The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-16
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Who can say when they will cease to
act for the pleasure and profit Of man
kind? Let him first tell when the flow
/ ers shall cease to reproduce Them
selves and the summer rill to swell
into autumn torrents. Let him place
barrier to the wave; let him shade the
whole earth from the beams of the sum-
Love and truth are in the soul of man
like soft sap in the flower bud, and
they will expand it into beauty and
! fragrance.
Friendship, love and truth Would
to God that these words were ever be-
fore us, written as in fire. They are
/ divine words. They are sure tails
mans against misery; and they are
eternal, even as he who is all love and
all truth. We progress in them now;
we shall progress in them till eternity;
till they are ours even in their fullness
and their strength; and the soul shall,
| by them, be expanded into its native
majesty, and endowed with the power
which is it's right. Friendship, love
and truth" They are glorious words,
and they are to be the watchword of
good brotherhood and good sisterhood,
of feeling and purpose, of minds and
hearts. They should be-nay, they are
written upon the eternal heavens in
the light of the undying stars. All
nature proclaims their eternity, for
they are, and have been, during all
time. We must wait in patience till
the veil is lifted from all things, and,
as in the clear sunshine of a spring
day, friendship, love and truth be re-
vealed to us; no longer mysterious in
/ their beauty, but strong and perfect
in their unity.-Minnie Otto in New
Age.
Local Lodges.-Utah lodge, No. 1, on
last Thursday, had quite an interest
ing session, in spite of the severe
storm which kept many away. Noble
/ Grand Chiverall is hustler and don
/ propose that the members of his
lodge shall lose interest-at least, dur
ing his term of office. Business was
discussed and speeches made, which
caused all to feel that they had spent
a pleasant evening in their lodge room.
Salt Lake lodge No. 2, every Friday
night, finds every elective officer and
many past grands present, as we'll as
/ scarlet degree members, to see what is
| going on at the session. That veteran
Odd Fellow, Judge E. d. Hoge, is al
| ways present if health permits, and
many old-timers are seen at every
meeting, proving conclusively that the
officers know how to make the meeting
interesting.
Jordan lodge No. 8 met Thursday
| last. There was a small number pres
| ent. on account of the storm which pre-
vailed during the greater part of the
| evening. The next meeting will wit
ness a large number of brothers pres
ent, and more vitality in the lodge
work.
Rfdgely lodge No. met Wednesday
as usual. The officers were at their
stations promptly at o'clock, Several
regular attendants helped to swell the
| throng, and what with regular routine
work and talks by those present, a very
interesting and profitable evening was
spent by all.
Enterprise lodge No. Is also met on
Wednesday night. Nothing of import
ance transpired, and the session was a
! short one.
Fidelity No. II finds that Friday is
the best night in the week to hold its
regular sessions. The members are al
ways there and need no urging to at
tend lodge. They know what the lodge
is for, what is to be done at the meet
ings. and they are there to do it. The
officers are capable, earnest men, and
know just how to make everyone
member and visitor, spend a pleasant
evening without overriding anything.
The degree staff of this lodge, in con-
junction with No. 2, do splendid work
and one who witnesses their maneuvers
| speaks of them in the highest terms.
what the brothers of No. II are.
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Rebekahs-Naomi lodge No. 1 met
Saturday. The number present was ev-
idence of the interest taken in Rebekah
work by members. Many were there
and many took part in the deliberations
of the meeting.
Ester lodge No. meets tomorrow
evening.
Tent No. of the Maccabees held a
very interesting and well attended
meeting on Friday evening. The
beautiful lessons of fraternity were
taught in a very intelligent and i'm
pressive manner to eight applicants, as
follows: Edward Hopewell, S. A
Crager, Edward Meakin, w. c. Van
diver, Henry Stevenson, c. E. Downie
w. F. Gray and G.. A. Pierce. After
the initiatory ceremonies a pleasant
/ hour was passed in short talks and in
teresting stories.
The newly made members expressed
in emphatic terms their pleasure in the
evenings ceremonies and their appre-
citation of being members of such an
institution. Words of welcome were
said by Messrs. Meakin, Brooks
Hanchett and Wight and for a half
hour it was a commingling of con-
gratulatory. words and genial hand
clasps.
On April % a special meeting was
held for the purpose of knighting J.
! c. Gleason and e. G.. O'Donnell, the
former having to leave the city, was
anxious to have his loved ones pro-
! tected should misfortune overtake him
while buffeting with the world over
life's uneven road,
| Mr.. John P Meakin is working with
tireless energy to make Tent No 2 a
success both in numbers and in the
quality of its membership and success
is crowning his efforts. Though the
! world is dark and drear and low selfish
! ness and dishonesty stalk throughout
the land the blessed truths of frat
ernity are being sown and a few hon.
est toilers are in the field who are de-
termined to do their part towards
making this old world bloom and
blossom like a rose under the cheering
rays of fraternal sunlight.
The future happiness Of this world is
simply a matter of moral or intel
lectual development. tbs Ignorance
| that makes men sin. Wisdom does not
allow it, Fraternity teaches man his
duty to his fellow men. 1t teaches that
each person is a factor for good or evil.
1t develops the higher traits in man
and points the way "out OF darkness
into light"
Freedom and reason make US men
and under this banner we leave the
| swamps of vice and low life for the
broad and sunlit fields of pure intel
lectuality.
Fraternity is aiming to remove as
far as possible from our language the
words, stranger, master and servant
1t teaches that our charity must be as
boundless as the desires and wishes of
humanity 1t must be as broad as the
seas and as generous as the SUM-
| Every pure fraternal man or woman
| stands upon an elevated plane and