Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-27

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in . strange land. under . 0ag that wAs
nc,t his own. hs tousd The gF1sp oe the
hard . warn . ID HE own land. He
could look around him and go his
bsushers and sisters; brothess and sis-
tsss in the highest sense. They had met
in Grand Rapids - Olafellows wess
meeting all over the world % celebrate
the seventy fourth birthday 81 OSldfel
lousAip. he was here 20 speak 70 thoss
sssembIsd because. By . chain az car.
cunsesnceo. be had been placed ct the
bead Of the order in the world. and &C.
cupying IN ofllcial position. perhaps he
would s. able % tell them something
nev about the order. He aid the oh
iecss al the order we're 10 cultivate the
sncial side Of mans nature; 70 teach
man that il il his duty 10 put his
shoulder under the burden of his fellow
man The order was not an insurance
organization. Yet each meuber Was
eUJUeu W y CCttoSu ou1o0ot " III Wueu
he Wa sick. IL was not . religious or
ganizaticn. IL interfered With no mans
fsligiou. IL did not ask . man 10 give
up HE work in the church.
An Humble Beginnine.
Il v,s organized first by . little body
a English mechanics. Who saw the need
Ut mutual helpfulnesA From the little
beginning had grown the greatest 90
cisty in the world under one executive
head. IL had made it, members better
bsothern, better sisters. better fathers.
better motherA The order had more to
do With the advancement Of civilization
than vas generally supposed- II was
ono Of tho great powers which was caus-
ing the old time ssctarianism 70 break
down. IL wss bringing members Of dit.
f,rsnt sects closer together. to become
bound clooer In beotherly love. Ii vas
his desire that there should b no drones
in the Michigan hive. and that oil Michi-
gan Oddfellows should follow the good
doctrines 81 the order until al mankind
were brought into the fold OF the noble
order. Dr.. w. H. Ross sang . tenor
solo. and the Rev. ID. H. Reitcr was in
troduced. He read from manuscript
On address Of some length. In which he
dealt With the subject Of brotherly love
and charity in moro general terms than
the other speakerA Miss Ada Hanna
ford and Dr.. Roes sang . duet. Prof f
T. Pryor gave q recitation. and DIR. Ross
closed the program with vocal solo.