The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-07-18

and the freer they are TO flow and ebb, the
surer they are TO become rightly united.
Now, my friends, as Odd Fellowship
| comes under the head of secret societies, |
propose here to examine the question
| Does necessity exist for such an associa-
ton And as advance TO this important
| duty, / do SO not only as a member of the
independent Order of Odd Fellows not
only as q member of that venerable frater-
nifty which we delight TO call mother. /
need not name her, she is known and hon
ored by most of you; do 50 not only as
| a member of the. Order ofDruids; as mem
| Der OF the Order of Rechabites ; do so,
moreover, as an Orangeman, one who on
| more than one occasion has come so near
| losing his life in defence of the religion of
Christ, as to have the bullet from the as
sassn pass through the rim Of his hat in
close proximity to his head l do so more
over, as ono who, in war, has seen the adj
vantages OF these fratcrnal signs and rec
Ognitions lido so as one who for twenty
three months visited daily the bed of the
sick, the dying and the wounded heroes
some two hundred out OF niue hundred of
whom sealed their devotion to the cause
which they espoused by the sacrifice of
their lives, and whose bodies l committed
nection with these monstrous, these secret
societies, with good hope of glorious
resurrection. Iapproach the threshold of
tis.a Investigation moreover as an ainbas.
sador OF tho meek anu fouly-JoarS and
therefore may reasonably be expeded To
be impartial in the investigation This,
my dear friends, is the acme of my ambi-
ton. / shall do so fear less of the frowns,
or without counting the smiles of any /; be-
lieving fully that truth is mighty and will
prevail.
1t must be admitted by every rejecting
mind, that this world in which we live,'
move and have our being, has been made
and fitted up by mans creator, in the most
splendid style, for our convenience and
comfort. No man, in the possession of his
reasoning faculties, can look abroad on
this fair earth, and deny that God has made
everything beautiful for the enjoyment of
His sentient creatures The universe and
all its fullness are everlasting monuments
of the inexhaustible goodness and benevo-
lence of the Most High f; yet with all the
glory and beauty that sparkle in the azure
armament, and all the splendor and grand
eur of the earth, freshly painted by the
pencil OF heaven Notwithstanding all this,
we are often surrounded by clouds and
darkness, by trials and troubles, and sore
temptations and although health and
vigor of life, and busy activity continually
surround us, yet sickness and despair stalk
abroad in the earth hurrying on their vic
Tins to the vale of graves. Moreover,
this world is one of constant change and
vicissitude.
The brightest and fondest hopes of man
are suddenly blasted by the inroad of cold
adversely, bleak poverty and worldly
cares The rude hand of misfortune fire
quently lays its palsied spell upon the
most gifted sons of this world.
The man of untold wealth of to day who |
has servants to come and go at his bidding |
may 20 morrow be q beggar. The bright
est sun of worldly grandness that ever shed |
its mild and cheering beams on mans |
abode, may in brief hour be shrouded in
dark clouds, wild attempts and horrid tenn
pests The man who depends on his
brawny arm and stout heart, to gain an
honest support for himself and family, may
when least expected be robbed OF his &C
health and strength, and thus be |
deprived from earning the necessaries of |
life. The young man, just stepping for |
ward on the great and ever changing stage |
of human life-his hopes bright with warm |
and glowing ant cipations of the unknown |
iuluTC-ulS WIN pOiuIluR
him onward to the dizzy summit of human |
greatness and glory, he little thinks his sun
will ever be clouded he does not realize |
that his wild dreams of future greatness
his complete success in all his undertake
ings, may at any time be frustrated that |
his arm, nerved with giants strength (; |
his eye, flashing with the beam of intellect |
and genius, may at any time become DOW |
erless and sightless. And death, too, is in |
the world He cuts down the young and |
the old, the weak aud the strong, the evil |
and the good, and lays the most favored |
and gifted sons of earth, with all their glo- |
ry and requirements, I'm the cold bed of
lust. lie who to day wears the crown
upon his head, al the sway "c /" hose regaI
scepter millions tremble In dlsmay, may
a. morrow 90 down, unlamented, to the
mansions uf U,Ie uc5sd. And we are all,
he mother and the child, the thoughtless
youth and the gray headed sire-all, ALL,
ire hurried onward by the noiseless foot of
line, to the mystic vaults of Hadcs
Thus we wander amid the dim land of
graves, lamenting the downfall 0fthe good
md the great, the innocent, and eaTth's
ovllest flowers. and reflect with sadness
Upon the vast desolation, the king of ter
'ors has been and is still making in the
world.
Man is SO constituted that he shrinks
With inward dread, at the bare idea of dy-
ng, even under the most favorable cir
umstances. 1t is a very serious thing, to
most persons, to die at home, even when
rounded by kind friends, to smooth the
oged path across the gloomy valley.
Alex Dizer ere are mans last mo-
ore all we'll please % aed ap ozark BY w his
- saw a better ? home, to bid
Vea orrtrv than there is hatta sdnn ITS
y o9a ana they are threshings'"s so ss,
Gu. anu an to so bushels to the ac'ss
,.0 GOOD as you ever saw in any he sO b,
the pr0s af cotton which locks well :.
plenty 's make %, good there a, are :
$ s f an.s ~ ears here now with n. an aon
OF roasss The health of the oo0
,;mss lively, money plenty s,,,,
o CO., thing up and going ,a oar Texas sp
i'll be e., nn limited States, what she % 81
VOW ID, the furnish unsh the north with good ,n
We s oan i . pound and make money, an m
Genus shsan as it can be bough' u
on as on'1 will now say to you Lem0'
n n inoa;ring friends, if you : ever 'hs
all lnaa' to this country now is >, .n = !
comm g. ,s;n soon ELL up; there Is nov S",as'
s anms s one is coming in to get n 1@ha
some some O and family are we'll aud '0nn
good crop w. B. RUGG J,
toll. G. and Martha hui
erasa Brown ! got s spsnh hi. G friends
G him down with the cholera n'''
name for it. ~
..;ol of Stokes