The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-29
that it be set apart and dedicated to
the business and purposes of the
ADDRE SS b.

the business and purposes Of TIT
Order.
THE OBLIGATORY ADDRESS.
Grand Master A. d. Mcpherson,
who had arrived from Bozeman fol
this especial purpose, then In an i'm.
prsssive manner delivered the follow
ing dedlcatory address:
"Noble Grand In the name Il
and in behalf of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows of the Terri
tory of Montana, I accept. for dedica-
ton to the use of ODD Fellowship;
this hall, which has been constructed
under your supervision. To you and
your associates the present must be
an occasion especially gratifying.
To-day you witness the consumma-
ton of that for which you have ar
IDENTIFY toiled and hoped to-day you
hail the completion of that for which
you have zealously and faithfully
iabored, and to-day you behold the
recognition by your brethren from
the north, the south, the east and the
west Of this, tie result OF your efforts,
as q temple dedicated to the service
of those whose vocation is to va t the
sick, relieve the distressed, bury the
dead, educate the orphan - duties
which neither interfere with nor
supersede the discharge of any other,
social, moral, religious.
Brethren, [ congratulate you
upon the completion of this beautiful
hall, which we are about to dedicate
to those cardinal virtues which
should adorn and elevate humanity,
aud the names of which we have
selected as the motto and watchwOrd
OF our beloved Order. B-neath this
roof you are to encourage u another
IN the duties Of benevoleDce and
charity; before this altar the good
works of friendship. love and truth
are ever to be presented as the only
acceptable sacrifice. From hence,
as from a perennial fountain, are to
flow the gentle streams OF true friend
ship, to gladden. and make green
many waste places. In this quiet re-
treat are to ne cultivated those flowers
that love unfeIgned shall scatter on
The rugged pathway Of life, under
many bleeding fee. Here is to be
oOW tuS eOOu SCSu VI tIuCu Ill uIauy
hearts, to spring up and yield its
hundred-fOld harvest. 1t is, there
fore, not 80 much this temple made
with hands that should occupy our
attention at present, as the great
principles that are here to be dissent
mated. I hope and trust, brethren,
that our united efforts, with those of
our brethren throughout the globe,
may lead to the raising and adjoining
of a still nobler terople, which shall
be c~onsecrated by the approx i OF the
Supreme Grand Master of the uni
verse, without the invocation of
whose blessing no work should he
undertaken"
Then followed prayer by the Grand
Chaplain and a dialogue of questions
and responses between the Grand
Master and the members of the
Order. Tue hall was then duly ded-
icated by the Grand Master, aud this
fact was then proclaimed by the
Grand Marshal according to the form
of the Order. Four heralds then az
preached the altar in the center ot
the hall, and each in turn sprinkled
water, kindled fire, scattered wheat
and strewed flowers, the performance
of each meeting with appropriate
responses from the brethren. The
Grand Master then delivered the
hall into the hands of the brethren
with q few appropriate remarks. A
prayer by the chaplain closed the ex-
ercises and the audience dispersed.