The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-13

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American Ordef OF Odd FELLOWS, gain
cred into II, 222 subordinate lodges, with
a membership of s25, s29-to which
should be added the Rebekah branch,
bringing the total Of men and women
connected with this style of Odd Eel
lowship. to 100000. dealing in round
mum berg, of brothers and sisters.
In England the Manchester Unity
Odd Fellows from which the American
order sprung, and was constituent
until 1842-4S. numbers 10000, with
100, 600 others gathered into its juvenile
lodges: and. in addition to these two
great societies, there are minor4l lodges
of Odd Fellows to the number of about
200, 900; SO that the aggregate of the
men and women connected with orders
of Odd Fellows sworn to uphold the
principles of friendship, love and truth
in the earth-is not far from 100000
souls, of which our branch constitutes
one-haf the total membership.
From whence came this great army,
banded together and pledged to visit
the sick. relieve the distressed. bury
the dead, and educate the orphan; or.
in other words how arose this great
brotherhood to make concrete the prac-
tice of the golden rule? The reply to
this inquiry today, would be far dit
ferent from what it would have been
in the early part OF the century; ana
at all times would be governed by the
disposition of the person interrogated.
OF one fact we may rest assured; no
institution with millions Of income like
odd Fellowship, and millions of dol
lars Of disbursements annually, ever
'.growed" like HTopsyi or arose by
chance. Leaving for the moment all
elements of it's organization, one su-
preme suggestion presents itself to ac-
10 sN nf
order From the beginning no lodge
of Odd Fellows has been opened, any
where, but what the first question
asked has been: Whether any brother
was in distress of in need of assistance.
This question, and its answer IN nara
cash, has marked the order distinct
from all others contemporary, until
very late period of the present century.
AS an eminent brother (now gone 10
his rest) observed: Whatever may be
said Of the conviviaHty of the first
| lodge, or however much we may differ
! from others as to what is becoming IN
aid Of a brother processing friendship,
! love and truth. it must be admitted TO
| the credit Of the pioneers of ODD Eel
! loWship, that they never lost sight OF
| the fundamental principles of recipro-
| cal relief, now SO marked a character
! jstic of the society. Who shall say 1t
was not loyalty to this characteristic,
SO opposite from the cold charity of the
world. that has made Odd Fellowship
! touch and overshadow so much else in
| the earth?
! Local Lodges.-Now that the winter
| will soon be upon Us, a new life has
| taken hold of the lodges. Where leth-
argy formerly prevailed. activity and
hustle now hold the fort. Mystic No.
| % on last Monday had, as usual. a
well filed hall and the meeting was of
! interest EnterpIasing members are
I thinking up new schemes to interest
| the lodge and its friends when the
cold and dreary nights arrive NO
I dullness is ever permitted in No. 22
Ridgley No. on Wednesday had a
! larger number out than Usual, and
what with remarks from two visitors a
MOST enjoyable evening was spent by
ALL The members of No are all old
stand bys and find much Of pleasure
in these weekly gatherings, when
brotherhood is above every other con-
sGderatien- ~
Enterprise No. Is met the same
! evening with average attendance. The
| business of the lodge was transacted
eXpeditiously, and some time given up
! TO friendly discussion of various mat
tiers pertaining to lodge prosperity
Utah lodge NO. l met Thursday. 1t
! is unnecessary to say that many we're
there, for it is a regular thing with
| No. to witness most of the chairs
! filed, and the session made interest
| ing by talks BY old faithful brethren
| who love the order and their lodge as
true Odd Fellows
Grand Representatives Thomas and
Butcher, both members of No. l, have
departed for Springfield, H., where
they Wia work together for the repeal
of the obnoxious official receipt law,
! which has caused SO much angry dis
cussion for nearly a year The law
must go, and any, grand Representative
who defends it, will find himself With
out a constituency. sr
Jordan NO held a short session on
Thursday and found the gathering
profitable for all present.
Salt Lake No. 2 met Friday with an
augmented attendance. which bid fare
well to two of its oldest and most
worthy mernbers-Judge E. d. Hoge
grand guardian of sovereign grand
lodge and Theo w Whitley. grand
representative, both of whom depart
this week to attend the sovereign
grand lodge session in Illinois. TINS
Judge takes with him afhdayltS OF I'M
portance in an accident insurance cast
wherein a brother here, meeting WITT
an accident some time ago, failed &c
recover from an accident insurance as
ISOLATION whose headquarters are ir
New England and who insure Odd Eel
lows only.
Fidelity No II met with much sue
cess at it's Friday meeting, the mem
bers and officers taking an active in
terest in all matters that were brought
before the lodge. The officers are ear
nest. conscientious workers who fine
lodge work a labor of love.
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There was a good attendance at tht
convention of Zion Lodge No L
Knights of Pythias last Friday evening
One candidate was instructed in tn
pages rank and two in the rank o
ESQUIRE. Under good of the order
some very nice talks were made b!
visiting knights and members of tht