Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-09
ODD FELLOWSHIP.
Iifr Insurance "A Practical AppIiCJ-
ten Of One Of tha Cardinal PriucI-
pies OfIhc Fraternity.

I.iEe Insurance a Practical hPpIicT-
den Of one Of Ihe Cardinal PrincI-
pies Of Ghc Fraternity.
From the Mystic To.-BMlimurc-July 18th.
We notice in our exchanges the success
iul establishment Of q Life Insurance Com
pany for Odd Fellows. We believe this 20
be one Of the great things needed in the
grand progress Of the Order. Men are
everywhere waking up 10 the advantages
Of providing for their lamiioa after their
own deaths. The lodge arrangement for
funeral benefit, while admirable and app
propriate as far il goes, is toosmall 20 secure
a support 30 a brothers widow or orphans;
nor could lodges, "a q general thing, uu-
derlake the insurance Of lives aa % bust
ness; and while the establishment of a life
insurance by a lodge 10 any great extent
would be impolitic, much might be done
by united efforts 20 support some sound ln-
urance company, either established or TO
be established. We think lodges ah0uld
urge on their members 10 insure their lives
more extensively than iH yet done and
that by each lodge undertaking to insure
with a company a large number of The
lives Of Its members, IL could De effected at
lower rates and more successfully than by
simply individual investments 10 is one
Of thecardiual principlcso OrdcrtoPro-
vide for the widow and orphan, and we do
IT, but In a manner far too trlilmg for the
vast extent audwcalth of the presentoi Odd
Fellowship The lodge should at all times
be ready 10 advance the interest Of IFS
members; and perhaps I'm few ways
could il do this more lastlngly effective,
than by instituilng plan whereby II could
induce its married mCmher5 90 Join in aud
effect through the lodge an insurance on
their Joint liyca, besides being cheaper In
this way it would have the good clec, of
making the insurance Of lives popular, and
we all know how much all men are I'M
nuenced by example let IL once become
general for lodges 30 make arrangements
with some strong company 10 insure thc
lives of its members, and hundreds viii Doe
insured 90 one now, 10 the lasting advan-
lage Of those who will be left to struggle
when the insurer has been taken away
from them. Nothing A. more certain than
death; and strange as II may 7eem, mo- cal
CulatiOn IA more certain than the average
expectation of life, $50 that the business Of
life insurance is more reliable, IN point Of
calculated results than any other; and
with only an honest administration Of los
affairs company of this kind can always
be- safe
Tgunaaaec has taken hold of lLia thing IN
earnest, We see there h. au office opened at
Nashville under Che most favorable aus
piccs, ID. G.. Sire tamsworth, the pIcsi-
dent of the company, deposited in campii-
ance with the law, The requisite amount o.
secure itH policy holders against loss, and
this company. seem destined 30 become
one of the most popular Life Insurance
Institutions Don the United States.
Now, what Tennessee can do, Maryland
can DO. We only need some one TO start
the thing. Let our lodges bring the mat
tar up, discuss IL in all ils hearings, then
open correspondence with some OF the
leading and best companies as to the terms
they will be willing To make with lodges
for the insurance Of large number of the
lives OF its members; then we can see more
effectively what advantages could hc at
tanned for the brotherhood, and act aC-
cordingly. We Conlcss 20 a belief in the
idea of lusuring ones life as % really good
course for any one 90 pursue; and We
would like 10 see lodges lndOrac the idea
and help their members 10 do Ia, in every
way they can. In fact, we believe in
lodges taking am interest Ia the welfare of
their members aud ia doing everything 60
promote their interest and happiness.
Don't let IA be afraid 10 let the benign
principles Of Odd Fellowship progress.