The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28

| cumstances. Readers of this paper
have read few weeks ago of the
death of the grand chaplain of the
| Illinois Rebekah state assembly from
the pen of that gifted sister and past
| president, Sister Harris of that state.
1t was stated that the chaplain was
praying when she sank TO the floor I'M
conscious, and that death followed a
| few minutes later. The report of that
assembly, with the description OF the
sad death of the sister in the National
Rebekah, states that the last words ut
| tered in prayer by the sister were,
Bless those in affection
As she had uttered the word afflic-
tion she sank as if about to kneel, and,
while sinking, she uttered the last
word distress" in clear voice. The
sister died while praying for those in
af1ilctlon and distress, and was, per-
maps, at the prayer unaware of the
afiiiction and distress in her own case
Such pathetic incidents remind us of
not tell. we cannot realize, how near
our end may be. We should at all
times be prepared, for the happenings
| in every day life teach us that clearly
and distinctly
One Of our most important duties to
which we are obligated TO attend with
zeal and attention is to visit the sick
There are manv unaware, however, of
the proper duties, behavior and manner
in the sick chamber. Our actions in
the sick room must be governed by
circumstances and the character OF
the Illness with which the patient is
afflicted. In q case where a patient
does not require constant attention and
care, the visit should be of short dura-
ton, and the patient be not made to
say much or answer many questions.
| n -i0lr oh, ,l.e.r. &c IA
for the purpose of seeing him or her,
and inspire their heart with confidence
OF recovery and hope of a brighter fu-
ture. 1t often happens that visit of
long duration will exhaust the patient,
who is ever anxious to appear not as
sick as he or she really is. They will
talk and try to be bright, only to pull
back in an exhausted condition at the
end Of such a visit. Instead of being
a pleasure, such a visit is harm to
the patient. Others will enter and be-
fore reaching the sick chamber will
say that they had heard that the pa
tiont was very low, probably not ex-
pected to live, etc, and had called to
extend their sympathy to the afflicted
family. It happens at times that the
patient will hear the entire conversa-
ton and will not be in any hopeful
mind. There are, of course, cases
where constant watch is necessary, and
experience teaches that quietness in
the sick chamber is one of the best
features to be adopted and practiced.
Loud talking should never be INDUCED
in or allowed in the sick chamber.
Why is a subordinate lodge like a
railroad?
Give it up, I suppose, Ell?
Well. a subordinate lodge is like a
railroad train because there is an Of
ficer at every station.
Our deputy grand sire, Brother Pin
kerton of Massachusetts, has advanced
in the order at a phenomenal rate of
speed. When it is considered that he
became an Odd Fellow when only q
years of age, and has during that time
climbed the ladder to the last rung,
it must be conceded that he has been
very busy going through the chairs of
the subordinate and the grand lodge,
and is now on his way to the highest
chair and honor in the order. His
election as deputy grand sire in the S.
G. L. last September, where he was
successful over several other candi--
dates, seems to indicate that he is held
in high esteem by the members of the
supreme body. There are members of
the S. G.. L. at this time who were
members of that body when the dep
uty grand sire was not even yet a
member of our order, and some of them
have not yet succeeded TO that honor
able and exalted position of grand
sire.
Salt Lake camp No. So Woodmen of
the World will hold an increase meet
ing and social at their hall in the Odd
Fellows temple tomorrow evening. An
interesting programme of exercises has
been prepared for the occasion, and
refreshments will he served during the
evening. Chips viii begin to fly at
7:45 sharp.
The A. o. Z. w. held their ordinary
meets with the exception of Hercules,
the time of its meeting falling on
Christmas night.
Temple lodge had good meeting on
Monday and transacted a fair amount
of business.
Eagle Gate, as usual, had a big time
on Wednesday evening. Two candi-
dates were initiated and one applica-
ton for membership was received and
referred to the proper committee Some
very interesting talks were made and
a pleasant and profitable time spent.
Salt Lake Valley lodge had a fair at
tendance on Thursday night, and
large amount of routine business was
transacted.
A. o. T. w. Guide: Some
of our sensitive brothers are
afraid we will injure the order in Min
nesota by agitating the question of
graded assessments, when it is not
likely that this jurisdiction, of it's own
volition. will make any change. Two
years ago, when Illinois was authorized
to adopt a graded assessment, the
Guide was the only paper to condemn
the action of the supreme lodge in al
lowing the Illinois Jurisdiction to vio-
late its obligations with the old mem
bers. This was the first action of the
supreme lodge towards destroying the
fraternity of the order. The predic-
ton of the Guide then was that such
action would create discord in the
lodges. and tend to drive the older
members cut from the order The
promoters of the Illinois scheme, as
soon as the plan became thoroughly
understood, soon found a rebellion
started in every lodge. Active depu-
ties were put into the field, each of
them armed with plausible statements.
that if all the brothers would acqui-
eSce in the change that the assess
mentS would soon decrease in amount.
and that the old men would pay no
more than under the level plan. Money
was spent freely, and as a gain was
absolutely necessary to continue the
system, especial efforts were made to
organize new lodges. With a grand
hurrah they succeeded in showing a
gain for the first nine months of trial.
But the assessments did not decrease.
or show any sign of decreasing, and
the old men were paying so per cent
more than before the change, while the
members were paying so per