The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-11
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The reports from the Odd Fellows
show week of satisfactory work,
with forty well-attended meetings.
for the absence of many of the broth
ers, and in consequence of which our
correspondence is somewhat abbrevi-
ated. The evenings have been prin-
cipally devoted to the advancement of
brothers in the degrees and regular
business.
For the present week limitations are
looked for in several of the lodges. To-
night Mystic lodge No. % viii! admit
a large number of members by lnltla-
ton, they having a long list of elect
ed candidates. Enterprise lodge NO.
Is elected last week two candidates,
and will probably initiate them on
Wednesday evening, and degree work
will no doubt be IN order in Utah
lodge No. and Fidelity lodge No. II
on Thursday and Friday nights.
Oquirrh encampment No. added 10
its strength three members at their
session last Tuesday night and had a
long session. as The three degrees OF
Patriarchial Odd Fellowship were con-
ferred on candidates.
REBEKAH ODD FELLOWSHIP.
Esther Rebekah lodge No. s on last
Tuesday evening had a capital meet
ing and the proceedings were highly
educational to the ladies, an hour or
SO being devoted TO the reading OF eX-
tracts, and short talks on the life OF
the late Schuyler Colfax. Quite
number of members took part the
fo SISTER
Ida Ewing, DR.. Luella P. Miles, to-
gether with Brothers A. J. Mcintyre,
J. F. Bolo and E. w. Loder.
On Saturday evening Naomi Re-
bekah lodge had their regular meet
ing, which was well attended, and
though not lengthy, the few hours
were passed socially and proftably.
We are enabled through the cour-
tesy of the Rev. ]. D. Gilliland to give
brother delivered at the seventy
seventh anniversary of the order, as
follows:
1t is we'll for us to stop occasionally
in the busy way of business, of thought,
or of life, and take stock, that we may
know how we'll the seed resolutions OF
the past have come to fruitage, and
that we may be encouraged to keep on
sowing for future harvests. Anniver-
saries are valuable whether Of the
church, the state, the individual or of
a society. Our patriotism is enhanced,
our religiosity increased, our personal
resolutions strengthened and the love
Tor our civic orders intensified.
The Greeks ever revered, and the
world has never forgotten nor ceased to
sing the praises of Leonidas and his
brave band OF three hundred Spartans,
who defied until death the hungry
hordes of the invaders.
The world vies with the Hebrew in
the sharing of the glory resultant from
the exodus of the children of Abra-
ham from bondage by the hand of
Moses.
So long as men deserve that which is
best, never will be forgotten the act of
Thomas Widely and his four conlpan-
ions in insitituting the Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows at Baltimore on
April 26 1919. and forming Washing
ton lodge No. 1.
The immortal Lincoln said in that
classic speech at Gettysburg, THE
world would little note nor long remem-
Der what we say here, but it never can
forget what they (the soldiers) did here
1t is rather for US to be dedicated here
to the great work they nave so nobly
begun" So here. it is for US with re-
newed zeal, frmer purposes and regu-
lated temper to resolve that by the
help Of the infinite the work of Wildey
and his comrades shall be carried on.
Odd Fellowship has a claim upon so
ciety because the order is a valuable
aid to it. Like the tree which is chosen
for its value to the orchard SO the order
is known and valued from it's fruits.
Odd Fellowship is not sentimental
This is an occasion and a display of
sentiment, but our religion and our life
are not constituted by such spectacles
War is not sentiment; men do not lay
down their lives or even expose them
selves to danger merely for the purpose
of show. Odd Fellowship is a matter
of every day work, of steady applica-
ton to duty, and is as building
erected upon the foundation rock of
truth, nurtured by friendship. upheld
and inspired by love.
Odd Fellowship progresses; not in
principle, but in the intelligence of its
members, year by year, decade by de-
cade. recognizing more and more the
design and prescience of the noble
founder, and by the added light of these
days are better able to do what they
ought.
Brother Odd Fellows and Sister Re-
bekahs, there is imposed upon each
of you the duty Of maintaining the
standard Of dignity and worth implied
in your obligations. Remember that a
church, a family or a society is judged
by the cynical world by the conduct
of the meanest member of the body
Let it be your present and perpetual
resolve that as for yourself, your record
shall be above reproach in all things.