Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-05-06


| is Love" shall be the light thereof All this
we ask in His Name, who gave as His great
| commandment that we love one another
Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
ADDRESS OF MAYOR ALEX. H. FULIz.
The address of welcome was delivered by
| Hon. A. h. Fultz, Mayor Of the city, who said
| that he did not have the honor OF being 6
| member of the Odd Fellowship fraternity-thai
| he had not climbed the creased pole nor ridden
| the goat which, it is said, the members have to
| do. but that he had been an observer of the
brotherly and kindly manner Of the members
| towards each other, an d how they took care oil
the widows and orphans, and OF the large
amounts they have paid in such charities. and
how free they had been of political or religious
prejudices and intolerance, and he concluded
| the principles of the Order were good, and that
there was no ground for the objections of those
who opposed then. The ladies might be OPP
posed to them for the season that their hus-
bands had a secret they could not find out. He
| took great pleasure in welcoming them to the
city. and hoped they would feel themselves at
/ home. He concluded by saying. humorously.
observe that some of you have red badges
see that you do not paint the town too red"
ADDRESS OF W. e. CRAIG. ESQ.
On the part of the Odd Fellowa, w. f. Craig,
United states District Attorney. respo nded to
| the Mayors address of welcome. He said he
was certainly placed in queer position-it
was the first time and he hoped it would be
| the last-as he was called upon to reply to
Mayor Fultz and both were On the same side.
he says the ladies are opposed to the Odd Eel
lows-why, bless you, they are the best friends
they have. Mr.. Fuitz had said some very nice
things in compliment of the Odd Fellows, but
3Jai, dor
the vote Of the people, some may be disposed
| to take his remarks with some degrees of al
| lowance, but he (Craig) gets his office from
| Uncle Sam" and is Independent Of the peo>
ple and therefore what he says may be relied
| upon, and he says that all that Mayor Fultz
| said is true. The ODD Fellows take in honest
| men-believlng that ian honest man is the
| COOLEST work of God.' There is one class that
| Odd Fellows have no use for and that is the
dudes. They think that If they could buy
| them at their real worth, and sell them at
| what they think they are worth, they would
| lay the Staunton Development company and
| the Staunton Improvement Company in the
| shade. The Mayor need have no fears that the
| Odd Fellows would paint the town red, for
they leave that to the Knights of Pythias and
the staunton Beverley Club.
| INTRODUCTION BY GEO. s LIGHTNER, ESQ.
| To George s. Lightner. Esq., was assigned
| The duty OF introducing the orator of the oc-
| casion-Rev s. A. Goodwin. D. D., of Rich
mond. He said that 1t was his pleasant duty
| introduce the speaker of the evening. He
| vas sorry that the Hall was not fuller. They
| mad assembled TO teach the world what Odd
| fellowship is. and the orator OF the occasion
VAS qualified to speak of what it had done in
tae 70 years since it was started by five persons
| n the city Vt Baltimore. L. had expended So
| 710 009 In charity to brothers and widows auo
lad S. ODO invested in property. He Their
introdu Ell Rev. S. A. Goodwin, D. D.
ADDRESS OF REV. s. A. GOODWIN, d d.
| Rev. DR.. Goodwin then delivered in graceful
| style, an address abounding in good senti
| ments expressed in chaste and ornate Ian
guage, in which he sketched the history o.
| odd Fellowship, and elucidated the principle:
| by which it is governed. Near three-fourth'
| Of century since, "a mechanics in Baltimore
constituted Washington Lodge. They had be-
| longed to a similar Institution In England be
| fore. They had neither learning nor wealth.
were poor. illiterate and obscure. Their frs,
| meetings were in a saloon. Now they OWL
some of the finest buildings and brightest in
tellects in the United States, Germany, Aus
tralia, and New Zealand. They now humble
six millions and annually disburse S., 900 COO
| From a small and humble beginning it ha
reached its present magnitude. It does no
confine its charities to the Initiated. It, like
every business. has It's secrets. but its good
| works bstray their character You may hide
a rose, but you cannot conceal its perfume. It
aim is greater than that Of social club.
Odd Fellows have no creed but principles
the chief of which is the essential equality o
men-not in physical or intellectual endow
ments but in all the privileges of the Order
They believe in the Universoi Fatherhood O
God and the universal brotherhood Of man.
The first lesson is the essential equality o
man because of his humanity. At the door O
| a L odge OF Odd Fellows, good name sound
louder than the blare of trumpet, and out
shines the crown ofthe Prince or the wealth O
the ricn.
1t teaches subordinatton to law. The gave
restores confusion to order. 1t gives the larges
liberty to the individual, and the stronges
force TO It's ADMINISTRATION. 1t is Democrati
in that its officers are chosen by universal SUI
frage, and it is despotic as it' officers must b.
| strictly obeyed. 1t Is the best system of gov
eminent that has ever been devised. The Or
der recognizes the existence of "a pers lnal Goo
and sympathizing Saviour upon whom W.
| can rest.
| 1t mas a firm belief in the inspiration anG
a lthenticity of the scriptures. They may b.
ignored il the schools and family, but Lodg
room ea-ul.ot exist without them. 1t leave
each one to think and Interpret for himself
AMI p;aoC.css no intolerance whatever. /
uuites persons of all opinions, and gives eacl
the sy npathy and affection of a brother. Tn,
poo est ard feeblest things on earth have no
such needs as man for mutual support. Low
is the central principle, and they should d.
good to all-the unrighteous as well as tn
holy.
live love not man, the representative Q
God, whom we know. how can we love Go,
whom we do not know? To love Truth, Mere,
and Justice is the best evidence that we Low
God. 1. teaches the virtue of universal benev