The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-01
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Any young man of a good moral
character is eligible to become an Odd
Fellow. The order does not claim to
make an evil-minded or vicious char
acter better; but il does claim to make
its members have higher conception
of the duties of citizenship, of the OBJ
legations of a married man to his fam
lily and a young man to avoid evil as
sociaticns. Its members are taught to
venerate all that is good and noble, to
do unto others as they would be done
by. If we follow the teachings of the
order as laid down in the ritual we
cannot fail to become better men. We
believe in the fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man. We practice
the principles of friendship, truth and
love, and faith, hope and charity.
We have liberation for the opinion
of others, and never question a mem
ber's views on religion, politics or other
matters that do not concern us. Good
Odd Fellows act like honest men,
a wife never objects to her husband
becoming an Odd Fellow when she
understands its principles. and if she
became a member of a Rebekah lodge
they live in harmony, as both are serV-
ing a good purpose in their respective
fields of labor. No secret order in the
world has responded more generously
to the call for charity and financial
help in great disaster, such as befel
Chicago in the great fire, the Johns
town flood, the st. Louis cyclone dis
aster and many more cases too numer-
Gus TO mention in this article. When
a member is in distress and trouble he
is assisted materially by his lodge, and
if death enters his household, no more
tender and spontaneous sympathy is
received than what comes from his
fellow members.
Lehi. Payson, Nephi and Manti were
visited last week and the lodges in
those towns were found in a most
healthy condition. Nephi has % mem
bers and the lodge runs along harmo-
niously and the meetings are always
well attended by those in the town.
Several members, however are away
in the mining regions, but they do not
lose their interest in the home lodges
Temple City lodge No. % at Manti
has 2S members, many of whom are
railroad men employed on the Rio
Grande Western and Sanpete Valley
Railroad. They are promptly on hand
night to learn what they can
of the order and live up to their fra
ternal obligations. Brother w. J. B.
Steagy the past master, DR.. W. ]. Hos
ford, Brother J. II. Horner and Brother
Oscar t'roling are among the most
earnest workers in the lodge.
Payson lodge No. 10 has 20 members,
and every Thursday night finds a little
band of faithful brothers assembled to-
gether TO perform such duties as may
be required of them. To Brother II.
S. McCaune is due the credit of or
ganiZing the lodge, and his faithful
labors up to the present time are ap-
preciated by his brothers of the degree
of truth. Hard times has had a per-
ceptible effect on Payson lodge. but il
is not discouraged; it is awaiting the
of the cloud of financial de-
preston to give renewed vigor and life
to the organization.
Lehi lodge No. 26. which occupies a
pleasant place in the eastern portion
Of the town of Lehi, is energetic and
awake to the duties of the hour, hav-
ing a membership of 80 citizens of the
Town, who meet every Saturday night,
and carefully attend to the work on