The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-04-27

oouuo"ry line, no rugged
mountain or steep declining vale,
puts limit to its growth. Wher.
ever 1t IS watercd by the dews of
Kindness and affection there you may
DC sure to find it. 1t blooms only in
the soil of Il noble and self sacrifcing
heart, casting Il thousand rays of love,
nope and peace to all around. 1t
enters tho abode Of sosrow and
"retchedness and causes happiness
and peace. A minister once said, 81
stood IN homo of poverty whero
tho father and eldest son were crushed
beyond recognition, and as their
bodies were being prepared fer burial
l looked into the face of that crushed
wife and mother and thought, villa,
can help her. a gentleman entered
and read Il chapter from the Bible
and offeredan earnest eloquent prayer
in her behalf. Another entered, and
as he shook her hand ho left therein
a ten dollar bill. That WAS Odd
Fellowship. 1t knocks at the lonely
and disconsolate hearts and speaks
words of encouragement and joy.
l read once of crippled, and in
valid father, who was cared for by
Odd Fellowship for number of
years. lie died and was buried by
his lodge. Does our work eud then?
When that lonely mother, widowed
at her age Of 3S, with her six help
less children, went back to her desc,
lato home, there was a gentle knock
at her door. Can you support your,
self and these orphaned children
She said, "If keep my health | will
support them or work my finger nails
off" They said, 1--WE will help you,"
and the children who were of sulli
cient age, were sent TO one Of our or.
phan homes where they received tho
rudiments Of au education. Ono Of
those boys is today an efficient min
lister Of tho Gospel of Christ, doing
efficient work in one Of our Northern
cities. This is the kind of work we
are ding.
Friendship which has religion for
its basis will, ere long, be transplant
ed to fairer climes beyond the skies
to adorn the paradise Of God.
Tho Bible tells us that love is the
greatest of christian virtues.
"Oh happy state: when souls each 9TH
er draw,
When love is liberty, and nature law;
All then is full, possessing and possessed
| No craving void left aching in the
| breast
Even thought meets thought, ere from
the lips it part,
from the heart"
Some poet has written:
"Man's love is of mans life thing, n
| part:
'Tis woman's whole existence"
II this be true, since God is love,
woman-not man-is the noblest
work of God.
Odd Fellowship has encountered
much prejudice and opposition, and
often from the better grades of soci-
city. But it has ever been 80 with
the good.
Galileo, when he demonstrated
that tho sun was the center Of
many revolving worlds, was branded
an intidel.
Harvey, who discovered the crcu-
lation Of tho blood, was denounced
al imposter.
Inoculation was condemned as
anti Christian, and its introduction
declared to be in direct contraven-
ton with the laws of nature.
Christ himselfwas adjudged guilty,
and nailed to the accursed cross.
Notwithstanding the boosted intelli-
gence and refinement Of this age, un-
charitable and sometimes unjust
constructions are placed upon what
is imperfectly understood, or not
known at all. In fact man seems in.
clined to condep1n what he cannot
J understand. We are sometimes con
domed because of our supposed SO
crets. We have none save those O
| tho Bible.
The day Of controversy betweer