The oasis., 1898-08-06
, ancerul and rloaaen, Tribute.

IsgS. have beeu published, and incOr- porated therein Is the address of our fellow Lownsman. Judge Eb Williams, at the laying 0r the curner stone Of the Odd Fellows temple at Tempe, Thursday, April l4th. Following are the eloquent words of Judge Williams: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
 We are assembled here today tu lay the corner stone Uf d temple tu be dedicated tu fraternity, aud, in speak. ing of fraternity for the few minutes that l shall be able tO address you, shall follow the line of such ideas As may suggest themselves to me.
 Through all the ages of the past, ever since man began tu give expres- sion JO his thoughts, he has been dot ting the earth with monuments and edi ditices. Apart from those which he has erected Tor purely utilitarian pur- poses all the rest are simply material expressions Of sentiment. here little heap of stones in d desert tO comme. mOrate some compact Of friendship: there a tomb tO express sorrow; wonder d monument to tell of a triumph: m another place temple expressive of adorati0n; but all, from the little heap of stones to the grand cathedral, are but materialized ex- pressiOn Ol thought: simply song of jOy, Ol sadness, of hope. of love, of adoratiUB, written in stone; and our brethren Of Tempe, in erecting this temple, are but adding anuther stanza tO the grand anthem of fraternity which our order k singing tO the world
 or structures uf this kind we see all over our Christian land churches de- dicateu lu the services Of .he Most Hlgh and beside them lodges and temples dedicated To fraternity. These ediiices are not the haDitatiOns Of meu. They are sanctuarie> in which are eushriued ideas, principles and sentiment, and tn which men meet tO labor for the propagation uf those sentiments They constitute two groups Ul meu. working for the same end; animated by the same divine command: striving for the bettermeni, of mankind. They are 50 intimately blended that no difference should ex. ist between them, and if any chasm of prejudice separates them, they should bridge il with the strong cham of Friendship, Love aud Truth and meet upon its center link and embrace
 And where do see this intimate relation Of church and lOdgey or re- ligiOn and fratcrnityy When the great teacher to whom both profess to bow, whose dictates are recognized ar the guiding rule 0f both, was on tue earth he gave tO mankind two dicta which cOmpfehended all re- quisite for mans happiness here and heleafter The first. Thou shalt lowe the Lord thy God with all thy heart and him only shalt thou serve, f and the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself '" Fraternity is the religion of the sec 0nd great Commandment
 II mankind could be brought into submission tO these two command ments, hOw beautiful the world and life could be- The cry of want would he unheard; the rights of men would be respected and all would stand upon the blaine of equality: oppression would cease; the scepter of tyranny would be broken and all those sad scenes of wrong, outrage and cruelty which blacken the record of nations and stain the souls of individuals would be no more; but alas. Mankind is wayward, and so the world is full of want and suffering.
 Am l wrong then in styling frater- nity the religion of the second com mandments Has it no worship that is accepted in heaveny May l con- trast the form of worship of the two religions? And here, believe me, that l speak of the Christian religion with bowed reverence and profound re- spect.
 It is bright Sunday morning, the doors of wonder grand cathedral are open. see thousand men and women there. l hear their mingled