The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-27


great principle which bears the flowers
and frultage Of AL that Is sweet and pure.
Il Is the fruit OF the spirit. No friend
snip nor love can be true and unchanging
Selhshness, DR.. Schaeffer said. is the
meanest trait which can dominate a hu-
man soul. The selfish man is an enemy 70
himself, 70 his race and 70 his God Odd
Fellowship inculcates a love for our Eel
lowmen not united by race or creed. Il
IS love that reveals 70 Us the fatherhood
Of God, and the Brotherhood OF man
our order teaches benevOlence, said
DR.. Schaeffer. "A rich blessed benevo-
lencey not that calculating brokerage
which expects an equivalent for its dis
purseinents. but that generous spontan-
city which is always sensitive TO the touch
OF distress. Not that maudlin sentimen-
tahty which Is but an Impractical fanati-
cisn. but well ordered, systematized.
healthful philanthropy whose opportune
DeneIacuons not only relieve the ills ana
nistortunes of brother while living, but
bridge with faithful prOvident hand the
e.lasm OF the grave TO supplement the
scanty revenue Of the widow and assure
maintenance 10 the orphan It is not
mat ostentatiOus. pharae aIcal beneVO-
lence which courts the plaudits of the
world. but that meek-robed ministrant
OF good who turns aside n I'm the fretfui
mart the glare OF fashion aid the pOmp
o. OF pace, and, remembering the jewels
comes IKE a benizen from heaven to the
dDo9eS where poverty hides Its sad-faced
G 81 s1 where sorrow broods unpitied
a.
It's means upon the unresponsive air This
Is your heavenly mission.
49,, rms is wonderful time" said he
discoveries in physical science are trans
IorIilng the ordinary operations of busI-
ness ana social life, constantly creating
new new conditions. The intense activities OF
me age, the vast accumulation of world
~ attainment must be charged with fel-
ioWsnlp, love and truth. The materiaf-
t ism t 11'ss greed and selhshness of the
IN concluding his discourse. DR.. Schaef
t ter sald: The all-hail hereafter will roll
e eaS5 us shadowy portals and the splendid
e1iplre OF the future pay tribute to our
advancing. conquering columns Then
lnaesd, VIII self abjure its pent up utica
anu Dfotherly love WELD universal scepter:
the fortresses of hate shall be dismantled
ana razed, and over their ruins the banner
or 81. concord SHAH simmer, like sifted gold
us peaceful radiance Then in the eariy
morn OF humanity's deliverance. like
chimes or heavenly bells, shall ring out
our SWEEP hymns Of brotherly love. The
curse OF babel shall no more abound. but
ihFousnout the wide, ransOmed lands the
language of fellowship shall be the one
s sheI -tsonSued dialect of the earth. Then
Argos, unfurl its sails for the golden
neece OF the promised Colchis- the worlds
sabatic era. Then shall the breeze lln1ift
the mists from the valleys, and with rosv
Duskins, diamonded with dew upon the
eastern nils. shall stand the young aurora
unshadowed day whose mellow dawn the
prophets sang in ages long gone by, when
All men good be each mans rule, and
universal peace lie. like a shaft of light
across the land and like a lane of beams
a,tnwart the sea, through all the circle of
lover OF ss sd And , this when every
also a child OF Cod"
When the Odd Fellows returned to their
haH set of resolutions was adopted, ex-
pressing their appreciation of Or
Schaeffer's discourse in the highest terms
and requesting its publication in the
morning News Thanks we ole
tended to the officers and members of the
church for their kindness and to the
choir for its services
Remarks were made by Brothers w. w
CHISHOLM, j. T. b. Beckwith W. G.
travis, Thomas Gamble and d. B. Les
ter, all of whom expressed their pleasure
at DR.. Schaeffer's discourse. and endorsed
the ideas advanced.
Mr.. Beckwith in expressing his idea of
true ODD Fellowship quoted the following
beautiful little poem:
"a little stream had lost its way.
Amid the grass and fern;
A passing stranger scooped a well.
where weary men might turn;
He walled IL in and hung with care
Jade at the brink
He thought not of the deed he did,
But judged that all might drink.
He passed again, and 10!
The well, by summer never dried,
Had cooled ten thousand parching
And saved a life beside
A nameless man amid a crowd,
That thronged the daily mart
Let fall word of hope and love
Unstudied from the heart
A whisper on the tumult throng
transitory breath,
1t raised brother from the dust
1t saved a soul from death.
o, gem, o fount, o word of love,
o, thought, at random cast!
Ye wore but little at the first
But mighty at the last.
The Augusta Odd Fellows, who were ex-
pected to visit the city, failed to arrive
much to the disappointment of their breth-
rem here, who had made preparations to
receive them. 1t is supposed that the ex-
eursion, which had been planned. fell
through but no notice of the fact was
given the Odd Fellows here