The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-09

and grand secretary were at Payson
! lodge No. 10.
Well, we are sorry for these who
We're not there, for the way No. 10 enter
tained the officials will not be forgotten
+ in a long while. Speeches that breathed
/ in every sentence the true spirit of fra
/ ternity were made by the new officers
and members. At late hour the lodge
/ closed and a sumptuous reDast was
spread, 10 which all did justice.
/ Mercur lodge No % and Rachel
( Rebekah lodge No. held a joint meet
ing on Friday to receive the grand
master and extend TO him every Dos
sible courtesy. The meeting, or rather
we should say reception, was a most
enjoyable one, and shows the brothers
and sisters of Mercur to be exceptional
hosts.
REBEKAHS- Sometimes very old
truths come to US in new
meaning 1t is recorded in the
book of books that a deep
sleep fell upon Adam and God
created women to be a nelpmate to him.
That seems to be the relation the Re
bekah branch holds to Odd Fellowship.
a sleep of many years has fallen upon
our good brothers, and the first sign of
their sleep was in 1915, when, a a meet
resolution was offered TO the effect that
it would be good idea to adopt some
measure whereby wives OF Odd Fellows
could make themselves known as mem
bers of the order
Did Schuyler COlfax know, when he
instituted the degree in 1851, what the
growth and outcome would be, know
ing, as ne did, the many fruitless at
tempts that had been made TO establish
a degree for women, owing to the pref
udice and narroWmindedness of the
brothers at that time? All credit and
honor is due to Schuyler ColfaX, the
founder and builder of the Rebekah
branch of Odd Fellowship. Rebekahs
aid in the establishing and maintaining
of homes for aged and INDECENT Odd
Fellows, their wives. Rebellahs and
widows of deceased odd Fellows, they
maintain homes for the orphans of Odd
Fellows as well, and hundreds of
children have grown up to bless the
name of Rebekahs for their instruction
and maintenance. The time is near at
hand when RebekahS shall make their
own laws. Let US hail the day with
gladness. Until that day dawns let us
not be idle. but let us do with our might
what our hands find to do. Let us take
Miriam as an example, and perform
those homely duties as Rebekahs. In
the performing of our duties, how many
opportunities present themselves when
charity of heart and words are called
for. as well as those of purse. There
is no soul so low or degraded but it can
be reached by love, kindness and SYM |
pathy; and herein lies Rebekah's /
power Let US use il TO the best of our /
ability If we are true Rebekahs We |
will never miss an opportunity of doing !
good. The watchword of the age is !
forward and the movement must /
carry with it a future development, a /
pressing forward toward a greater per-
lection if Odd Fellowship is to fulfill !
its mission in the future as it has in
the past.-Mrs. J. A. Shaw, of Illinois. /
Ester Rebekah Lodge, No. s, met in
Odd Fellows temple last Tuesday. The
members are all possessed of different
and whatever element is
lacking in one is made up by another:
they make it a. study to adjust these
discordant elements, and the
result is one grand harmonious whole.
Though they may differ in opinion
upon many things, yet they have a
tempered harmony among them. They
strike the golden mien whereby they
avoid the fury of destruction on the
me hand and useless inactivity on the
other.
The new officers did splendidly,
hough they were novices in their sew
sral stations. The officers study to
please, and succeed admirably, as not