The Grange advance., 1874-05-13

The world never before saw it's parallel.
1t is day Of unrest, day of universal
change in the arts, in the sciences. in
philosophy. in the thoughts and in the
habits Of men. All is like a shifting pano-
rama. Empires are evolved in day.
Ancient dynasties wither in a night, and
the morning discloses republics in vigor-
GUS life standing on their ruins
The East is made to reveal the unwritten
history and to disclose the personal habits
and the daily life Of the cities for ages
buried in her bosom The Geography and
Typography Of the Holy Land, in all their
minuter details, for centuries under Mos
lem rule essentially o sealed book, is
now being opened and read OF all men.
The tributaries Of the Amazon, through.
Agassiz, are made to contribute to the vast
accumulatlons of scientific discovery. Liv-
ingstone travels and maps the untroddcn
wilds and Businesses Of Africa. China and
Japan for thousands of years, exclusive in
their exclusiveness, are made to open their
ports to the commerce Of the world and
bring their people in contact with chris
tian civilization.
The question asked of the man of u
by the Almighty: "Can'st thou send light
nings, that they may 60 and say, here
we are ?" is answered.
Steam has practically annihilated space.
Trade and commerce send their agents into
every land and every sea.
And there is not to-day people upon
the earth, among whom ihe,. ministers Of
our Divine Religion have not raised the
standard of the Cross. X
But the other day, the sage Of Auburn,
covered with the dignity, and encumbered
by the in6rmities of seventy winters. moved
westward from his quiet home, resting
upon the Pacific coast, banqueting with
the Mikado in his city Of Yeddo; dined
with the Regent of the Chinese Empire in
the Imperial city of Pekin traversed
British India; f1oated upon the Nile gazed
upon the Pyramids; worshipped in Jerusa-
lem; visited nearly every country, and
saw nearly every city in Europe. and.
from the East made again his home, and all
during an absence Of barely fourteen months.
The existing propensity to travel, to
move from our moorings, is we'll nigh uni
versal. 1t is rare indeed that the adult
son dies in the land of his father, and more
remarkable still, when one sinks to his
dreamless sleep beneath the roof that shell
tered his infancy. Young men bid adieu
to their homes, family and friends, and
plunge into a world Of restless commotion.
with temptations in all their various forms
besesting them on every side.
1t is then and here that this Order presents
to such its protecting shield
If member of the Order, the STRANGER
Is no longer stranger, nor alone nor un-
protected. Wherever he NAV wander
throughout the civilized world he will find
and be found by brothers ready to aid and
counsel him. Should sickness or misfor
tune overtake him, needed succor is eve
at hand, furnished and administered in the
true spirit Of kindness and love.
To nourish the sick, bury the dead, sup
port the widow, and educate the orphans of
the Brotherhood are the express commands
Of the organic law of the Order. Il 4
To these principles and to these purpos-
es has this Hall now been dedicated. From
within these walls the scheming and cor
rupt and selfish tolls and cares, and ends
and aims Of the world will henceforth be
excluded.
Here in this quiet retreat, will the broth
erhood Of "L'Etoile Du Nord !" strive to
learn snd inculcate more and more fully
and clearly the duty of man to his Gre
ator. Here, too, shall the Patriarchs
spread their tents and widen their folds
to teach peaceful lessons Of purer life,
: more perfect charity and blessed hereaf-
ter through Him, who though God was
yet man and gave himself ransom for his
brothers. And may the blessings that ever
surround kindly words and good deeds, de-
seend and and rest upon this Temple, and upon