Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-27

leading faith Of the country; and while III
church plainly prescribed these orders, does Il
not econe us as men. SIS Masons, and as Odd
Fellows, not TO permit Its ~mmuniea 10 re-
neUnce their church and go contrary 70 tlsd.c-
trines. think you, however, that II these or
ders initiated in the least against re 1giOn, So
cial duties, love of country, duty 10 CD. cur
neishbor or ourselves, that the thousands OF
Corr stians, patriots, sIatesmsn and ~phiianthro-
pists Wousd bold S1eadfasI and close cnrnInun-
ion with them. AS Odd Fellows We have but
one fifth. beliefin God one rule, the golden
oae; 70 do unto others as we would that Others
should do unto Us and but one law, the law OF
universal brotherhood; wRatsoeyer Is more
than this in a religious point of view is net
odd Fellowship. But let me be fully under
stood. The Roman Catholic who has the true
manliness and Independence 20 realize the
higosry and intolerance of his church a. TO the
Masonic and odd Fellows associations, re-
mains a good Catholic, joins either Of these or
ders; remains with 1t and dies by 10, for him l
have as great a reverence. and as much love
ana fsi'h as The most deserving Of the human
ktnd. The time is coming, however, when the
great Roman Catholic church, which now has
a permanent foOtaold in almost every portion
Of the globe, and Is doing more in many re-
spects TO oIrove and educate the masses than
any other religious organization, will aeknoTl-
edge Masonry and Odd Fellowship IS proper
and had the sO-called Viee-gerent OF the Al
mighty lived in the free air OF England or
Americ' IL would have done 50 long since.
Friends and Brolhers, / will detain you but
a fe y moment lOnge-. Odd Fellows Of Mem
phis, / ak your attention You number in
this city .us3r three hundred memEeu-goOd
and rue men We must believe, aud containing
as high { grade Ofmind, capacity and charac-
ter as any trree hundred men that could pro
m~fscuousiy be selected in the city You have
every trade ara profession represented among
| you. You ere possessed OF property to the
amouut ofst least one hundred thousand dol
lars. You sre free nom debt. You have a
LO1ge-roOm not excelled in beauty by any in
tuis or any other Sta'e., You have a rest for
| your deac-a cspaciops LOT that is the beauty
OF Eimwcod. You havs reduced 70 the least
I boss be SnCunt to p+S q o demands Of char
I ity ard Necessary excuses without drawing
| unnn EnIF pangrHl IN have Unna ThEonpn
n1sncial m0srras zments snd difficulties that
would make the stOutsst heart quail, and
showed a financial ability worthy OF any COM
parry or association. You have given an ex-
| ample That had another order that tar eXceis
you in numbers and Possessed with as much
lnteiiect, "a eHt and capacity, and In a manner
having the same Onje-t in view as yourselves,
initiated, ii would not now be bot the poor pos
s. ssoT IL part OF q buriat lot, but the owner OF
asnoble aud grand q struHture as any thai S-,ow
your city, All ~. vou nave done
aad yet mGss 4 upbraid you that you have not
lone more. You havs not a school for your
ehLd Ell ara orphans, a home for your Wild
OHs, nor a place for your young men to resort
t01n order 10 gather know. edge aud seek i'm
proVemsnt- There Is MOI a book in your IL
uraTy, and but one solitary magazine do YOU
take ioT your mutual benent and underSt.nd-
log. Aou tuhered one o the hnest libraries
that ever exi3ted in Memphis to be purchased
by the Odd Fellow OF s.. L uis, who were no
more ahie l. pOrch2ss or needed IL more than
you, You have not given an entertainment,
nor suggested a subject whereby you could de-
V6lop the capacity, talent or intellect OF your
members except, perhaps, the present in
stance, by placing ms as u stuEIbling block to
your progress and giving the brothers an Cd.
portunity of showing their tnselry and
D-auty. Bat the present occasion is we'll. and
I reau from 1t a good omen for the future.
To you, bIoth=Ts OF the country, l have no
wo.ds OF condemnation to utter. I Ieel proud
OF your PRESENCE here to-day. In you'll behold
much OF The sOlidity, strength and purify Of our
O der. You are freed almost entirely from the
vacilating characters and the uncertain tenure
thal pertains to city life. You know your
memoers, for in many cases you have lived by
tuem and bsen brought up with them, even
from boy mood Fer the good, warm, Outgush
ing principles of odd Fellowship, eonmend me
to - country lodge. Deception, policy, merce-
nary motives cannot aetuate sou, for IN the
as you are KNOWN" and Judged according TO
, our I0eTts. You seldom nave itinerant char
actsrs 20 Etslt you anu ABUSE your tlenGsnip
and CHARITY II Is therefore comparatively
easy Tor yOu to live tbs life and pursue the
principles Of true Odd Fellow.
Odd Fellows, one word to you as to your
0Tgan'HftlOn, you represent yourselves as an
Independent OTdsr-see tnat you keep il 50.
TIE tendency of the different orders to adopt
the modes and rules pertaining to another l
deprecate. Iu your distinctive feature as odd
FeiIoWs isto be att-ibuted, in a great measure,
your success. do not ape after other organi-
z3iions. BE Q1d-Fellows-odd ard different IN
your rules and regulations from the balance
OF the world. Keep you selves free as
much as Is IN your power from tee words.
language, emblems and symbols OF other 50
cieteS would mat you were more free in
this respect than you are. l would rather have
as an emb.em a mouse or a ." Ium ole-bug," or
the b kin OF a dog as j 81 uLattOn, and know
That they we're peculiar only TO odd Fellows
Than 20 take any emblem, sign or token that
was borrowed from another erder. Have no
ritual or ceremony in common with others.
and DO not let your Grand Lodge again invite
auOther oraer 70 agree upon even a public
that shall DO common TO eolh. hut
IN al things see lnat you axe in sp lit and N
tTuth th2 lDdt pendent Order 81 Odu Fellows.
snail / g OSe and not utter q WORD in COM
IN N ration OF the p~ageEHtry OF this day? 1
would be doing injustice to JhCse who nave de-
WRra1 their Time AMI TALENT IN nrazangfnr ~
his beautiiu' a nay, anu feel to csnsure my sell
for Sucn an OinI SOD. 10 requires not the
tongue OF dattery or an imaginative mind to
portray our Procession IS Cne OF the most
beautiful ono attractive that ever decorated
our city.
All along the line OF our march. the cheerful
look aod 6eamfng cOQatenanCss thar glanced
at Us from every side, seemed 10 gck 8OwiedEe
that ours was a tr.Emphai array OF Leauty,
stabi1 y aud order. All was happy the little
angel faces that nlsd your decorated ears cast
upon your Streets, and the multitude that
thronged your pathway = halo or giOry-a sun
same thSt ths br ght rags from above seemed
vietng with these De OW, as If to impress upon
memory forever the purify of eartu when freed
from tue cares, the Influences and 1mmoraIf-
ties OF life. II locked 10 me like a hymn OF
Jhark giving ~8scendinZ to the Most High. srng-
ing with . silent voice. " Glory 30 Gcd IN the
highest, on e-rth peace, good will toward
men," II was the Almighty teaching a lesson
OF love ana beauty through his own hsndl-
work. IL was a religion Of love, purity ard
goodness, swelling up IN the hearts of all be-
holders, teaching faith in God, hope in i'm
mortality and The Il e everlasting. A sermon
that all could preach.
Books Ia the RAINING brooks sermons in
stones, and good il everything" FiuslIy, IL
was a living answer to prayer. shOweriag good
ness mercy and blessings upon al.
Thus ends the hftieth anniversary Of Odd
Fellowship. All over toe Usited suites, Aus
trsltt and ths British Pr vince this day is eel
eOratsd. and from the reports slrea1y received.
II you'd Seem that Heaven was shOWeIiug
blessings and sunshine upon all. Today, over
$1,000 Odd Fellows are Rssenb.e-i in procession
in the city or Philadelphia. Thousands uton
tLou-ands are commemorative t1is event in
tue cities oil G1ncinnau, New York, Chicago, In
d annapolis, st. LOUIS and san Francisco. Think
Of Pennsylvania with her $50 lodges, 4 mem
ben hIp VI near 70000 souls and then revert
b-ck to Tennessee, with eighty-hye lodges and
SEQ members, and taze nearJ fprnOns can
SLOW a p1rer or brighter record, save one false
step. than the Odd Fellows of the state often.
nessee.
BrotoeTs, can you advance with me fifty
years aud celebrate in mied our centennial an.
niversary. None arOuQt Us may witness that
event, yet who k5ows but in this vast a sem
oily thereis some little boy who may stand per
0Sps wners l now stand, after This building
shall have crumoled TO decay, or torn down
that a larger or more cOmmO1iOus amphithea-
Ter may b. erected in its place, and address
his thousands upon Thousands in regard to
'he glory, the strength and the influence of the
Order" aJ tuat' time. He may perhaps revert
b tck with pride and pleasure TO this day, and
Fe-ef 10 as as the noble fathers and patrtarchs
whOhauded the order down from this genera
ton to that generation untarnished and unsul-
lied.
Is Il a matter OF egotism to refer TO such names
as Poster, Tannehdi, Ii tledeld, Clark, Farms
9Crth, Hyde, Johnson Bruce, Lohand, Pes
cett, smiley, Day, anbuIy, Berry, CJnnell,
eaTrOil, Fugh ana many others, and say this
order shall descend TO cur children in all its
pristine purify and excellence.
Proud, giOiibus ana happy must be ths broth
er who, Rhen he Is closing hi career on earth, |
can calmly look back on a life devoted to our
csuse, anu fay that, with Gods help, he has |
lived the life aud praeticed the precepEs OF a
true Dad Fellow,
Toe address ended, the band played a |
beautiful air, the closing ode was surg to |
the tuRe Of Old Hundred, and q benedie-
ton YVES pronounced. TIE sssemblsge
Lett the house, and the procession re-
formed and marched down Second street
to the hall, whers the Tegslia was de-
posted ri the lodges called 10 refresh
ment, to reassembls in the evening
pTio; 70 the ball.
THE BAL
at the Memphis Club Hall was, it is al
most needless to say, one of the fi1est
thing of the sort ever sseu in Memphis,
and we only regret thst the crowded con-
dltion of our columns precludes the pos
.isiiity Of giving an elaborate description
OF II. Thers were at u time msre than