Nebraska advertiser., 1867-05-16

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we exhibit a disposition TO pppress, or
take advantage Of one anolher's neces,
sites, We are surely and swiftly drifting
toward the rocks and whIrIpoolssef vie.
laued honor. and fidelity, and may be
deservedly branded. as unworiby the
confidence OF all good men. The obi
CATION Of Justice is no less bindiag otpohr
members. ihan alholhers of, the human
family. To do unto Others, asawe would
have others 10 do unto Us, is a rule TO
which we. cannot 100 closely adhere.
Justice teaches Us never 10 wrong one
another, as brOihers il also teaches us
neFerltO wong anyOne,. be be brother,
or a stranger; If We wouldcarry this rule
into daily pracuce.; live up TO It N all
our dealings one With the other, and
feel that we do so as an obi gatIon we
owe to Ihe Order how great would be the
respect. which we w0uId receive as in
| dlVIduals. The effects of such course,
would cepriye this life Of very much of
It's sorrow and trbulaiion-b1 few hearts
would be pierced with erief-b1t few
eyes m0istened with the tear of anguish! !!
The oblig atoms taken upon ourselves,
cannot be re-nounced, or SCI aside Gl
pleasure With all good Oddfellows they
are bipdIng,and sacred ) the same in ads
verSiiy,as prosperity; III wal, as 10 peace;
in sickness, as in health they know no
South. no North, no East, no West--buI
one country aud one ,colnmop humanity
lone God ,and one brotherhood of maui
During the late civil war no attempt
was made TO establish a Northern, or
Southern Oddfello@ship. The thunder.
lug of the cannon ,Ihe ghaering of thv.
sword, the shout Of victory, the wall Of
defeat, the ''ciang of arms, the shrek
of agony, the grOdn Of dealh" did not
destroy the solemn Obligations of our
ancient Order, but so soon as peace was
declared the smothered flames of Love,
friendship and ruth Illuminated the hall
of the Grand Lodge of the United States;
all were minghng together again as
band Of brothers. faa {1
"Absence with all its pains, was by
this charming moment wiped awaym
Says a writer on The subject: "repre-
senuves from every jurisdiction came,
save two-North Carolina and Florida
and these were absent on accoun, of IN
aeoidable circumstances. The brethren
Of New York and Massachusetts claspsd
hands with their brethren from South
Carolina tears were shed all en-
braced and pledged TO each other eter.
nal fidelity to the principles of the Or.
der, aud thus were the broken links
welded as with white heat.9
II is this intel esling event as well as
the anniversary of the founding Of the
Order IN ne United States, that we have
been called together this evening 10
comm emorate with thanks giving and
prayer. Through the mercy ofrlhe All
mighty, our Order has been safely con
ducled over the wild and blood stained
wave Of war and desolarion, leaving II
bound together as ia days past by the
Ihreefold chain of Love- friendship and
Truth. for which we should return the
most sincere aud heartfelt thanks TO
Him "who makelh wars to cease,
breaketh the bow, and cnteth the spear
In sunder." al gs&ai y.'as
The. statistics of the Grand lodge of
The United States gives a detailedare-
port of The whole benevolent lransac-
lions of the Order. From this il ap,
pears That during the year preceding
The last session 1878 brothers were
relieved 2 7l9 widowed families were
also relieved. ss lrs
The amount paid for the, relief of
Brothers was 1884 l49,76.
The amount paid out for relief Of wid
owed familIed SS2 ,Oe9. .99. Amount
paid for the educaurn of Orphans.
SIE4l7,75; amount paid for burrying
the dead, $50 592 SO Total recelpt,
$3.50 2S7,79. The report shows that
The Lodges in New York, are not incid-
ded in this amount, and, Of course.
musI be much larger. 1Ig isgu 81
Besides these amounts, the Encamp-
menls have paid for the relief Of e mem-
bers and widowed families. burying the
dead, and educstng the Orphans
S53 664 20, twill be seen that con 4
siderable more than half million dol
lars was paid during the last year in be-
nevolence within tue Order. r.isr. brr
Ia Nebraska only a small amount has
been expended in the way of beneeo
lence D brothers relieved paid out
for the same 1878; for burying the dead
S75; total S34S. Ealal1 ga.-i1r5E 4
The report gives no statistics of the
amounts expended for the relief of wild
owed families, and the education Of Or
phans in Nebraska. The cause Of this
i am unable to explain. It is clearly.
however, the result of an over sight. =
This is no small amount bat, who
can compute the private chariGys grow
ing out of the kindly feeling culnvaled
and exercised by the workings cf- The
Lodges2 How many friendly aud af
fectonate vlsns have been paid 10 sick
brothers, to the widows an4 orDhansa aud
how many nights have been spent ID
watching around the bed side Of the sick
aud dying These are Guestians not
easily answered. Can it be. possible
that this is a mere shadow Of affectio6l
/ No : il cannot be that men SO lalpose on
on themselves. hYa91n - ig
The man that is a kiad, hus-
band and f&ther, may usually be relied
upon as q fasl friend. So We sav thai
the man who is a good OddfeIIbN9 can
not fail iu being good and charitable
ciiizeR. He learns 10 be beDevalehu-.
He may indeed feel the warmss1 aaec-
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