The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-23
ODD FELLOWS
 HEAR SERMON Celebration of Eighty seventh Anniversary. THE CHURCH WAS FILLED  Rev. Walter M. Crawford Delivers
 Eloquent Discourse. Grand Master-Eiect Traces History and Lessons of Organization and Ad-
 vocates Orphans Home In [ AIabama.

The Eighty seventh anniversary Of the Independent Order Odd Fellows was celebrated by the three lodges of Mont gomery yesterday when the members went to the Cumberland Presbyterian church in a body and listened to an eloquent sermon by Rev. Walter M Grand Master elect of the Grand Lodge of Alabama
 The members of Montgomery Lodge S @ Ioan fS IaSr. ofEs No Ms fs iae et their respective halls and marched. in a body. to the church. The auditorium of the church was too small to hold the great crowd and many stood on the outside and listened to every word spoken by MT. Crawford. i.
 F. J. Cramton. Noble, Grand or Monts0Msr MobIe Grand of foesf essfcnei Lomaa Iodse and Mrs. Emma Glover. President Of State Assembly for the Rebekah Branch of the order were seated on the pulpit
 The following was the program of
 organ Prelude by Mrs. W. M. craw-
 Invocation by the pastor.
 Song and announcements.
 Collection for San Francisco suf-
 Opening Ode, by the Odd Fellows
 Scripture reading and prayer
 Song and sermon. .
 Song. "Blest be the Tie that Binds"
 Never before in the history of Odd Fellows has such large congregation gathered for an anniversary occasion For over one hour MT. Crawford held the closest attention of his congrega- tion. The marked attention of each odd Fellow to the words of their lead CT was a feature Of the anniversary
 MT. Crawford's sermon.
 MT. Crawford selected for his text l Corinthians xiii,imTnongh l aspeas speaak and have not love. I am become as sounding brass. or a tinkling cym- bal"
 MT. Crawford said in part:
 Tn obedience to the proclamation Of the Grand Sire and the proclamation of the Grand Master. we have this day enth anniversary of the Independent Order Odd Fellows.
 gro say that it affords me great pleas of ore addressing Id ssH ! you % on this Anniversary mildly.
 der of Odd fellows has gone. it's hours have passed and It's moments have flown. In many respects it has been a successful year. The book contain : Fellows has been made. has been com pleted and has been sealed and signed by our own hand and sent on to eter- nity before us As ., we & open and the ss eyes ws
  count our blessings. one by one we unite with sentiments expressed by the poet as he touchingly and most beauti- fully sang:
 Father of love. whose tender care, Has kept us through another year; With tunefui voices now we raise Our hearts to Thee in grateful praise; For mercies past for joys to come, For health and happiness and home. For friendship pure. for love and truth, That crown our age and cheer our
 youth
 '.Had I today the wisdom of Thomas wildey, the beloved founder of our order, the eloquence of a Demosthenes and the commanding power of the i'm mortal. James L., Ridgely. I would De something that would stimulate every man who has ever travelled that rough and rugged road that leads from Jeru- salem to Jericho. From the expressions on many of your faces your have trav- eiel that road.
 "orignally man stood at the angel guarded gate of his forfeited home, helpless. ignorant and accursed. Upon him was the command of his God to take charge of rne earth and subdue it. Axes and hoes did not grow on the