Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-09-30
ODD FELLOWS THERE
10000 PARTICIPATE IN A cELE-
BRATit,N AT THE FAIR.

The Daughters Of Rebekah Also in Session.
Competitive Drills by several Csntons.
Julia Ward Howe Opens the Religious
Parliament Meeting.
CHICAGO. Sept. 27.-Thirty thousand
Odd Fellows are expected to participate
In the gathering of members Of that
order during the week. One-third viii
be in uniform. There are to be num-
Der of competitive drills by members of
the uniformed rank, and the feminine
adjunct of the order, known as the
Daughters of Rebekah. win have an in
dependent celebration. The opening
exercises took place in festival hall.
Grand Master E. s. Conway of Chicago
was the presiding officer. After prayer
by the Rev, II. W. Bolton of Chicago.
chaplain general of the order, Mayor
Harrison delivered welcoming adj
Tdress, and Director General Davis did
the same ON behalf of the exposition.
C.. S. Thornton extended a fraternal
greeting and welcome to the visiting
Odd Fellows as the representative of
Chicago lodges; DR.. G. T. Campbell Of
London, Ont, sovereign grand sire of
of the order, w. G. Nye of Minneapo-
lis and Charles P. Sanders of Yonkers
responded in behalf of the order at
large. The Daughters of Rebekah
held receptions and public meeting in
recital hall and the woman's building
during the day and evening.
Is<1, - a. - L Z,
competitive drill in the stock pavilion
were Occidental and Alexander of Chi
cage, the Ellwood of Ellwood, Ind; the
Oswego of Oswego, N. Y; the Frank OF
Germantown, o.: and the Wright Of
Worcester. O. They were put through
the manual Of sword facings and align
ment and movement of the line, execut-
ing the various movements with precis-
ion and prorptness. The judges were
army and militia officers connected with
the exposition.
The venerable Julia Ward Howe
opened the session of the Worlds re-
ligious parliament. The regular pro-
gram possessed somewhat of a mission
airy flavor Rev. A. Idnadidos spoke
upon the mission of the Protestant
church in Turkey and Rev. J. R. Dem
mis- of New York upon the message of
Christianity to other religions. An adj
dress on the attitude of Christianity to
pther religions was made by Professor
w. 7. Wilkinson OF the University of
Chicago, and Rev. John Gneiner of st.
Paul discussed the primitive and pros
pective religious union of the human
family. Before the usual recess Kinza
Reige Hrai of Japan touched briefly on
the question of synthetic religion.
Some interesting facts regarding re-
| ligious thought in France were adduced
by Rev. G. Boneth- Maury. He COM
batted the general idea that all French
men were positivists or atheists. The
nation, he said, was a Christian one, and
while the Roman Catholic influence
was largely confined to social matters
and eduction, the Protestants took an
important part in politics, 50 much so
/ that there was another relationship be-
tween Professionalism and social govern
ment. Bishop Merrill presided over
The conference of the Methodist church
which had been advanced day on the
calendar. To this fact was attributed
The small attendance. The speakers OF
| the day included Rev. T. d. Neeley and
Jacob Todd of Philadelphia, who dis
cussed the polity, philosophy and pecu-
larities of Methodist doctrines.