St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-27

charitable and benevolent purposes $780,
600, 900 and was now expanding in this no.
BILE work 50, 900, 900 annually in the United
States.
This was not secret, but benevolent
order, the secrecy connected with it being
secondary, no Oaths being administered.
Benevolence was its main spring and it put
its sign on the door of its gathering places
and published its objects to the world. 1t
was, as far as it reached, more thorough
eXempli6cation of the Sermon on the
Mount and embraced within its work the
philosophy of the New Testament more
thoroughly than the church, but he be-
lieved the millennium day was coming in
this world when the religion of Jesus Christ
would lead all to this very work among all
men and people, as it was now done by this
brotherhood for each other and their fami-
lies.
This order knew no sect or creed, and to
prove this the speaker proceeded to read
the ritual of Oddfellowship. The Evange-
list, Moody, had said of it, that it was "a
recognition of friends ON earth as well as in
heaven" Job was the first Odd Fellow and
understood the principles of this order, for
the young and the aged paid him Difference
because he heard the cry of the fatherless
and relieved the wants of the widow and
the orphan. Oddfellowship does such work
and thus does practically what the Christian
church will do in the future, and to which
the latter is waking rapidly up to know to
be its duty.
The speaker would not have it inferred
that he placed Oddfellowship before the
church. The church had been too
WRAPPED UP IN THEOLOGY,
and too neglectful of the poor, and Odd
fellowship was teaching the church in the
latter particular that in the end the millen-
mum should wrap the earth in glory.
In succoring the poor and the needy true
greatness of character was seen. Peter the
Great was not great, for to build city he
sacrificed 100, 00G lives; neither was Napo-
leon Bonaparte great, who played with
kingdoms as with toys, forh he rose to power
on monument of human skulls. Only
such as John Howard, the apostle Paul and
Jesus himself and their like, were great,
who cared for poor humanity and suffered
for it, and who trampled all selfishneSs
from out their hearts.
Earth is as sacred as Heaven, for if there
are saints in Heaven they began their de-
velopment on EARTH and the speaker con-
sidered itfull as much a Christian service
to relieve the orphan and bury the dead as
to attend the prayer meeting. 1t was a
mistake to put all the flowers upon mans
grave, and it was a great deal better to
give him some of them while living, when
he can appreciate and enjoy them; also to
say some OF the kind words to him while
living generally found for even the most
erring after they have passed away. A
tender word, the grasp of manly hand,
10Th nf an n1rn N,.sI on ,no,
may save a manly heart from breaking
where harsh word would drive to des-
pair. God bless all orders whose holy,
blessed work is friendship, truth and love,
trinity fit for Heaven.
Prosperity makes friends, but adversely is
the hour in which they are needed, and
man should be regarded as man whatever
the vicissitudes of fortune. Money can
buy furniture, clothing and costly surround
ings for any one, but money cannot buy
real worth of character. Poverty is COM
mon lot, for Jesus says, "The poor We shall
always have with you," and shame on him
or her who will let life's accidents interfere
with friendship.
Life was made up of little things, as
time was made up of seconds and hours
which grew into years. The necessity of
little acts of kindness, contributions of a
person in the walks of business, in domes-
tic relations and everywhere to make 9TH
ers happy, were urged. To be sure they
were trifles, but such might win human
soul to heaven. Though it be but cup of
cold water administered to the poor in kind
ness and love it might cause the name of
the giver to be entered for the act by the
recording angel of heaven by the recogni-
ton thereof by God himself
In the afternoon Rev. Mr.. Forbes deliv-
cred some interesting remarks to the Order
of Rebekah at Odd Fellows hall.