The Holly chieftain., 1904-04-29

nation upon its honor, dare not wan
der. The merchants III London for
their own safety and security had the
yard measure and foot measure built
into the House OF Parliament thereby
furnishing to buyers and sellers an In
variable unit OF length. Go to our
own national capitol and you will find
that our government has carefully
preserved standards by which grain
may he weighed, oil measured and silk
bought and sold: and let controversy
arise II it will about weight or meas
urement and our nation at once pro.
duces the standard which settles the
controversy. But this method OF deal
ing with one another is no new dis
cavery. Long ages ago the king OF
Egypt saw that II the money stand
ards were tampered with; II lying
weights and measures we're used In
the market place men would cease TO
buy and sell. For this reason the
Cheops built his pyramids and In the
center OF that mountain OF rock he
he followed out the kings chamber,
and then fixed its granite walls, In
ages long ago. the standards for the
merchants and the husbandmen.
Before the farmer bought his field he
carried his measur ing line into The
pyramid and tested it by the unit OF
length. Before selling his oil or wine
ed rock. Through all the centuries.
trade has gone forward upon the ba-
Sis OF these pre.exlSting measure.
mentS In the moral realm this prin-
ciple Is, also, seen to be important
In the ritual Of our beloved Order,
you will find carefully preserved, the
standard OF true greatness. given BY
Him, who gave to Moses the code OF
laws upon which has rested govern
ments and civilizations for centuries.
Too much weight cannot be given to
true greatness.
There are many kinds OF greatness
recognized in the world among men,
We have great cOnquerOrs. great ru-
lerS, great statesmen. great scholars,
and great benefactOrs. But these NAV
not be great men OF virtue, Of truth
and honor. History gives shameful
records OF some conquerors, rulers and
statesmen. 1t is not fame nor notori-
~ that oakn ht,f Va wi I'M
principles which are ineulca ted In him
and keeps him on his upward course
until he reaches the climax OF sublime
manhood in the Son OF God.
Who will say that this course is not
the course that Thomas Wildey found
er OF American Odd Fellowship took:
Listen to the one million i've hundred
thousand voices coming from beneath
the scarlet collars proclaiming that he
still lives. Eightv-tye years have
passed away since England gave us
the choicest OF he: SoES, but they
have been eghty-tive years OF blessings
to our nation. His coming To our
land. has helped to brighten the stars
OF old glory, and make clearer the
white and paler the red. He spoke
not for war, but breathed forth an
organization that stands for the relief
Of the distressed, the burying 'nf the
dead and the education OF the or
phan. 1t shrinks not from its mission.
The catastrophe OF Johnstown and
the horrors OF Galveston and the con
Migration Uf Baltimore all testify to
the charity. the love and the sympa-
thv OF the three links in the time Of
need. 1t has relieved the bur
den OF may unfortunate homes.
Last wear we spent nearly four mill
ion OF dollars in our efforts 10 diSpel
the gloom which darkcned the home.
OF our loved ones. Since the wear Of
1920. in relieving the distressed ed
ucatinR the orphan AND burving the
dead, we have empticd into the cof-
ferS OF our nation ninetv-six millions,
four hundred and sixtv-eight thouS.
and and five hundred and twentv-nve
dollars and thrty-iwo cents, ending
June Both, 1902 Come thou with us
we will do thee good"'