The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
THE FRATERNAL SOCIETIES +!
Observation-Disclosures

The HOLIDAYS to some extent inter-
fered with the usual work of the fra
ternal societies, but still fair amount
of work was done. The installation of
officers of Mount Moriah lodge on
Monday evening was quite an inter-
esting event. The ceremonies were per-
formed by the grand lodge officers and
the attendance of members was good.
A pleasant time was enjoyed by the
knights TemDlar on Christmas day.
The time-honored custom of meeting
at noon on that day to hear read the
Christmas address of the grand master
was observed. Suitable responses were
made and the Knights drank the health
of their grand master with fervor.
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Mystic lodge No. % 1. o. o. F. on last
Monday evening passed a resolution
that hereafter when tine permits,
past grand of the lodge should instruct
the members in the secret work and
signs Of the order at each meeting.
This is right and proper for too many
of the members forget much of that
which the1r should ever bear in mind.
What Mystic lodge don't think of is
hardly worth thinking about at all.
She is, without exception, the banner
lodge of Odd Fellowship in Utah.
Members of other lodges, not only from
the suburban districts, but in the city
as well. find it profitable to drop into
No % of an evening and learn some
thing to their advantage. We are never
too old to learn, and an Odd Fellow
who attends lodge the most is the one
who not only knows the principles of the
order by heart, but lives up to their
sublime teachings and shows in his
daily life what good influence does for
mankind
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on Wednesday was interesting as US
ual, but the brethren gathered to-
gether for a generally good session.
There are no diSSeSSionS in No. 8, but
all pull together in q spirit of har-
mony and exemDlify the principle of
charity. Love rules the world and it
also controls The actions of No. 8. The
other city lodges held their regular ses-
sionS and transacted such business as
came up for action.
The reports received since the 18th
from outside lodges are very encour-
aging indeed, and show a generally
prosperous year among them. Their
annual reports to the grand secretary
will not be presented for two or three
weeks yet.
Grand Scribe w J. Moore is conf
dent that the encampment branch of
the order viii make a rapid advance
the comin= ve2r. and that several
new subordinate encamDments will be
instituted. This branch of Odd Fellow
ship possesses advantages and incuI-
Gates lessons that every Odd Fellow
should know and they should hasten to
unite with a subordinate encampment,
if they DO not already belong to one.
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When you enter the lodge room leave
behind you all thoughts and care of
the outside world. You are entering
the sacred portals that know no hate
or jealousy, and whose sole aim is one
of friendship. love and truth. Each
meeting you are expected to give your
best and purest thoughts toward the
aim of the order, and for the succor of
suffering humanity. You cannot do
this If your thoughts and hopes of the
outside world are brought into the
lodge room with you.
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Every day We are made aware of the
fact that death often comes when Ieest !