The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-28


What a mission! The fraternizing
of the world. The wiping out OF
oppression-the aiding instead of
injuring our fellow man. Truly
spake Joseph when he said: "These
are my brethren. They have no
power TO sci IN" i''tn slavery. |
am not their slave" No man owns
his brother. No man has right
to dominate his brother. But rath-
or it is the duty of everyone to aid
his brother. The Woodmen of the
World is an order that has two
primary objects in view-the hon
oring of the dead ard the aiding of
the living. We can accompany
the living no farther than the grave.
They must cross the dark river
which links this period of our ex-
istence with the next alone, so far
az we are concerned. We cannot
peer into the unknown on the 9th
or side. Hence it is that our serv-
ice to the dead is of such a nature
as to indicate our honor, our re-
spect, our esteem for the departed,
and cherish a fond remembrance
of his deeds in this life. Thus it is
that this order directs that mou-
ment shall be erected to the MEM
DRY of our departed neighbor, and
that this fraternal exercise shall be
held. Not that it can benefit in
any way the departed friend, but
that it may be conducive to the en-
largement of that other primary
object of the order-the rendering
of aid to the living-by reviewing
the commendable qualities of our
neighbor-by honoring his memo.
ry for the displaying of such quail.
ties while living-by in a measure
lealizing how much better the
world would be if all men would
lend a helping hand to the further
ance of the cause of universal
brotherhood.
The home of the Woodmen, the
forest, is at once suggestive and
mathematical of the service it pro
poses rendering to the members of
the order and their families. The
mighty trees of the forest, with
their roots sunk deep into the earth
their trunks unyielding to the
storm, their branches intertwined
and inter woven in such way as
to modify the intense heat and to
break up the glare of the monday
sun, thus affording protection to
the birds, and in measure the
weaker animals, is suggestive of
the workings of the order. This
noble forest is grand. 1t is ma
jestic. 1t is lasting. So our order
is founded upon correct principles
as to aim and il not as to durabil-
ity, they will be further modified
in their application, SO as to make
them as enduring as the natural
home Of the order.
1t is not necessary to advocate
the Importance, yen the necessity
for some kind of life insurance.
This is no longer questionable on
on the part of business men The
only question is can it be so ar
ranged that every worthy man may
make provision for his wife and
children who survive him? The
old line companies manage it chief
ly as an investment from two stand
points-the one being primary and
the other secondary-the insurer
first and the insured second-but
the first has been held to he of so
much more Importance in formu-
lating its workings that poor man
is unable to take advantage OF it at
all, or to only a small extent in
consequence of the continual bur-
den imposed. In view of these
facts the fraternal orders are pro.
ceeding upon the principle, EACH
FOR ALL AND ALL FOR EACH, and
under their management it be.
comes an investment from one
standpoint only, viz. that of the