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

the hands OF a Dutchsg It would certainly have
but one. Who could be admitted INTO a car
pen,er's, a thinkers, o. even a blackberry pick
ing association, without q knowledge of thtiI
art? Yea, more. lake the different Christian
associations ofthe cay and you hear tbundered
continually from the pulla The ncompreAen
sible mystery OF the Almighty, the mysteiss Of
the Godhead, AMI the unsearchable r cheS OF
Christianity. Pa7lsaid, Behold, l show you
q RVS ery.| and .Orysars he IaSo~ef Warranty
to unfold It. For eighteen hundred years has
thai mystery been taught, ana how rev have
learDedi II. Blsnop, priest an5 Clergy, n inn
merabie numbers, have devoted nves IN ex'
planning Il, yet 81 d fiicult is the ART, so mystic
rious in It's workings. that many of the clergy
themselves-ths teachers of the faith-Pretend'
cd v3ce-Eerents of the Alm1ghty-iO=i The art
and it was found that tEe true secrets Of the
Christian faith were unknown tothem. In Odd
FeiIo kshiP they who attempt 70 kaoW our
faith and untold our secrets, and fau, upon eS-
animation, tn relate them, sre called I'M
posters, and are spurned rom our d1ol'
In view OF ths ir~riJaOility Oh all human or
ganizatiOns-the treaeheFy OF memory-ihe
f1rSstfulneSs OF woman, aud that Odd yellow
snip has existed for fifty years almost intact as
to its secrets, L have thought on this, Its anll-
versary. thai would endsavor to sterile you by
au attempted expOse OF its mysteries.
and words of the degrees, D1t il you
hat listen with remember faithful ~
that pOuiOn of its mysteries thai l do ubf5Ic,
by applying and gaming admission into cur
Is there any brother here that does not revert
back With awe and pleasure 20 his 1rst entrance
INTO an OuQ FGltOMh lDO8C- O.uA lie pcuOiN Il
presentst on OF the effect # sin ond net eel re-
newed responsibility 10 God and duty 10 his
fellow man? Did not his soul go oat 10 unison
with the warm hearts that beat Tor others
woes, aud feel depressed and SD at The colo
one that held no sym ratby? >" And Gin view OF
the common lot OF alt" did he not feel thst his
lips were forever sealed IS to the myster Is
there revealed and MS eye forever Oprned ~
the beauty snd glory OF the universal beuevo-
ience 1t nculcated and While his soul was
wandering IN darkness and In chains, d d
not the beautiful Language OF David come
yelling up i4 his bosom tltat he had
MS seed begging breed" Cold. indeed, must BE-
the neaTt OF him who nas passed through the
initiatory eremoD of.Odd FsuOwsh1p, WiLAin
the retreat of q LOdgerGOm, where be was shut
out from the word F; . separated rom lis cares
and distractions, its dissensiOn and It's vices"
and not ( Ell that fdencehip and lave did there
assert ner mild dominion, and that faith and
Charity did there combine TO bless the mind
with peGes aud soften the heart with symps-
thy. And while he Travelled along the unknown
Iand, and step by step explored cur secret
shore, he was strikingly reminded OF the be tu-
ties or charity, mutual relief, trien tshtP, uni
versEl love ard truth. he realized that charity
might o ten be bestowed on uIoeSerYlDg 60
jecjs, aud yet was Taught that the worthy
should no. be ntOuDded with the unworthy.
He saw that charity sur reth long and is
kind and that If he would do unto others
what he would TIA they should do unto him,
it was i'm possible that he could materially err.
His soul was warmed az the recital OF the Iove
nat existed between Jonathan a4q David, Gnd
they were prominently placed before Lin as
examples for emulation, and through them
JaCght the covenants that should ever ex-
iSt between all good 0du Fellows.
he saw MoseI amid ain 1ence-in ease-the
ohild Of the Kings daughter-deSert-
and rsnoun ing all Tor thu Friendship he
bore his people. he saw that he had rather be
A poor dsSpiSed Israslite,aud deliver his people
from bondage than dwell in the palace CfluX-
ury. Moses was cited 70 him for his GdPtra
ton and imitatiOu ana tins record OF bis deus
were iDdeIiOlg impTe Sed uHoa his memory.
He was also taught that universal love, that
goes behind the dis motions o. sect, party aud
And while he was in TUcted as 10 the necsssi y
of tenn PeranCe in thought, word and appetite.
he was given asa weapon one o. thu greatestsl-
IT. b4tes Of the Alnigh y-truth-that be might
war az aust al the vices OF hU-
IN n life and press on 70 vietory-a victory OF
sense over passion, oEanind over appetite, OF
kindness over seln-hnSsS-and in . B light aud
VIVID light was Aaron portrayed to him rs an
example of that truth, VINO, mid the mutter-
ing and back sliding OF his people, dared 20 pro-
ea m the ~unYelcome MANDATES OF the Al
il would seem that all these lessons were suf-
hcIent 20 purify the hea, satisfy the mid
as regards the teachings OF Odd-FeIOwship.
many an old Odds elbow, af,eT remaining
Tor years and ye ETs in what is termed a suoOr-
Lodge, seeks a higuer position ana q
more perfect Knowledge OF the ara, by eullsting
in the Camp" There is nos an organization
perhaps upon the faNe VI tbs ea+th but what
some Wiseacre woull suggest modification or
Improvement In. So win me. l would have
camp under d ffefeuJ regulation. The hun
uTGus OF indifferent, COLO, IEuOlalb ana uLWtE-
Thy Odd-FeliOws tnat lmpsrceptIOiy have crept
lnto oar order, 1 would nave them forever de-
barred from camp membership. The active,
the intelligent, the pure, should only gain ad-
mission therein, and no. then Until they had
served from three TO live years as ACTIVE
members in a subordin te lodge. Tel me,
PatTiarcrs, what advantage it Is To nave az ID
woTldIy-minded, sordld, selfish man
Of the world, who, perhaps, had Tor a lew
weeks attended the subordinate lodge, tIken
yCur tent? is he "A nj per-
SON TO e-emDiry or represent the
principles OF oa4 orders LJ5s he not
like q dead weight TO every act OF benev-
OlenGe OF enterprise nat is mSOtLd in n lodge
room. The Memphts PatrIaIcns viii bear ne
that IN the pas few months many Of
the old subordinate lodge members, those that
had remained thereto Tor nftssn or twenty
years, were barely found worthy TO receive
camp degrees, and from what l may utter here
Jo-day, I -ear that some OF you may
have been rcJsCted. OGs more change
[ would suggest Ia camp regulations, and Lnat
IS that one 4laek ball sheu q be sufficient TO re-
g esndidste- WRS5 hight has lie good
Odd Fellow 20 force upon even one Q OF MEM
Der a companion WEO Is CisagrgeaDIe to htm,
and by nm believed 10 be unworthy of afila
ion? By the observance of this Iu'ea wong
might be don to a worthy man outside OF our
order, bat By its non-obseryancs a greater
mlsub % PeIPettaieu on me worthy
companion within, to whom We are bound by
more sa6red tiss.
Al is SAD that the ancient philosophers placed
such a high estimate upon the &c encSs Ln5y
TAUGHT that those yhO received instructor IN
the gtovss OF their sacred academies, and
who e minds were not Illuminated by toe
there taught, was LOT intrusJed with
the instruction OF ne young. 90 would have
Il as TO camp membership. He whose laind
was not ulum+nsted BY ths principles taught
in a Subordinate Lodge, WhO aid not COmprS-
bend the mysteries therein txp. aimed, and
practice its precepbs, Shouts lot be permitted 10
camp degrees. Think yo1 il IeqdIres,
nos MY, no experience, No mental and mora
preparation to undei 5 and the beautiful and
impressive lessons of true fTiencslip, toieTa
ton and the real aim ami destiny OF Ii c? Can
you Onward 90, 90 OF" amid Lies a ms ana
o2jscss without the AID OF guide or iriend-, ana
reach the goal, the true destiny OF mans sx-
istspce? Res. for man is not knUwn Rest
Knows he not there is no rest out one? TEat
D ce launched on lies broad wilderness thence
fOrwAd ali is turmoil, even from the c.Hdle TO
the gravee The world is before him smpting
his 5 ern energy, and he that has cOnhtencs 10
stem ITS wild and Zee KlssS torrent, stunning
The rocks and whrlpo IS which have proved
lhs wreck Of othe-s hopes must be- mailed
with all the panoply, the saving weapons that
our OrGer can furnish him.
1 pause not for ursRth, bat for words suitable
to address another portion OF Our order: The
Daughters Of Rabekah. Some of the iadie-, I
presume, claim that they are Odd FetOtgs, Yet
the attachment is 50 sIrons in SONS cIses they
as well be for who mss net seen the
lose almost her Identity 10 the love and
she nOIe ner husband. / would have
little branch OF tue order Elled with All
he little old angels and young angels that
should be found, one or more, st the house of
all good Odd Fellows. In fact, L would have
the little band Cery 6eIe85 So pure, perfect and
good that It should be recognized by the order
as a paradise of odd fellowship
and, TO become 8 member, the elimination of
IN Odd Fellows ambition. l would have no
Oabbling tongues, no backbitings, no whisper
.ngs, no c-ontsnEOns there, and poor, DEPEND
w~eak-minded man should serve his Lodge
for ten years before bsing admitted
into your blessed abode. As 10 married meu. 1
not have them admitted unless accom-
anlei by lheir wives, and then only after a
solemn comics ion that they had never spoken
sToss to them or never womb, that they nsver
drank ardent spiIits more than three lines a
tay, and then only in a low breath, and that
he vulgar sin of chewing tobacco was uu-
not need to confess, as the little sin Of snuff
tipping is unknown 10 this country. Asto uu-
married men, they might be admitts1 after a
.ong probation. aud reeeiviEg daily lessons for
a wear from some good motherly old lady on
he subject of Temperance, Virtue, Truth, Hon
and Love,
Not many years ago, 1 remember being called
to adjust a matter OF difficulty between
husband and wife. The wife in formed me that
u anger her husband had S ruek her. Giieved
and mortified that a man cou d thus deOase
of such a wrong, l hesltatiAgiy asked
she could baYe done to caDse him to so
.orget himself. " do" said she, "IjuSt threw
. tea pot full of hot water on his head " From
hat time since, ] have ever favored lhe oIgant-
OF an anti teapot society.
Daughters OF Rebekah, you belong to 6 soCiety
that is capable OF doing much good, not only
Is a morSl aod benevolent sssaci ttion, but one
mat can be made a sOclable, entertaining and
Intellectual one. II you cannot make It 50,
who can