The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-28
I. O. o. f.

It has been a. great week among
the odd Fellows of Salt Lake City and
Ogden. The grand lodge officers have
been officially visiting the subordinate
and Rebekah lodges in the two dis
tricts and as one we'll known brother
SO well expressed it, history during the
week has been made, and words and
deeds recorded in the archives of
Utah's grand lodge that time will not
efface, those that will come after will
never cease to quote the presidents
that have been established by the
grand body within the past few days for
the government of its wards.
Four evenings of the week have been
devoted by these representative men
10 visiting the Salt Lake lodges and
Two evenings have been spent in Og-
den. Grand Master Lutz has had
with him on the circuit d. G. NJ, j. 7.
Buckel. c.. w, W. Q. Coarbis, G. Sec,
w. J. Moore, C. Treasurer, L. L. Hub
bard, G. Representatives J. j. Thomas
end Z. D. Hoge, G. Marshal ]. NJ.
Breeze, P. G. M, H. c. Wardleigih and
others. These visitations are pleasant
and profitable both to those visiting
and those visited in nearly all cases,
but the officers have no easy time,
far from it, on their part it is a
labor of love, a sacrifice of valuable
time and of more or less expense. The
fraternity therefore when notified of
their coming unanimously welcomed
them, and appreciate highly these Oc-
casiolal occurrences. Unnecessary
business is pigeon holed, and the
members look for instructions, reports,
ind words of counsel and advice from
their superiors.
There is but little business to report
Ill ring the past week with the eXcep-
tion of work in the first degree in En-
torprise lodge No. 10 and the initia-
ton of two candidates in Naomi Re
bekah lodge No. 1 on Saturday night.
A number of Odd Fellows attended
tha funeral of Brother L. II. Grave, a
member of Enterprise lodge No. Is, on
Wednesday afternoon, the obsequies
being under the auspices of the Wood
men OF the World, a sister fraternal
organization.
With the exception of Tuesday and
Thursday evenings the subordinate
lodges have been filled with the MEM
bers of the order. both by lodges hold
ing joint meetings and scores of visit
sng brethren. The meetings have been
the scenes of many friendly discus
sions. The members have listened
eagerly to the views and advices of
hheEr superior officers, and much good
has been given and received. Among
the many who have made noteworthy
discourses, other than the regular Off
GERS were p. c. NJ. Wardleigh, of Og
den; P G. NJ. t w. Whitley, Grand
REPRESENTATIVES Hoge and Thomas,
with a number of the principal mem
5ers OF each lodge. Among the many
subjects touched upon were the prin-
ciples of the order in their scriptural
sense. and their close alliance with the
interests of the country and the church
of the true Odd Fellow, and how he
by his good example, both in and out
of the order, unknowingly raises fell
low man nearer the throne Of grace.
The belief was renewed that if any
were ever inspired by a divine wisdom
no carry message of love, justice and
charity to benighted men. assuredly
we're those five men of Baltimore, when
sn 1919 they so well planted the seeds
of a, reformed Odd Fellowship on this
continent.
acknowledges the gospel of the great
order. when. in discussing the merits
Of secret orders generally, ne briefly
stated that all true beneficiary orders
opre their existence to the spirit of
charity. They are the children of the
church in the sense that they were
horn under Christian influence. They
are auxliiaries to the church in the
work of benevolence. They are CO.
workers in the great cause of human
stv. in the arlelioration of the human
race and in the promotion of the in
nerests of mankind.
These meetings are of the highest
Importance III the work of the ordel
and are oftentimes of much more pub
~ good than the sessions of the grand
ihoeies. for their effect is felt at once
7,nan (he masses. and there is nothing
IN them bat good to those within as
well as those without the pale o.