The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-06-28
ODD FELLOWS HONOR
MEMORY OF DEPARTED
Of the Order Beautifully Presented by
Daughter Of Rebekah-.EuIoses
Upon Past Years Dead.

of that day when he. too, shall become
tenant OF the tomb.
Yet death teaches us that our hearts
should foster no evil-evil that bane
of society and fountain of all wrong.
Friendship. Love and Truth. IL prac-
ticed faithfully are a safeguard "a
gainst all the ills of mankind. If we
follow their instructions we shall in
deed be happy. Friendship. Love and
Truth, IL practiced universally, would
make of this world universal para
disc. Let us be honest. An honest
man Is the noblest work of God. Hon.
esty and Virtue are ever admired even
by the bad. Evil and sin are despica-
BILE even to those who practice them.
The influence we show on others will
have its effect for good or evil. In all our
dealings with mankind. especially our
brethren, let us take no more than our
due, let us avoid the very semblance
of deception. Let us speak well of our
brother and If We cannot speak well
of him, let us hold our peace concern
ing him.
Men are not always what they seem.
The poor man, in humble garb and
with hand rough from honest toll, may
be wise and good, while the rich man,
with the style and appearance of what
the world calls gentleman, may be
base and mean. Let us judge of a
man, then, by his conduct, not by per-
sonal appearance.
Fraternity this is our cornerstone.
1t teaches us to regard the whole
family of mankind as our brethren,
all children of one heavenly Father, in
who we live and move and have our
being, and we should. in our conduct,
reflect the image of that Father after
whose likeness man was made. Friend
ship, Love and Truth, fit warriors "a
gainst vice in all its forms. Friendship
prompts the contest, Love with it's
gentle influence supplies the weapons,
and Truth consecrates the effort and
leads to victory. Let us engage in this
Holy War, nor cease our battle until
the whole world shall be conquered to
our cause, and induced to enlist under
our banner.
AS child, 1 remember looking at
the certificate of my father as it hung
on the wall and thinking how complex
and strange it all was. / couldn't
fathom it, but as l grew older and
especially after becoming a Rebekah,
1t was like an open book There the
allseeing eye Thou, God, Seest Me-"
for the eye of the Lord is in every
place, beholding the evil and the good.
Then our tongues. Let us bride our
tongues and the secrets we have pro-
missed to keep inviolate will never be
divulged by any one, except by man
or woman devoid of the principles of
honor.
Then, the heart in hand, Odd Fellow
ship teaches us to relieve the distress
ed, etc. Whatever our hands find to
do in this respect, let us do with our
whole heart willingly and cheerfully,
not grudgingly. The heart should go
with the hand: they must not be div
ided in their efforts. You are all odd
Fellows but l must say one word to
the Patriarchs, of which brother S. is
a member. He doesn't seem inclined to
tell one much about them, but they
go about their work, as we all should,
in quiet, transformations way but I
do know this-that the Patriarchs of
old We're a peaceable, contented and
happy people, dwelling in tents and
following the life of shepherds. They
We're happy because they were good.
Now Patriarchs of today though We
dwell not in tents, initiate the example
of the patriarchs of old, and you, in
deed, shall be happy.
Now, before / close, a word to our
sister Rebekahs. Odd Fellows went
along tolerably well for some years,
but there was something lacking and
that something turned out to be wo-
man. She. had been kept out of the
order therefore, not as some said to
me once, because she couldn't keep
secret, but because of her social posi-
ton and standing in those days. But
in 1851 or 2 man by the name of
Schuyler Colfax wrote the degree of
Rebekah, in Indiana,
Back as far as 1875 there were lodges
for women all over Europe especially
in France but of a social or frivolous
nature as their names would indicate,
Perseverance, knights and Ladies of
JOY, Daughters of Penelope and the
like, they We're fun of nonsense. When
a man was going through their de-
grees, It was the age ITO love" and a
maiden, ITO be loved" All sorts of
fanelful names We're applied 10 their
regalia and paraphernalla, A glass
was called a lamp, I'm your glass
was 10 MI your lamp, Water was eall-
cd oii wine, red oil, ana a person 10
be- Initiated was marched around the
han with chains NJ iron around his
neck IN search Of The Temple of lave
oF Garden Of Eien, ana when be found
that remnle the chains Wera replaced
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