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

the vile haRRish tongues ef sE9ndsr are
barrier Of protection il thrown rpund
abont her. SIanasr. malice, want, d.
pair sppsoaeh her not. She i an Odd
Fellows widow. These are an Odd Pei
lows children. Thsy are clothed. thew
are fed, they are educated. they make
usefai citizens and find their span Of
hfs too short IN which 10 suficieutiy
oieea the grand inspiration Of Oda
Fellowship
In every cline, meath every sun.
wnefe'er bed Of sickness contains tue
languishi1g form OF brother, Odd
fellovs are found obeTing our grand
isws 70 visit the sick. comfort the dis
tressed, relieve the needy, prosect the
widow, and educate the orphan.
man has not seem, the paes OF history
has never Jet been marred with the
record OF an Odd Fellows deserving
widow or children In the poor house.
The mystic signs, the mystic links apon
the breast insure to every Odd Fellow
travelling In strange lands, in streuQe
cities, an honorable reception. and the
protection Of friends true even unto
death.
The true Odd Rellsw il not unnsind-
fnl Of the respect due the gentIer sex.
The PRINCIPLES Of onr Order recognize
In woman the equal Of man.
Recognizing and realising the true
maRnilcenee Of character, the parity
and virtue Of those Who brouQht rs into
being, who rocked M in our infancy.
guided cur toddliag footsteps through
ohildheod. and neulded our manhood,
Odd Fellowship. true to It's principles,
so1ght her assistance. Nearly 1000
Lodges Of the Degree Of Rebekkah now
attest the grand needs and grander
work Of the cooperation of woman.
"Perfection In Jehovah's works
Alone's enthFoned on woman's brow,
And man, the noblest work of God,
Before her virtues needs mast bow"
Brothers, our record of the past 66
yeaEs is nos matter of history. IN
reading its psges, what q grand pageant
Of mingled pride and exnltatioa passes
before our minds. The tirsless wheel
Of time turns on.
Within the next cycle of time We
shall wreathe with garlands of flowers
the graves Of some Of our number.
One year hence, when the next cycle
shall have recorded as past events yet
TO be, some Of our numbeF shall have
passed beyond the swelling waves.
The next span will record alike the
death Of veterans and she enlistment Of
recruits.
School houses will take the places of
iails, sanitariums will suppiant peuitcp-
tiaries; acts and deeds win have put to
flight empty and meaningless words
and ceremonies.
The mystic sign of recognition will
carry into the soul of one poor man
more joy and peace than the prayers
and promises Of world of sects and
isms.
Go on, brothers Of Mount Vernon.
This hall represents the binding force
and sovereignty Of law. Here, IN this
virgin forest, on the banks Of this beau
tifal river, one of the purest whose sur
face s'er Kippled meath the triumphant
roll of the golden wheel Of advance
ment, Witnessed By yonder snow-capp-
ed. silent monitors. We dedicate today
this hall TO the eternal principles sf
Friendship, Love and Truth. Dissem-
mate those principles. From this, as q
nucleus, extend and spread them, 80
that when Ek8git County shall be the
home Of 100000 souls. ss II ene day will,
Mount Vernon shall be ,he Mecca
whence disseminated the grand. eternal
tie which binds toRether this small en-
pirs IN peace and eontentment By the
grand law Of Friendship. Love and
Truth.
No date marks the birth Of our prin-
oiples. They existed /. when space was
chaos. and things yes God They are
immutabie Is the rocks of the hrma-
ment, everlasting a. the heavens, infal-
libie as the law of 6od-attributes Of
God himself, aud proclaimed and ex-
emplifsea on Calvary when He prayed,
Father, forgive them they know not
what they do
Be true 70 ourselves and true TO our
order. Look well 70 the new timber
placsd In our structure. Remember,
according 10 QUE Law We can be Odd
Fellows oaly while we act like honest
men. The time approaches, the grand
millennium will come, when every
| tongae, every peopie--Jew and Chris
| tian, Pagan and Insdsl, Mahomed@n
and Hindeo, gslI know no Law save that
Of Friendship, Love and Truth. No
country save that Of Being; no race save
that Of man; no name save that OF
brother"
when the dread messenger Summons
his children from the subordinate lodge
70 that grand inner temple where God
10 master; when the great pare washed.
unshnckled soul oommunes with the
angel bFothers. sweet Be the tie that
strews bright flowers ever, and drops
the tears Of ffafcrnaf love upon the well
kept mounds. that mark the marrow
home enclosing the rsmains OF those
whose voice Il forever stilied within the
council balls and swester far be the
thought that. though the surtain has
faiian upon the close Of The ETeat drama
az life. neisher the singer nor his song
Is effaoed from the memoirs OF the
multitude still echoine the plaudits, but
that amid the swelling waves OF the
tempest tossed ocean of life. pnre a. a
brothers pledge. sweet as m infent's
smile. holy a. an angels love. they live.
and still shall live in she heart Of every
Odd Fellow till Frisndship. Love and
Truth are nsuRhs. when time shall Be
no more, and
aThere they rest like noble heroes,
In their graves beneath the sod
10 the heart Of every brother.
In the bosom Of their God"
Across the bright galaxy Of the skies
lei the angels write in letters OF burn
ina gold, OF heavens own brilliAncy, she
decree, aThe iudemsnt 81 Wildsy h
affirmed