Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-02
i. o. o. #.
INPCaIEG DEMONSTRATION TO-DAY.
of the Navy Yard Hall

The ceremonies of dedicating the Odd Eel
lows hall on Sth street southeast, which ba.
for several months past been undergoing :
| thorough reconstruction, Is in progress th:.
afternoon, the members Of the different Org9 "A
cations OF the Order in this District generally
The members of Union and Harmon,
Lcoges ana Ma9enenu Encampment met thf.
moEning at the new hall on sth street east. at
! tired In black suits and regaIia and precepd
I'd by lively music from the band. marched M
pennsylvania avenue to the hall ON 9Th street
| THE PROCESSION
| was 1ormCG On eth street, in front Of Odd
Fellows Hall, at clock in the following Or
| der: -17 -
George E. Emmo ns, grand marshal.
AEderson's band of music.
Battalion of Uniformed Patriarchs, Edward
! Dunn commanding
Lodg iar Nd No 10 John Kaiser Nc:
ope 30 Ne II H. ko wses NG Ne ssad ns
No: Is, Julian Higdon, Nc; Friendship, No
II 3; t. Sentan Nc; Union, No. II, George
Grumley, Nc; Harmony, No. 9, Josiah Gray y
Washington. No e. Th e F. BroSn Wing Nc Nc
| Central, No l, T. A. r. Taft, Nc.
Donch's band of music.
II. III. Whitemore, grand conductor.
Grand Lodge OF the District of Columbia
0fiicers-Edward Bawsel grand master; A
II. Gawler, deputy grand master; s. E.
Faunee, grand warden; p. II. Sweet, grand
secretary; Samuel Wise, grand treasurer;
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Weaver, c. P. Magenenu, No. 4, John Casey,
G.P.; Columbian, No. L, Robert W. Young,
| Grand Encampment of the District OF Co
| lumbia. Officers-Henry G. Stevens, grand
| patriarch: John Long. grand high priest
Haffison Burr, grand senior warden; A. II
Fowler grand scribe; Andrew Jackson
| grand treasurer.
| Carriage containing Rev. DIR. Henry r.
Rev. Dr. David Wilson, Of the Ninth-st n. r +.
| Church.
| The permission from the President allowing
! members OF the Order who are employed in
/ the government departments to absent them
| selves to attend the dedication, was generally
| accepted, and the attendance of the lodges
| and encanDments was very full.
Most of the lodges carried the banners of
| the Order, and altogether the display was a
very creditabe one TO the Odd Fellows of this
| District.
Up .th street to + street: f to eth; eta to X ;
h 10 18th; 18th TO Pennsylvania avenue; and
the west gate OF the grounds around the Pres
dents house: thence east by 18th street and
pennsylvania avenue to Sth street east, and
TO ODD Fellows Han, which had been thrown
open to the public.
THE DEDICAToRY SERVICES.
Ire procession having arrived at the han,
where Naomi Lodge, No. l, Degree of Re
Dekah, Mary T. Mclean, N.G., had aSsambled)
the officers of the Grand Enc lmpment and
Grand Lodge will enter the main saloon AMI
occupy seats On the stage, and the members
take position in the four quarters Of the room
The building will then be delivered by the n
t. OF Union Lodge to the. Grand Patriarch,
ana VIII deposit the keys of the same Iron the
PEDESTAL ana the exercises proceed as follows:
GIand High Priest John Long direct u.s.
. Lord, in all our dOings, with Thy most
precious favor, and further US. with Thy con
tlnua. help; that in all our works begun, con
tinued and ended in Thee, we may glorify Thv
holy name, and finally, by Thy mercy obtain
everlasting iife.-Amen.
The brethren will thar prita IN, ci,o,;n,. ~,
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Grand Marshal Geo. E. Emmons) lis it the
viii and the pleasure of the NJ. w. Grand Pa
Srlarch of the Grand Encampment of the indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows of the District
OF Columbia, that the ceremony of dedicating
this ball to the business and purposes of ODD
Grand Patriarch Henry T.. Stevens )-Such
is my will and pleasure.
S. Nope Gran I'd OF Union lodge. George W.
Street M. w. Grand Patriarch: We meet
You here today to announce that the work in
which we have been engaged is finished, and
our temple is at last ready to shelter US within
lee TO alude to their own lahOrS, nor the man
ner in which those labors have been per
formed nor would good taste permit them TO
sacred purpose TO which it is designed. 1t is
capable OF Speaking for itself through its pro
portlons ana its style. ii these fail TO Impress
you, any words OF mine would prove worse
IMAM useless | have only to repeat that our
work is finished and III behalf of Union Loige.
No. II, and OF the Order in this place make
request thai this hall be Sc ayart and GSiio
Gated 10 the business and purposes Of DAD
Fellowship.
Gland Patriarch-Nohle Grand. In the
jrjer of Dad Fellows OF the District OF Conn.
ia, accept Tor dedication TO the uses OF Odd
Fellowship, this hall, which has been con
s,ructed under your supervision. To You aud
sion especially gratifying Today Won Wit
ness the consunmation OF that for when you
FaTe ardsniy foiled d and hoped today you
zeaiously and faithfully iabored. and TO-DAY
you behold the recognition by your brethren.
ron the North, the South. the East, and the
Temple devoted to the Service of those WSose
vocation is to visit the sick, relieve the dis
tressed, bury the dead, educate the orphan
0usles WnIen nelther interfere with nor super
ceCe Inc discharge OF any other, social mora,
or religious.
Brethren, congratulate you upon the CON-
p,etion OF this beautiful hall, which we are
which should adorn and elevate humanity,
and the names of which we have selected as
the, motto and watch-word of our beloved
one another in the, duties Of benevolence
and charity: before this altar the good works
OF friendship. Love and Truth are ever to be
presented as the only acceptable sacrifices.
from hence. rs from perennial fountain,
are to flow the gentle streams Of true Friend
ship, to gladden. and make green many waste
places In tins quiet retreat are 10 be cult
waited those flowers that Love unfeigned Hh-'.
scatter On the rugged pathway OF uIe. under
many bleeding feet. Here is to be sown t6T
EoOd seed of truth in many hearts, to spT;np
up and yield its hundred-f0d harvest, II is,
therefore, not SO much this Temple made Witn
hands that should occupy our attention ar
present, as the great principles that are here
10 be disseminated. / hope and trust. breth-
ren, that our united efforts with those of nIJr
brethren throughout the globe, may lead To the
RAISING and adorning Of a still nobier TemnIa
when shall De cOnsecrated by the approval nj
the Supreme Grand Master of the Jniyarsa
without the Invocation OF whose BLESSING M
work should be undertaken.
Grand High Priest-Almighty God. tba
maker OF all worlds; whom we are taught Ia
approach and call by the tender name-F3the
We wOuld humbly draw near aud beg Thy r.
ing on the work in which we are G les
whatever is amlss in US, do Tho engaged;
BY Thy Divine Power, and II make flgnt
Thou override Our tho" IN all things DO
greater glory and - -.ghts and deeds TO Thy
Amen. lie good OF our fellow men.
Crane
ur' :. ratriarch-I was glad when they said
Ito me, Let us 60 into the house OF the Lord.
Response.-Our feet shall stand within thy
gates, . Jerusalem!
Grand Patriarch.-Jerusalem is built as q
city that is compact together lat unity in
itSelf.)
RESPONSE Whittier the tribes go up, the
rael, to give thanks unto the name Of the Lord.
Grand Patriarch.-For there are set thrones
OF Judgment, the thrones Of the house of Da-