The oasis., 1898-08-06

Without aid she would perish. Ans now Rebekah sees the little one sss with tears born Of the compassiop Y, her heart she takes it up, wraps bs, mantle around it and hastens win f, tO the home. ls not this worship, Is this not acceptable above? Vss,
 Sister, before you have reached yon. Orphaus' Home the Recording Anas, of Heaven has recorded your nams,s
 Heavens register tn letters of voS
 and all in capitals. The SamarI,ss by the roadside was wOrshipping C,oS as truly and acceptably as was m. robed priest who swung the censer h the temple at Jerusalem.
 Our order has been called the ''D,, mans order" because it's ministratio, Is among the lowly, the needy and tb. suffering; but among it's ministers ars fonud all ranks from the most humhs tu the most exalted in the land: anS this aggregation multiplies it's pows
 for good, for the most lowly can d, some good and 1t Is the duty of m. most exalted tO do all the good be can Pride should behold no one from ss. tering our ranks, in the crussd. against human suffering. We shou5 remember that He whose will hols, the universe in harmony, whose p,s cepts we all profess 10 follow, lived r the earth and died for us, and thr his first loving glance on earth sho,, out upon mankind from the manga at Bethlehem.
 fnl... ..f lao want and US c0ngeners Is the end spj object of the fraternal organization, and l prophecy, for prophecy Is ba the logical forecastlug of cOmin, things deduced from present exislig facts, that this redemption will be s5 cOmplished Leaving out the gfes. work being done to this end by lbs other fraUerna organizations. am using as unit the facts shown by th. statistics Of our beloved order, Sbil grounds have we for the predictloa Seveuty-nine years ago our 0fds counted in it's ranks only five men. ie day it numbers one million. Seyenlt nine years ago it had but one l0dgs today t has eleven thousand thfs hundred and ninety-six Seyenir i've years ago its resources were wbsi five poor working men could spare from their daily pay: today milIiO1 men contribute to Us fund. FOrlySI years ago it had no Rebekah mem- bers: today it has two hundred aud eighty thOusand; then it had DO Re bekah Lodges: today 1t has four thousand five hundred and seventy two. Thirty years ago 1t had DO homes for widows and orphans. todal it has twenty-siX Of value Of eigbl hundred and eighteen thousand da lars. These statistics show that l its advancement it IS more than keeF ing pace with the increase Ot pOpaIl tlOD in the land. Measuring popus tiOu by the rule of five tO a voter 0l order today covers with its wing he millions of people, sheltered ffOl want, and all this in seyenty-uin. years. These figures are eloquent a0i sustain the prediction Of the ult.maii accomplishment Of the purpose Of osi organization. AnG another p0sdr incalculaOie as Co the force which will exercise, IS the Order of Rebes5h composed of thousands of warm-beaIl' ed, intelligent women, and which a ready IS the greatest wOmans' s0ce3 l. in the world Under it's influence
 new impulse has been added, ali through it's agency the number sheltering homes for the widow lli the orphan has been increased IDS degree, as its purpose becomes becoa;, daily clearer tu the understanding q the good wOmeC of the country; $ F creasing in numbers, and in our le' ritory during the past year it DH
 doubled it's numbers.
 Brothers of Tempe Lodge, wOsl
 lodged in this new temple which 70. are erecting, you will in your woTS a unit; one of the twelve thOusau.
 like ten ples. You will be addles your part to the great sum Of bels' cence which our order is sheddls.
 upon mankind, and through il'
 coming years, although you VIII N come each year a unit of greater 7.
 gregation, you will still be eXerLss IHan