The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-08
GREETED WITH CHEERS.
Rev. Wesley Hill Says He Proposes
the Druggists Shall be
Prosecuted.
breaches on the Morphine Habit
and Declares tho Law is
Violated.
At the Evening Services st. FAuVs Church
IL Visited by over 900 Odd
Fellows.

Yesterday afternoon ST.. Paul's churc'
was filed with n large congregation o
men to hear the address OF Rev. j. Wssle,
Hill on "The Morphine Habit" Mr.. Hill
discussed She history of the habit and 1t
widespread Practice in this country. espe
oislly the western cities. After dwelling Of
the evils OF it he declared that ~''certniI
druggists in his city are violating the la'
by ceiling the drug without prescription.
He had on the table q number of bottles @
morphine which he said had been bough
at his %instigation of several druggists |
this city. whom he had evidence we're sell
ing right along illegally. When he said
of tho law were prosecuted the conRregs
tion broke into q prolonged cheer. Hs an
nounced that next Sunday afternoon h
would talk on "A Visit to the City AM
County Jails." Last evening over two hun
bred members Of ths 1. o. o. F. attendss
the service in q body. In
church was packed to its utmos
capacity. hundreds of people beini
turned away. Mr.. Hill said in part
"Anything that has for its object the ad
vancement Of human happiness or human
intellect; anything that end to The amel-
i~oration of the condition of mankind, OK te
lessen the ills or miseries incident to hu-
mAn life; anything that draws closer tbs
ties of human sympathy and strenRthsns
the bond of brotherhood between man and
man is not only worthy Of appreciation but
OF the warmest support and admiration.
When the Supreme architect of the uni
verse spoke and this sphere which We in
habit burst into light and loneliness. every
Fundamental principle upon which this Or
der stands was stamped with the signet OF
onnipotencs upon the young and I'M
stained world, there to remain in legible
and enduring characters as constituent ele-
ments Of its psrpetuity and existence.
Friendship breathed forth her strains of
mutual sympathy and abiding tenderness,
love shed forth her pure and radiant light
and truth wove her silken bonds! Upon
these three pillars rests the structure of
this order, around them cluster the great.
est joys. the highest hopes and the bright
est a~nticipations! Here the fathers of
your honorable Institution have wor-
shipped, and with unstained hands, trans
mitted down the sublime mysteries, the
sacred rights and eternal truths unfolded
10 those who enter within the walls of the
temple and bow as sincere suppliants be-
fore the inner altar. II appeals to us by
the slement of the mysterious. This fea-
ture of secrecy has been objected to by
many, but the more we look into the law
and constitution of nature. the more are
We convinced that her manifold works are
surrounded by IN impsnetrable veil of Sc
crecy. Every leaf is veinsd with mystery;
every atom stamped with miracle and every
dew drop 10 a sea of wonder.
The throb of life within me. the birth of
. thought, the development of a habit. the
capitalization Of oharacter-a mystery that
battles the philosophical insight of a Plato.
and evades the analytical powers of a
Locke. The earthquake at whose shock
nations tremble. and countries become
desolate has been accounted for; the light
ming that plays in bright and fearful gran
deur mid the storm that has been traced
to the bosom Of the cloud; but who has
traced to its home the lightning OF tho
mind2 Who has analysed those mental
earthquakes that have shaken the moral
world to its very center and difused light
and knowledge amid the abodes of igno-
rance and superstition? And shall the
emanations OF genius, the music of the
poets Tyre. the conceptions of that gifted
intellect and the tones of soul stirring elo-
Quence be rejected because the source
whence they come is hidden from our view
and shrouded in mystery? All. no; this
secrecy in its distant hidings lends en-
chantment to the view.
ut is a stiInulsnt in the breast Of the
scholar as he pores over the dusty scroll; to
the scientist as he follows the comet and
signals the approach OF the tornado; as he
heaves the lead In deep sea sounding; cross
examines the sun beam with his s~yectro-
scope. analyzes substanc cos. measures fluids,
weighs imponderables. or as he explores the
sepulohral ruins of tho tribes that oncs
lived and roamed, hunted. fought and died.
when our ancestors worshiped Thor. or
Thus We see that secrecy is an element OF
strength. 1t il interwoven with the MYSTIC
tie that binds in an unbroken brotherhood.
1t prompts to deed of virtue and benavo-
lence. 1t entwines itself around this fra
ternitv like the refreshing yet invisablo
bteezs that at summer noontide fans eur
forehead. invigorating the system with its
GOODNESS and RladdeninR our hearts with
the freshness of the blessing that il
brings. But as Odd Follows, you
have certain principles and objects which
are peculiar to your high and nobls sphere.
Emblazoned upon yeur banner are those
principles which have stimulated man to
higher and grander sndeavor and pioneered
the way of human progress and Christian
civilization. The first OF these principles
10 friendship. Even as the hea Is Of David
and Jonathan were united with this golden
link, so true Odd Fellowship, draws within
Its charmed circle, where friend holds fol-
lowship with friend" all these who assume
she name and take u, on themselves tha
obligations and covenant Of the order.
Man was made for friendship! Within the
soul there are capacities whose final end IL
friendship. To enrich the heart. to enlarge
the understanding, to mould tbs character
there must be friendship. There must for
ever remain an undeveloped region i,
our being until some friendship has beer
formed; then the shaft is plunged, tn,
secret place of our nature Ia struck, ant
may be worked into n positive productive
ness of mental and moral being. Friend
ship is seen in steady faithfulneas annie
vicissitudes OF fortune. The true friend il
born for adversity; not when honor wreath
your brow; not when prosperity turns nj
you touch into gold and all your plans ints
~fortune;' not then does friendship mos
truly show itself. Success oucircles us will
troops of friends; all the butterflies com,
out in the sunshine of some glad moment
Power attracts to as the fattersr, ans
wealth the parasite, and honor the incsns,
waiter; but such as these vanish with
change of weather; let the skies above al
darken, whore are they?
True friendship Is rooted In character
1t is no tropio or hot house flower. Wher
the winds howl it is a hiding place; wher
the soul faint6 beneath q burden ii In The