Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-04-29

the subsequent formation of lodge,
which was called Washington Lodge
No. |. and which was organized on the
10Th day Of April, a. ID. 1919. From
this humble beginning our order
increased in numbers and in.
fiucncc and in dispensing its char
tcrS, until it now numbers i'm
its folds hundreds of thousands:
and its charters have blessed millions
of our race. But. whilst we eXult with
becoming gratitude at the rich reward
which has crowned our labor, let us not
fail to appreciate the moral which
giIds the prosperous hour. I" 1t is
the end which crowns the work" We
must toll on as our fat hers toilcd on
before us, il we would assure to our
efforts endurance. vigor, length of
years and Immortality. We are build
ing up an improved civilizations; in
fact great moral empire. In coop
Grafton with the noble spirit of benev-
olence which marks the age, we are
| adding our rich contributions to the
general welfare. As the world moves
and its needs expand, there must be
corresponding supply. This supply is
met by the progress of society, by
the progress of individuals. by the cle-
NttHpu vi men anu
women in the continuous development
of mind, and in the application of its
reward 70 the ever shifting drama of
life. odd Fellowship has been, dur
ing fifly-tive years, in this great
field. What are its fruits? If we cast
our eyes upon the broad and beau;i-
full eNpanse of our happy counry. we
are greeted on every hand by re-
>ponse to this inquiry, which comes
ringing from afar off with electric pow
er. Wherever our people have pcne-
tratcd, in whatever distant or pcrilOus
quarter, even 20 the remOtCSt frontier,
do our temples lift their spires and
our workmcn toll. As the wilderness
passes from chaos to order. and sys-
TEN follows in the footsteps of civilZa-
ton, does odd Fellowship, supply its
aid To the great transition. Nor do
these offerings limit their sphere to
home. to country, or nationality. Wide
as the world is our scope. and free a>
the air is our welcome to the children
of men. Scattered far away, distant
thousands of miles from the birth
place of odd Fellowship, do its con
quests extend, and does the broad
catholic spirit seek larger fields and
distant cliineS. \ work of such mag
nitude is not the reward of a day or
generation. but is for all time for all
people and for humanity. Time is
The great regulator, the balance-whcel
which adjusts the moral Us we'll as the
material world; it is the stern winnow-
cr which separates the chat1 from the
wheat; by its authority virtue survives
and wee talters; to it analysis and
philosophical processes, systems, doe
trines. dogmaS and theories of every
kind. must stand: as it rolls on, its
tess are in motion, evolving and re-
solving, until in its own fullneSs truth
is delivered from error. To this or
deal do we confidently submit this
is civilization advanced. In this StruT-
Gle have we gallantly toilcd as Il band
of brothers, impclled only by the in
stinctivc law of love. We have Gov
cred every habitable part of our own
happy land with laborcrS in this grea
cause; have carried our system to
Gcrinanic Europe. to Switzerland, to
the islands of the Pacific Ocean, to the
the continent of South America and
Australia, and it is simply question
of time when Odd Fellowship shall
dwell all over the world. Considering
the relation Of human events with
each other in all the past, this Senti
mcnt is natural as well as logical.
From this standpoint our system of
human beneficenccS is but in its child
hood. and however great the distance
which our torefather> may have ad-
vanced it. the prize which is before us,
if we labor OH, is immoa>urably be-
yond.
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