The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-22


Following Is an abstract OF the adj
dress delivered by Professor ]. MeHen-
~ Jones. OF wheeling. at Bolton. Eng
land. June s. Professor Jones Is fra
ternal delegate Of the Grand United
order of Odd Fellows in America to
the English a. NJ. c.. In session at
Bolton. He was received with great
demonstration Of frlendllness and was
frequently interrupted by applause.
Professor Jones said, In part:
worthy Grand Master. oficers and
Delegates:-Your brothers from beyond
the deep aud rolling ocean, pllghting
their VOWS at the same altar, drinking
from the same perennial stream at the
fountain OF Friendship. warmed by the
influences emnnating from she glowing
Goals on the altar OF Love and wor-
shipping at the shrine OF Truth, with
Increasing affection. send fraternal
greetings and good viii to the mother
A. II. C.. In England.
Having for years attempted to make
known, through correspondence. the
love and gratitude the Order in Amerl-
q cherIshes toward you. have been
sent 10 emphasize and In measure
give voice to the enduring nature OF
chose sentiments. II has been now
more than half a century since a
few noble men OF our race. despised,
out-laRed and virtually expatri1ted.
turned their discouraged faces toward
this God blessed land. II was with feel
inEs OF mingled hope and fear that
these determined. righteous men made
their appeal 20 the Grand United order
OF Odi Fellows
Rising above the llttleness Of caste,
too great TO be mean, the Grand United
Order OF Odd Fellows welcomed our
fathers into the family OF mankind.
Holding aloft the torch OF Truth. the
order In England declared: fraternity
Is an ocean which washes the shores OF
every country. aad Its influence can be
bounded only by the jutting crngs OF
eternity" Fifty years ago. Peter Og-
den came pleading the virtues Of the
despIsed: In the name OF the widows
and orphans OF our brotherhood. /
come 20 thank you that his story was
believed He came bearing the petition
az the Oppressed l come 10 offer the
homage OF the free. Over him hung the
raven wing OF doubt: above me ex-
pands the rainbow OF eternal promise:
He came from the night In search Of
dawn; l come clothed with the morn
ing, expecting the hoonday. Like a
dove, bearing the olive branch, Peter
Ogden returned 10 the long-neSlected
ark. beneath whose roof our fathers Inn
patiently waited: bring back the
much cherished emblem OF peace and
with a full heart and open hands pre-
sent the greetings OF 10000 black odd
Fellows, whose lives have been inspiT-
ed and manhood strengthened by It's
significant teachings. II would not De
amiss on this ausplciOus occasion, 10
turn on their golden hinges the Eilded
leaves OF the past and take an inven-
tory OF the historic footprints left by
progress on the years that have flown.
"'Tis greatly wise to talk with
your past hours,
And ask them what report they
have borne To heaven,
And how they might have borne
more welcome news.
What a change has come over the
world since our fathers gathered first
around the sacred altar and pledged
their fidelity to the principles OF our
orderl What a breadth OF years meas
ured by the events which have crowd
"a into history since that act which
must ever endear their memories to
their race. The world has lived u
thousand years since then, so rapidly
has progress trOdden upon the heels OF
time.
Gladstone, the grand old English gem
tlemar, winning his spurs as n states
man, Lincoln. name sufficiently Illus
trious 90 illuminate any age, was
country lawyer. Grant was at West
Point at the foot OF his class. It was
the darkest hour for my people IN
American history. Every device that
hate could concoct, brain contriYe or
oppression execute, fell unchecked. up
on the bowed backs Of the poor for
Eaken negro. The return OF Peter Og-
den, therefore. triumphantly bearing
the charter OF English recognition. was
like a ray of light from midnight sky
In 1913, without property, without the
moral support of the community, with
out anything save our faith in God and
hope for a better dag we organized the
6rst lodge A decade after the instltu-
dion of the order In America, our num-
ber had grown to l,4s2. We now mum
her nearly 10000. We have expended
for sick dues during the past year. $685.
423 SO; paid to widows and orphans.
S4O.36O ~: paid for funerals. $1,000; and
after the expenditure Of this large sum
-aggregatIng S535,lsS 81. we SIN have
invested In funds and securities 81.
ss7. i5g. We have subordinate lodges in
thirty-nlne states, four territories. the
District OF Columbia. West Indies, Can
ada. Hayti. South America and Africa.
Our grand masters councils number
lg9. Our women also, have Joined with
~ In pushing forward the victories OF
our most humane institution.
Experience has fully demonstrated
that the union OF mans strength and
vigor, with woman's faith and SYM
uathy, in a friendly society, IS an act
OF the highest wisdom. Nowhere has
ante fact been more satisfactorily eX
emplIfed than In the organization OF
the Household OF Ruth. Side by SIDE
with the brethren our sisters. 10000
strong. are defeating thelF services "a
the sacred cause OF practical charity
Nor are they satisfied TO move along In
tbe beaten path, but with q more en-
frightened conception OF their needs,
they are proposing and organizing new
departments In keeping with the pro-
Rresslve lines OF their development
The last y. NJ. c., stamped with its np-
provai the organization OF Juvenile
I.odRes." 10 be controlled by the House
hold Of Ruth. Through this new or
gsnizatlon, our God-fearlng mothers
wives and sisters will strive to incul'
cate lessons OF virtue, economy and so
briety IN tho hearts Of the children. Toe
much credit cannot be given the wo-
men OF our race. The world has but
ono new woman-the Afro-Amerlcan
woman. In the face OF the most cruel
conditions that ever bllghted and out,
RACED womankind, our mothers, God
bless them, conquering fate, have out
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