The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-04
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!. TIE FRATERNAL SOCIETIES
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The secret societies have now got
fairly down to business again A
retrospect Of the years work shows
that good and satisfactory progress
was made and every one OF the or
CARNATIONS has increased its member
ship during the past L months and is
in excellent shape to wage an active
campaign of usefulness the coming
year. The fraternal societies are do
ing a vast amount of benevolent and
charitable work and are truly boon
to the community at large. They feed
the hungry, clothe the naked and COM
fort the distressed and are ever vigil
ant in looking after the widows and
orphans.
ODD Fellowship is progressive in
character, and uplifts mankind. All
who beo )ine Odd Fellows are made
better, unless their characters are such
that goodness and purity have no IN
fluence on their minds. Some who
wear the three links" are odd Eel
lows in name only; others show IN
their daily life that the teachings and
principles of the order are taken to
heart and they are, in many instances,
living examples of the cardinal prin-
ciples of this secret order.
The local lodges have had a COM
paratively dull season for the last two
weeks. but now they are preparing for
installation, which takes place soon
on the 18th the following lodges viii
nave officers installed by the Grand
lodge of Utah: Utah No. !, salt Lake
No. ., Jordan No. s. Fidelity No. Ia,
and Mystic No. il. Ridgely and Enter
prise have a joint installation on the
10Th.
Fidelity lodge No. Il, held its regular
session with a fair attendance of MEM
bers and some visitors present, and
started the year with one OF the bust
est sessions for some time, lasting un-
Ill a late hour. Two applicants were
elected to membership and the lodge
expects to confer the first degree on
Friday, Jan Is. Members of other
lodges and visitors in the city are par
ticularly invited 10 be present on that
evening The lodge accepted an in
vitation from No - to join with it in
a union installation on Monday,
Jan. II.
Naomi Rebekah lodge No. l and
Miriam No. Will have their officers
installed on the 9Th by d. ID. CT. NJ.
Sister Higson. who will appoint her
officers to assist on that occasion.
Ester Rebekah No. has installation
on the 18th which viii be conducted
by Sister Higson, as authorized by the
grand master.
on Saturday last, Miriam hogan the
new year by g most interesting ses-
sion with a large turnout of members
and visitors.
Ester No. s, tomorrow night, will
hold its first meeting of the new year,
and a fun attendance is desired. Mrs.
s. NJ. Higley, who is about to lay
down her authority as presiding officer,
Will retire with the best wishes of the
entire membership. She has proven a
most capable and amiable noble grand.
Sister Trethewey, who viii assume the
duties of noble grand, is we'll qualified
for the position, and all bespeak for her
a successful term. The other officers
elected are the unanimous choice of the
lodge and viii not fail to give satisfac-
ton in their several official positions.
The grand master and grand secre-
tary, with some other officers of the
Grand lodge, will visit several subur-
ban lodges this month and install the
A member of Riley lodge, Kansas,
writes an interesting letter to the
Western ODD Fellow, in which he mar
rates that one of the members of the
lodge, q farmer, had been sick and I'M
able to do anything for over two
MS corn was standing un-
gathered in the field and winter, with
its attendant storms, was fast ap-
and the outlook for the un-
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indeed gloomy. 'On the 18th of No
vember. says the correspondent, All
the members of our lodge who could,
old and young, professors and non-pro-
fessors, came together, with a number
OF neighbors and friends, a. the home
OF the afflicted brother, and gathered
MS corn and cribbed it all in good
shape, in less than eight hours. There
was 80 acres. Of 1t, and it was esti-
mated that 5000 bushels were
gathered
Here is a lesson in practical Odd
Fellow ship which should leave a deep
and abiding impression upon the mind
IF every person cCgnizanU of this dis
interested act of Kindness and neigh
boriy assistance; and vet It was only (
out the preceptS of the order (
There is no principle more clearly
demonstrated in the workings of our
order than that of the great universal T,
brotherhood of man Even the foes of I
secret societies must admit that this /
principle is the great foundation stone /
IF odd Fellowship, and that it is COM I.
nendable. One cannot help but ne i'm +
PRESSED, in reading mans history from 1
he time Of creation. by the fact that !
Tod intended this idea to be predOmin- /
mi in the characters of men. No I
raternal or religious organization that ,
loes not have this principle for its
oasis Will ever make any great strides /
oWard the reformation OF the world
jacketed theology that stands /
md draws her skirts closely about her [
md shuddeTs at the sight of any one
Feeding a helping hand, viii never ac-
anything because she has not
earned this principle.
Being descendants of our father and
,ur mother. it is easy to understand
hat each man is part of a great
The bible is founded on
he fatherhood OF God, which implies
he brotherhood of man. Jesus Christ
aught that all men We're brothers and
xenplified his teachings by visiting
Il the houses Of earths vilest And
hUs il is natural that Odd Fellow
hip should thrive, for it stands as u
wing example of the power that the
3ea of brotherhood exists over the
minds OF men. The obligation is bind
ng uDon mankind. whether belonging
o 2 society or not, and we can easily
ee that the method OF fulfilling it is
implied 10y the workings of odd Eel
)wship.
orr order may be criticised and con-
emned, but there comes a time in the
fe Of every man when he feels the
eed of its benefits. not so much those
f a pecuniary nature. but the fraternal
vmpathy that he does not receive out
ide of the order II is in a time such
5 this that the principles of our or
er are seen in their true beauty if
hey are carried out. 1t is safe TO
az that no member appreciates the
alue of the order until he, through
1Ile cause, is in such position that he
helpless and dependent, and then he