The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-30

Order lies not withlE the lodge room - re
Is d demonstration of RE spirit and power Ut
Odd Fellowship 10 he made in the outside
world, where sein>hness comes in between
human hearts and freezes up the warm cur.
r"u1s OF human feeling. where s,ropp-besft
Avadce exacts its pound OF fenh. where
Dishonesty wrings from ibe pale weak hand
OF Want it's hardes rned penny. where the
eye OF Pride looks upon the woes Of Poverty
without tear, and he widow anQ orphan
And Re y 10 help them
'6 Every where, almost. Odd Fellowship is
experiencing new birth, is getting into bet.
Ter shape, aud struggling up 10 il yh4y
ground. 1t occupies 4 coutinualIv erlayuin.,
place. and year by year exer'sa mare, potent
influence in the social regeneration otfhe
word now going forward. It's last mere a..
ny numbers, its principles, It's designs. tbs
millions OF treasure il pours ou as freely far
the relief OF the distressed a. God pours ont
the sunshine and The rain from heaven al.
combine TO render 1t one OF tbe foremost
agents in the grand movement which shalt
renew the face OF the earth Til i, smiles IN
hekuiy like the ancient Paradise
But there Ia that cOpuccted with Odd Eel
'owship In our State and EVERYWHERE that
can never he written We NAV rscko, I'm.
number OF our lodges. tell the aggregate Of
our membership, count the money in orr
treasures, put in figures the millions of dol
lars contributed for the relief OF The sick and
unfortunate, and estimate The rate of our
progress. and the value Of our rssourcrs.
We NAV also point with just PRIDE 10 the
great shocks OF yellow grain We have gath
cred IN he field OF our labors, to the moral
results we have garnered, TO the reforms we
have aided, to an improved condition Of
things ia oil the places where we have
wrought, TO thousands OF homes We hive
gl"dd"nrd, aid TO the heavy burdens lifted
from sad aud weary hearts. But there is a
secret, ti'rnl Influence going cut from Odd
Fellowship, sweet and holy, which WE can
never measure. There are blessed minis.
tries o; lis grace and mercy we never detect
There ARE deeds OF charity performed in IT
name OF which no record is ever mad save in
heaven. Il We would know really wfat il is,
what wealth OF blessed power 1t possrs+s,
what are It's real coin and treasure, md
whrrr It's hs 81 works are WI ,ught, We mus
Ga " ask the wea!y Traveller wandering in / be
di-tant land. The youth whose unkiud for
tunes nave cast him p"nriless ut brothers
do )r,-the widowed mother helpless. friend
less, but for his Order kneelng in her som
bre robes brslGe he grave where lie her ar
led hopes and loves, the orphan cL,id, IN VEG
haps from vice and IL amy" These VIII 81
you what our figures do not rrvrai, IS hat GU
eta isiics do MOI con'sln, what no Historian,
pen has ever yet r. corded
We hold that our order has is pIovIdrn
tial missi"n. L. came aecause IL was want
cd Il is no iuteriup And IL Came 10 dc
work peculiarly lis own.--a work waitins
tor il, and which only it could accomplish
God sent it,-thst is our form OF statement, =
% meet the almost univtlsa denial nr tn,
unity O;the human race. the wide rejection
oi the d 'ctrIne OF Un,versa; Bro, hrrh0od an,
- provide u remedy, 10 be itself re m, y
tor the evils which have sprung up oul
This denial and rejection. THIS Is not TO Sd
hat It is sent TO AXE The place OF the Church
aud o do the work of the Church AMI
We may say hat 1t was designed 10 aid tn
Chu CHI, and that H. has been help full TO II Il
many ways. alt has built up The aitsrs q
religion everywhere by teaching wi, a tore
AMI beauty rarely attain d in ct her schools
the lessons "i immortality, and dependeuc
on Almighty God It has added new charm
to The Volume of Inspira | n, by pres entin,
it Ms the fountain head of its own heau,i,u
teachings, and ADOPT ny It's precepts as par
OF lis own ritual and lectures. 1t has mad
religion more inviting by making i: NOR
Practical. j. has taught man tn. tue fri
iernai relation by impressing upon his min,
that God is tn" common Father OF ALL I, IN
cheerrd The poor and unfortunate, kept on
the demon OF despair from the heart anC
madness from the brain, by providing tha
timely aid which could be supplied from n,
other source, and pointing the des .,ondent t,
a future filled with hope and Joy.
turn TO notice an objection that SO Of e,
has been urged, and in answer to which w,
have been able To say 40 little until now
that the door o: the Order has ever been shu
and bolted in the face of Woman. The on,,
reply that we could make has been. that sh,
is not denied q participation in the real bene
dts OF Odd Fellowship. And yet right bt for,
US has been the tact, compelling us TO lool
It IN she face, with no little blushng on ou
part,-that she could not be admitted &c
membership, nor given place in the work o
the Order. This ugly fact We have succeed
ed In crowding little to one side, we mear
tn b a ny the millsinna nf nnr co. A.....,.a -