The San Francisco call., 1896-10-09
Matters Relating to Reincorpora.
tion of the Orphans Home
Discussed.
GOOD OF THE ORDER REPORT
Important recommendations for the
Guidance of Subordinate
Lodges.

VALLEJO, CAL, Oct. 3-The third
days session of the Grand Lodge of Good
Templars was an interesting one. The
morning session was occupied almost en-
tirely in considering matters relating to
Incorporating the Orphans Home.
A very affecting scene transpired upon
the entrance of Past Worthy Chief Tenn plar
Hoag in the Grand Lodge. He had just
come up from Fresno, where he had at
tended the funeral of his wife, and while
on the floor Past Grand Chief Tenn plar
Kanouse stepped to his side and, taking
him by the hand, started to sing in a low
voice "Shall We Gather at the River2'
The response was taken UP by the entire
mem bership and at its conclusion there
was scarcely dry eye in the audience.
Consideration of committee reports was
then taken up and acted upon as follows:
Your committee on good of the order have
taken under consideration the various matters
comm itted to it and recommend the following
for adoption:
That portion of the grand chief templar's re-
port consisting OF the preamble we recognize
and heartily indorse. We also recognize the
fact, as stated in clauses numbered l and 2,
that we never have recovered from the unfor-
tunate rupture which occurred in 1884 and
1885 in our order. We can only deplore the
Indifference of the class referred to In our
great work.
To the class referred to in clause we
regret that any should become weary in we'll
doing and retire frcm active service in the face
of the foe, or that any should neglect the du-
ties of the subordinate lodge for the less impor-
tant, though possibly more conspiero Gus. posi-
ton in the Grand Lodge, or on pubic occa-
sions.
Your committee is OF the opinion that in
order that member may be able to become
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useful member of a subordinate lodge, and as
a step in that direction your committee would
recommend that the Granu Lodge constitution
be so amended that the credentials or certii.
ca te eli election of delegate from a subordi-
nate lodge of this body shall set forth the fact
that the elected delegate has been in attend
ance upon his subordinate lodge for at least
one regular meeting night per quarter during
the past year.
TO those mentioned in clause of same re-
port we have no word OF censure. We recog-
nize the w. C. T. U. aud the various church
and religious societies as most worthy aud
wel,-appointed organizations. doing a grand
work and surely as our most noble allies, and
wish them God speed.
We are sorry to have any sever their counec-
ton with us, but We can truly congratulate
ourselves that as prior temperance organ
iZation we can own them as our offspring, and
we will still labor on in the faith; that our
der is most potent for good; that we have the
ideal organization, whereby the whole family
circle is complete within the lodgeroom. with
no distinction of race or sex, and that our
work p ainly teaches the great thought of
fraternity and Christian principles of the
fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of
man.
We cannot particularize other paragraphs
from to IL. but admit in general the cor
rectness of the report. In reference to para
graph IL. we deprecate the lack of Chris tian
or even fraternal charity often exhibited be-
tween EN- bers toward those who may differ
with them politically or otherwise.
Do not let us lose sight of the fact that we
fro nd har nv mn nal nj
legations, cemented by common experiences
and desires; that we are reformatory in char
acter and educational in our nature; that we
come from all ranks and party afiliation, with
10 desire other than patriotic: thai our SYM
pathies are alike for the advan cement OF our
common cause, and thatwe differ in Judgment
only. Our platform is broad and complete;
lett us live up to it according to the best light
God may give.
the grand chief templar''s report we find ably
dealt with in the grand secretary's report. We
think the latter has we'll settled the matter by
saying that uniformi in the order is ne
cessity, and as the Supreme Lodge has the
matter in hand we advise letting 1t rest until
some future session.
The line of work as reported by our Grand
Lodge officer shows new lodges worthy of
special mention. We hear tily indorse the idea
OF encouraging local workers and the 'hand-
fraternal lodge visitations, and that wherever
practical more than one night be given our
Lectures in each place.
The grand vice. ce-templar's report is worthy
of Endorsement by this Grand Lodge.
That portion of the grand secretary's report
referee to your committee has been already
dealt with in general way.
GEORGE KELLOGG,
+. Nj REYNOLDS,
THEo ID. KANoUsE,