Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-25

ipJuEctioHs prescribed BY the laws a
large each must seek Fe1ress for grew
snee before the appointed tribunals OF the
oIdsF, according 70 the forme prescribed.
sod these must be exhausted before the
courts viii intervene, IL at all: ard
shouId jurisdiction ssenteFtEined u sueu
grievances by the courts, it il believed
that 1t would be exercised 10 eouatrain
the tribunsl5 OF the order 10 = fsNhml
administration Of its laws.
MEMBF 5HIP.
Inc general q1alin alton for member
snip Is prescribed IN the following words.
No person shall be emitted 10 admission
TO the order except free white ua.Ies m
good moral character, who have arrived
at the age OF twenty-oue years. and who
believe Ia n S1prems Being, the creator
ana preseFver Of the Baiverse.U To thi,
general Qualification there are two
special and important addlious-iIs;
health Of body and mind second. Iinl-
ltaflon as TO age. The eropriety auG
ab5oluts necessity Of thsse 1rovis-
Ions will be apparent TO every con-
siderate mind, "a preventive OF thu
great inequality and Injustice which
would otherwise result in the dis
trlbution Of benefits. Every applicant
-N-os~lAAR HA5E AucsEADEG 1IAlsu
ly Disclose his sanitary eOnilti1o. for
II eoneealment should be prscticed, il
VIII not only vitiate the contract bs-
tween him and the Lodge, bat, what is
more serious snd important to the init
ate, it viii sutiest him { o arrsignment.
trial and expulsion, and consedusnt dis- /
grace. Fidelity On the part OF member
ship, not only TO tho laws and obliSs-
tons OF the Order, but TO the laws OF
God TO the laws OF the land, and to sII
the duties Of eitizsDship, is strictly en.
joined good faith toward each other.
and fair dealing with their fellow-men. /
and firmly, yet frater1ally enforced, and
for truth and honor, as cardinal yir-
tues, is earnestly commended. This Il
Old Fellowship.
4 HISTORY.
The inception Of Odd Fellowship il
wrapped ia obscurity. It probably had
rs beginning toward the end Of the las
eenturyi Ia London or Manchester, and
g sort Of mutual sid society. com
with this object that OF social
amusement. Nothing was known of Il
a thls country until the spring OF 1913,
when = man namsd Thomas Wildey.
along with four others named We.c5.
Jersey Hopkins snd Boynton formed q
ia Baltimore, on the 26sh of ADriL
aud called it the Washington Lodgs of
Odd Fellows. From this grain Of mus
ard seed has grown the mighty Tree that
shelters hundreds Of Thousands Of wild.
Tvs and orphans. This little party was
he nucleus around which has gathered
he vast body OF men now composing the
order IN the United States ard British
provinces. To Csc the language OF
member Of the order:
Moving forward from this noble
tand point, 10 hall . century il has en-
oiled IN its army yer half 3 million Of
T%otaries, most OF whom this day are 81
'etive labor. 10 : sinals lodge Of five
members Il hes added thousands upon
thousands, scattered OVsr ali the wide
erth Whsre civilization prevails, and
I'll lts stately tread is onward among
ne ISLANDS or the sea. This mighty host
pursued = single idea continuously.
uruIog neither to she rignt nor to the
eft, no matter how grave, exciting or
nomentous the collateral isaues-aEays
yDoriag self, and -cOBsserstiug its mas
energies aud resources 10 The esusa
: humanity. In this hehalf, accumu-
Asing during fry years millions upon
oiiiIsns Of money, which, under careful
UpefvIsions has bsen applied 70 the relief
( the sick the burial 0i the dead. sud
education ard support Of the orphan.
treat as has been this material f,
ruit OF our mission, greater still {
ave been its achievements in tha
moral field. IL is our just p~rsFOgativs To
lain that We have reared an empire
within the State, : Imperiuu i3 smDegiof
7htcb, vsst as ia the surface over which
! extends, and vaFisd S. is the ahsraeter
no nationality of the people, among
zhiea It dTalls, 10 SO consolidated and
Identified as to present an unbrosen
nifty among 3 brotherhood By thousands
nd tens Of thousands in every quarter Of
be earth and these divided aud cub
into hundreds and Thousands CT
istinctive Lodges, each ac.iDg inds-
evidently within tts sphere, yet in per-
sct harmony, al speaking 3 common
1ngUe, sequiesctng IN a common law,
nd recOgn zjUg one central power as its
rsst healthful hezrs.n