The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-12-13
BENEVOLENT SECRET SOCIETIES


IN, secret benevolent societies. but W
should be worthy of the sentiments
his isolatlon of the anchorite, if we wer
not able to see the noble deeds +
~ charlty by which they have adorne
human nature. They are the frs
lleutenants of the church, the faithful
coadJutors of all schemes for the mora
ana intellectual development of oul
manhood. Where can you find NOR,
a. touchlng and convincing example O
t. true benevolence than that furnished
by the transfer of little Master Waite,
" wilcox, only five years old, from New
70 orleans to California last year, under
the all-protecting segis of the Masons ?
Ills father and mother had died of
e yellow fever, and his grandmother
: lived away off in Oakland, California.
1e was put on the train by the frater-
nifty in New Orleans, ticketed to Oak
land, and provided with an explain
atofy letter, setting forth his sad be-
feaVement, and recommending him to
the care of conductors and the breth-
ren along the route. The little fell
lows "Trip was a continuous ovation.
everybody with whom he came in
contact was touched with a generous
sentiment of humanity which makes
the Whole world akin, and heartily CO.
operated with the movement; and
even now, as we read the story of this
juvenile trip, the tear of gratitude and
emotion will bubble up, as silent
tribute to the pathos and tenderness
OF the conception and execution.
A similar episode was chronicled
last Spring in these columns, to the
credit of the Odd Fellows.
The fever-stricken districts in the
south of 1878, never can forget the
generous and most timely donations of
Masons and Odd Fellows throughout 1
the United States during that dark
ana distressful period. Here is re- {
cord that ought to remove all obiec-
tons against these Orders-a record {
which proves by the highest and
holiest acts that their objects are alto T
gether good and their works intended t
for the amelioration and elevation of \
the race. We are not affiliating men, o
oers OF these Orders, but for all that. il
we cannot fail to note the high claims a
% the confidence of the true and good d
Which they have so grandly earned. b
Then we have the knights of +
honor, comparatively new Society, "
'ut one which specially commends el
tself to the acceptance of brave and t.
royident men. From the DAYS of e'
Jon Quixote, the eminent Knight of IL
"a Mancha, to the present time, all =, n'
'ue knights of all ages have been
distinguished for virtuous and chiv- ~ ~
lric devotion to the fair sex. There 'o
policy of life insurance securing ~ ~
1000 to the loved ones of each mem VI
er of the Knights of Honor when the A'
ladow of death falls upon him. This -"
furnished at the lowest cost, and is ~
reality, the most material and at '0'
active feature in this new and pop oh
ar secret Society. In the upper pei
1t hand corner of the "Benefit Ger
icate" there is the vignette of the j..
der, displaying the strong and na @
anly form of the symbolic Knight, at !
noplied for the battle of life. In VIII
J left hand he extends the shield of S 70
Otection over the wife and little fan
ildren; in his right he grasps the did
ord of defense. By this beautiful Of OF
mbol he speaks the language of true was
declaring that while life in
4 health arc oivon hin, ~ ;s L;o rath
~ 10 IA" duri
de, it is his duty to shield and de- one,
d those trusting ones whom God T,
J bestowed upon him. With a t.1,,
'>' ei"i'0o ne the
nts to the words there inscribed, ,ot
pectemur AgeadO," and he stands M.
dy to be judged by his actions. md
10 'rr1 n'Dio@U inSPii"'ioh vi LIS best
Ter. Here is the conservation of cow,
h his strong arms to the cause of o -
home idols while manhood lends ID,
"" , wv, 10 wrot
ching provision for that inevitable ,,,;tl
r which must, sooner or later, come ,,,oa
= did t
all the pleasures of fraternal re- a.,
ms shed their benignant rays upon A. -,
new organization as bountifully
pom any other secrect Society, but -
hese, lovely and fascinating and
sficent as they may be, pale before poil- .
Bible-taught and Heaven-inspired We"
ciple which prompts the husband -
father to foster and guard his 80
,ehold, and the lover to protect the lno,e
80 - =. add Ii
- - =. ,~~...-- a..sf on tn,
e in the reliability and permanent -
f the insurance feature among the :,
all CO
'iii' kind
a - - P1-So -. strip
life insurance sentiment. If the
,hts have found way to provide a..
lection for their dependents after - ,''
/, at a smaller cost than the regu- CAL
omnanies can atford If surely grub
companies could not, in good over u
ience, step i'm and destroy it; and we ilVt
we come to consider that the IHE Z
lization has been in existence for to per
al years. has grown rapidIy. Maid antry
more money to widows and or giving
; than any three life companies on raw
paid since its organization, as cross-t
repudiated nor delayed just paper
, we think 1t is entitled TO conf idiotic
. And when we consider, in the
connection the number of life That