The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-29

JIG Tate of Nebraska, Past Suprem'
Master Workman Delivered an Flo
quent Address-Ohcers Elected for tn.
Ensuing Year.
The A. o. L. ". association met yes
terday morning and although the wea-
tner was threatening, at half past nine
O'clock they made short parade, led
by the Winfield band, and the uniform.
ed team from lodge No. %. Several ap-
propriate floats We're used TO illustrate
the interests of the order. The ex-Sec-
ond Regiment band also took part in
the parade, and all the grand officers.
The parade returned to the Auditori-
UNI in time for the meeting to begin at
l0:30 O'Clock. After music by the Win
field band, Miss Eudora Woods sang
The Better Land" and was loudly en-
corei, when she rendered ''Sleep, Baby
Cline" with a voice rich and beautiful.
She was accompanied by Miss Daisy
Woods on the piano.
J. G. Tate OF Nebras ska, past supreme
master workman, then made one Of the
most eloquent and effective addresses
ever heard in the city. He said in part:
'Tt was fitting that we should listen
- two such songs as these. No institu-
ton has done more for the little ones
Of this country than our beloved order.
Father Upchurch was the crowned king.
an5 the Ancient Order Of United Work
men is the teweled queen Of fraternal
organizations Our first Breath is cry,
our last a sign. The struggle Of hu
man life is to be crowned with victory.
Men have been trampled upon in the
struggle 10 obtain victories In the ply
steal conflict there is no victory. Death
must come The arrow Is direct, and
you and will receive the fatal thrust.
All must die.
Two questions come to us, then.
Where will the arrow find me? Wheth-
er in plenty and comfort, when L have
deposits in the bank and the house [
am building is completed, when 1 am
ready and prepared for it. Who can
answer? No man can answer when the
grim monster will find him. The next
question Is: Is there any place where
can find for my wife and children safe
~ through an open door. Yes, q tenn
pie there is where every widow and or
phan can find protection, and over its
door is written A o. Z. W.
This order has had a marvellous
growth, wonderful in its membership,
with character of graduer.'
Here the speaker gave an illustration
CT cutting from the block Of granite, and
cutting the face from marble. and said
Twenty-nine years ago thirteen mechan-
les stood beside the human quarry, and
in the human blocks OF granite, cold and
?orbidding they saw only the poor house
and the wash tub. These men had |
looked over the figures of the insurance
companies and saw no hope there for
their loved ones, 50 they brought to this
human quarry, and with tear dimmed
eyes they began to chisel. with Charity,
Hope and Protection for their tools, and
with these they have carved out the
great Temple of Protection, and now
see its wonderful proportions.
Others have followed in our wake, |
they have grown out OF US, and when |
the members of these other institutions |
pass by this temple they should take off |
their hats for their mother lives there. |
Go back to the little brick house in |
Meadville, Penn, where these mechan-
les assembled. Did they know what |
work were doing? No. a thousand |
times no. They worked better than they |
knew. and when after their work they /
fell, they fell on the very stairway 10 1
heaven. The order westward took its |
yS5rlt from Meadville. and stayed not in
its march until ii had reached from sea
70 O1oA % al h
had read in a New York newspaper fur
nisned him an illustration. He said:
This old ship. the A. o. L. w. had
been in business since 1868 carrying her
passengers and had never lost a passen-
ger. If you want to protect your friends
and land them in safety, take our line.
You. my brethren and my sisters. are
not passengers. You are the sailors |
The only passengers we carry are the |
widows and orphans and fathers and
mothers. We have stopped many a
time TO lay away some sailor over board |
but you can't find a case. not a single
one, where we have laid passenger
away while on the voyage. We have
p7et every death loss promptly. We are
told tha- the A. o. II. W. is a new
thing, and when the novelty wears off il
Will die. If this is true We ought now
TO turn over the keys We have no
business in it
He here called attention to the growth
OF the Salvation Army. as new thing.
ana how il had lived because il was do
ing good; because it puts the white
hand OF innocence into the black hand
OF crime and lifts your boy and mine
from the slums OF iniqui5y and crime.
and saves them.
Newness worn off the A O. L. W?
No! Why. you trust your lodge. You
never ask any question about its homes
~ or Integrity. You feel so safe that |
You never go - lodge. You pay your |
assessment, ana trust it to protect your
family when You are gone. and It will I
DO i. Il Will protect your wife and
children, because there Is no blot of
doubt OF financial dealings.
Why the teaching Of the order makes
the craft OF the old 4. O L ". a bet
ter defence 70 the old flag than all the
battle ships ana standing armies Of the
country. j
The speaker here told a story Of DO
hceman stopping the trafic in one OF :
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