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

IL ls54 f9F he irst time the sgblcc. of ihoT9gshy
the advanced Intelligence and disccrnmcnt Of the NOM
mittee which lad been made at the previous session Ma
eRa%aSa of ",m e eps oRct "1 he then
TepIesenteye M Of aiterwsrds A. w W GTsad
work and many other equally eminent ntecctua lsb9Ts
astine debtor 0nc Of he brsest crn"%oats Of The III II
Sa IN mo y Which ias nd as cs ANA S S
the ehershed treasures Of eur Srcheyes and h no moro
him with ts confidence than & is iiustrious in the annals
reached 3 not only es form but the uSsnce eeSn
Se generic feature laid tie oGpdaton for that ge"t nnS
dsngushing idea which, at later PERIOD elevated Odd
The Grand LGdEEG q t6e GSed stste
L in interest and Intelligence in every quarter s oR
tended and contnuousy extending domain, now in.
sense Of its advanced responsibes Since its formation
iTamT IN eorS Z, e p.gr resident Ia
was inspired into i eounses The journal was at once
for the valuable record which we now possess This
en SG rom s the Gs the TsSd asd az 9G
Maryland, and revised and arranged them.
oiay within s oid the ed%catcd Tie intelligent S'RS 9Se
means men mnSd S IN heF Poom
in full communion and upon common level In process
to the direction the state drsdicons the revision Of
Of the new counscls and energy which prevailed As
Grand Lodge Of the United States Of the highest order of
system at once dsaPpeared from before this Pesenee enc SS
such was The ree0und Of life which the change infused
order owed more to the wise DELIBERATIONS and legislation
%kic6 R Example and ndaenee s 0a had
be 1spsd 3 St ae tho t sS neT or to
general interest Of the presence once year Of representa-
zed by state in The body Of Federal QSn
aton the most elective Which has ever been Enacted
by that co @ a. te 9RserVa1 @ & reader % 9i he
important effect Of this salutary measure there was
enG
the new egsne law tSe Choicest and 6e't material wa e
turned The of the Representatives of that session
Two Of then were Past Grand A ses SWildey and Ken.
6eenty chosen to that disingGisRed ohce Kneass
and Moorel and all Of them have been eminent distin
this memorable body to Baltimore demand strong ear
mandine moral and higher and distinctive sen,
tment for Iurer and truer tone for more chaste and
hiS geneT9 bHt e;PeG.dy potential and force
m0n tw Of er most ged ad and Ghap
%Sf H9 Sf % @ sa % in 1f b % 3 posr aat to re T
dHhe lectures aud charges o. the ORDER" The resolu-
power Of oracy for which he has been SO dstinguisRed
for the ast thirty Years and a with learning and beauty
Lodge spell bound, and led the suffrage of the body cap
the interest and excitement on the subject that
the work. ''i1'-9 i0'
Massachusetts,
Kennedy Of New York Moore, Of the District Of Coum.
bia, MGCabe OF Vrgi9ia and the Corresponding Secre
ported result to special session Of the Grand Lodge Of
Sn Ds SES Of
almost UerbdtiHt et lltCFdtin.
This revision elaborate in fact the result less
apCsye the ee than re-
horizon of the Order had been mesraby described by
improved moral but by no means gr9sped that idea in
demand he gene
principle whilst il supplied graft, which greatly im.
aSseato e oees aS ssa te Ri Rshsf ef
Wa to nt S tn SG
ust deterence to public sentiments to systematize and
the Order through all its gradations describe great
ure; to draatzo its theories and precepts and, Above
b m to oSo1 p u 81 m me apparel MSw far
human TSrk a ean be yet the value what
mated rsnts m SSVe ey eaesed es
snes il sbstituton for the Old work during which
six hundred have Increased to three thousand
revenue Of about half million # dollars have col
ected two and half milions from relief afforded Of
one hundred and tMe1tyegat y @ thousand dollars
odd Fellowship thenceforth stood in no need of guar.
tened with elastic energy fame grand and universal
upward and dnyive seeking in every quarter Of the
Snd 6n STe ng fSs snee ba M
able Ierod is written distinctly in its annals and is
P%tiS1f 6st S,aSS rsad
aT the W nrave M own Gif P I
aGng iti entire natnway that record full and no d
anterior history not cxpcit much of interesting
detail did not appear upon its surface by reason of the
design Of this detail in some degree to supply and how
PEELED Odd Fellowship in its earlier life active progress
has been faithfully eliminated
be proper before leaving this subject to observe
that since lS5 many agencies have combined accelerate
the prosperous Of the Order among most srS
ministration of the Grand Lodge of the United states
b; the great fruits which that rccOnstrncon nmedi
atcy podueed had endeared itsef the Brotherhood in
in the State Bodies for the Office OF Grand Repr
sentative was an earnest of the high appreciation with
which the material that crowded the lodge rooms
100" assenned upon the floor OF the Grand Lodge Of the
teeetqS e3dGMmentf high order of education pari
cety compared favoraby every essential RESPECT itb
any deberative assembage of the country Nov did the
We Wisely did It act ts epSSsbe pSl SP9d s I
t pSiEGn ~ ialtiul sentinel as progressive yet
WelaGe. dts example was approved and appreciated by
spheres, initiated incorporated into their odmins
ration and superadding valuable adncts acd auxiliary
ment Thus waF ditused sympathetic enlightenment ef
fectyeness and harmony in all the depar of the Or.
pGndng vgor throughout the system Its special care has
sM aye been directed to the general prosperity by
lts legislation TO the
necessities OF an enlightened and devoted constituency
pillar upon which the superstrucure securely Teposed
IN whatever quarter however remote from its metro
and strengthen the Dropping Spirit Of the BroReTRoogd
wherever apathy or decline in any form had set in,
place Of need and by its Just claim public confidence
noble effort in ia behalf Re Wd abaHdsn H amt fruits fruits
resulting from this parental Interest witnessed in
in Boston and in Baltimore, at intervals during the last
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