The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-04
THE ODD FELLOWS
They Celebrate Their Seventy
Eighth Anniversary.
THE EXERCISES SUNDAY
A SERMON BY THE PRESIDENT
OF TRINITY COLLEGE,.
1.-THE PERSONALITY OF CHRIST"
A Fine Musical Programme Under the
Direction of Prof. Bryant. Met
ropolitan Hall Crowded
With People.
1.-THE PERSONALITY OF CHRlST'

afternoon at Metropolitan Hall. The Occa-
sion was the address of Rev. DIR. John
G. Kilgo, of Durham. president Of Trim
ity College, to the Odd Fellows of the city
of Raleigh.
The galleries filled early, as well as
the lower part Of the hall. The front
two-thirds were reserved for the Odd Eel
lows who came in later.
Among those on the platform about
Dr. Kilgo were Rev. DR.. "A. Nj. Simms,
of the Tabernacle. Rev. DR.. Norman,
of Edenton Street, Mr.. Joseph G. Brown,
Mr.. C. NJ. Busbee, Mr.. w. G.. Douglass,
Dr. Dinwiddie and number Of other
prominent gentlemen.
DIR. Dinwiddie, in behalf of the Odd
Fellows. very appropriately introduced
the speaker. Meanwhile the Odd Eel
lows had filed down the middle aisle, and
filled up nearly all the space, except that
filled by the Peace Institute girls, who
had come in earlier.
The afternoon was balmy with a ten
dency to GOODNESS, but not cool enough
for gala effect from the ribbons and flow
ers on the hats of the women, young and
old, whose faces presented radiant pic
ture from the stage.
All these blithe results were heightened
by the chOruses that were rendered on
the stage some by selection Of young
men, Others by charming choir of young
women. Among the young women was
Miss Smith, of Peace Institute, who sang
very effectively a solo, and Misses Mer'
rimon and Robbins, whose delightful
duette inspired the vast assemblage.
In such an atmosphere, DR.. Dinwiddie
stepped to the footlights. and was follow
ed by Durham's eloquent young pulpit
orator, DR.. Kilgo.
PROGRAMME.
The musical programme was as fol
lows:
Dear Lord Remember Me."-Air by
J. B. Herbert-Messrs Newcomb, Reed,
Mitchell, Norwood, Overton. Baumann
Cooper, Bruner.
Duette-"Hark, Ny Soul" -(Shelly)
Misses Merrimon and Robbins.
Trombone Solo-"Romance."- D
Turner.
"One Sweetly Solemn Thought (Am-
| brose)-Misses Merrimon, Robbins, Mi
nor, n. Young, D. Young and Mrs. J. A
Briggs.
Remember Now Thy CREATOR
| (Rhodes)-Male double quartette.
Vocal Solo-"Come Unto Me. -(Coeh
nen)-Miss Enid Smith
Nearer Home" (Tenney)-Male
double Quartette.
The musical programme was under the
direction of Prof. G. w. Bryant, of Peace
Institute.
DIR. KILGO'S SERMON.
DIR. Kilgo began by saying that he was
| not an Odd Fellow, though some people
| thought him a curious fellow. He said
that though he was not a member of the
Order, he thought that if he knew all
its secrets he would find that all the best
things in him correspondent with the prin-
ciples of this noble organization, whose
record of charity and good deeds in Raj
eigh and elsewhere was something to be
proud of.
Not knowing much of the internal
workings Of the order. DR.. kilgo doubt
ed whether he were the proper man tC
select to preach on such an occasion, but
having been assigned the duty he had
come to preach the gospel to them just
as he would to other sinners.
"The FatherhOod Of God" was his sub
ject, and he took as his text John TIA
And the Word was made flesh, anC
dwelt among us land we beheld his glory
the glory, as Of the only begotten of the
Father, full of grace and truth" Ii
this the speaker said, could be found the
cardinal principles Of Odd Fellowship
friendship love and truth.
The Apostle John, he said had the
most original mind of all the New Tesla
ment writer's. He was more of n philoso
pher than he was a narrative historian
He viewed Christ Jesus from differen
standpoint from any other of these writ
ers. He begins his history with the fol
| lowing remarkable words: I'm the be
| ginning was the Word, and tn,
Word was with God, and the Word wa:
| God. All things were made by him
| and without him was not anything made
| that was made. In him was life and tn,
life was the light of men,
| This continued the preacher, ''i
a very ultimate statement, very com
| prehensive one. 1t sweeps the Who'll,
range of Christianity, the entire realm O
| human thought and divine will. Th,
writer begins with the origin Of al
things: In the beginning was the Word
and the Word was Cod
| ''All of those rich elements Of divin,
| character represented in Christ are de
rived from God-the Fatherhood from
which all things spring and upon which
the universe is founded. Christ is Cox
talking to himself eternally, says {
| Welsh preacher.
| 81 belong to that school of Psychology
which holds that no man can think with
out wOrds-that words are made as in
struments Of thought as we'll as means fol
| conveying thought. No man can thinl
| beyond his vocabulary. No literature il
| larger than the vocabulary in which i
| is written. Greek literature is no large
| than the Greek vocabulary; Roman lit
erature is no larger than the Latin Ian
| guage, or English literature than ths
| English language. 1t is for this reason
that the English speaking people have tn,
greatest and best and richest literature
the world has ever known. They have
the largest vocabulary. So the plans Of
| God are only limited by the life and char
acter and powers Of Jesus Christ. There
isn't a law in all the universe that ISM
planted there by the very power Of the