St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-24
Odd Fellows Celebrate the
SeVenty-fourth Annivers-
airy Of the Order.
Thousands OF People Listen
to the Speeches in EX-
position Hall.
st. Marks Parish Celebrates
Its Twenty-fifth Birthday
by Special Services.
Wilkinson breaches About
the LegiSlature--Morrill's
Sepmon--LOeal News.

SePm0n--L0Ca news.
The Odd Fellows of the city cele-
brated the seventy-fOurth anniversary
of the organization of the order yeSter-
day afternoon by holding union services
in the Exposition building. Represent
ativeS from the fifteen lodges in the city
met at Odd Fellows hall, on Washing
ton avenue north, and at 2 o'clock
formed in line and marched to the En-
position building. The procession was
an imposing one. 1t was headed by the
members of the uniformed raLk, and
altogether there were over LOCO men
that marched. Arriving at the build
ing the uniformed Odd Fellows took
seats on the platform, together with the
speakers and past grand masters. OF
the latter there were present: Past
Grand Masters Nye, Stevens and Boil
ton. The audience was large one,
over 5000 people being present. Grand
Master A. X. Norton presided. The eX-
erciSes opened with the singing of an
ode by the entire audience. Rev. Joseph
B. Hingeley delivered a prayer, the
Anchor Lodge male chorus sang song,
and then followed the first address. 1t
was delivered by Frank NJ. Nye, whose
topic was "Friendship," the first of the
three symbols of the order.
Mr. Nye spoke with his usual elo-
Quence. Friendship, he said, was the
first OF the three golden links in the
chain which binds man to his God. The
origin of friendship dated back to the
dawn of Christian civilization, when He
who brought light and sunshine into
the world proved Himself to be the
friend of publicanS and sinners. From
the love ami friendship which reached
the Dublicans and sinners sprung the
light of that fraternity SymbOliZed by
the gathering in that great hall. Friend
ship embodied even more than love. 1t
gave to tie damp morass and meadow,
as well as to the lofty peaks of the
mountains, the love which spread light
over the universe, and asked no return
for it.
a Discourse on 'sLOVe.o
Rev. Marion d. Shutter spoke on
Love" During his discourse ne said:
1.-The test of an institution is its per-
manence. On the 9th of April, 1919,
this order was founded by Thomas
Weldey in the city of Baltimore. 4
monument is erected to him in that city,
with a Sculptured figure of charity on
top. But he has nObler monument in
the order itself. That has stood for q
quarter of a century. 1t does not decay
or crumble, but rather increases. Today
under the banners of this order march
one and a half millions of men, of
brOtherS-mOre than any army the world
has ever seen, a host of destruction, but
of Peace on earth and good will to
men, The test of an institution is its
permanence and the permanence of an
institution depends upon its principles.
What are the principles of Odd Fellow
ship? Friendship, love and truth. You
have the letters f., L., L. 10 the three
links, inscribed over many hall, worn
as a badge of honor, carved on the
tomb. The Odd Fellow goes up to
heaven with that motto stamped
on his heart and shining over
the eternal gates, and as he
approaches he 6eholds the familiar
words that he learned in the lodge room
Friendship. Love and Truth. Heaven
is friendship, heaven is love, heaven is
truth. An order founded upon these
principles must last, for these principles
are the framework of the universe. The
second of these words, Love, is my
theme today. 1t occupies in reality the
place il does in the mOttO-the central
position. 1t looks backward and for
ward. 1t is a sun whose beams irradiate
both Friendship and Truth. Without it
friendship would be impossible and
truth would be barren. In Moore's
poem, when the temple to Friendship
was completed, it was found, after all,
that Love was the presiding deity. In
the search and use of truth, love must
be the guide. The truth must be spoken
in love. Truth spoken for selfish ends,
IN maleVolent spirit, or for the purpose
of victory, becomes a lie. 1t repelS and
alienates. 1t hardens and embitters.
When you enter lodge room, you will
see pictured on the walls many a SYM
boil which speak of His supreme word,
Love.
THE lodge is one of those great forces
In the world which make for righteous
ness. it is not a substitute for the
church, but fellow worker. The king
dom of God does not come by one
agency. but by many. By all that tends
to uplift and brighten, is that symbol
seen on the walls of lodge rooms, the
globe emerging from clouds into SUM-
light to be translated into reality. Love
wherever it is found is the great re-
former and Regeneration. Now says
the apostle, 'abideth faith, hope and
lOye-theSe three; but the greatest of
these is lOve'-greatest in that imper-
iShable trinity. Why? Faith is the
battling element. IL strikes down op-
position. 1t wars with error or doubt.
Its look is upward toward the stars for
inspiration. Hope is the expectant ele-
ment. 1t throws the mind forward. 1t
lights the darkness of the future with
its torch. It's look is toward the horizon.
Love is the helpful and sympathetic ele-
ment In human nature. 1t does not kill,
it heals. 1t does not look to the stars or
horizon for its inspiration, but it looks
down in the eyes that are dim with sor-
row. Love dWells in the valley. doing
good to the lOwly, the humble and the
needy. Love comes nearest the heart of
man and is, therefore, dearest TO the
! heart of God"
At the conclusion of Rev. Shutters
discourse Miss Maud Ulmer rendered
the soprano SOLO palm Branches. -
She sang in a very effective manner,
and was obliged to respond to an en-
thusiaStic encore.
The Last Of the sSThree.,s
Rev. Joseph B. Hingeley took for the
last Of the three symbols as his subject
Truth" He gave brief and inter-
eSting history of the order and told how
the three principles embodied in the
three links were the secret of the won
| derful vitality and growth OF the order.