, 1889-05-02

brotherly love. IL teaches him to recog-
niEe all things in the presence of Deity.
From the awful mountain with the
storm upon its bosom, but it's head bathed
in light, rush forth ministering angels of
esiUnation and contentment. Sweet an
gels of mercy and hope hold their court in
every Hover, sport upon every ripple of the
streamlet, and ride upon the waves of the
ocean in iipplinR music. Smiling faces
OF seraphim greet US from the meadow,
the cherubim are enthroned upon every
cloud, bedecked with golden fringe or
black with imprisoned storms. The
guardian angel OF Odd Fellowship con-
ducts her votaries through the paths Of
virtue. points out the crystal spring, the
sweet scented bower, the cooling grotto,
and with an eye ever fixed and unseen, she
leads them TO the temple Of religion. But
arrived at the entrance, she folds her
wings, kneels upon the threshold and di-
rects them up the glttering aisle.
Alone. man is weaker before the ills OF
life than the tender reed before the tenn
pest; but united with his brethren, in the
bonds of interest and love, and he becomes
stronger than the oaks Of the forest. In
his best estate he is dependent and help
less. Surrounded by wealth he 10 not
shielded against the miseries OF life. The
impartial band Of disease reveals to him
many wants which wealth can never
satisfy. He wants friend to smooth hia
thorny pillow, and breathe the accents OF
sympathy and consolation into his ear.
He wants an eye to drop tear upon mis-
feyered cheek. He wants the gentle voice
OF love to soothe and cheer his sinking
heart. But when the poor man Is called
from his daily toll. to languish upon the
tecss in the anxious eye OF his patient
wife that their scanty store Is we'll nigh
exhausted; AZ she treads softly around his
bedside, he sees her brush away the un-
ruly tear lest he see it and be panied.
When grim visaaed want takes q seat
upon his hearthstone and all the future Is
dark. dark-O, then. how holy is our
mission. We relieve his wants. IL he
die we consign him to an honored tomb.
utilization. We seek to make men happier
In all the concerns of life. To elevate his
character by imbu,ng bis heart with the
principles Of love and truth; by giving
him proper conception of the dignity he
may attain in the Gale Of his existence.
and urging him TO cultivation Of the
true fraternal relation designed by the
Author Of his b. ing"
We seek to advise, to counsel and cor.
rect each other, that we may speak light
In silent harmony, a. star speaks light to
tstar."
The object of our order is the smelior-
alton of the condition Of man, and its
natural and incidental effect is TO make
him look to the rest that comes hereafter
Similar in its constitution TO the Ameri'
can government. 1t has been scarcely less
successful in its practical operation, and
we believe it 10 immutable and enduring
Recognizing neither nation, tongue MOI
creed, it Is not confined within the mar
| row hon u1aripa M this rapubliC
: The icy hut of Canada Is warmed by it
! gentle influence, and the Sandwich Island
ers meets his fair skinned brother in &
lodge upon the fruitful shores Of his owr
sunny isle.
May it's home be the hearts Of it's mem
bers, and may the end Of time only be sbl,
TO measure the period of It's existence.