Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-06
|. 0. o. F. Anniversary.

The anniversary of the Indepen'
dent OFFER of Odd Fellows, was
held at Meadville, this county April
26, 1908 The order was well rep
resented. They all appeared at the
M. E. church dressed In their re-
gala.
The services were opened by
singing Nearer My God to Thee. "
Prayer was offered by Rev. Day.
The objects of the order were set
forth In an article read by w. E.
Long and John McVey, after which
Rev. Day delivered an anniversary
address The words from which
he spoke were Matthew 7 IL.
He spoke for more than one hour
am In his discourse he set forth
from a christian standpoint the
character OF the order. Among the
many things which he said / state
the following:
The text sets forth In Its charac.
ter the idea of the Golden Rule
and this Is safe guide to the life OF
men, If they have arisen 20 a first
conception of the physical, normal
and spiritual necessities of man In
his relation to God.
To practice the scripture IS some
times pleasant to us, but at other
times 1t Is very unpleasant to US.
The spirit of the text we meas.
ure up to the true character OF
Christians by 1t, we rise to true
greatness, and true greatness IS one
of the features OF the l. O. O. F.
The I. o o. F. lays no claim on
religion as regards sectarlanlsm, but
teaches that we are all the children
of our common Father. 1t readily
recognizes the Brotherhood of men
and rises to the fatherhood of God.
1t laws no claim on education as to
sectarlanism, but recognizes 1t
readily as the grea est of all achiev-
ments 1t lays no claim on politics,
but It's main object Is to alleviate
suffering humanity. But a true
Odd Fellow Is religious, he Is edu-
Gated.
1t recognizes sin, as terror to
the human family, 1t IS terror to
the physical man, to the moral and
to the spiritual man. 1t causes
poverty, 1t causes death and death
comes not because of the sin of the
world, but because OF SIN in the
world. All of US are sinful, all of
Of us are weak In some point. The
1 o o F. seeks to alleir the suf'
te1ings and to make men better,
physically, morally and spiritually.
So long as sin lives, brothers Odd
Fellows, there Is work for us to do,
work of benovelence and work of
benefceuce, care for the sick. help
the widows and the orphans.
Odd Fellowship stands out against
selfshness. If you want to find
the meanest man In community
look for the selfish man. Our order
seeks to Danish selfshness and 1t
fuds Its equal alone In the christian
and In no other. The True Odd
Fellow Is a christian. All Of us
are brothers, but some are not true
brothers. I. o. o. F. cultivates
friendly associates, 1t places all men
on an equal basis the order recog-
nizes the fact that true friendship
abides. 1t expands into truesI Hove.
What then do we owe each other
A true brother will help those who
oppose them. BY so doing he will
heap Goals of fire or better Goals OF
love on his head.
1t knows no high, no low, but
sees all men alike. Love promptly
to acts of kindness. 1t seeks Its
level In the words of the Saviour,
Go thou and do likewise. The
man who does this will be happy
man. I never help the needy, but
I feel better because I am touched
by the feeling of their infrmlties.
When I fall I do not want any
monument to mark the place where
my body rests, but want to live In
the memory of those that I have
helped and among whom I have
lived. We can only fathom our
influence by an attempt to fathom
the love of God.
Have you conception of the
worth of man? He lives beyond
this life. Odd fellowship seeks to
lift men to a nobler sphere.
Our Statistics.
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