied
at every step.
/ But not always can we close our breasts
against the solemn teachings of the grave.
When the social circle is invaded. and a
\ friend and brother falls, the heart will tes-
| tify of its bereavement. When one in high
| official position is struck down, the grave
cannot at once close over and bury from our
remembrance high moral worth, and social
/ excellence.
Il In the death of our beloved Brother.
Il THOMAS Fl. CUMMINGS, the Order was sud
denly deprived of its Head, and the Broth
erhood have felt aud mourned their loss in
/ every part of the State. lie was eminentIy
/ qualified for the position to which he vas
| called by the almost unanimous sutirages
Il OF his brethren. TO great zeal and efficlen-
cy in our good work, he added those traits
/ of character and affections of the heart,
which made all who knew him esteem him
as friend, or love him as a Brother. He
was sincere and humble Christian, Justly
/ believing that when he was initiating the
Blessed One, "who went abous doing good y
he was arriving at ''the highest style Of
man."
In the freshness of early manhood, with
great prospective usefulness before him. he
has been suddenly called away. Why it
was thus ordered we know not. We can
only say, "GoD has done it--let man be
Il silent.p
Il To his kindred weekend our cordial svm-
pathy, and mingle our grief with theirs, who
mourn his loss. For ourselves, we would
cherish the memory of his virtues, and i'm.
itate his steady and consistent Christian ex
amples. desiring at last to share his calm
and peaceful death, and the rich rewards of
his "better life in the better land.'
Respectfully submitted,
@. N. OLps.
IL Tho Qaxn,.E 80 A. H.--.4L