The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-27

/ Importance and value may therefore be
measured very largely by the accom-
/ pllshments and the service rendered to
humanity by a man, a society or a
thing.
Beliefs change, nations rise and fall
| great armies are slaughtered in a day,
! the heroes of yesterday become the rem
/ 1nlscences of today; but the work of
/ redeeming the world, and relieving the
distressed, is more alive now than ever
/ before
THE society that clothes the naked
/ ana leeds the hungry; that protects the
widows and the orphans in the hour of
distress; that exemplifies the doctrine
! OF the brotherhood of man. and breatheS
/ the spirit of fraternity throughout the
world, has a right to live and will live
| so long as there are little feet to shoe
/ and thrObbing hearts to soothe.
NO one factor in the worlds prog
/ ress has contributed so much toward
| fraterniziEg men as fraternal, bene
| hciary societies, and as the Ancient Or
/ der of United Workmen is the recog-
/ nized parent of this highly respectable
! and every where honored family, the
1 children Will pardon me for saying that
! the parent of this glorious institution
! IS entitled to the greatest amount of
/ credit. This order was the offspring
/ OF need, and was nursed to manhood
/ and power upon the bosom of want.
! But it has demonstrated the possibility
/ and the practicability of fraternal, ben
+ efciary life insurance.
Whether you believe in evolution or
/ not, you must cOncede that with every
revolution of the great machine that
/ moves the world some new thought, a
/ fresh spark is thrown into the heavens
! Of life which assists in Illuminating our
/ pathway between the shores and in re-
/ HeVing society. in a measure, of it's
/ weights and burdens. 1t is always
/ darkest just before dawn, and when the
| world was at its darkest period a new
star arose, a new thought was evolved
/ and a new idea was born. There must
! be new word to convey this stranger
! to the world. No language contained
| it; no tongue had ever spoken it, nor
| writer penned it, Nothing was pure
| enough, grand enough, high enough,
| deep enough nor broad enough to ex-
/ press the height and depth and breadth
of this new idea The highest ambition
| in life had been the crown of king,
the role of a prophet or the robe of a
priest but each and all of these failed
to bring relief or furnish a lasting foun-
| dalton upon Which to build social or
| der that would satisfy the demand of
human hearts. Thrones crumbled to
| dust, prophecies failed and priests were
| despised The world was selfish and
the writhing, seething mass was actu-
ated by selfish motive. To live and love
and die for others was therefore new
and startling to the majority, as it
was an acceptable boon to the few.
'Agapa' What did it mean? What
]
ii or heard of it before. 1t was new
word in the Greek language. They
could say He saved others, himself He
cannot save, but they could not under
stand His love for men.
7 do not understand nor compre-
bend the word war. If 1 wish to know
what that means, will ask the veteran
with an empty sleeve and SCARED
body; 1 will ask the man who has kept
time to the thrilling music of the fife
and the drum; 1 will ask the man who
| has undergone the long weary march,
| and faced the shot and shell of battle.
| He and he alone can define the term
| If you should know the meaning of
agapa-translated Charity-ask the
man who lives and loves and tolls for
/ others. Don't ask the man whose
] heart is steel and whose God is gold.
/ He will tell you it's all myth. If you
would know the meaning of A. o. U. w.
! ask a dead WOrkman's widow or his
! fatherless child. Brothers, We love our
| Order but we do not, we can not think
| of it as she who is the beneficiary of its
| substantial aid.
| 1"John Jacob Upchurch caught the
| thought imbibed the spirit, and began
! the work of building a house which
| has sheltered thousands, and protected
| their loved ones against the blasting
| storms of a dark and gloomy night.
This work has been taken up by others
/ and expanded beyond the dreams of the
/ most sanguine charter member, until
/ the name of this order has become
! HOuSenOtQ
! What the world needed nineteen hun
/ bred years ago, needs today, and will
| continue to need, is great hearts that
/ can be touched with the feeling of our
/ infirmities. It needed a charity broad
| enough and great enough to cover a
| multitude of sins, and make due al
! lowance for the frailties of mankind,
/ for all are weak
THE world is getting closer together,
! the continents have been bound by
! bands of steel, and the ocean bridged
/ by cOnVeyanceS of thought and life;
/ and, these together with other modern
] conveniences have obliterated space
/ and brought the world physically and
/ mentally face to face and elbow to
/ elbow, while the great doctrine of the
/ brotherhood of man, as taught and
! practiced by fraternal organizations,
has so permeated society, that the con-
test in South Africa is a subject for our
daily discussion and sympathy. This
/ work must go on and this spirit must
/ grow, until the weapons of war shall
become the instruments of peace; and,
until men everywhere realize that each
| is his brothers keeper and with him
| must bear a part
''Whosoever giveth a cup of cold wa
ter in the name OF charity shall receive
his reward and he that clothes the
| naked and feeds the poor shall wear
| fadeleSS crown.
''And now abideth Charity, Hope and
| Protection, but the greatest of these is
| Charity"
THIS MORNINGS SESSION.
At this mornings session of the A.
| O. U. w. grand lodge the election board
was appointed and the nominations for
| grand officers made
The election board consists of three
| past grand masters, Ed E Murphy, of
| Leavenworth. S. E. Sheldon and T. A.
Beck of Topeka. Tom Cordrey of Min
| neapOlis, was appointed press reporter.
The election is by the Australian bal
| lot system. The system was adopted
| two years ago at Wichita and saves
| at least day of the session. The bal
| lots will be cast this afternoon. AS they
| are cast the voters name will be check
1 ed off the roll. The election board VIII
| canvass the votes tonight. The result
| will be announced Wednesday morning
| The following were the nominations for
| grand master: