The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-04-28
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WHATEVER tends to elevate the moral tone o
society, by intoxicating the lessons of human
brotherhood and charity as taught in the Bible
of 6 friendship, love and TRUTH between mar
and man-whatever has for its object the allevia
ton of human misery,-brings man so mucf
nearer to heaven and farther from the selfish asso
Citations of this delving and boarding everyday
life. Peace on earth, good will toward man, ,
were the simple yet sublime words of the angel t.
the watching shepherds of Judea eighteen centu-
ries ago, announcing the advent of a Redeemel
and of a new era in mans religious experience
the era of Brotherly Love. The doctrines of uni
versal brotherhood iaculcated by Him whose
birth was then announced, have, in their various
forms and creeds, spread throughout the nations,
humanizing and e~leyating man and restoring him
nearer to the image of his Creator.
That the Christian Church covers the whole
ground of human obligation, civil, moral and re-
ligious, will be denied by scarcely any one at this
day but that it may have powerful auxiliaries
in the great work of bringing about Peace on
EARTH in the various forms of benevolent asso-
Citations as now existing, is equally true. The
charge has often been, and is still brought against
these associations that they are secret, and it is
limited that this is a cause for suspicion-that
their deeds being evil, they seek darkness rather
than light 1t cannot, however, be contended
that secresy is necessarily a conclusive proof of
evil. What we do see of their practice before the
world is, on the contrary, directly the reverse, and
is a systematic Observance of the precepts taught
by Him who spake as never man spake. We see
them, for instance, visiting the sick relieving
the distressed burying the dead educating the
orphan aiding the widow and exercising over
each other ~fraternal watch, care, and moral dis
cipline. Such are their published tenets, and
such have been in most instances their practical
working everywhere. 1t may be true that their
benevolence and charity is limited to those who
are members of their various orders but when
we see the practical results Of their organizations,
when we sec strangers whom misfortune has cast
on our shores destitute, and sick, sought out by
them, and watched over; or, when the last earthly
rites were demanded, gathering around the bier
of the lonely one, and, as true mourners, follow
ing him to his last resting place-when we see
these fruits of true benevolence, no impartial
mind can fail to award to them the credit they
deserve.
Viewing Odd Fellowship then in this light, as
a Benevolent Order, whose good deeds and char
liable Offices tend. to the alienation of suffering
and want of its members as well as, in a measure,
to the moral elevation of the community ut large,
we Congratulate Honolulu on the fact that it is
here a prosperous institution. In fact, it's growth
wherever planted has been a matter of surprise to
every attentive observer. A-brief sketch of its
origin in the U. States may not be amiss here.
IS In the year 1919 Mr.. Thomas Wildey, t. a black
smith by trade, an Englishman by birth, an Amer
lean citizen by adoption, and a resident of Baltimore,
inserted in the papers n call for a meeting Of Odd
Fellows at the Seven Stars tavern, Second street,
Baltimore 1t was responded to by three brothers,
and Washington Lodge, No. l, was instituted in that
city. The year following, the Grand Lodge of Mary
land was established. which was the next year con-
frmed as the Grand Lodge of Maryland and the
United States This was the first Grand Lodge
ever established in the United States. Afterwards
the two Lodges separated, and the Grand Lodge Of
the United States Thomas Wildey, Grand Sire, was
in 1926. Encampments were then I'M
In June, 1927, the Grand Lodge of Mary
land instituted the first Subordinate Encampment of
the order. The Grand Lodge of the District of Co
lumbia was instituted on November oath, 1928. The
following record will show that Odd Fellowship aims
at the promotion of the noblest impulses of man. In
1929, Pennsylvania Lodge, No. 1. refused to pay
benefits to a sick member, whereupon it was expelled
by the Grand Lodge of that State In 1851, a de-
gree was instituted by the Order for women, called
tN 81 A~S0Shons "h'~ ONN
upon the wives, daughters, mothers and sisters of
Scarlet members"
About the year 1910, Odd Fellowship received
its first great popular impulse in the United
since which time it has spread its chart
and its influence over all the States and Ter
the Canadas. and even to the Islands of
the Pacific, embracing within its jurisdiction over
hundred thousand active members, all devoted
80 H. ~.blo,t .bo,.%so, cd I,otborlr lor,aocx,
Truly it is we'll for such q fraternity to take a
retrospective view OF its actions, and collect fresh
hope and zeal for future works, on the fortieth
anniversary of its national existence.
POSTAL IRREGuLARIrY.-Considerable talk has been
made during the week in relation to the non-delivery
Of letters sent to Hilo by mail. 1t seems that Mr..
shipped several lots of salmon and other
merchandise TO Hilo by the Liholiho, sending letters
Of advice and invoices by mail. The goods reached
heir destination. but were accompanied with no let
.ers and one of the consignees Tin the absence of
my advices) returned the goods to Honolulu, which
consisted in part of 20 bbls. of salmon. This has of
course proved very vexatious, to say nothing Of the
oss Of freight attending. The cause of the letters not
delivered at Hilo with the goods, was that they
we're sent from Kawaihae by the overland route, and
Hilo several days after the Liholiho had left.
In all cases, letters advising of shipment of goods
should be sent by the vessel taking such goods. The
mails on Oahu, Kauai and Maui prove q
great public convenience, but ON Hawaii, so far as
we can learn. it is little else than o humbug. Let
sent by it from Hilo generally reach Honolulu in
from one to three weeks longer time than il sent
direct, giving the overland letters ten days start. So
long as our post-offce is a gratuitous system as at
present, the government can net be asked to do
more than the facilities at their command will allow;
the moment o tax is imposed on correspondence,
,ur merchants win demand as a right that their let
ters be promptly delivered. and the post-ofice in COL
becting postage will assume q very different relation
the public from that which it at present holds in
reUard tn our inter-islaud correanondence