The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-13


that needeth not to be ashamed echo
ed the apostle Paul. To be a workman I
before God who needeth not to be
ashamed means something more than
to become known as an excellent sing
err or an eloquent preacher. 1t neces.
states a ministering to the temporal
and spiritual necessities OF all man
kind.
II am a member of the A. 0. U. w.
because IL is a medium through which
I may visit the sick, feed the hungry
and minister in a practical way TO the
temporal necessities of humanity as
every faithful preacher of the gospel Is
commanded to do.
THE word of God provides a test
for everything in life. and If you are
earnestly seeking to prove the truth or
falsfty of the claims of the A. O. U. w.
let us apply the God-given test: by
their fruits We shall know them
a good tree cannot bring forth eVii
fruit, neither can a corrupt tree prlng
forth good fruit Wherefore by
their fruits we shall know them
want to show you tonight some or the
fruits of this great organization, WHICH
though IL bears not a sacred name, Is
doing a work which is sacred In the
eyes of God and man. The apostle tells
us that Pure and undefiled religion
before God, the Father, Is this: TO
visit the fatherless and widow in their
affiiction and to keep himself unspotted
from the world If we are earnest,
honest and intelligent in our consider
alton of the work of this grand order
we must see that Almight God Is using
IL in doing the work which his church
i'm it's present divided condition cannot
do l mean this as no reflection upon
the consecrated men and women VINO
are in the church striving earnestly 10
do Christs bidding, but l would en-
phasize the fact that thousands or
Christian men are enlisted in the ranks
of the A. o. u w because they find in
II a way to obey Christ in ministering
to the temporal wants OF their needy
fellow men. The A. o. u. w. has been
in existence but a quarter or a CEN
fury, yet ii has gathered within its
protecting walls 344, S47 members whose
lives have been made more useful TO
God and man by a consideration of the
lessons of Charity, Hape and Protec-
| ton.
within the past 25 years the order
| has paid to the widows and orphans OF
| its deceased members $64, 1860, vast
sum, which the average nina Is unaole
| TO comprehend. This number of silver
| dollars placed side by side I'm straight
| line edge touching edge, would reach
out to a distance of 1873 miles. Stack
! ed one upon another we would nave a
| hundred silver monuments towering
skyward above the highest mountain
| peaks in Montana, and the work done
| nv these united workmen in the name
| of charity or love Is daily increasing
in magnitude.
During the month of October last
the amount paid out of the beneficiary
fund was $516,254. Do you realize the
| amount of money comprehended IN
that statement or the vast amount OF
labor required to disburse it? $5l6.2o4
per month would mean 17,20S per day.
S717 per hour. or $12 every minute. IL
would require six experienced bank
tellers working day and night 800 days
in the year to pay out this amount IN
silver dollars to a multitude of desti-
tute widows and orphans drawn up in
line to receive IL. These men are your
agents and mine, my brother, using
the money provided through the coop
GRAFTON of the United Workmen in min
istering to Gods afflicted children.
Who would not be identified with such
an order when they realize the neces-
sity for this work?
II receive no compensation from the
A. o. u. w. in any way for what
have said tonight, nor do l expect
any; but If this service should induce
some man to provide for his loved ones
by Joining the order, the knowledge OF
the blessing of that family after hus-
band and father is taken away, Will
should receive as gift from God the
insurance feature in this fraternal or
der. In these days of financial depres-
sion Il is a hard struggle for men to
provide the necessities of life for the
family dependent upon them. How
will II be. my brother, when you have
been taken from your dear ones? Car
YOU expect that delicate woman to do
! | what you could do? Listen: The WORD
! | of God comes to you tonight He thai
providteh not for his own is wors,
than an infideL' A man may provid,
, for his own If he will; he may know
, | that his faithful wife will not be driv
en- to life of drudgery, for his insur
ance will provide a home and educate
| his children when death shall have re
! moved him from this world. BY be
, coming an earnest, faithful member o
I the A. o. u. w. he may participate II
the joy of ministering to the multi
: tudes of the Borrowing ones of eartl
and rest in peace as he realizes tina
the welfare of his own is provided for
Husbands, fathers, neglect not this op
u portunity, for your responsibility 4
E your family ends not even with death
I "A word TO my brethren of the A. @
L. w. and / close. Brothers, you oc
I cupy an exalted position; the eyes o
! the world are upon you and their ear
y are open to the messages of charity
: hope and protection. for the faithful
: delivery of which a just God will hol
z you accountable. Every workman ha
not only expressed his belief in the ex
. istence OF Almighty God, but sits nigh
y after night before the open Bible |
" his lodge room listening to the divin
& lessons of charity. Our order teache
/ us that charity is that eternal principl
: emanating from the throne of Go,
: bridging the mighty chasm betwee
n humanity and Divinity. Charity. III
> brother, means a love for God whic
Il prompts an undying interest in III
= welfare of our fellow men. The work
man who understands the full impol
~ of his God-given mission will not onl
" ! protect his brother and brothers fan
y lily from the poverty of destitutiO
~ which lays hold upon the body, bl
= will lead him TO that fountain of trJ