Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-12-19
HONORED
By the Odd Fellows Lodges
of Richmond Last
Evening.

Odd Fellows hall was well Giled
last evening, the occasion being :,
testimonial 10 Thomas r. Jessup
who has nov held tie hig CHEST Office of
the order in this stale aud is To rep
I resent the state at the next meeting
of the Sovereign Grand lodge OF the
order.
The exercises opened with the
| Bridal Rose overture by the orches-
ira, then Roscoe T. kirkman was
introduced by the chairman, Mr..
Muhl, and in few we'll chosen words
welcomed the assem- blage. All, he
said, were welcomed by the lodge,
to the ceremonies and festivities, but
that was not all; they were welcomed
to the companionship of this preat
order, which was the synonym of
manhood and character, an order to
which wealth alone was not a safe
passport, but which welcomed the
ragged coat if il shielded true
heart; that stood as a safeguard to
the widow and orphan and the needy,
and inculcated at all times lessons of
patriotism.
John Tag9ert followed in a neat
solo, and Harry f. Penny, district
address on the Future of Odd Eel
lowship. Odd Fellowship was TO last
through the centuries because it
stood for all that was good and noble,
sentiments which must be the aim OF
good men for all time. The order had
ever kept abreast with the spirit of
the age and would SO continue. IL
was a mighty monument resting on
earth but piercing the skies, founded
on virtue, friendship and truth,
clothing the naked and
feeding the hungry, thus full
filling that which Christ
had declared to be the greatest of all
law, "Thous shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself. The coming century
will be as favorable to the growth of
the order as had been the one just
closing. New problems would meet
our children, but they will meet them
as we have met problems Tie order
would in the future as in the past
outride the storms of tie years while
It remained true to its teachings and
obligations.
G. G. Binkley. past grand master,
was the next speaker. He was pleased
to see SO many present. He was
glad that he was an Odd Fellow and
he had no doubt that vas the senti-
ment of most of the audience. From
3 small Beginning 1t had become
recognized as the greatest of all be-
nevolent institutions of the w0rld.
He looked forward to the time and
believed it would come in his own
day when the wives of mem
bers would be welcomed in
the lodges. A short description
of the branches of the order was Civ
en-. leading up to the honors of the
grand and supreme lodges. The
person who has been elevated to
these latter bodies is most highly
honored. Wayne county has fur
nished four grand masters-Gov.
Oliver p. Morton, Gen. Sol Mere
dith, himself and one other, who had
Just been pla ced on the list as past
grand master of the state and
preventative to the Sovereign
Grand lodge, Thomas K. Jessup.
Mr.. Jessup was a member of Wood
ward lodge and he was requested by
that lodge to present to Brother
Jessup worthy testimonial of their
esteem. Speaker then presented Mr..
Jessup with magnifis ent collar and
regalia bearing the emblem OF his
rank.
MIR. Jessup was visibly affected as
well as surprised and while be was
collecting himself Mr.. Gus Egge-
meyer sang0a solo, Friends
Mr.. Jessup tben took the floor. He
had no words to express his feelings.
1t was under Mr. Buckley's occu-
pancy of the chair that he came into
the order, and from District Deputy
Penny that he had learned the teach
ings of the order. He should never
forget the lessons he had thus
armed. 1t was the crowning glory
of his life to know that the order in
the great state of Indiana had re-
posed sufficient confidence in hims
/ TO send him as representative TO the
+ Sovereign Grand Modge of the
strongest order In tie world. Words
were inadequate to express the graf
itication he felt at the remem brance
given him by his home lodges. He
trusted that no act OF his in official,
civil or business life would cast any
stain upon the lodge who bad thus
honored him.
The insignia presented was very
handsome piece of work-a collar of
purple velvet bearing ia gold the in
i sigma of the rand of the wearer
The meeting closed with an oration
by Bro. Ward, il verse, beautifully
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