The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-05-04

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IL was the result OF preparation made
BY every member Of the order whilf&ea.
were calm aud breezes favoTing, for the
storms OF sdyersity-if, happily they
never come. we thank providence foI
ITS gracious SMILES And pass on our WAY
rejoicing. without noticing and scarcely
f-elng the small sums Ne have donated
TO the cause: but IL they do come, and il
- thel lot Of but few to wholly escape
Them, the weekly and funeral benefits
paid Mt such a time partake no more OF
nature of charities, than any other
insurance moneys for which We have
paid the rates agreed upon with the in.
snrers. Bat do not suppose from this
that Odd Fellowship es We know il is
merely a beneficial society. Organized
relief Is bot one Of its features noble
one indeed. bat still tar ~iuieiicr 10
others by the most beautiful lessons
OF precept and example We seek 10 Im.
prove snd elevate the character OF man;
union, Integrity and Zeal NJ, inculcatei,
Eir:ne and honor are demanded. aud
truth erected as the common standard.
Friendship Is linked to beueyul.ucr;
aud love 20 charity, and aside from this
there Is that connected with Odd Eel.
lovship which never can be written.
We may reckon the number Of or
lodges. tell the aggregate Of our mem.
bership, count toe moneys IN our treas.
uiies and put down in figures the mil.
Hons OF dolIsrs contributed for the beue-
ut of the sick aud unfortunate. We
may also point with honest pride to tie
Improvements We have wrought 10 the
moral results We have Carnered: the
thousands Of homes we have ClGdIsusd,
and 10 the heavy burdens we have lifted
from weary and tain,ing hearts.
But there is Q secret. silent influence
going out from Oii rllovship, pure
ard holy, which We car never measure.
There are blessed ministries Of grace
and mercy which We never can detect.
There are deeds Of charity performed in
its name, and under the Inspiration Of
ITS teachings, Of which 10 Eccctd is ever
made, save in heaven.
II We would know really what it i.
what a wealth Of power for great AMI
worthy euds il possesses, what its real
coin and treasures are, and where W,
must go, ask the weary traveller
wandering in a distant land. whose uu.
kind fortunes cast him pauni!rss auC
friendless at Il brothers dCor-ihe wii.
owed wife or mother, kuceIing in suu-
bre robes beside the grave where lie ler
hopes and loves-the orphan child saw
ed by kindly Offices from penury glf
want, perhaps from vice and iufamy."
They will tell you what our figures 10
not reveal, what our statistics do net
contain, ard what no historians ycl
has ever yet recorded. Ny Brethren,
are We doing justice by this noble ln,ti.
1 fnNtnH f-.,H vUl.a. -
coined within its portals, We received
donors than winch, no greater can be
bestowed within our land. DO We not
in our every day familiar contact with
It's most cherished secrets and subI!mest
teachings, forget how truly noble its
objects are; how worthy the end for
which 1t aims. Do we not too often
within the lodge-rcum and ont of it, re.
quire that brothers shall shape their
course by our compass, migrate by our
chart. aud set their sails for weather
that We alone fOretGll; and when this i,
not done Rs we wish, 10 We not too often
forgetting the "smGil, sweet cuur,esi.s
OF life," that should teach us to bear
and fOrbear where all oe cquals. allow
these small irritatiOns that should not
receive n moments notice, to become
- %-AS oAA AaHbtaAA'A# tHAl#HNN
to cause us 90 fall of IL our at;cuI.nce
upon the lodge, and finally. perhaps,
sever our connection with the Order.
The ranks Of our brotherhood Inus; BE-
filled up from humanity ~ We iiut il.
AS we pass through lite there vii b.
much in the nOblest and the best. ai.C
whom our destiny will bring ~ IA con.
tact, that will CRATE hnrshiy upon u
nerves. and be unpleasant to our senses;
and II We meet this in the lodge.room,
we should not be surprised or grow sick
at heart and wary in well doing, but
girding up our loins, resolve that moth
ing shall prevent us from living fnlly
up to the solemn pledges We have made.
Let us, then, each, with the beginning
OF tho new year of our fraternity, resolve
that we will again place our shoulders
to the wheel. and by grand, united and
untiring efforts allow none to out do us
in kindly offices to one another. or to
snrpass us in the good works OF our
Order.
And again, my brethren, le, us ench
frequently during the now wear, turn
our eyes within and search our own
hearts for the discovery of wherein we
have failed IN the discharge Of our
"h'AV ''h. W Dhl Nlthlba our FELLOW
men, or %OUTself. Beware OF the inrbri.
ating cup, than which ths fall OF Adam
brought no greater curse upOn the IN.
man race. II bcggars the poor anil rUbs
the rich; enslaVes the ignorant, and de-
bases the wise. IL DESTROYS homes.
blasts the hopes Of fond and Trusting
wives md mothers. impoyerisheG child.
rem, and degrades the noble form of
man, modelled in tho image Of Li,
Creator, lower than the brute creation.
II fastcns it's fnngs upon the nobles,
and the brightest, and in n few short
years there are non 30 poor 10 do them
honor. For years It's hBoful influence
sat like an incubus upon the growth Of
our noble Order, and long ere this.
would have ridden Ii to its death, bad
II no been driven from the lodge room
by the determined struggles OF our
fathers. And now though banishod
beyond the antU.rOom. IL still wages un-
relenting war with our most cherished
objects, and frequently nullifes our
worthieSt efforts. For these. to which
ns n band of brothers. We have pledged
ourselves to foster, protect and defend.
II not from respect for our manhood. or
regard for those whose lives are bound
up in ours, let us resolve that IL shall
conquer us no longer.
No where in tho State OF Nevada. Is
our Order flourishiDg AS iu Elko coun
"; We have cause to DO proud Of its
progress here, and let us each see tina,
We cast no impeachment before tho
wheels Of its triumphant march Let
MS follow the precept 81 the civilians,