Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-07-14
zeal to initiate the example of his prede-

a zeal to initiate the example of his prede-
cessor.
To sum up all that / have said in few
words if we would transact our business
smoothly and with regularity, thereby re-
flecting an honor upon our Division and
a credit upon ourselves, let us have some
regard to system and arrangement, ard a
due appreciation of order order!! or
der ! !! in all that we undertake and do
With it our ease and convenience will be
greatly enhanced and the progress of Our
Division will be onward ard upward
resisting all obstacles-overcomin every
barrier-prostrating all opposition, and
surmounting every difficulty. We shall
witness no scenes calculated in the most
remote degree to mar our harmony or our
peace, no leaving of the Division room on
the part of brothers befoxe The regulas
routine of business is transacted: but all
viii mSve on quietly and proudly, as some
majestic river giving It's waters to the deep
flow of the ocean.
| believe that the lukewarnnness, which
often manifests itself among the members
of the Order, the scantiness of our meet
withdrawal or otherwise. raay be in a great
measure attributed to the manner in which
the meetings of the Order throughout the
entire State are conducted. There is not
that dignity and decorum observed-there
is not that regard for system and regulari-
ity IN the proceedings of our meetings
which enobles and elevates our Order,
even in the estimation of its own mem
bers. The Division room is too often the
scene of careless indifference strongly man.
ifested by want of interest, and lack Of
zeal instead of being the arena where
themes thrilling and touching as ever drew
upon the Imagination or appealed to the
nobler feelings of the human heart, should
receive that attentive and solemn consider
alton which is justly their due. Let US
avert the evil, let US throw around US the
dignity of the Order and maintain its Dig
nifty by the observance of order IN all our
proceedings.
Order my brothers, is the first great law
of nature. Without it our earth would
reel and sink into unfathomable abyss, and
the bright consultations which so beauti-
fully deck and gid our horizon would
leap forth in burning, blazing meteors,
wasting and consuming as they passed
t through loosened and unlimited space
: Earth and sea and air, sun and moon and
: sky and stars, would sicken and revolt, and
S in an awful medley HadIy rush back te
: that original chaos, from which the voice
of the only Omnipotent God spake then
# into existence. Order was the desigl
9 which the wise and merciful maker of tn
Universe placed upon the world when I'll
; spake 1T into being and Ivy it, an It's VAR
d Gus departments are kept within their le
# gitimate spheres, and perform the VAR
:, Gus functions for which they were so wise
# y made and intended. Without it con
e fusion must follow, even worse than tia
which fell upon the builders of the Tow
r er of Babel-prostrated their undertaking
l. vanquishcd their hopes overthrew thei
o anticipations, defeated their designs, an
y scattered them with all their visions o
h glory to the four winds of Heaven. Witt
l. it we shall be prosperous, we shall be sue
o cesstul, we shall eon " conquering and t.
,. conquer" adding victory to conquest an,
Y glory to glory. We shall build around US
o wall cemented by the grateful tears of mo
e theirs, sisters, daughters, wives, over which tn
n evils of intemperance will never dare in
" trade. We shall erect Temple fair a
is truth, whose corner stone shall be virtue
ID whose summit shall reach the very hcay
~ ems itself, and with the beautiful motto {
:; Love, Purity and Fidelity inscribed in le
in ters of living light and glory upon its coz
h secrated shrine, it will survive the ravagt
D. of the wand oftime.
H. Finally, Brothers, be faithful to you
e. vows, ever abounding in the cardinal prir
e. ciples of your Order, Love, Purity and F
s deity, remembering that the Pledge is OF
~ badge. "ltadorns every true Son Of Ten
ne perance. 1t disgraces no man, but hi
ne who is traitor to our principles"