The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-04-27
ODD FELLOWSHIP.
,rs ORIGIN-IrS PURPOSE-A HAPPY
rKEA raIENr OF THE SUBJE II.
,,,,iysrcd Before tho Grand Lodge 1. q.
o. II. at It's Annual Meeting In
Ncwbrrry ApIll 3ith, by
Rev. w. $. Ford.

women arc children grown taller
Who can tako tho step OF life alone
in safety? Hands to steady, arms OF
love TO catch, and tho "kiss to make
WE'LL" arc tho safeguards and the ell
dparmcnts OF childhood. a mothers
hand helps, and u mothers heart
blccds for tho child.
~ mother is a mother still,
The holicst thing alive"
Bat who is sufficient above man to
extend hand and heart? Docs he
need a guide? Other men arc blind.
"IG the blind lead tho blind bot u
shall fall into the ditch together" "
Do dangers beset? Arc there sin
and iniquity on every side? Has he
his own bcscttlng sin? What other
man has not his? Wo 1.-Two in a
world al;vc with the devices Of satan
These evils are polished and painted
and gildcl until they arc outwardly
beautiful and appear harmless. They
arc "like unto white scpulchres
which indeed appear beautiful out
wardly, hut within arc full of dead
mems bones and all uncleanncss." !"
Thus they brguile In the garden
OF l. (hn satan w)n his point with this
argument: God doth know in the
day ye eat thereof, then your eyes
shall be opened, and ye shall bo as
gods, knowing good from evil" All
will have experience. "Just a little
experience, and I shall know for my
self" "Othors have failed, but 1
shall succccd.' "O;hers have fallen,
but not T." "Many are the barks
wrecked, but mino shall glide safely
o"r,' Satan has used many tools;
this is one Of his sharpest. SO shrowd-
ly IS his work carried on, and yet so
ehcctual!y, that John says: Tf wo
say wo have no sin we deceive our
selves and the truth is not in u.s."
Paul says call have sinned, and fall
on short of the glory of God" Does
he labor" and is he "heavy laden ?"
Does he seek Somo ono on whom to
lay his BURDEN? IIo finds no one
who has not sufficient burdens Of his
own. He hungers and thirsts for
knowledge. Every man he finds is
also seeking knowledge. He looks
around and beholds the folies Of
mon on every hand TO whom shall
he go? Men arc saying: "Lo here
and 10 there" How like sheep with
out a shepherd!
Has man been made in the image
Of God? Is there an innate spark Of
How shall The spark be
and on what shall the flame
feed?
"And all, for man to rise in me,
That the man [ am may cease to be-"
I am persuaded that this, rs a secret
wish, burns in many breast,
"What piece Of work is man!
How noble in reason! How infinite
in faculty, in form and moving; how
express and admirable; in action,
how like an angel; in apprehension,
how like godg'
"Oh, faircst of creation last and best
OF all Gods works: Creature in whom
exalted
Whatever can to sight or thought be
formed
Holy, divine, good, amiable or sweet"
And yet these words arc truo:
"Men-like Is it to fall into sin;
tiend-like is it to dwell therein;
Wi ioV,llhS 10 ~ lOi Sill W SllCNC.
God-like Is 1t all sin to leave"
How can mon be helped to noblen
living, is the burning question of Ode
Fellowship today. We want to sc
live that these words will be appro
pirate at our graves:
'Ltfe's rough and dangerous way is trod
Death's narrow bridge is nobly won,
Inc bright pavilion of our God
CLEANS In tho distant horizon"
An eminent scholar and student
alter years of study and months O
systematic research on certain sub
lect' wrote, "What is new is not true
ana what is true is not new" Hi
1mofas are eminently applicable t
' ooa Fellowship. Her princinlcs ar