Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-05-12


"o5s, the aspiration, the progress % =.
sour; that the spirit is not fer a. u me
for all time lux I" "ay' but
Brothers, we mnst widen tbo srb,
our benificence. We are in an ;I p.-Jie o.
usi, thinking age, and we nust $3.50 80
after 40 fer the minds of men what in &c
feebleness was once done only for 49,!
bodies. Every sign in the political asi
moral armament betokens progress az,
inspires hope. The whole world is in Ta ua
ton, and the whole world is bidding ~.
God-speed Is
Religion, which in all forms seems 5s.
tined to prove the blessing or the b,ioIt
of man, has begun to interest itself yTitS
the life of the world, with our hearts. or1r
homes and our everyday occupations
The monk is leaving the cloister, and the
nun the convent, to mingle with T..
warm lie and earnest struggles Of man.
and as they turn their backs ca the tai
expresses which for centuries held tbei-
steady moan over these sepuIchres ~
those buried alive, they feel the unduls.
tons of the new age.
Vainer than dream is the expectatio,
of arresting this onward movement of -
race. The world shall not be drp co.,
back to its former darkness and slaS 1SS.
The power to do it has passr,d forsT!..
from the hands of despots, War. anarcb,,
and madness may dreDch the world u
blood, but civilized pan is no longer -
sit tamely down under oppression. liz
silent, deadly tooth is no longer to sinh
unresisted into his bruised and BLEEDING
flesh.
The world has heard the cry of freedom
and is straining on its letters. It Is say.
ing to its oppressors, the cup of trembling
We have so long pressed to our lips We
will drain no more forever we are men.
Such is the electric age in which Odd
fellowship finds itself encamped, and if
must move on with humanity.
l have now completed in my own way,
the performance of the task with which
you have honored me.
Let us ever unite and preserve all that
is good in the changing ages. There is q
cycle of years that shall run longer than
the oldest pyramids. The hills them
selves must perish. The granite ribs of
earth shall perish. All things must pass
away but goodness, truth, love,-these are
imperishabIe and shall outlast the morn
ing stars.
Ny brethren, let it be our work to cher
ish the spirit of truth and love. This
alone shall be triumphant and lasting
This alone Is true power. The banded
legions of carnal might shall break and
fail the steel-girt hosts of violence shall
be swept away, and their bones lie scat
tered as drifted snow but truth and love
shall never die. They may be drowned
awhile in the babbling discord of sin aud
but they alone are the oraeles
of eternity and shall be heard at last
This is the spirit Of our Order. Let it
have full sway in our hearts. This, too.
is the spirit of this electric age, the age Of
The spirit of victory. the
spirit of human generation. feel II
moving all around me. I hear it, the
of the storm and roar of "a
mighty forest. l hear it in the clay = ~
armor, giving note of preparation; in the
sound of trumpet, calling 20 the mach
I hear it in wstchwords from prs- ,erful liTs
on the summit Of the mounts. ms. I hes~
it in the thunder-shouts frr5m the lone
long hosts that sweep below. Thronss
shall oEumble before it; shackles shan
fall humanity shall coTle up from its de-
graduation and its bondage in correlation
robes. And when the old ages have past.
the iron ages, the ages OF the sword,
the gibbet and the chain, the ages Of sor-
row and sin-a new age shall dawn upon
the nations and refresh the hearts Of
earth's weary millions and that shall Be
the age of Friendship, Love and Truth