The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28
PUBLIC INSTALLATION
At Odd Fellows Hall last EVENING"
An Excellent address by NJ. Il. II.
Sweeney.

ShNHS h''it last evening, "HiNh was
most pleasant affair. The hall WAS taste |
fully decorated, and added beauty to the
animated scene The following officers
were installed
i. f. Knox, \ G.
Mrs Van Horn. Y. G.
Mrs. Sugion, secretary.
c B. Knox, treasurer,
After the Inhalation E. d. Sweeney,
ESQ made an excellent address. Then
Bleuer< orchestra played sweet music and
soon the merry dancers were whirling
over the n5or The merry making con
tinued until O'Clock this morning, when
one of the happiest events in the history
of this excellent order came to an end
There were about seyeuty>fye couplesI
present
| Following is synopsis of Mr.. SSee-
neys remarks.
! BROTHERS AND SIsTERs:-When invit>
| Ell 10 make few remarks on this occa-
sion, IassGmed two things to be true.
First: That il was considered an oppor
tune time for remarks. Second: That il
| had occurred to some one that | was q
proper person to make the remarks. The
| first assumption was undoubtedly true
But rs 10 the second it might consistently
be considered still in doubt
| The Rebecca degree, under whose
aus bices this pieasureahle meeting is
| hell, is the most distinctive degree in
| Odt Fellowship. No other degree in our
order opens the doors of the lodge room
to the wife, mother or sister OF an Odd
Fellow. Odd Fellowship, which includes
III its ample ana generous folds. remem-
bers in all its teachings and lessons, the
whole family of a brother. bars the doors
of the lodge room and with sacred vigi-
! lance, excludes the family from the least
participation in its rites and ceremonies
except in this The Rebecca degree. What
| this degree, SO marked and hOnOrcd
among Us is. need not now stop to de
fine; its special aims and objects need no
! Explanation at this time from me; its
name alone has a significance 10 every
lover of that which is pure and noble il
Hebrew history
The came Rebecca by common consent
and acccptation, is the synonym of every
| thing that is pure and exalted in woman.
80 that when the great Scottish poet and
scholar desired the use Of a character to
offset the harshness and the asperities Of
the Hebrew as developed IN the sterner
sex of that peculiar people, he chose
delicate and tender female with traits OF
character as tender and lovable as ever
poet imagined were the gifts of the moths
er Of our race in Eden's bowers, before the
primevaI fall. And after he had thus
clothed the being of his Imagination. he
named her Rebecca, 50 that it has come
to pass that wherever the English tongue
is spoken and the story of Ivanhoe is told
OF read, the name Of Rcbecca is roc0g~
nizad rs the type Of the rOblcSt of wom-
en-. Il IS Us if it were baptized with the
[ beucdctiOu Of love and the sweet incense
Of virtue.
As the lab0rs of the husband are sup
| plcmented, encouraged and strengthened
by the loving hands and heart of the wife
Of his bosom, so this degree Of Rebecca
supplements, encourages and strengthens
the great work, purposes and aims OF Odd
| FellOwship-it is neither useful appen>
dagc nor a trivial adornment,- it is in
truth and il fact substantial and genus
Inc help, and in my Judgment worthy of
g higher and better recognition by our
order
The necessity Of the order of Odd Eel
1,--e 1f,, in thu. constitution of
nature. it IS called into existence by the
demands which come from men aud
women for help. The child IS born into
the world, and without aid and ass alte
from loving and helpful hands would per
ish. lis nurture depends upon the same
support, It's moral and intellectual devel~
Eopuneuts are in like manner fOstered and
! gemcj and when manhood is reached,
when every faculty, force and strength OF
both body and mind are in full vigor and
/ play the institutions built up by centuries
Of sacrifice and love come TO his aid and
! assistance, without which he would be
no better than q full grown savage. And
| when he has past the meridian Of life, if
he has not sunk beneath the load before
this OF fallen out By the way, be begins
the descent and all down the slope to the
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