The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-26

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ha9wed by every tender and symPathctc impulse of how
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hc people Mho shall measure % the Influence Of tha sS CT
and aesocatons Is subject more stab&e & for rejection eb @
Gil than for the pen and there exists but few Il any 6
to the genius Of the artist beautiful and thrRny
%eSy Grand sre have Cce"ped Sra ho chair Of h
H. hSase of 1 the tcr H9eS S5Ses and have guided
perfectly dsnerested abors OF what has bgsyn ana ana
has earned gratitude for its conbatid9SH 9HqS ~
GS eaSh p @SG has / nCS S Ii, its presiding
TeHGhed the exalted position only in virtue OF long
work by record which will live in the heart Of 6S br s
tho past whilst virtue and humanity survive OF tb Ci
eight Rsye 9d RiSn S2ed @ On the he earth m
morning OF ne. Inc Inc &me9[v o. these illsrious men is
each humanity has been called mourn the Os of O
and body was gratefully as an Vagy 81 a heart
shrine they have passed the very moment G Of
SR9 & tho to dPsssS eeo wgeTs the SS has been greeted
Tweye Past Grand Ses sGes {e good and faithful
st at active service in the moral vineyard i've Of whom
est and pleasure to the occasion and parake with Gs in
largely contributed secure May God In 6is sS
TSC c %nd d Of " y % to the benefit
There is yet one other potent and invauabe auSiaTv
that behalf highly pTzgd eiaF Tt tbe a
a ona anF
isSSe Td branches OF service II has after quite severe
the future it will receive reasonable equivalent for its
epeenaon of o IN the defense and
wea[e oo language Is iredeqlae to describe since as
agency and grSat public utility i Is IIhoat d atSe5s ps
"26ng 6ggad te mohed M creations of the genius Of man
B1leiggc %lsig have been csn aud eoaqeny pFC
is sn5 not nS% ToTo dagsed 6ds in ecQn that
E Lore S % Gs" the Byoehood e d.S%fs or them & eg d5 re-
90 a he I wSao & are the S s0dsP @
pnn Of Hbe Smegh its LAT f 9pd entire
9s to the moral nature and reachg out from its mne
dlate m sGbeef Permeates By natural affinity every sphere
and its results are not only active and substantial but
ence as TO penetrate entire com6pntes In this connec
truth & Gd cd daRgfs FRsscP Po1 %S 9rshs6 nt the important
no mtsaSe Oe made uLond subject tousdHdg glUye
soul Our abors concern this world the relations Of man
no man n 1t the education and training of the heart
with special favor and well adapted the end we are
same direction our Work and its fruits Wanted be-
has SO ndeb maked e s path at odd rlS @
dsro years that its god-Iike, virtue. more
the moral ,trmament, In 1919 single Lodge
humble without influence aud under the most nau-
spicous circmstances moving forward from this stand
point in half century the Order has enrolled
broad banner am an Army Of six hundred Thousand of the re
wart men the men of the brewny and of the
ma eeaGi P1d h % sn a of n nj of com
eelSDie Gains ana industry 10 the single Lodge Of five
five members, it has added than half million This
mighty HOs has pursued single idea nnremngy and
to the left ignoring all else and consecratng its massive
its high purpose it has been armed as well With material
as a6f o the SfE a s the 9 II the
of the dead and the education of the orphan nearly
s! % fdSns i3fy
surface and has gaddeped the hearts Of 2ev tSo Se
sand five hundred widowed families and bfoGght to the
and comfort Who shall attempt 70 estimate the influence
and value of such ministraton!
Ana what my brethren of Pennsylvania has been your
contribution to the general prosperyyour offering
tons Of the Federal Jurisdiction to be- large as IL in
IT, R 6en ~e
s relative position and extent and that of single
comparatively the greater In looking back the past
lodge No l. Rch had pTeSOsy Geen
organized BY seli;institltion formerly chartered
Odd Fellowship within your jurisdiction has had
colossal tread Of the State in the path Of nations From @
single Lodge with handful of members, you now count
ship Of seventy thousands from single city, you have
ditused our benign principles over your whole State
that wherever religion and civil lzaton have built the
side i s pSnIS an ows odfe
these Lodges thus established and their seventy thousand
century whose close to-day celebrate they have sedu
lousy toied and have carried TO desolae hearths and
widowed homes not alone the eSnsolaons OF moral sun
thousand widowed families and one hundred aud forty
object three millions Of dollars have been applied
and during the single year just passed You have Iai.ed
for the relief Of the sick of the widow and the orphan
or mas been pr9yidGnty invested for future e
exceed Fix millions Of dollars What offering this upon
mnsaon mi 10 ay tRsr S testons S % at the foot Of this
altar what pyramid OF glory would lit its hal lowed
lime, would but symboze the reality, would but teebly
portray the tears OF sorrow which have been assnaged or
fretted hearts in the hour of deiverance
Not less valuable has been the contribution OF Pennsy-
Grand Body A long line the most eminent Of your
;enatyes in the deliberations Of thai general council VINO
lave placed the impress Of their wisdom upon It's egsa
judgments by their genius and learning in high appreea
lion Of which four Of your distinguished sons have been
CHAR each OF whom has left To- us ms cheised heritage
h fS Of bis s nwsSrcd srsat nbo "O anu
My brethren Of PENNSYLVANIA, Your record shine
IN our annals like precious brilliant, and rem,
principle of, our Order Already has Your Com;
an Ss the Fsda seh
proud title yoH Justly add the prestige Of the Empire
with honor; its sublime display, its memories OF the
pact its associations OF the present and It's OF the
could boIate more 4lve Ran phsopy with
the genins Of art combined could portray more potential
faith had been dissolved into rton the ideal has cum-
ion6ed eon owe rea & ana ruth Itself embodied ana
Hciaents which ILLUSTRATE your fraternal courtesy and