The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-07


Jordan lodge No. 3 on Monday night
had a fair number Of brethren present
and the session was interesting
Ridgely lodge No. 8 on Wednesday,
met as usual and discussed fraternal
matters in an interesting way.N Old
timers were on hand to enjoy the So
ciety OF the brothers who are ever on
duty.
Enterprise lodge No. Is on the-same
evening met in the large nall. Many
members in speeches made before the
lodge in session reviewed their pros
poets for new year and by their re-
| marks showed a firm faith in the cause
and no reason to doubt the ultimate
spread of Odd Fellowship throughout
| the civilized world.
Utah lodge No. 1 met Thursday
night and there was a marked increase
in attendance that can only be ac-
counted for by the fact that a. new
year is a good time 10 make resolu-
tons for good. As good seed is sown
in the earth springs up and bears fruit
so deeds Of kindness and love towards
our fellows will surely bring forth the
peaceable fruits Of righteousness and
peace.
Salt Lake lodge No. on Friday
went through the regular routine of
business and some Of those present in
dulged in pleasant "reminiscences that
made the evening a specially pleasant
one.
Fidelity lodge No. II same night had
| a good session that all who were in
attendance enjoyed.
Marion Rebekah lodge No. had its
first meeting for the year on Saturday
last. Much enthusiasm prevailed and
the meeting was of much interest. A
| cordial invitation was extended to vis-
iting Rebekahs from other lodges.
Naomi No. 1 and Miriam No. 5 will
have a joint installation Of officers
next Saturday which will be followed
by a supper given by the sisters of the
two lodges to all present.
Installations-Ridgely No. 9 and En-
terprise No. Is will have new officers
installed on the 9th. Utah lodges Nos.
l, 2, and II hold joint installation on
the 11th-Friday. No. will have a.
Grand Master f. \. Parker mas been
in the city during the week.
Grand Master Parker, Grand Sec
rotary Thomas, Grand Warden Buckle
and Grand Representative Hoge went
to Provo on the End to install the Off
GERS of No. IA. y most cordial welcome
was extended by No. AS members TO
the visiting grand officers. The public
installation was attended by a large
number of outsiders who filed the
beautiful hall of IA. The Odd Fellows
Oh Provo are earnest workers for the
cause and visiting brethren are sure
TO feel at home while among them.
Even hard times cannot seriously
check the growth of Odd Fellowship.
Still, during the past two years too
many have allowed themselves 10 be
dropped. 1t would seem to a man up
a tree, that during time of financial
distress, a brother would make almost
any sacrifice to retain his membership.
If you are a Democrat, Republican,
Proh1bitionist or Popuiist, leave your
politics at home on lodge nights. If
you are Methodist, Presbyterian,
Catholic, Baptist, or a member of any
other sect, don't bring your sectarian-
ism with you. Put don't forget your
humanity, brothal,y love, or love Of
good, wholesome morals.
NO Brother should be elected noble
grand of a lodge until he is familiar
with the laws, rules, usages and work
of the order, let that time be either
one year or twenty after his initiation,
as the case may be. A poor noble
grand destroys interest in the lodge,
and brothers attend during the incun-
oency OF such an officer purely from .
sense of duty, and not from any pleas
ure to be derived thereby.
NO black ball should be cast on ac-
count OF malice toward or personal
dislike of an applicant. Look the mat
ter over carefully, and if the difficulty
is between you and the applicant re,
member that one man cannot quarrel
1t takes two. Perhaps you were as
much to blame as any one else Where
there is any doubt concerning the
character of petitioner, or in regard
to mis- health. give the lodge the bene-
ut of the doubt and cast a black ball.
DO not make a burlesque out of our
solemn ceremonies. They are calculat-
ed to make deep and lasting impress
sion upon the mind and lodges should
see to it that that impression is the
proper one The wounded Israelite did
not think it much of d joke when the
priest and Levite gave him the cold
shoulder; neither did the Samaritan
observe any thing ludicrous when he
cared for his fellow man.
We will, when this is printed, have
passed another milestone in our Jour
ney along that rough and rugged road
that leads from the cradle to the
grave, some accomplish the Journey i'm
a snort time, others acquire more than
the allotted three score and ten years.
why this is it is not for us to ask
Our duty is to so live that. no matter
whether our journey closes TODAY or
IN nifty years hence, we shall leave he
hlnd US the memory of a good life.
Wen spent Live as you should in this
world, and the next world will take
care of itself.
Knights of Pythias.
On Monday evening Calanthe lodge
No had jolly time 1t bsing New
Years eve, the time was spent in
pleasant entertainment and conversa-