The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-23

ed man is called by the steps of an- other person. He looks to see who 1t The poor suffering man cries Help! | Help" The Levite came up and lock- | ed at his bleeding wounds and seeing his destitute condition he passed by on Odd Fellow
 l lin an almost exhausted condition | the poor wounded man looks again for help and this time there is a Samaritan coming. the man falls back discourag- l ed--feefing that no help would come from. hated Samaritan, But when man, he seeing his helpless condition, he went immediately to his relief. He bound up his wounds. pouring in oil | He got down off his beast and plac- ing the wounded man on 1t he brought him to the end stayed with him all night Tho next day when he went some money and gave to the clerk of | the Hotel and said take care of this man. and if this money is not enough is your Odd Fellow. Here is your man putting the principles of odd Fellow | ship into practice.
 '"The name of the good Samaritan Gods eternal truth. The sainted Thomas Wildey. the first noble grand there clustered n brilliant intellect and within his breast there beat noble heart.
 Why Is it. that among American Odd Fellows. the name of James L. | Bidgeley remains today as the title of l sovereignty and that his memory still were written indelibly upon the ta- | oiets Of his great heart | There were the most prominent ele- | ments of his life. Long live the memo Odd Fellow"
 brothers being helped in time of trou- ble and continuing he said:
 What Is it that has s held our ur.S order
 gges or all tmes 5nsse pesce | anwer the three links Love is the mid dle link and without the middle link there would be no chain. All the love man hearts in all the ages of the past has come first from the great heart of God; and all the love that has ever poured through human souls and run down upon the desert of life and made the desert blossom into harvest has come first from God
 Prompted by this love we have as- sembled today to celebrate the Eighty seventh anniversary af Independent Or Prompted by this love we visit the sick 1ppss Id by this lGss by this loce we bury the dead"
 He said further:
 Since man in all his beauty was first hurled from the elysian fields of blissful paradise, driven from the pres ence of his God. deprived of the Holy fountains and consecrated bowers of Eden nothing has so elevated his soul or shed such an heavenly influence up on his benighted mind as that love he has for his God and his fellowman way as to demand the purest love
 Mans nature is a social one: and it's highest as well as it's purest en- joyments are gleaned from his inter course with his fellow creatures.
 Love shines a star. whose genial joy to enhance our happiness and all the sympathetic tenderness in time of diversity to mitigate our grief
 Love is the specialization of all the of the heart-beaming dearer con- solation Tn sorrow and 5 sweeter sym pathy in happiness Without love no manently. Stamped with the seal of divinity 1t is the bond of union the security of hope.
 across the breast and sorrow draws the curtain of grief around the breast --what charm but that of love can ioy floods the soul with it's wealth of happiness, what eye but the eye of love can view our future without envy On this foundation then let us haise the beautiful superstructure of our below cd order Secure on this strong basework if will defy alike the blasts of envy and the whirlwinds of passion.
 Here are laid aside the pickering jars of discord. Here gentle peace holds her quiet sway and charity with open heart and ready hand minister soIace in time of misfortune and ex- tends assistance in time of need. Then my beloved Odd Fellows with love to God. with love for our great order and love for each other let us draw closer the ties which bind us together by the fbree links and unite heart and hand in forwarding the objects for which our beloved order was organized.
 Purpose of Fraternity.
 For what was our fraternity organ for which we have stood for eighty soyen years in the United States are: Visiting the sick: relieving the distress ed burying the dead; educating the or phan. . ,.,
 last one out or build us an orphans home and show to the world we prac- tice what we preach.
 'The secret fraternities of this coun- try have done a great deal in bring ing the members of the different church. es nearer together
 "This fraternity knows no North no South no East and no West. This is a great moral institution but you must Remember that odd Fellowship cannot save. It was never intended to take