Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-04-30

Truth, let revereut benedictons come forth when
we pronounce the name of WASHINGTON and mt
terng our flaternal waichwords, let us unite with
all the great Brotherhood OF American Freemen
in that renowned declaration, " Liberty and Un-
ion -
alag OF THE FREE, still bear thy way
Undimmed through ages yet untold
Der earth's proud realm thy stars display
Like mornings radiant clouds unrOld
FLAG OF THE SKIES, still peerless shine
Through eiher's azure vault unfnIled,
Till every hand and heart eniwine
To sweep oppression from the world!'
1t is the glory Of Odd Fellowship to have orig
mated with working-men its founders in Great
Britain were toilng laborers, neglected, despis-
ed, oppressed by rank and wealth. Separated by
impasslble barriers from companionship with
their employers, the laborng founders Of work
ing mems order united in sympathy and selfpro-
lection they met in humble tavcrns unfrequcnt-
ed 10y any but working people, talked in human
fellowship and equality, heard the heavy breath
ing OF tired labor, and counseled in time of
trouble and famine. To this day, wherever you
meet procession of Odd Fellows, you may know
them by the number of bronzed faces and stall
wart forms of working men. l have thought
that the peculiar ordinance used this morning TO
announce the forticth anniversary Of this Order
in the United States, was onderfully appropri-
ate. When the sound of the anrH rang from
Thomas Wildey's smith shop, torturpg the deli
cate nerves OF his aristocratic neghbors, the bu-
sy brain of the smith was constructing castles
and peopling them with Friendship, Love and
Truth-and " the smith, hrawny man was he,
with large and sinewy hands, This morning,
at sunrise, the sound of the anvil, from the deep
forests of Trinity and from the sea -girt shores
Of Humboldt, proclaimed to the blacksmith of
Baltimore that the ark of the covenant rested
under the shadow of Shasta and close by the
cliffs of Mendocino! Odd Fellowship continues
an order of labor it recognizes no aristocracy
but that Of honorable manhood it requires no
nobility but that of honest labor--LABoR in The
place of trade, labor in the workshop, labor in
the mine, labor in the Office of intellectual pur-
suit-everywhere have Odd Fellows learned
to labor and TO wait" Oh what n restless giant
uprosc from The fragrant bowers Of Eden when
man went forth TO labor! With The feeble hands
of mortals but filed with The soul and ambition
Of The gods, he assembled the seafiolding of Bah
ylOn, brandshing his hammer and his trowel, un-
Ill the clangor of profaning iron brought forth
an angry and destroying angel Then be wroughi
upon the Pyramids and fashioned a monument
great as his ambition, built the splendid temple
Of ISracl's capital, and shaped the wondrous ar
cbcs that still bid defiance unto Time and the
Creator beholding the gigantic works Of his
creature ordained science and genius to dcs
cend and uplift The curse from struggling Labor.
Like the dove from the Ark, the messengers re-
turned no more to Heaven, but uniting with
emarcipated Labor, they founded great cities
and exploring ships, measured the altitude of the
stars, tanned The fiery couriers of the clouds, and
with electric torches went to explore the dark
caverns of the under sea, and following the de-
parting day, they found the miser Gold slumber
ing in his ancient caves. whom dragging forth,
they compelled to build the resting places of La
bor LABOR thou with the sun Drowned hands,
and honest, manly heart. welcome to the lodge
Of the Odd Fellow Your fortunes may fall,
your arms may ache with unrewarded toll, but
can destroy that immortal principle which Gods
own hand has implanted in the heart OF indomit-
allie Labor. His grave may be in the burial
place Of outcasts his name may be lost from the
records of time, but God will garner the ashes of
his noblest work, and the remembrance Of his in
tcgrity will rise TO heaven when hope, and light,
and the destroying angel abandon the ruins of
the world.
have recognized in this assembly a solitary
Daughter of Rebccca she belongs to the Order
of Odd Fellows wives, and, demanding no par
ticipation in our councils, she meets us at the
bed sides and graves Of our brothers. Man re-
quircs companonshp to urge him TO works of be-
nevolencr, hut charity is the natural language of
woman's heart, and like the beautiful Hebrew,
she stands alone by the we'll of mercy and draws
for the thirsty traveller and by the alchemy of
her love changes the bitterest waters to The oil
of joy Brothers, let the Daughter of Rebecca
he honored, and should misfortune drape her
chamber with the black plnmes of The fcshess
cavalier, remember that woman fingered at the
cross when the world had abandoned the dead.
Brothers of North Star Lodge, you have cho,
sen beautiful and suggestive name. AS that
polar lamp forever hangs in the northern skies
TO direct the bewildering mariner. let your North
Star blaze in the heavens Of benevolence that
the eye of every brother drifting on the shoals
of life may catch its inspiring light. At night
fall the traveller lost in the mountains, climbs to
an eminence, aud scanning the sparkling multi
tudes of the horizon till he finds that eternal
compass of the poles, fixes his landmarks, lies
down to quieter rest, and in the morning takes
his way. There may be n time when eyes dim
with age and full of burning tears will explore
the narrowing horizon OF hope for your North Star
OF brotherhood. Already in this land of gold
en- dreams. detected travellers with frosting beard
and whitening hair, are moving with uncertain
steps through the demon-haunted realms of des-