The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-04-28
GRAND PROCESSION, MUSIC,
SPEECHES, ETC.

march down Commercial 60 sixth street,
down Sixth to Washington avenue, aud
thence up Washington to the court.house
where tue orntions wero to take place.
Arriving Mt tho courthouse, tho members
fled into tho battling and up TO tho cir
cut court room, whero they found n
large crowd Of ladies and gentlemen |
assembled for the purpose Of witnessing
the exercises and hearing the speeches.
when all he'd became quiet ia the room
Noble Grand John Robinson called the
assomblugc 80 order, and requested thoir
attention while tho ChapliD, Mr.. G. Lame,
offered up prayer.
the,conclusion Of this exercise and mu
sic by iho band, noble Grand Robinson in
troducod MIR. VIM IL. Morris, who al.
dressed the asscmblSge as follows:
When sec great congregation OF peo-
pc assembled rs on this occasion, atIcr MS
ccrtnining the object which brought them
together, ! often think how wonderful it
is that neither in the great multitude nor
among the myrials OF beings that people
either in face, form, voice, strength Of in
,ellcct or goodness. Each one so differing
from every other and possessing such pocu-
liaritics of his or her own that a friend
may recognize friend, though they meet
| in the most remote portions OF tho globe
! from their homes. Then ia it strange that
| in human life there should be
such various conditions. That there
| should b. rich mon and poor men,
! wIso mon and FOOLS that some should DO
orator. some statesmen, some rhiloso.
! pliers, some rbilanthropis,s and some
! trutcs. l. it strange that some should
! live 10 d, good to their follow mon and DO
! blessings 10 their race, and that some
! should live simlcss lives, die like the
brute and their names and memories pAss
into oblivion
We call this great aggregation of hu-
mainly human society and is it strange
tina. this great human society should DO
| divided into sooieties that love peace,
good government AMI right, and societies
That lovo war and wickodncss?
And again that these should DO subdi-
vided into societies for tho iurtherauco
of some particular good, and into societies
to further somo particular evil, and these
resubIividc! into societies each ontertsin-
ing its own particular ideas Of how best
TO achieve tho same object Is it strange
that the ohurch shouIu Do IiIiaea INTO 80
many SrcIs' oncn govsrnea ~ .ao"n ia 'ta
Oi now mo- nS' ~ NoiSHIP me
great creator anu tn"t Inoto shou'u DO
40 many s9c.et.es, eaon carrying OUT It's
own 'aoa % now pos' W no'P tne su"erins
anity?
IA
,onossarv ~ the occnmn7is b,cnt of ,nomy
"Iioc,a wbicb could MOI Lo .,tsinrJ Lv iny
diyiduol nowcr In tho bpsipcs. yyorId
r,;,homt an organigat;on n; socio,y ~
;,,orosts tho 9rco, Whit, vim, az dom.
,nsrco would Rot Ia srread on evorv san
;ntarcbang;pr ,Lo nrnductions Of tho dif.
rarsn, climos: wiLhrut sucb a society of
;nternsts would bo loo.encd Tho grcat iron
hand connocting oach section Of omr no.
Iov.d land with eyerv other. over which
,uLis,,o. ,bo iron bnryo Iii ~ yoIoci,y
" Tho wind In tba nnli,ic.l lid
r;,bnnt such , soc,ctv nf in,crc,,s Voc
vnnlL he ,vi,hop. c1vernmnnt and ali
18th would hns na,1emoniur 7, ,ba
n,ora, ,yorId ui,Lo,t snrb a soc;ot, Of m.
taros,s ,noraIitv and Good vii from man
ltoworj man rvcuId bn snnnIan,oa nv sns.
,,;oiar ,roooborr ;aoIonsu al bo,s /,
iho s"rs,nnst ra4 90 ,ho "root .Hcio,io.
~ 40 warIJ fn- ,ba 49, e. ~ ,rr,I
oborit, and Iro,%oriv Inyo stonls om-
InIovsd nrder Of Ma FaIIoys vboso
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