Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-30

of the Order occupied seats in the
front of the audience room, and the
galleries were occupied by citizens
not members Of the order. After the
Lodges had been seated by the Chief
Marshal, the choir sang the following:
LET TRUTH PREVAIL.
Let Truth prevail DER all the Earth,
And men in Friendship meet;
Love will cement the tie, and make
Our three bright links complete.
In Friendship, Love, and Truth
we'll dwell,
A brotherhood indeed,
Until the sick and desolate
Our aid no longer need.
Strive, Brothers, for this glorious
work,
And seek the tranquil end,
Then shall we find in every man
A brother and a friendl
Our Mystic Rites will then he lost,
And we shall cease to teach;
Our ransomed spirits then will learn
To practice" all we preach"
An appropriate prayer was then Of
fered up by the Chaplain of Tusca-
rora Lodge, Rev. p. III. Murray. AZ
ter the prayer, the choir again sang
the following:
SONG FOR THE CAUSE.
A song for the cause, the glorious
cause,
That assuages the cares of life,
That teaches man the beautiful plan
OF calming the passions strife;
There's beauty and JOY without alloy,
In its mild and gentle sway,
For its precepts bright shed moral
light
Along life's devious way.
CHORUS.
Then join in the song, let the notes
prOlong--
Our banner must ne'er be furled--
Our pride shall be, while our hearts
are free,
To s'fraternize the world"
Too long had the gall of the selfish
thrall
Enslaved both sire and youth,
Till hopes bright chain cast her links
again
Round FRIEDsHIP, LOVE, and
TRUTH!
Then Temples rose to invite repose
To the wearied and oppressed;
While Faith smiled on, as the work
sped on,
And Heaven our efforts blessed.
CHORUS.
Then sing the cause of such holy laws,
Tho the shafts of envy be hurled,
Our pride shall be, while our hearts
are free,
To ''fraternize the world"
The Grand Master was then intro
duced, and after a few remarks, in
PRODUCED the Orator of the day, CD
Faulkner, Jr., who proceeded to adj
dress the audience. His speech was
An exhaustive and comprehensive re-
view of Odd Fellowship from its first
inception. He alluded to the f0rma-
ton, in the city of Baltimore, on the
18th of April, 1919, of the first Lodge
of Odd Fellows in America. Then
there were five members, now they
are numbered by the hundred thou
sand.
In reference to the claims of some
that the order was an ancient insti-
tuition, the speaker thought it made
but little difference whether it could
boast of heary age, or was but the
child OF twelve-mOnth. We must
not stop to inquire its age, if we are
convinced its objects are to promote
the weli-being of the human race
and its teachings intended to show
forth to man still more clearly his du-
ty to God, his country and his fellow
men. The history of the institution
and its rapid growth evidenced the
existence Of some vital principle
which closely bound man to man and
exhibited to him more fully his du-
ties. 1t looked through all exterior.
all pomp and circumstance, to the
soul and nature Of the man. and
when it beheld good there, welcom-
ed the peasant as it did the peer, the
hOnored mechanic as The titled lord.
1t made no distinction but those of
just ce, and Right, and Honor, and
sought to carry out the mandate
given by the Perfect One that ruled
the sphere.
But we cannot follow the speaker
through lis beautiful delineation of
the workings, sign-manuals and OBJ
ject of the order. He took the sever
al degrees in their onser, and elo-
set forth their beauties. lie