Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1875-11-19


n eesy - small number have withdra,n
I'M = treasurer has reeeipseat IA TIE
y this amount $l7,4O2 IS h AL Moan i
lexpended in our own immed;a+ te,' lo o,'si'
|i fsyI lie items furnished me, are Is
= For first ball and repairs $a,oal 80
e !. . ............... 1855 90
For relief. soa - -
For sundries. 1s1e 90 80
For new hall 8 ooc -
In addition to the above va Ia :
pad Grand Lodge dues to The, ano IN,
Tor $7S5 IS. Thes Sc fipnres ran,;ra
very little. comment. They speak for
themselves. For every nineteen dol
lars that have passed into the treasury
scventeenhave gone out into the lerit.
innate channels of trade and industry
u very many cases giving employ.
ment to skill, manual labor and nro.
duct've capital. On. this point Gov
ernor Hendricks, of Indiana, in his re-
ccptlon OF the Grand Lodge, said:
NO other organization in the land
can show q roll of membership to
which the productive industries Of
.he country are more largely indebted
than yours"
Furthermore, for every four dollars
expended as above, one has been sent
upon the divine mission Of mercy
They have sped on their golden wings
TO every part Of this continent. They
have gone from our Lodge.room to
Chicago, 70 Lafayette, to San Fran.
cisco, to Texas, and even to South
America. These, dear friends. are
some OF the practical workin of our
noble Institution. They are not de-
tailed as a vindication of our Order
against aspcrsions which are some
times cast upon it, as q seliisl, organi.
zailon, but e. show Impractical value
OF sneh agencies IN any community.
Not that weiwou!d boast or be vain
glorious IL onr gnod-works, but that.
necessarily, III describing our mission,
lis fruits must appear and illustrate as
a natural ont growth, the benevolent
principles which we profess lie at the
foundation of Odd Fellowship. OF
those Odd Fellows whom you know,
EeeI not speak IL particular. As Odd
Fellows. however, will say:
They arc sowing the seed % word and deed
Which the coll know not. NOR the careless heed
OF the gentle word and the kindly deed
They have blessed ia. heart III its sores, need
Sweet will the harvest be-.
They are sowing the seed nj nol,ler decd
With sleepess watch ain an earnest heel;
With an open band DER th. earth they SOW
4 md tie fssid. arc truthful wherefore they 60.
Rich viii the harvest he.
Sawn In darkness -nwu in light
Sewn III weakness or -sWu might.
sovn TN mseknFss sown I'm wrath.
fn the broad world field or the shadowy path.
SURF Viii tie harvest he.
Goethe, the German poet, has said:
", at a, the*tsr,,al loom OF rsme
Aud weave the kving drapcfy of God
Time i The WARP, these k ndly deeds
are the wrot. The sorrow assuagcd.
the widows heart glad'!cncd, and the
orphan educated are the living dra-
perry" m'rc costly far than Kings APP
parcl. Into such products our lie
force is TRANSMITTED. a. become the vest
mcn.s of the spirit hereafter.
Brothers, there is something uncon-
prophetic IN yonr work-your
hall is built upon higher plane than
the rest Of om city SO Odd Fellow
ship should ever be above the ordinary
social life. To reach your hall requires
some physical cxertion. Soto arrive at
the social elevation we aim at, men
must Labor to climb higher. And as
you suspend literal lamp on your
every Monday evening TO
ynilc your brothers toyour consccrat-
ID hall, so each oncof you should keep
from yourlilc-tower moral
light that may guide men i"to the
,aths Of Friendship, Love and Truth.
Rcmcmbcr that yon are ever building,
md ~ you i,avc taken pains IN that,
spare none in this .3s u
Our To-dsys and Yesterdays 49,
Are the blocks with which we build.
Truly shape and fashion these
Leave no yawning gaps between;
Think not because no man sees
Such impertcc.ion will remain unseen.
Til The elder days Of art
Builders wrought with greatest care