Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-04-29
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.,iyerch before the Inslcpcmslcm,
Uricr Of Odd Fellowship. In En-.
rekn. April 2.th. 1874.

Z
7 di,trust of my ability to meet the
of this occasion, ap-
oar before YOU. have no words in
kbich to express the qualification and
hankfune>s awakened by the ami
hating scenes of this day, and am
hrc that the oct a>ion of this annivcr-
r. has filled my brethren, wherever
assembled throughout our vast ,juris-
lc,ion. with corresponding emotions of
by and gratitude. This is to Odd Eel
bws a day Of general rejoicing, 4 day
81 thanksgiving and fervcnt outpour-
6r of hearts to Him "who orders all
ihinrs wisely" for the rich rewards
to,,ch safcd TO their combined laborS in
lil of an improved and uplif,ed hut
&auitv. The delight which SwellS our
Aearts is ditf,i>ive; it has. like the little
&ill. not only refreshed the surround
3nrs of its source, but has scattered
hrof,,sclv in its path the rich influence
III its genial power. 1t has moved the
hearl of our mountain home: to-day
1bc inhabitants of our thriving town
swarm in the streets, and sway hithcr
I And tllit her with re>tive pulse. Here
has come. at this hour, an array of hui
AlaIitv. solid vet personal, filling this
Ip,couS hall to its utmost capacity.
NThe many that are here. representing
4he youth, the beauty. intelligence, and
moral worth of this community. have
caught he inspiration of the hour. and
hre here to honor the cause we cS-
bouSc: for it is Il llSt cause, Il \irtuouS
fau>e, noble cause.-the c;tllSe of hui
bnanity itself. Vet. my friends, graft
lying AS is this spectacle around us.
&nl beautiful as is the moral which
hnderieS the scene. it but family dis
plays the magnitude of the Offering
which our united homage this day
fenders to the living God. From be-
N md the great lakes of the North, in
Ii "a land of her Majesty, illustriou>
|sNi .,oria from the islands which Eit
ha rock-bound coast beyond the $.
IL vrencc, to the Rio Grande; from
th great Atlantic, across the desert
p aims and mountains, to the Pacific
= ope; beyond that slope to the islands
/ i \ the sea, and still beyond those to
Eth. distant continent of Australia;
|tlom land to land; from sea 10 sea; in
every town and considerable village,
there goes upa this very hour to the
%throne of the great God of humanity,
N "a combined and tcrvcnt voice of
$thankSgiviny-the "Odu Fellows Of
Il tcrin." of the year of our Lord. ISL
an Offering constrained by the pro-
iounde>t gratitude on the part of IL
great brotherhood to that Providence
who has given to its labor his approx
Il ing smile. We are here with the spirit
nf rejoicing, of "la,lne>S, and g-atula-
tion: everything around us lends joy
and pleasure to the heart; and an in-
Ia 1lurlice inli>cribablv au>piciouS creates
general harmony, of which all hearts
alike par:ake. 1t is Il day of festival.
81 TIE proclamation has gone forth to
our people every where throughout the
81 earth where odd Fellowship dwell>.
# that from the rising to the setting of
HS the sun there is rest to-day from secu-
n lar labor; that the sons OF toll respond
81 not To the music of the hammer or the
8 roar of the furnace; that the merchant
a and the men of the professions and of
n the schools, and of the arts and OF Sci
encc>. shall to-day pause III the work OF
mind; and the many that are mere
have nobly responded to the call. And
q what has inspired t,i> mig hty. l
should probablv>ay,thi national move
ment. Men are not accustomed to
come together by hazard. The gath
cring here to-day is not an idle page
ant; no. mere holiday exhibition; it
does not mean Il display of numbers
for influence on public sentiment.
4 None of these. 1t represents an idea.
q living, breathing, predominant and
4 pre-eninent idea; cmphatically the
4 i'ea Of the are in which we live. We
are here to-day to discourse of that
4 ldea, to look upon the past and what 1t
u reveals to our gaze during period OF
ii flttv-tive wears. Fiftyfive years !!
n Sartlng words in the measurement Il
n the little span of human life. while in
The reckoning of the age of nature they
represent but a single hour; vet they
disclose, however applied, chcqucred
scenes, much of wonder, of change, OF
Progress, of life, of decline, and death.
Time is ever on the wing. and the
panorama which day by day it dis
plays before the human eye Is but
continuous recurrence OF events or
NhttlnS scenes, the cOunterpartS OF
Which have been always enacting mp
nn the same stage from the morning
OF creation. Man is, and always has
nren, its subject, and has been essen
!aiiy the same being, ever influenced
III ms habits and progress to social M
Il pr"vement and development by cor
responding laws. From the stand
point of the present, the fitiN-fivc
years last past appear but rs Nester.
o'f; like great scoll opened upto he
common gaze. the world is at once be-
"re us. During that short period,
greater changes have come over its
history than have transpired since the
,ieat'on. Space has been annihiiatcd;
ihe remoteSt ends of the earth have
"eeh marvelously brought within
>"aklng distance: seas, oceans. mount
"IiiS' deserts, unhpspi'able regions.
'ni unnhahitable climes, have been
nupdned by the power of human
Selins; and the depths Of mind have
nt ut Vet been sounded, nor have its
liner conquests entered INTO
,io imagination of man. Through
tuS great hnv GRAND