The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-06-20
THE ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS.
An Address Delivered by C. L. vanderbeck before
Englewood Lodge, |. o. G. T.

Englewood Lodge l. o. G. T.
MIR. CHAIRMAN celebrate tonight
the fourteenth anniversary of Englewood
Lodge I. O. of G. T. The occasion is invested
with interest to each, according to the rela-
ton we hold to this lodge the order of which
we form part, or the great problem, how to
save and redeem mankind from the curse and
bondage of intemperance To save and re-
deem from the drunkard's life and the drunk
ards doom was the heaven born ambition that
crystalized the thought and efforts of good
men and women into the l. o. of G. T.
1t may not be out of place or barren of in
terest to glance for moment at this organi-
cation known as the |. O. of G. L. so we may
gain little better acquaintance with this fra
ternal family of which our lodge is an humble
member. The initial step to bring into exis-
tence the order of Good Tempars was taken
by Mr.. Daniel Cady, of Poughkeepsie in the
year 1851, when in the city of Utica he found
ed the order of the Knights of Jericho"
Three lodges of this order were instituted in
Oneida county. The Hon. T. L. James, Gar
fields postmaster-general, published the first
Good Tempar newspaper at Hamilton, N. Y,
the Crystal F'ount Mr. James was mem
Der of the first lodge organized and leader
in it. Associated with him was Mr.. l.. E.
Coon. These gentlemen in the first year of
the order sought and procured change
in its name from the Knights of Jericho to
the l. O. of G. L. After this the order grew
rapidly but for the first two years was con-
fined to the commonwealth of New York I'M
til in the winter of 1858 A it leaped the
bounds of that state and a lodge was insti-
tuted at Alliance, Ohio.
From such small beginnings the order has
grown and grown until to-day there are sew
enty-eight Grand Lodges, over six thousand
c,,bo lo6ooc with harchir, of
over 300 900 and it has penetrated every part
of the civilized world. So that to-day in
every land and cline and tongue are taught
the principles of our order as symbolized in
our motto Faith, Hope and Charity.
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many sincere and warm friends of temperance
the mis-named secrecy in our order has
proved an effectual obstacle in the way of
their joining their strength and influence
with ours in our lodges. We say mis- named
secrecy for we are not a secret society in the
strict sense of that term, for we have no OBJ
iect or principles we withhold from the world,
but our purposes, principles, constitution
platform and pledge published
in books and papers and scattered far and
wide. They are accessible to all who care to
read them. They are proclaimed from every
platform where Good Templar can secure
hearing, and hence we declare them tonight
Our purpose is, first, To save the young, pure
and virtuous from ever falling into the snares
of the tempter; second, To rescue the fallen
and save others from falling; third, To hast
en- the time when all means of intoXication
shall be driven from our land and world.
Faith in God, who from above
Sends every perfect gift of love-
Hope for man, for all the race,
This anchor steadfast sure embrace;
Charity in our lives by deeds express
That in our living other lives may bless.
Faith, Hope, Charity, ever to us shall be
Love the greatest of all the three.
OUR PLEDGE No member shall make, buy,
sell, use, furnish or cause to be furnished to
others as beverage any spirituous or malt
liquors, wine or cider; and every member
shall discountenance the manufacture, sale,
and use thereof in all proper ways.
The following was adopted as our platform
at the Right Worthy Grand Lodge in 1859:
l. Total abstinence from all intoxicating
liquors 9s beverage.
2. No license in any form or under any
circumstances, for the sale of liquors to be
used as beverage.
3. The absolute prohibition of the manu-
facture, importation and sale Of intoxicating
liquors for such purposes prohibition by the
will of the people, expressed in due form of
law with the penalties deserved for crime
of such enormity
4. The creation of healthy public opin-
ion upon the subject by the active dissent
nation of truth in all the modes known to an
enlightened philanthropy
s. The election of good, honest men to ad-
minister the law.
6. Persistence in efforts to save individuals
and communities from so direful a scourge
against any opposition and difficulty until our
success is complete and universal.
This is the banner under which the Good
Templar army has been marching for the last
twenty-four years and is marching to-day
300 900 strong Men may refuse to enlist in
this army because. perchance, they owe ale
glance to some other flag, or of their inditfer-
ence as to the issue of the battle, but surely
they cannot say we are secret society and
we know not for what you are contendlng, or
whittier you are marching.
Our banner is unfured,
1t tells to all the world,
IT'S here we pledge perpetual hate
To all that can intoXicate.
He who marches with the Good Tempars
must step to the music of total abstinence for
the individual and prohibition for the state
The town of Englewood was founded IN the
year 1S0S-9. For twelve years the liquor trat-
fic, drinking customs, and intemperance had
undisputed possession of our new and rapidly
growing village there was no organized arm
to bear aloft the seraphic banner of total alb
stinence to shelter the innocent youth, and
furnish refuge for the enslayed and de-
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