Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-29

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rapidly followed by others. Grosh's
Manual says that the next was Frank /,
lin Lodge, No. 2, in the same city,
in 1919, followed by Massachusetts,
Lodge, No. l, in Boston, March rs,
1920, Franklin Lodge, No. 2, New
York, January ~, 1921, Pennsylvania
Lodge, No. /, Philadelphia, Decem-
Der 26, 1921. Columbia Lodge, No.
l, Washington Lodge, No. 3, and
Columbia Lodge, No. 4, Now York,
were all instituted in 1922. All be-
ing formed by self-institutlon, most
of them were ignorant of the others.
Even as late as 1928 some of them
believed themselves the only lodges
in the United States. The earliest
successful institution of an Odd Eel
lows lodge in the United States be-
ing Washington, No. /, at Baltimore,
April &c, 1919, our anniversary dates
from its organization. You have al
ready heard the names OF those great
hearted men to whom the success OF
American Odd Fellowship is due, for
they did not cease their good work
after organizing Washington Lodge.
Bro. Peter Nolan, whose bones are
now resting in peace in the Odd Eel
lows cemetery hero, walked in pro-
cession, in Delaware, with Bro. Will
dey, tho founder of the Order in the
United States.
The command on the seal of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge, the Supreme
body of the Order is, "We command
you to visit the sick, relieve the dis
tressed, protect the widow, educate
the orphan, and bury tho dead"
Could better principles be found?
No! Further, it is an organization
having for its objects the elevation of
mankind, morally, intellectually, So
oially and physically; recognizing
mans individual helplessness and
great need of CO. operation in all the
affairs of life, it not only teaches, but
requires, its members to aid, assist
asd protect each other, to visit the
sick, relieve the distressed, bury the
dead, and protect the widow and or
!, phan. The artificial barriers placed
between men by society and wealth
it attempts to destroy. The only
barrier permitted is individual char
acter. If man is worthy his worth
will be recognized--if he is not, he
has no business inside of an Odd Eel
Q lows lodge room. The order oppos
. es all forms of vice and immortality
teaches temperance in all things, ant
d strives to lead man to tho cultivation
of brotherly love and human sympa
% thy. Besides the moral influence
o which prevents much unnecessar
Il suffering and distress, it also possess
'e es an admirable system for the dys
pensation of material aid to its mem
sr bers in times of sickness, distress c
TO difficulty. When an Odd Fellow
n, prostrated by sickness his brethre
ID are compelled to visit and care fc
n. him-to watch by his bedside who
Is necessary, and to relieve his necess
"a ties, and the lodge pays him week.
al benefits, which he cannot refuse
r. accept, Consequently, he feels an
n. knows that he is not an object (
w charity. Upon the death of men
IN Der his brethren are required to 70
low the body to the grave and give
10 respectable burial, and the wido
,is and orphans become the especial ol
Is, jects of care of the lodge.
Al Odd Fellow lodges now have el
nv rolled over half q million member
n and an annual revenue of over IS, 00C
I'm 900, and for the year ending Septer
IN Der 2, 1880, disbursed, for the reli
al, of distress, over 81, 900, 00o-in aotu
g. figures, $4,000 per day. Some m;
on think these figures e1travagant, al
nj say they never hear of lodge givil
re- up money to the distressed.
ed course they do not hear of it, as SUI
%, matters are attended to quietly al
lrd without being given to the world
ter large.
Is, The Order has four branches,
It'll divisions. These are:
lin l. Subordinate lodges.
i'd 2. Rsbekah Degree lodges.
c.