Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-06-16

an organized benevoIence and asis. q can thsrs
oe any good thing come out Of Naxereth -, we
answer as the confident disciple did come and
see" We de- NOT, indeed. claim for our O,dcr
'nat u is substitute for religion or that n will
stand you in the last hour OF life I'm the stead M
goa appointed way, but we claim that besides
oelng an institution Of benevolence m,nistering
70 the temporal wants and infrmities of men Il
mas other influences tending to make them better
In all their relations to each other and inspiring
mem win sentiments OF gratitude and love to the
The thirty-nine years. history of this order
EXHIBITS an infant iation struggling into Vi =
oIons NE, against powerful opposition and strong
PreJuoices, The thunders Of the press and the
Puipit, OF the reli9iO and the patriot, have
oeen hurled against IL. Malevolence, vitupera-
tlon SANDER, and ridicule have opened the slui a
OF their noisOne poison on it; yet, against all
these, weak in number, enfeebled in its treasury
humble in its pretension and I'm the social posi
ton Of it's founders. kept on i'm the even Tone,
OF its way, and like gold tried seven times i'm the
nre, II came forth purer and better and stronger
BY its own good works 1t gave answer to its enc.
mics Its considerations charities drew toIvard
u more favoraDie eyes and anon its living min
c1pies OF friendship, love, and truth, won the add
:, h". oi sooa men everywhere. 1t has lived !;
II nas acteu REPUTATION to the accusations made
against II, and the frown Of the world has been
Withdrawn the cloud Of prejudice and biootrv
which overcast II has been dispelled by the genial
nnuehce OF The hit Of truth, and its own bright
character of love and charity shines resnIendsnt
nom its loved and loving face From a LITTLE
handful assembled in an obscure corner bebold
It's thousands and tens of thousands throughout
the country, and Its temples holding forth its sip
nihcant symbols to God g sunshine in every rify
ana on every hilltop, and in every valley of the
land From the Canadas our brother halls hi,
ofother from the Gulf of Mexico; through the
@oiuen gates OF California = lad tdings come and
Oregon, our new sister, stretches forth her arm.
to the old thirteen, aud they greet each other i'm
passes of the Rocky Mountains Lo, the simple
s'ofy OF our order Is its best eulogy, and in the
and Al.
replaced the fearful eye, are the proudest monu-
ments CT its glory,
mir. Young then proceeded to illustrate the
benign influences of Odd Fellowship, to which
alone Is ascr1bdbie its success in winning friends
and members, and gaining the approval and
dressings OF the faiier portion of Creation He
urged his hearers to tine necessity of complvinu
with the principles Of the Order, that it NAV an.
pear In ITS true character before the world and
he invited scrutiny the most rie id and discrimi-
mating. The social qualities of mankind and the
necessities OF conpanionahip with which we are
all lmbued, were next alluded to, in d style at
once earnest and beautiful, and we'll calculated
to win for the orator the praise of having studied
well his theme, and acquired power over it which
enabled him to display, in most charming atti-
tubes, Its happlest features He said;
SECLUDED devotion TO theoretical purity. how
ever honest and earnest and the severest practice
OF merely formal religious duties under what
ever Influences, are not the purposes of our crea-
ton charming article appears in the May
number Of Dickens's Household Words, prettily
presenting this sentiment. Ii is story of India
ana OF Tie seventeenth century, and teaches by
means OF vision, hat the wisdom that extends
no further than yourself is unworthy of You: and
ITS great moral WAS caused Ia he craven i'm letters
Of gold OH his palace gate. the new city of Delhi
by the EnDeror shah Jehan called the wise aud
Tie DounlIlnl IN these words: The life that is
most acceptable tO The Supreme Being is the life
that Is most useful TO The human race K
To this sympathetic principle, he reminded
ms hearers, are we compelled to attribute all
that progression aud development of humanity
which has raised the. race above the condition Of
savage life and advanced and promoted civiiiza-
ton, arts. aud sciences which has surrounded
nS with all thos~ manifold blessings that sp,ing
from the organic ltion OF society Bat Wa refer
again to the orators own language on the sub.
ject
4" But for this 1.-THE principle Of co.npanion.hipl
no cities w0nld have lifted theInseive, IN by
Your splendid Tve:s, no gorgeous palaces nor
ample capitois, decorated by the scnlptor's and
the painters arts, would cast their shadows upou
Jubilant people when they come up to pay their
vows at their country's altar no gallant ship,
win lending sail, would ride the dashiny waves,
and flash back from her snowy canvass the daz-
Zilng sunbeam upon your smiling shores and
upon the waste OF waters no magnificent halls
dedicated To science, as this in which We re as
Sembled, would open wide its doors 70 the y.arn-
ing stude nt; no temples of the true aud living
God, with sPire and cross, would point the weary
TO resting place beyond the stars Before the
march Of this social sentiment the wild forest
III
howers have supplanted the jungle and the thick
DfldT The idlF or the fierce brute has become thr
home or peace; the smoke Of the hearth wreaths
upward; ana the incense Of worship rises in
< grateful alteration where the savage roimrd and
the war wh0op rr-echn-d through the valleys
We have seized upon this idea, this
sentiment, and upon it, as firm foundation W..
have erected the most comprehensive and uni-
versai charity which the world has ever wit
Messed. say Charity, aud use the word in its
broadcast sense Men call us selfish, and to the
p' inclple OF selhshHess attribute our succe.s-it
Is charged that are recipients and not dis
prnsers Of charity. 1t il true, ,elf-love would
also seem 4 natural sentiment of our kind bur
the self-love which We teach and practice is to
he TThs unto ourselves, and - il will follow as
the night the day, We cannot then be false TO any
man Aye, thOu wise, pLilos0p her thou mi.bt,t
have added, that the inan who j. true UNTO him
self, is true not only to his brother but TO the.
Maker of them both; for truth is the paw of q d.
and fa,seboOd IS the law of sin. Aud upon Til,
rOck do we build our church FTrndShip Low.
AMI Truth, We announce the cardinal virtues
OF our order; the diffusion Of the prlncipl.s OF
BrneVolcnce ami ChhIty as the office Of our afiil-
iation. Though mutual relief is Il Atrikiny f-a-
tuFe In Odd Fellowship, II does not represent all
is benefits or embrace all of its charitv besides
this, We difuse the virtue, the sentiment and the
sweet reward of charity. We rest not with dis
p'ns!ng pecuuiary assistance In the form Of brne-
n,s la d sick brother, Il deceased brothers widow
and orphan children. Were these all, indeed
much good would he accomplished much sufi.r-
oHu tue t'dHSs "! dSSu.i-se0 Dy
the soothing thought that the helpless ones left
behind are in brothers. care-they shall not
want. We visit the sick-y-a, nurse them adj
minister TO their wants, and furnish kind con.o-
lation, In deeds and words OF fraternal love: we
do . relieve the distressed "bury the dead ;,
ami { educate the orphan;'i and these are the
commands of Friendship, Love and Truth Will
you pardon mS for referring to figures Acco, ding
to thu report (and this but pa,tiaI) of the Grand
Lodge OF the United States, al its last annual
communicate n, nearly half a million OF dollars
had been expended durin" the year by this Order
In relief, AID ia the cause Of education Never
theleSs, these not all the offices aud fruits of
our noble enterprise. These, indeed are charity
but not all-no not all-Of charity.n
Mr.. Young proceeded to show that, by bein"
Intdc participants ia the dispensations If charity
the heart OF each member Of the Order prows
more aud more alive 10 the suffering around him
and his disposition 10 do GOOD to his fellows
whether in o. out of the Order. becomes a more
lively principle OF his life. Besides that the
cultivation and growth OF one cardinal virtue
contributes toward the development of others.
and exp'lS from the heart OF man corruption and
vice. Thus charity begets hope hope faith faith
nth. and so on through the whole series until
the soul OF man il re.en-i ated and placed under
the control of those principles which lead only to
goodness and beauty; instead Of being a waste
Z round whrTe the weeds Of viciousness and pas
sion are brought forth TO eYhale noxiOus vapors