The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-20
nARnI NOM EINrs Address

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RABBI BoNHEINIS ADDRESS
Before Welcome Lodge No. q, A. o. U. W.,
ON the Occasion of the Second Memorial
Day, January ~, 1903, ut Wheeling.
Master ROrEnlsH Offers, Members and Friends Of
Welcome lodge No o. A. D, u W.
When the history OF charitable or
CARNATIONS shall be fully written, our
Ancient Order of United Sorkmen will
fill noble page in the same,
All that ever was great and wise and
good among mankind owes its origin to
constant labor, to faithful work. All
the various benefactors OF humanity,
those whose names we find engraven in
TIT history OF the world, who have been
u blessing to their fellow beings, were
men who applied themselves faithfully
and diligently to their chosen task.
They were tpOrkmen in the fullest mean
ing Of tho word, who by their energy
and toll produced ipnumerable bless.
ings which generations after them en-
Joy. :.
When God created the world we find
that everything necessary for mans
existance had already been made; the
grass OF the field, the fruit-bearing trees,
the fowls OF heaven, the fishes OF the
sea, the beasts OF the earth, AT last the
masterpiece OF creation-man-Was
placed in the garden Of Eden, to have
dominion over all; but high mission
was connected with his superiority over
all created beings. God, in his loving
kindness, places man in this beautiful
world-ip a garden OF Eden-not for in
activity, but to develop and exercise his
physical and mental powers; he is to
become the keeper and cultivator OF
Gods creation.
And so it is every mans destiny to
become workman, co-laborer in the
great chain OF humanity. All faithful
men who lived before us have worked
for us and we reap the harl est OF their
labor. We enter this world and we
must take up tho work where they
have LETT off We must tie our thread
to theirs where it was broken, we must
continue to build where they were COM
PEELED to stop We must try to bring
to happy completion that magnificent
temple OF humanity OF which they laid
the foundation, but which they we're
unable to finish. But shall we not
meet with the same fate, will NOT our
thread, too, be broken, will not our
work DO interrupted also, ere it is half
finished, and what OF that? Others
will step in and take our place and con-
tinue the noble work wo began, and gem
erations may come and 60, the temple
OF humanity will at last be
erected and stand complete in its
full splendor and glory. This principle.
is the foundation on which the Ancient
Order OF United Workmen rests. One
works for the other, one assists the
other, and even death, the strongest
power on earth, can neither annihilate
nor destroy the wonderful mechanism
of this great machinery. And why is
this? Why is death powerless to destroy
the foundation OF our organizationP All
that has its origin from the earth will
return to the earth; death will cause its
decay, and it will return to the sub
stance from which it was taken, but the
spirit that emanates from God can never
decay, it cannot be changed and death
has no power over it. A sage who lived
many centuries ago. expressed the fol.
lowing thought: "The world ia resting
upon three things: Upon the Divine
law, upon the worship OF God and upon
charity" In other words, the world
could not continue to exist without re-
spect TO the Divine law, without &C.
acknowledgement and reverence OF God
above us, and without charity. And
80 it is, that wherever civilization is to
put up her noble tent, the Divine law
becomes the cornerstone and the civil
law is re.echoing each and every Sin
attic word.
Visit the court rooms in all civilized
countries, open their Law books and you
will find the Divine law is the very
foundation upon which the great struc.
ture OF civilization is resting; no com.
munity can exist without it. And the
feeling for that Divine law must be con-
stantly nourished and fostered, aud
man, the dust born, must bend tho
knee in reverence before his maker.
And so affairs are built and churches
erected in which We approach our
Heavenly Father.
Tho third without which the world
could not exist, is charity. 1t is d.
vino attribute by which man was cre-
atod What would this world be with
out charityl The coolest region on
earth could be made moro endurable
than to live in community where this
divine ray is withheld from us.
Charity is not only manifested to-
wards the poor. but tho rich are like
wise in need thereof; it Is not extended
to men alone, but also towards animals,
not only towards the living but also to-
wards the dead. And that charity
which we manifest towards the doad,
has in so far the greatest virtue, as VIC
cannot expect any reward from our do.
parted friend,
Aud 1t strikes me, my brethren and
friends, that tho noble founder OF the
Ancient Order OF United Workmen,
whose memory wo celebrate to-day,
was actuated by these lofty principles,
and in his wisdom founded the order
which has now become one Of tho
noblest, worthicst and best organiza.
tons in this wide world
And why has 1t TO record such phe-
nomennl suCCesa2 Because IL holds
dear to the three principles cnumer.
atod, and mnke' charity tho cornor
stone Of It's structure. II would III boht
this noble occasion were / to make
propaganda for this pure and simple
order but lot me only in II passing way,
point out to you the hundreds and thou.
| sands Of fAtherlOsB children who have
| been benefited without any great sacri-
fiCo 10 their fathers whiloliving. Think
Of tho large number Of woe.strlcken
widows who have been upheld aud Bus.
tanned by the strong hand Of our An
Ctont Order Of United Workmen, Lot