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CHARITY, HOPE AND PRO OBJECTION ID o


Grand Fork Evening Times
The supreme lodge of Tie Degree
of Honor Of the jlirisdi ction Of North
! 4 Dakota has been in session iii this
city 4 for two days The members.
came 1le and went and attracted far less
attention than other or cations
which have assembled here. Yet sit5
Is e doubtful if Of them al have d!
4 n 81 purpose or more illustriouss
past. .538
The organic alton is the n ladies'.
branch N Of the cient Order of United.
sWo or n and Sstfles principles upon
which both are founded are practical
~ the same. HI
M The Ancient Order Of United Work
men was founded IN 1868 by John Jor-
\ dan Upchurc at. Mead yille. Pennsyl-s
syania, and has since that time ex-
tended into every state and territory
in the union. 81
The history Of the first lodge and the
organic e ton tor will give a fair under
standing Of the principles upon which
the two corr elatiye orders are based.
church was IA echanic employed!
( In the machine shops Of the railroad
at the time the order was instituted.
He was noted for his charity and
Violence. Whenever any Of his
fellow workmen died IT was his habit
to collect from each Of the living
comrades a small donatio which was,
! turned over to the widow or orphans.
/ So strong did this habit become that
the people who knew him never for;
a moment questioned the idea Of Civ
ing, but whenever he appeared they
inquired the amount Of their assess.
$nlent and paid it as a matter Of course.
Then came the idea Of extending the
plan and out Of this extension came
the present great fraternal order
whose emblem lis the Shield and.
anchor. More than this. Upon the,
principles Of & this order have been
built the great system Of fraternal in
surance that Is & now one of the
recognized Institutions Of the coun-
try n "a. j
1T has been said that Upchurch did.
not understand the principles Of In.
suralce and could not have distin-i
guished a mortality table from that
Of multipl ication. 1t is pointed out in,
this particular that he did not even
think to require a medical ex aminati ton
of the candidates for membership
This is true, but when the order as
sumed the character Of a lodge this
was remedied. ss5i5
The first lodge consisted Of fourteen
members and was strictly Of "a, local
character, and confined to the work
men with whom the founder labored.
They were united for their mutual
protection, hence the name.
The principle which had prompted
Upchurch to make his coll ctions and.
turn them over to relieve the distress
of the stricken home where the hand
of death had been laid in an Icy grasp.
we're that Of charity, and he looked
not to the present for his reward but
to the untold future Where the giVers
of IA cup OF cold water will not be
nnre cognized or unforgo ten. In this
was the hope that when the silent
reaper should come for the gather
ing Of the harvest in his own home the
principles Of the brotherhood of man
would constrain those who were vet,
to follow 70 extend 70 his loved ones,
the same considera ton he ihad So UNI
selfshly given to others. IS hope
inspires the sinking mind sustains
the fainting heart. VI
IT was upon this foundation that.
the order was built. John Upchurch
may not have unde rstood the plan Of
insurance, but he founded a religion
that has touched the esponsiye chords;
of the heart Of a humane world.
AS the order grew and IT became nee
s
cessary to give IT'S work something Of
apermanency the idea Of protection was
properly added and the society went sI5
forward under the three insp iring
principles ri charity. hope and pro l.t,-4
lection. 81
Under these Il has entered the home
where death has left his impartial
handiwork. ana to those who have
mad nothing but black clouds of
despair, II has brought the sunshine
sof hope. No hand % ready to be ex-s
tended To ieye ant and care, no