The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-08-30
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odd Fellows Entertainment.
Tuesday evening being the regular meet
ing night bf Gnaden- Huetten Lodge, No.
1885, 10. Of OFF, It had been set aside as an
occasion fof tohfetfihg the Rebecca Degree
Upon SOME Twenty applicants for member
ship. The ladies of the Rebeeca luige
determined that the occasion shouid not
pass without mem orable feature, and Sd
decided to have a supper and social enter
tbinment To this end q committee bf ar.
Judgements was app6ihted consisting Of
Mrs. DR. n. B. Reber, Mrs. 5. C. Wheatley;
Mrs. John 0bert and Mrs, j. W. O'Neil.
About o'clock, after comforting the Re
becca Degree, procession was formed in
front of Reber's block, consisting Of mem
bers of the lodge, Daughters of Rebecca and
a number of Invited guests, and headed by
Excelsior Band, proceeded to the Presbyte-
riah church, Ier6 Mr.. Geo. W. Nusbaum,
acting as master Of ceremonies, opehed the
exercises and called upon Rev. Mr. Miller,
of the M. E. church, who invoked the Di-
vine favor. F, P. Longstreet, Esq, Was
now introduced as the speaker of the eve
ming. Mr.. Longstreet called attention to
the brief space Of tiihe-about half CEN
tury-which has intervened since the intro
duction of Uddfelowship in this country J;
to its rapid GROWTH bhd claimed that its
triumphs had only beeh in PROPORTION TO
its merits as a moral, beneficiary and social
organization, which, by its cardinal princ-
pals sought, through mans social nature, to
lift him to q nobler manhood and highef
conception Of life's duties. He eongratu-
lated the order upor its acquisition of wo-
mans benign influence in its labors of love
and charity, likening her to an angel
of mercy Whose hand is ever outstretched
to the needy and unfortunate. OF her in
huence in the affairs of life, he illustrated
with the trueism, "The hand that rocks the
cradle moves the world" He closed his
address by reciting the following beautiful
and appropriate little poem:
The helping hand outstretched to aid
brother IN his need;
The kindly word in griefs dark hour,
That proves n friend indeed;
The plea for mercy, softly breathed,
When justice threatens nigh,
The sorrow OF a contrite heart
Those things will never die,
The cruel and the bitter word
That wounded as it fell,
The chilling want of sympathy
We feel, but never tell
The hard repulse that chills the heart
Whose hopes were bounding high,
In IN unladen record kept
These things shall never die.
Let nothing pass, for every hand
Must find some work to do,
lose not q chance To hakeh love,
BE firm and just and true,
So shall light that cannot fade
Beam on thee from on nigh,
And angel voices say to thee:
These things shall never diet
The public excises were closed AN adjourn
ment made to the lodge-foom, which on be-
ing reached showed at a glance that the
committee of arrahgemehts had not been
idle. Three long tables, abundantly sup-
piled with substap tials and delcacies, loud
ly proclaimed the fair workers diligence
ard gbod taste. Although a speech had
been promised at the hall by P. j. Meehan,
Esq, ofcourse supper was first in orderj and
Justice done to the toothsome viands. 1t
being late; Mf. Meehan exeiised himself
from the promised speech, and Mr.. Horace
D. Heydt entertained the happy eaters (Gor
eating was continued to q late hour) with
) humorous reading. Mr. W. L. Styles, in
turn, tailed upon Rev. Miller, +. P. Long
street and S. r. Gilham; Esqs., and others
but all declined for reasons best explained
by Mr.. Longstreet-"too full for utterance.'
Mr.. Stiles, however, determined to have q
speech, and took the stand himself His
subject was happy one-"What to say and
when TO say it," but he stumbled upoh an
r unlucky illustration of his subject, that of q
man who returns home from his lodge at O
late hour and explains that he has been
watching with sick brother, but has for
gotten the brothers name. A fair fist just
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the untenableness of his position, and he
brotght to a close speech which, if il had
been continued, Would have been as long
as it was good. About 11:SO the evenings
enjoyment was brought to close, each gen.
tleman, at least, feeling thankful for the
day that gave to the world a Rebecta and
her modern prototype.