The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-05-04
CAIRO nAIIY BULLETIN, SUNDAY, MAY A, 1873

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we should all feel that we
cannot be Odd Fellows in spirit and
in truth unless We educate our own hearts
and minds,a that by So dong we should
do much more to elevate the order than
0y gaudy dress psradea and expensive |
excursions.
The present age Is such universal
chase for dollars and cents, and this mer-
cenary motive and spirit so pervades our
educational ideas rs almost to entirely OBJ
scure or hide the should-be true and noble
OBJECT OF education in mental cul-
turo and discipline, the invigorating oil
the mind, and ennobling tho impulses oil
the heart. This kind Of education pro-
motes happiness, fraternity, benevolence
ana true piety and all that makes man
more manly or n woman more womanly.
ms Kind of education will promote and
cause us TO appreciate genuine temper
ahce' mean by temperance, proper
restraint upon all the animal natures of
man, thus enabling us to control the pas
sions and lustful appetitcs that are So do
passing when allowed TO control or rule
our conduct. We can DO, and many are,
incorporate in eating as well as in drink
ing.
True Friendship, Love and Truth can
not properly manifest themselves in any
one not strictly temperate in his habits.
Ease and luxury do not purify and en-
noble our characters. The browning jew
oil OF human existence must be we'll earned
by labor, for wisdom aud virtue,true man
hood and womanhood, are thus to be paid
for. We are SO made and so conditioned
in this | 10 tina. we can not get the best
things without strenuousiy oontending for
them in natures arena. This best thing
Is character, which il built Of tho finest
and noblest materisl-self-respec self-re-
lance, energy, earnestnoss and purity of
mind and heart. A. We how
out our noblest edifces from
the quarry of hard granite, so
we must hew out that noblcst edifice of
all-genuine chsrscter-from the hard
granite work Of circumstances, from the
intricate mass of opposing difficulties, such
ms poverty, hardship, toll and trouble.
IL we are earnest soldiers in the battle of
life, triumph and victory are certainly
ours. Tho chivalry of this everyday
life If we but bear ourselves knightly all
through tho fray, our lances ever set
against every ignoble thing, is not TO be
despised. There arc vet many good fights
to be fought The fight for genuine lib
erty, the fight for the truth which itself
makes free, the fight for wisdom that en-
lightcns the intellect and hoar.,
the fight for justice that
levels up all tho plane OF brotherhood,
the fight for virtue that makes heroes and
hetoines of US all grand fights are all
those; and say, let every true and gen
uinc Odd Fellow engage as valiant sol-
dier in these battles. Give us tho armor
requisite and let US cheerfully put in on.
Let those colOrs be inscribed on our ban
ners, that they may wave in brightness
over our heads. Give us the cleaning
weapons Truth and Justice, and then let
Us charge on tho foes of man and fight on
until we have won victory and glory for
all. Let us educate ourselves in these
grand battle, of life AS to best set forth the
principles Of our order Friendship, Love
and Truth. / will close my short address
by reading apoem entitled:
ODD FELLOWSHIP.
Beneath the tri-linked banner
Whose folds are floating free,
Triumphant on the lend
And victorious on the sea,
\ noble army marches,
Whose ovations ne'er can cease,
For it, ways are ways of plcasantncss.
And all its paths are peace.
- NIGHTS see. Gov thn aonla
For the cross or for the crown:
1t builds up no Napoleans,
II hurls no Hapsburgs down:
Ii wars against no nation.
II drinks no humsn gore,
IL leave no skeletons behind.
IL sends no plaques before.
II needs no drum or trumpet
TO urg. its ranks along;
The soldiers are all heroes
In that majestic thrOng.
II lights, but not with cannon
Ii strt es, but not with steel
It's only guerdon glory
And It's goal, the human veal
IL battles with the sorrows
And the Ills OF human kind.
And plants its proud gOnfalon
On the freedom OF the mind
Attacks the hosts of ignorance,
Charges on he ranks of sin,
opens wide the doors OF heaven
Ana bids all men enter in.
lis foes are natures enemies,
Disease and death and woe:
In Its camps there are no orphans
No Widows tears can flow
IL loathes the couch of SUFFERING
Ihc Vanished feeds with bread,
iFoteSts tue friendless living,
Ana cohsccratss the lead
What power can stay its progress,
Till II marches through the world.
All nations see its triumphs
And hail its flag unfured.
Heaven smiles upon It's cOnquests,
And approves the God.lkc plan.
To link in holy nuptas
The brotherhood of Man