The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-08

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Jerico and fell among thieves and was
stripped and left bleeding md naked. A
priest seeing him pussed by on ono side, 40
did n Lsvite on tbs other. But tho despised
Samaritan. between whom and the Jew
the 9 WAS perpetual hostility, when he saw
tho sufferer, did not say He is a Jew, an
enemy of mine but He is a man. and
went and cared for him and bound up his
Wounds, and took him 10 an inn and paid
for his lodging and promised to oome and
settle whatever the charge, might be whom
no got we'll. 1t is love which 'worketh no
liz to its neighbor and SO ful6lls the law Of
God. 1t ia love which spun limitations
and calls every man %neighbor, whatsoever
his creed. ceiling, condition or country.
Love. without which, creed. hswsoever or
thodox, nlmsgiving, howsocver pro-
fuse. and zeal for cause.
Think of the power and potency of love.
1t was love that enabled Columbus to At
sort tho belief in q country beyond the sen;
love OF venture and courage led Queen Isa-
bella to part with her diamonds and buy
ships. for the splendid faith of the great
discovere /: love OF religious freedom
led heross OF the May flower to bid good
by to the culture of England, and with
hope for q compass and courage for a pilot
set sail on a tsackless sea; love conquered
the wilderness, fought the painted savage,
resisted oisense. multiplied settlements and
ANsA she nS4 Va awe OEOHS tHo
cruel chains of British opp ession and de-
creed the birth OF a mighty nations; love
fought and conquered in the late great re-
bellion. and love of country. love Of honor,
love of character, love of virtue. love OF
purity. love Of home and imperishablo glory
ana not gold. VIII give to any individual.
institution or nation strength and power;
Any organization having such a corner
stone as this must in the very nature of
things stand rs a perpetual and princsly
defender OF truth and Righteousness and as
a powerful safeguard to the purity Of So
nlety and the stability Of tho state. No ed
nag OF tho hnarchist can have any follow
ing within her rauks; no ensign Of confu-
sion or decentralization can receive her
sanction! No other banner for our soil.
save the stars and stripes of Columbia can
be her motto or her law! Thus love is the
link that connects Odd Fellowship in 10y
atty to the state. 1t teaches its members
to emulate the purest patriotism and tho
highest citizenship. 1t teaches every man
to revere the constitution of our country
n to obey the laws. 1t is an institution
.honoring and protecting all the branches
OF the government for the good of the
country; an institution honoriup the sol-
dier and admiring the patriot; an ~institu-
ton above which the flag of our country
floats as the insignia of liberty and equal
ity; an institution where the utter.
nnce of treason against our country
10 a declaration OF treason against the o.der
Itself ana banlshes the felon from the pale
of its noble surroundings. An institution
founded upon the principles Of divine row.
citation and encouraging among its mem
hers the profounaest reverence TO- Chris
tlan character and religious institutions.
Advising the largest charity among all
citizens, teaching devotion and love to the
home directing its followers to noble
lives. and quiekening~s' regard for high and
honorable living, it at once becomes y bull
wark to the nation and the hand maid of
all honorable enterprises as we'll as the
guardian angel Of social and moral develop
mens. Ttuth-this is the fitting climax.
IL 10 the top stone and may DO laid with re-
joiciaR. Where there is no truth there is
no trust; where there is no trust there is no
co-operation; where there is no co-opsra.
tlon there 10 no civilization, for civilization
implies a community of interests and of
!ife: citizens are civilians, that is civilized
beings. So that truth ia the essence of all
that we hold most sacred and honorable in
human life; it is an absolute necessity to
civilization and a society aiming a. its cu!-
tlvatlon and sworn to practice it il worthy
OF all communication. Truth is honor, it is
honesty, and IL must not be limited to
words. 1t must pervade our daily deeds; is
must be the atmosphere in which wa live
and move and have our being.
Vsraoity, this is what we need to-day
above all else. Truth in The coffee dealer,
no beans instead of coffee. Truth in
the nilkman and no water o: chalk instead
of milk. Truth in the gasman and no
false reading OF the meteor. Truth in the
butcher n No mors bone in tbs beefstenk
than a far proportion to the quantity of
meat. Ttuth! Q. when will il spring out
of the earth? All hall to any orde- whoge
motto pledges Its members to truth! This
above all. TO thine own aelf be true; and
II must follow as the night the day thou
cnnst not then be false to any man. And
what are these principles but the embodi.
ment Of the law of mutual help? Nothing
exists Tor itself alone. Everything de-
ponds for its completeness upon some
other things. The flowers live for tho in
scot and the inject for the flowers. The
hills 1--we for the valleys and the clouds
circle above the hills. The heavens lean
upon the cath. and the earth reflects
the splendor of the heavens from it's laugh
ing valleys, Its snow-capped mountains
ana It's ever changing seas! And should
not the human family be united? Shall
not man be bound TO man by the colder
cord OF frlendship? There are many mem
bsrs, but all have not the same office.
There is ths thinker and singer, the inven-
tor and the artisan. the tiller of soil and
the Herder of cattle. the miner and the
manufacturer. the suilor and tho soldier,
the author and the typesettsr whose skill
shall scatter the authors tares or wheat.
S"pAsoA AopondS upou ldDOE GGu laDOr on
capital and both upon the government
BY Whose wise, impa tial and powerful adj
ninistration liberty of action and peaceful
ENJOYMENT of the + ait OF industry is guar
ante.d to all.
Thus when our lives are intsrlooksd bv
the magnetic principles of Odd Fellowship
our hcarts are made generous and our
minds ere enlarged to q benefcent recogni-
tlen OF the conditions, relations and needs
OF all mon. Thus tho poverty of my broth
or makes me richer in charity, tho feeble
ness OF my brother makes nae strong in love.
When the mystic oirolet of this order en-
clreles our hearts we are brought into unity
OF spirit and mutual helplessness. Whit Ia
a man left to himself? Less than nothing
and vanity; an embodiment of impotence
and crudsness; his powers palsisd, his fac
mites enfeebled. his being dwarfsd and
shrlve!ed. But united he boats back the
ocean or levels the mountain, calls cities of
qusenly maRnifcanoe into existence from
sand hills. unlocks the t~roRsure houses of
nature, explote on the crystal palaces Of the
deep, speaks to the block and it becomes an
angel and breathss upon the canvas until il
CLOVIS with the flush and tints of life. But
oil OF this ia accomplished under the law of
fraternity. God hasten tho day whom tho
world shall recognize this fact.
When there shall be a common