Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18
THE GRAND LODGE |. 0. 0. F.
splendid Condition OF the order a.
shown by the Address OF the chief
"mccr'-somc Interesting Lodge
News.

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met this morning at Lookout Inn and
We're welcomed 20 The state by cover.
nor irier Turney in speech full OF
hospitality. lie was followed py Mayor
ochs, who welcomed the visitors to
Chattanooga and Hamilton county. The
response was made by Grand sire Il.
L. Campbell, who Expressed the pro-
found sense OF gratitude felt BY the
ODD Fellows az this distinguished wei
come given them 10 Tennessee and
Chattanooga. Mr. Campbell said In
part;
"ohieers and representative; once
more 1t is my privilege 10 welcome
You TO the annual session Or the
soveringn grand lodge. when you met
In Atlanta twenty years ago the luris.
dietion forming ,he territory recognized
politically as the southern states COM
,nined less than 6Ooo odd Fellows. To-
day the brotherhood In the same Sec
tlon spproNimates 10000. a net Increase
during the year under the sovereign
grand lodge OF s2.Ss7. making at the
end OF 1895 membership OF isoles, or
including tn. sisters ar tho psb,l,t
d.ero, sso-,, 49,.
S'''' '"''s'"V'V'F eve
"eh'es " Noiu growth Adding some
$4,000 members In foreign Jurisdiction
shows n total OF ahout oiq ooo a, a..
ana -, ,eo, .r,
,,,a.. i'''' nv 'NpVnulture OF w.
M"'Vpu Tor purposes OF relief Is a SUM-
Client evidence OF the nctivity OF odd
"a, ,a.,t.,, -, :,
- JANUS mas not maternity
changed DURING the year. Among the
Teutonic nations OF Europe very good
prnpress hns hecn made as ,,r ,,,n,
g.. a.. ~. -.
wv ''P"'' ~ WI 7PeN'"i uepu'y'
bfother Herman Block,
Among the Latin nations. whether
IN Europe or Ame,icn ,hc ,,,,,,, a.,
~, 49,.
""' NVrN satisfactory IN SWEDEN the
state OF the order has warranted me In
acting on the authority Won gnve mo
Inst y,sst,, ,,1 49,. ,.,,,,
80" nav "'" W '"V
iuus'N III thul country ~ eharier FOR
grand lodge, The publication OF the
riuinl In The swedish LANGUAGE hnvtr,r
be.n n,uhn,t,oa h,, ,.,, ,,,,.,a,,,,,,
~ u"iieiu'iui'
was prepared by Amicitia Lodge NO.
D. oi awyuen;
an Durins an1 year hummer OF resi-
uentA ot Naples' ltniy' joined IN re-
quest for charter FOR a lodge In
men e,ly, am prepared 70 recon-
memo thhl their request b. granted, In
we course OF correspondence with
Brother Block ON the Naples petition
! had occasion to discuss with him a
aut.Atoh when, whlle II has not at
ualIed any prominence IN connection
with odd Fellowship, has more Or less
, ",sa o,he' ns"1s', ,, saelstioa IA
EUROPE ana that ~ tue development
Of Atheism among certain classes OF
The people. odd Fellowship, while u
Is free from anything OF a seclarian
| character, has always held belief In n
supreme being az cardinal principle,
and has maintained the fatherhood Of
Coo as a doctrine ~ equal Import
nnce win the brotherhood OF man.
concerning the quaitles nud htlrlbutes
OF me Divine fhther' II nus never un-
dertaken 10 pronounce win ~uthority,
nor does u question we moral ehnr-
hcter ana good cltlHvhshlp OF some OF
those VINO declare INIT lhoS nave no
pelet IN supreme peihgi " simply
exercises the flEhl on uh tulunlai as-
socihtons To preselpe ihe quhllnea-
tons for membership IN US own circle.
Ana " mas lnalAteu ana u"eN sun insist
that belief In God Is necessary 10
attain or retain a place within Our
ranlts
THE only part OF Britith
North America not heretofore
occupied by us Is the colony
OF Newfoundland. but po-
tltion was received from 81. J1hus,
the capital OF the island. AMI a SHIRT
time glnce n charte- granted FOR a
lodge.
"'rhe only section throughout
our entire jurisdiction where
nenre md harmony does not
nrovel ia Tho state of Kan
"a. rho .itnntion tbnre viii be
,'r,,,,,,h, =, .,,r a,topttnn ,,d doacrvsa
'.,',,- ',.,i,,,,, DISQUALIFICATION M. ordsy
~, .iit Asu,,a,t t's. ,o, na.,,
~ Atl'ai ~ 1870 -. -. 49,
luio' iuI hohlt W ~ eah' ',,N ~ ~,
been mustered mo svrN,ec sHlV, US,
september Inc oour th.l vas hu"Peve
By the sovereign EiHhu lodge iaht y'sr
for the government Of the fAtIlatehH
Militant Is caphpl" 81 considerable I'M
proyement. The tact ~ thnt " Is only
modification Of the old system WITH
out the advantage " competent and
efficient stan at headquarters Tor the
general management
',rherr are only two plans for the
proper management OF an organization
~ mis- Kind. one IL a centralized gov
rrnment with a strict military diBcip-
line. the other Is complete local govern
mcnt, subject only TO general laws.
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