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 ing temperance; their talk related to their own experience, but it showed to my mind that the use of intoxicating liquors brought misery to the drinker and his family: that there was no good arising from it's use from any quarter. have seen nothing to change the opinion I then formed, but on the other hand the observations of sixty three years have confirmed it.
 Your kind invitation takes me back to the origin of your lodge, and re- minds me of an incident I we'll remem- Der when my attention Is called to it. likely would have never recalled to mind the fact that l. as grand chief templar of California. signed the char ter of the lodge of Good Templars in Arizona but for your letter I well re- member my thoughts a the time They Scatter in faith and the harvest will come by and by" l greatly favored the aid rendered by the grand lodge of California to adjacent territory. wr were well able. and I am pleased to say. willing to give a helping han l where opportunity offered. Nevada the Sandwich Islands and Arizona were in turn aided by the grand lodge oi California, and in time each be- came strong and independent It gives me great pleasure to know of your success as a lodge. The one has become many. An encoura ging increase under the circumstances has been made. Our work is on the line that leads to a better and higher civilizu> ation. While our progress is slow. it is certain. Real reforms never move backward; they always have an on- ward march. A correct idea can never perish. Individuals and even nations may pass out of existence and be fo. gotten: but not so with those rules of action upon which human welfare de bends. The oriental nations have al ways taught that to drink in modera- ; ton was moral wrong. It was great misfortune that the modern nations neglected to inculcate the same doc 1 Urine.
 ! The orientals worked on the line oi ] formation of character and habits, SC far as one never goes wrong he needs no reformation. The good templars have adopted the rule Of the oriental nations so far as the use of intoXicat- 1 ing drinks is involved. No oriental na- l ton is a drunken nation. nor would modern nations be so if our principles had been taught from the first. 1 One organizati ton after another had proposed remedies for the nationa 1 curse of intemperance without effect but the good terplars hit upon tho [ nave nerej hat ,u rt nga their oI. l. in:n sine.
 '-ro,a! at,.ii,i-..re fc;- t'la inGiri'iu, and total prohibition Eor t;'e <t-te' The fight must De made ou thaI line as there is no other road that leads tr victory.
 Steady and faithful let us labor on through our entire day and generation Our reward will come without our ask ing. Fear not: the record kept II heaven is correct. The work of oul order is gradually spreading over tli world Almost twenty nationalisie: read our ritual in their own tongues already, and ere long every Christian nation on the face of the globe mus know of and accept our principles May that time soon come
 Thanks for your good wishes as f health. Until my sickness last year had not known an unwell day for years I was born in 1922. and am pleased tha my desire to live the 18th century ou has been gratified.
 My work for good templary for mor than a third of q century has been source of great pleasure and satisfac tion. I trust that l may never neglec to impress upon the world, during eac remaining year of my life. the import ance of Total abstinence for the in dividual and total prohibition for tn . state"
 We are moving the 'car of progress, . let us each push. Many hands mak . light work
 All honor to your efforts in Arizona
 your influence is far greater than yo
 know.
 When conscious that We are right, "
 can afford to wait. The patient wal
 CT Is no loser" Let us die in harnes 0 May God bless you all.
 ROBERT THOMPSON.
 P. c. C. T., California.
 San Francisco, Cal, March 2l. 19O?