The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-28
BLACKLIST
OF GRIMES.
Mr. Nj. SpoonIer'. Ch hal.
acknowledgements Negroes
ODD FELLOWS FESTIVAL
Ii Ia Powerful Sermon pastor,of Trinity
Makes Reference incidentally to-
II Negroes; Also 10 Ward Poll.
IS 85 tlcIans and Heeers. III

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ll@At Trinity NJ ID. Church, Sunday night
representation from the seventeen lodges
In the oity united In celebrating the
elghty.fourth anniversary Of Odd Eel
ylowship In America.
The special services held were Of I'm.
usual interest The attendance was very
large and the Odd Follows were out in
force The special music by Trinity
choir was feature Of the occasion. The:
orator! for the occasion was the pastor
OF the church, the Rev. George n.
5spooner, who preached q powerful SER err
mon from the text II Corinthians. 1s:13:3
s''Qu1t You Like Men" The sermon was
strong and able one and II created 70 Q
great impression. W "A, ssy 53
H. After referring to manhood and the
worlds call for3it In Its hours OF need.
Mr.. Spooner applied the text under seYe-
raj different heads. l. Quit you like men
In the realm OF citizenship. There are
duties that q man owes the State, as well
as the family. and an easy ac1uies'eeIn'cf ' 9,
Iii political wrong; an Idle indiHeren
to robbery OF men 8 right IS not cutting
oneself like o man. but, ls an exh lna
OF bringing cowardice. WhenE1 say men
robbed OF their rights, = do not mean
serfs and 1fleld-hands. en- ranchised
through the power Of bayonets, the black
est crime OF Amerioan ely liza ton, Q bur-
den and incubus horne In patience by
Southern chivalry for forty long years
but mean men whose rig ITS are paseo
s on Intelligence and hood the GROWING
marks OF Anglo Saxon supremacy and the
sheat anchor OF this sunny Southiand's
hone. The '.demn gogues and the 1'heel-5
4 err and the ward pohsiclan, and the
"Democrnt for, revenue only" he c play y
ed entirely too prominent q part In the
affairs OF the State. In the dawning
4liRht OF new era and a new century.i15
beg you Quit you like men Il IN helping
to relegate them to the rear. BY manly
conduct and broad patriotism, help es-5
4 tablisha a 4 civic rtghteou sness that Is
above reproach and beyond the suspicion:
OF dishonesty. d s
Again, Quit you like men In friendship.
love and truth, the motto Of your Order
d In your dealings with one other, de-
K fend your brothers. name. It Is worth
more to him and moro to human society
than all the gold Of Ophir. SANDER %
murder Of ones reputation. as driving
the stitetto In the back Is murder be-
fore the law. Do not leave the personal
eoua ton out OF your creed, looking upon
your motto as good thing for general
guidance, but not for your government.
Like the Roman soldier at the gates OF
Poupeii, stand sentinel on the out posts
of your tanets and guard them with Wig
liant eye and pulsing heart and SENSITIVE
conscience, soldierly solder. manly
man. i "a r. 3{f3 n II if q a5
$tions, "Quit you like men" BY walking
In tho sunshine OF your Fathers smile
Oh, the weakness OF mans faith N q
5conouerdnR Christ. the lack OF courage
when assatled by error. Men, great big
4 oyergrown Christian men, doing the
stunts OF scared child in a presence Of
%oppoHi.tc1. Remember who Is on your
side. aI:d what victory means. All that
plenipotent God has promised.
\. IA gain,If you are not Christian.
apply the text to you BY saying. Quit
you like men" In confession Of sins and
acknowledgements OF error. A manly man
admits his wrong and apologies. and
\ that Is Just what God demands before
you can get into the Celestial Lodge
above where shining angels are ''outside
sentinels' and Turing seraphs yell their
faces as they bow before Fiis throne.
u III am correctly informed, this Is the
eighty anniversary OF the estab-
Elshment OF your Order In America. In
these eighty-four years. many struggles
have been endured. many ba tiles fought
and many victories won. The principles
OF your Order have driven back opposi-
tion. Lodge after lodge has been insti-
tuted, until to-day II 900 lodges are cele-
brating the date OF their mothers birth.
and million and q half members are
wearing the Mystic links. Z
4 One hundred and eighty-hve thousand
members were added to your roll last
4 year, 100000 were extended in relief:
se9. 900, 900 are held as invested funds. and
"a the eighty-four years Of your exist
ence ss2, 0oo, 900 has been distributed to
benehciaries. A record that any organ
cation might well be proud Of. After
/ tribute to "the Rebekah's' the ladies'
cognate organization. the sermon e. was
closed by an appeal to obey the text. not
upon the ground OF dollars and cents, nor
B the ground OF encoura cement and SYM
patty, but upon the ground Of immor-
tally. LIES record is to be respected
BY the All-Wise Judge. Make It a manly
record. based on faith in a resurrcted
Christ. A