The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22
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| THE FRATERNAL SOCIETIES



Odd Fellowship is the religion OF
humanity brought into practical appli-
cation in every day life. With the true
Odd Fellow, mankind are his brothers,
the world is his country, he is pure
minded, temperate, gentle and kind.
Mystic lodge No. % anniversary on
Monday night last was most delight
full occasion. The audience completely
filed every available space in the lodge
I hail. and all were in a genial mood,
anticipating an entertaining pro-
! gramme, in which they were not disap-
pointed.
| The first number ON the card was a
happily chosen overture given by the
orchestra of No. %, followed by the
address of welcome by Brother Charles
A. Short. He is a good speaker, well
informed and knew just what to say
on such an suspicious occasion. Mr..
Fred Graham sang a solo, which was
well received. Recitation by Professor
Byron Cummings, an excellent selec-
ton. Flute solo by Brother G.. w.
Hedger, recitation by Miss Ruth Ed
redge, who needs no introduction to a
Salt Lake audience, for she is in de-
mand constantly as q reader OF I'M
usual ability; selection by orchestra,
soprano solo by Miss Nellie Druce-
Pugsley, sweet singer of Zion. Ad-
dress by Rev. A. L. Hudson. Brother
Hudson manages to keep his hearers
spell bound, for what he has to say is
we'll worth remembering. Solo by Mr..
John Robinson, a choice selection well
sung, recitation by Miss Margery Null
vey, a young miss of extraordinary at
tainments; selection by orchestra, fol-
lowed by a most dainty supper well
served. The whole entertainment re-
fleets great credit on the committee
who had the affair in charge.
Ridgley lodge No. met on Wednes-
day night with many brothers filling
the chairs, and the officers at their
stations. The noble grand called the
lodge to order promptly, and proceeded
with the business on hand. When the
good of the order is reached, it
brings No. 8 to a point when the meet
ing is appreciated and the time well
improved. Something is always said
that is contributary to good, as the
lodge is a huge repository of good
things which have been brought in to
be given out.
The outlook for No. is encouraging;
everything has a propitious appear
ance, and the prospects are certainly
more favorable than at any time in
the past three years. The members
fulfill their mission and perform those
duties that assist all good Odd Fellows.
They work with their might and with
their hearts on the noble cause, real
izing that the order is a blessing to the
land in which we live.
Enterprise lodge No. Is had their
usual large attendance and after trans
acting regular business were drilled in
the floor work
Utah lodge No. Thursday night had
an average number present. Prepara-
lions are already under way for OBJ
serving the seventy-eighth anniversary
of American Odd Fellowship.
Salt Lake lodge No. 2 met on Friday
night, and listened to some excellent
remarks by members on the state of
the order.
quota of members present, who at
tended to the business of the evening
and discussed matters of Importance.
Fidelity lodge No. il also met on
Friday, and as they never miss an
opportunity of doing good they have
their hands full in looking after the
welfare of their members.
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True fraternity tends to cultivate and
beautify the mind, that inward person
whose adjoining is of much more con-
sequence than that of the outward. AS
bad as the world is frequently repre-
sented to be, an individual can never
purchase its respect and confidence by
& show of style and-good clothes alone.
Unless there is, or is supposed to be,
some increased merit, some good and
useful character, some traits which
are admitted by general consent to be
meritorious and praiseworthy, the seal
of public disapprobation is placed upon
that person. And this brand cannot be
removed though its Wearer dwells in a
palatlal home and covers his person
with priceless gems.
The principles and teachings of fra
ternity bind men strongly in the ties
OF brotherly love. The more impress
sive and intimate the tie is which
unites human beings together. the
more deep and lasting is this sympathy
and the more sensitive are they to each
others joys and woes.
The charity of Odd Fellowship is the
synonym of love, love for the brother
hood of the order; the antipode of sell
fishness and every thought, word and
deed which discards self interest and
self advancement and seeks in any di-
rection the good of a brother-that
charity, the love of peace, the perfec-
ton of every virtue.
ReverSeS in life very often produce
marked changes in the disposition of
men; many becoming morose, or Gym
ical, or melancholy, or hard and I'M |
or retaliatory, or sour
and grabbed, or taciturn and moody. |
1t is no uncommon occurrence to hear |
people remark how such and such per-
sons have changed. Upon examination |
it is found that disappointment, losses, |
and betrayals have been
too much for them, and have robbed |
them of their cheerfulness, their gaiety |
their easy going ways, their kindli- |
ness, their buoyancy, hopefulness and /
generosity. They now neither see nor !
enjoy the bright side Of things It is |
here that the value of lodge fellowship |
steps in and offers a healing balm to |
the stricken brother to offset and sup |
plement what he has lost. The hand of |
friendship and the grip of brotherly |
love will go a long way toward heal |
ing his wounds, and it is trying ex-
oeriences such as these, that can prove |
It's value by showing that in very truth |
Odd Fellows are his comrades, ad- |
visers and friends, bound by a fra
-ernal covenant to render mutual as
'istance. In such a way only can the
rue fraternal relation underlying the
whole superstructure of Odd Fellow
ship be properly exemplifed, and it |
S in such trying experiences that the
contrast between the worldly man and |
he true brother becomes manifest.
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The nominations are now all in for
grand lodge officers, who will be voted
,or at the last meeting night this
month of each subordinate lodge. All
past grands in good standing are elig-
bic to vote Following are the favored |
mes w. o. Corlis for grand master:
John NJ. Breeze, deputy grand master:
=. %. Hubbard of Park City, grand
warden; w. j. Moore, grand secretary;