Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-07-19

and another baser one who delivered
Him over to the scourge and cross fol
80 pieces of silver But the tree
which was watered with, His blood hal
grown and lowered in mighty strength
untdsits living shade spreads over thu
circumference of the globe. There were
ninety and nine who were safe in the
fold, but the sheperd sought the los
lamb among the thorns and thicket o1
the wilderness, and brought him ten.
derly home to safety and to rest.
In evangelical societies there are mer
who follow not the Master, yet they
are the exception and not the rule, as
I believe the fact to be in your order.
"By their fruits We shall know them. "
Because in the fair orchard there are
some barren and unsightly threes. one
does not condemn the whole but rath-
er by contrast the more admire and
appreciate those which are sound and
filled with goodly fruit, having only
pity and sympathy for those poor un-
fortunates which have failed to res
pond to the care and cultivation given
them So with your order. Even those
outside of it, recognize that its pre-
cepts and example are among the
mighty forces which are working for
the improvement of mankind and the
bettering of the world, and which
during the fifty years of your existence
here have wrought such wonderful
change and material progress in all
that goes to make men better and hap
pier. Again I congratulate you upon
this auspicious occasion and trust that
you may celebrate your Centennial
Anniversary here, with even a greater
showing than you have made during
the first fifty years of your existence,
and while then we will long have been
sovereign state of this glorious
union, do not forget that it was one of
the first acts of the infant territory to
recognize your fraternal order, and
encourage it's noble work among our
people.
Past Grand Master Homer T. Unsell
was the next speaker. He said:
The hospitality of the people of New
particular is SO well known that for
NAL welcome by me seems unnecessary.
The latch string Is always out; If
there Is anything you want and do not
see, ask for it. We have world Of
pure mountain air. free for the breath
ing; an extra supply of hot tamales
and tortillas free for the asking.
We come from every section to greet
you: from the beautiful valley of the
Pecos, from the fertile fields of the
San Juan. from the snow capped
mountains of the north, to the desert
have you here and join with us in cell
ebrating our 50th anniversary.
A half century covers a long period
of time; many changes, both social and
political can take place; yet since San
ia Fe was founded more than three
the map of the New World has been
completely changed.
Two centuries after the corner stone
of old San Miguel church was laid, the
liberty bell at Philadelphia proclaimed
to the world that a new republic had
the most powerful, most respected and
most enlightened nation on the face of
the earth. With the tide of civilization,
Odd Fellowship has gone hand in
hand; it is indeed one of the great CIV
ilizing agents of our country.
'"The purest treasure mortal times
afford, @
Is spotless reputation, that away,
Man is but filthy loan or miry clay"
All pure and unselfish men may be-
come Odd Fellows; all true Odd Eel
lows are men of purity, unselfishness
and manliness. BY living up to the
principles of our great Fraternity men
may become better and more patriotic
citizens.
With one exception the Jurisdiction
of New Mexico has the smallest. num-
ber of Odd Fellows in the United
States, yet we may console ourselves
in the fact that (which we lack in
numbers we make up in enthusiasm"
New Mexico is populated by plain
people, but more generous, a more
patriotic people do not exist.
In 1898 when a call to arms was made
from the mountains and plains of this
territory. host of men responded to do
battle for the right, and well did they
do 1t. 1t remained for New Mexicans.
led by an unpretentious New Mexico
Odd Fellow, to scale the heights of San
Juan. rout the enemy from their
stronghold, and Cuba was free.
Such is the character Of the people
who greet you today. We again bid
territory,a host of men responded to do
Oldest capital city in the grandest ma
ton under the sun.
Ex-Governor w. G. Ritch of San An
dres Plrk, past grand master and an
enthusiastic Odd Fellow, delivered
historical address that was master
piece of historical research and philo-
sophical deductions from the events of
the fifty years of Odd Fellowship in
the southwest. The New Mexican will
print the address in full in it's Odd
Fellows semi-centennial edition which
i'll be published next Wednesday.
The addresses were frequently In
terrupted by applause and the band
rendered selections between the
speeches.
The commemorative exercises were
continued in the afternoon. Eloquent |
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