Telegram-herald., 1890-02-24
BENEVOLENT ORDERS
They Assemole Al s. MARKS for .
Special Service.
OVER 4 THOUSiSD PEOPLE PRESENT
Reverend Campbell Falr Preached ga
The W0ria Hat Nss - aad That
which - ~ Colasf-Ihs >sruaea
ApPEseiatsd ~ Ills hearsrs.

4 AiAy A-'N ItDNtr asrt-ii-~i1o 80
evening a. ,t. Marx :. and that SPACIOUS
edlhee aas croaded ~ is fullest ca
paclty. The Knights of Pythias and
the Odd-feli0gs, the Rcd Men, tie
Heptasophs, the Daughters OF Eebecca,
And several other orders attended as
bodies and dressed .n uniform, ~
lstea 70 the Interesting discourse de-
nvered by Rev. Campbell Far, b. D.,
and addressed especially % the mem
bers Of secret benevolent institutions.
The rector OF -. Marks certainly
had reason u feel cOmplimeuted a. he
stood before his audience last evening.
He chose hls text from the Second
EDlstle OF Paul % Timothy, fourth
chapter and part OF the eighth verse,
''Ihe world that nov j. and that which
is % come
The reverend gentleman commenced
his discourse by dwelling On-the uncer-
tainty OF health and strength, as IL was
by 40 means impossible before another
sunday. +. sun should dawn upon Us that
SOME. now lI possession or power and
robustness, might be low and feeble
and upon a bed OF dangerous illness,
suppose such an one Is 4 man with
family dependant on him, what hap
pens then HIS expenses OF daily sup
port continue as heretofore with more
over al Increase ia the payment OF ms
doctor and for medicine and other
uecessarles, but wages cease. The
wage Garner IS no longer the recipient
of the $40 o. $50 week that his honest
laoors Won FOR him before. How IS
thatfamily 90 be provided tOr3 lslt notin
thousands Of cases somewhat as follows:
credit at every place until almost hope
less debt j. incurred. The furniture,
piece by piece, is disposed of, borrow
lug from every friend IS the next refuge
tor support. The director OF the poor
IS called upon. the rector of the church
is applied 10, the little girls and boys of
the family are put out % work before
they are half educated, even the wife
has % leave her home and husband and
20 out 10 work for days wages 10 keep
the wolf from the door. What are the
feeling. OF that PROSTATE man when he
realizes the condition IN which his
home Is placed
But ls there no way 10 prevent the
penury and debt IN that mans family ?
10 is true we can not prevent illness,
but we can provide for IL and by mem
bershIp IN q few Of the orders which
pay weekly benefits ~ the time of sick
ness. tins mans narrowing feelings will
have been saved their agony, ms wife
and children their poverty and pEo-
VISION ample for every one of bis house
hold will have been made.
Do men realize that less than two
cents a day Will secure 3 4 week, 81
cents $40 week or > cents Sl5 a week
and : centsa day S1o week benefit; or
let me put it iu another form. BY pay
ING cents a day with the Odd-fellOws
or Red Men, or Knights OF Pythias, or
Hcptasophs, while you are well, you
will get 20 cents day when you arc Ill.
seven cents a day when you are strong
viii secure s2.s5 a day when you are
feeble. OK, in other words. 50 4 wear
payment entities you to S206 a year
benefit, or S2f n year dues secures 500
u year benefit In time of illness.
The preacher then made extracts
from the proceedings Of various orders.
Let me ask YOU few questions IN re-
gard to these Il Jrcs; first, has any one
calling himself a man any right to
throw himself a. q ms family upon the
charity OF the public when, 10y the cx-
pcnditnre OF q few cents = day. ne can
provide q sutficency which VIII support
the household and, secondly, what
KIND of religion has that man who Omits
this feasible provision for his family /
consider that am prOpOuudiug 10 YOU
the trucst principles of Christianity and
the highest form Of personal religion
when | urge upon YOU tins duty OF sup
port n "tne world that now $. How
& IL.
come when we have made wrctCbcd the
home that now s.
Now, let Us take a step farther-and
sad one 70 is, Suppose that such a
man dies; what. then. for the widow
and orphans left' Their poverty and
miserable condition are 50 intensified
that now they are paupers upon the
community. But could not tins have
been prevented
Dr. Fair then explained the system
on which the seventy beneficial Organi-
zat.ons were operated ON the assess
mcut plan. whereby provision : made
for tne widows and orphans of de-
ceased members. From - TO Sl6 a
year securing payment 20 tnem Of $1,000.
= sum sufficient n many cases % start
business. which VIII ln some degree
b. 2 support.
Iu conclusion tlc preacher gave tho
following reasons for liking the beue-
fe-fl organ Clrous OF tna country
First they provje a m8n WITH money
when ho needs r. secondly they pro-
v.tc man With friends when hc need.
them. thirdly they provide q man with
morality to gu de hm AMI fourta.v
thcv prov ie man the truc ieId foI
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