Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-05-05

record we have of the noble deeds OF tine
Brothers in Sacramento and San Francisco dur
ing lS49, so, 81 and so, towards those VINO ~
journeying from their homes to the mines huu
fallen by the way, to the sick and destitute, 'he
dying and the dead, forms one of the origh.es'
pages in the history of Odd Fellowship, ana Is
fitting index to what has since been accom-
plished. Unremitting in attention wherever ou-
ty called them unselfsh in their ministratlonS,
unstinted in their generosity, they swerved not
from the lessons Order impressively teaches,
but fully exemplihed in all their acts the beauty
OF charity and fraternity. The condition OF the
Order in the jurisdiction of California is shown
by the Journal of Proceedings of the last session
of the Grand Lodge of this State, which exhibits
reports from 1928 Lodges and 26 EncampmentS'
having in the Subordinate Lodges 6,s76 MEM
bers, and an aggregate revenue for the year end
ing December 3lst, 1865, Of Sl17,000, and dis
bursting for relief $4,000.
l pause here to pay passing tribute to the
memory of one who as the first Grand Master OF
the Order in this State contributed by his labors
more perhaps than any other man to is unity
one for whom our Lodges are yet draped in
mourning. Though stricken down without
warning, it has been truly said that Z. IT, NJ,
Samuel II. Parker. not without prepara-
ton. Indeed his whole life was one continued
preparation for the final change that awaits all
mankind. lie was prominent actor IN the
early scenes to which have just diverted, and
ever exhibited ardent devotion and steadfast
fidelity to the principles of our animation. lie
was one whom the Order delighted to honor,
having been snccessively P. G. NJ, and T. q.
r., of his native State, New Hampshire, and
p G. NJ P. G. P, and p G. R., of the Grand
Lodge in this State. Not as an Odd Fellow only,
but in all the relations of life, his example Is
one worthy of emulation. Devoted in life to
usefulness his death is not without a lesson, for
Lives of good all remind
We make our lives sublime,
And departing leave behind us
Foot prints the sands of time:
Footprints that perhaps another,
Sailing DER life's solemn main
Some forlurn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing. shall take hope again.
Officers and Brothers, to you one word IN con-
clusion The retrospect OF the past furnishes
ne an incentive to future action. broad field
invites the labors of that mighty host whose
Thousands are to day assembled throughout our
land TO commemorate this anniversary. In that
great army we have enlisted not for carnage and
strife for its mission heaven itself approves as
it prorlaims, ''pcace on earth and good VIII to
men" Its trophies more glorious than Cesar
won, for
..The driving up a single tear hath more
OF honest fame than shedding seas of gore"
In the great work before us let US beware that
selishness of heart does not paralyze our Efforts
Peryading all ages of the world 1t has been like
the Box of Pandora, the fruitful source OF
brood of evils. Uncontrolled it operates as
plague breath on the boliest affections of our ma
tnre. sitting every emotion of sympathy, and
transforms man made in the image of his God
into being with no purpose but the qualification
of his own propensities. No tongue can depict
its banefu tendency no pen describe its direful
effects. Were it possible to register its coase-
quences the tears of all the angels would not
suffice to blot the record out" Let US work to-
gether in unity, bearing in mind that the maxim,
in Union there is strength, is as true now as
when the Scythian King symboized it to his
by the bundle of rods, which united a
giants power could not break. Let US strive
to act we'll our part, living mp rs near as may
be to the principles of our Order, doing unto
others as would have them do unto us, and
the consciousness of duty we'll performed will
reward as. and the period be FASTENED - that is
vet hidden in the womb of time, to which hope
looks forward with ardent joy when the tears
and woes of this world will he submerged by
the healing tide that will flow from the fountains
of bcnevoence and peace. Then one law viii
bind all nations, tongues and kindred of the
earth, and that law will be the law of universal
brotherhood. "