Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-30

otfss4 " tac Prt1c&plee OF ETlaDoThID.
Leys and truih. It has carried liberty
~ tnsughf % the German. and is meet
fnR the biRsery, relieving she zrstched-
ness and soes1ing the sorrows OF the ioe-
clad land Of William Tell.
The Cuban reioices In its civilizinQ
aiic stable influence. while in sea-bound
Esiztdad u u welcomed as the true and
ni,w revelation.
IL is temporixing and softsuine the
kiRoted barbarian Of the TURK, vhile
tne unhappy PeruyiAns, under the disa
hilifies OF IA unstable eovernmsnt for
many years. their country invaded BY
hostile armies. their means of acquiring
essn the neeessaxies Of life exeeedinzly
Limited, faised II, like tbs brszsa serpent
10 the wilderness. and maintained its
warnings with perfect regularity.
Throuzhout the vide creation.
Der every land and sea,
Odd Fellovship's extending
It's deeds Of charity.
With Joys its steps attending,
Is guards the feet Of yoQth
From paths Of sin and sorrow
By Frisndship, Love and truth
One siid one-half miIlion men initial
ed info snr Order; one million one hun
drsd Thousand brothers aided by weekly
bsnefts and eontFibufions; one hundred
and fsrty five thousand widowed mi
lies assisted; thirty seven million dollars
expended for relief; ninety mine million
dollars feeeised-all summed up on the
last span ~ the grand aggregate Of the
pnsetical work Of e6 yeara. Where In
the nation, whare the fsm. or where the
scot that tfeads ioftier mission, or
wtose destiuy boasts O brighter star?
Can mighty rifiei cannon or steel
annored 81 ipe of wer; eau rseky forts
or great standing armiest can pstFiotisxa
stronger than life itself give stronger
bond OF peace or surer guarantee Of
fidelity and progress throughout the
werld thaa the tie which binds together
al nations In Friendship, Love and
TRUTH
Nor are the bensfaotions Of our order
confined 70 our own households. When
postilenue and famine, when the angry
hsnes OF deFastatino fire, or when the
sn rRing waters Of af0rm-Fent heaven,
viii scarce Q warming. have Swept from
existence the father or mother. or house
and property-the little all of thou
saisds--the parse of the genuine Odd
Fellow has been. and always will be,
opsned TO relieve the distressed without
inquirinR their country or their creed.
The empire OF oar grand Law has ex-
terided and increased until, eircling the
Rlsbe, the rising sun looks mot down up
on its beginning nor the setting sun its
eniiinR.
Go where the gentle zephyrs Of the
soutt<laIia kiss with loving Tenderness
tho lips Of Joy and beauty /; face the
malignant, sand laden sirocco of the
east; stem the cutting. heart-stilling
north wind; tread upon the battle field,
drenched and impoverished by human
blood; ascend the peak whence the
condor stalks his fight; grope thy way
desIp and far as man has ever trod with
in the bowels OF earth, and streaming
on the boaem Of the winds. resting on
th bleaching bones Of the battlo field,
giiatening ia the sunlight on the surface
Of ths condor's haunts, sparkling or
the walls Of the miners dark house Ia
the mystic three Iinks--the gonfalon Of
Friendship, Love and Truth--dearsr
and more magical 20 the Odd Fellsw
than the badge of Hosi soit q,si NAL y
pessse, the jewel Of the Red Cross, OF
the meaningless brand Of kniehtheod
Of any potentate, king or emperor.
Eligh enshrined in the heart Of every
ODD Fellow rest the menoiies Of the
flne, noble, true men Who planned cur
structure. They chiseled ont its foun-
dation stones; they hewed its columns
and laid its arehit-aves, They buiidsd
better than they knsw."
s.In God ws trust the builders said.
And deep In earth they sunk the wall:
Ia Hops tks corner stone vac laid,
And raised the buildinR oyer al.
awhsn brothers want, or death lays
iog,
when isspAsns CRY In helpless youth.
When widows weep In oheegieRs Voc.
On. grant us friendship, love and
The standard unfurisd which flrsi
kissed the gentle breeze Of old Mary.
land in 1878, has marked the raIiyins
ground af the virtue, the ehivalry, tia
manhtod and the wisdom Of America
MalfcA, selAshness, hatred, bigotry
have. before our incontrsyefted dogaas
faded away Ike dew before the morn
No smoking gore on bloody fields; M
ruiiaed mites Of shattered honses; nc
srisns0n blades Of broken swords; ne
aeseiste, wseplne widows: no starving,
waiting orphans. mark the pathway oi
enr proeiess. or from high heaven cal
down fssribution upon ouf csnse as thG
source Of missry ef voc. Into the h0ust
nfllicted with peetiiencs ths grand prin
isiples Of oar Order enter and tbs eloadl
VI ilngulsh vanish, the grim yisaes ol
,iias,ase and death sknlks away and con.
ienimsas and health take the piace
,shsmse hope had Ged. Into shs hearts
0f sadness and sosrow, Of desolation
ind daapeir the benign light Of friend.
shish iova and truth h kindled. and
10y and peAce. faith and hope assert
their svay from the tottsrinR throne
whsnee reason had aimest heen dspo9ed
Unssiiiah. pure and noble Odd Eel
Iowilhip. slssrseardine and drawing aside
the veil of poverfy, behind which it of
aindA tha worthy and deserving. and
raising the unfortunate, helps him on u
I,eas,s and pienty. TIE anguish stricken
pidss kneelins and weeping beside the
coffln ef him whom she was went ID
call hleassd--the partner Of her carly
jnya and sorrows. the cornfoFt Of her
midday life and elnstering support al
her desIinin9 years. hsars with hsr poor
hears bursting with anguish the cold
formal words aud prayers thai Chris
tianity must needz eercmonionsig afer.
She siands beside The grave and hehcids
the sold dark earth enclose forever the
fcrua Of him she loved hettar than her
avn life. Tia last sAa Eitss ever Vie
rsoand ruunded up, The laa1 wosd Of
invccation for sncooT and sosafort up4,n
abe bercaved widow and the helpless
depsndent orphan uttered, and shs
again heiakes hsrsslf % her home
HouIes Uh. how deselatel How dre&ry
d tiaaf h,,lnei Everything around 20.
minds her Of htm whose etsp was heard
ila Tie hall, whose voice was greeting a
The doorway. whose fsrm she viii otasE
on earth 10 .nors. Hhe hat on the nail
the tieAs Ola the WALL and even The foot
pFinls yet plain In the garden bring g
her stses The tears Of anguish which can
not Be- snppsessed. 70 her heart ths
great osesshadcwinQ Of distreMs which
uail not ka cnmforfed. She turns ASIDE
The sixht ef IiftIs cares IL their bed q
at her knaea bus deeDens and daxken'
her de<gssr. Her grief knows ~
hnnllsIa iske sies With bowed haad and
slsin|ka TIE old world moves oa. III
oeld. fusmai words jast uttered a ~
grave eeesn 10 her as ~sst upoa ~
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