The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-27
HELD AT SYNAGOG ATTENDED
BY ALL LODGES IN UNI
FORM.
SERMON BY B. SADLER
Beautiful Principles of the order Flo.
qusnty esented-Prominen
Members of the Order Take
Part In Service.

Memorial ~ rVlceS or Alexander, a.
ma. Stafford and Parthena lodges
! After the rendition OF the opening ode
! Brother F. IT,. Thurman delivered tn
! invocation, which was followed by It'll
4 violin solo, 20 Thou Beautiful Even
ing STAR one of Wagners compost
, tons. sxecuted skillfully by Maste
! Howard Frank
After the regular evening prayers
Brother l., T.. IIaybarger, Of Alexande
lodge, read impressively a scripture
selection and then Brother j. p. Boz
man gave brief SIX tch Of the "Or
ganizatlon History and Principles O
the Order" He stated that the lnde
pendent Order OF Odd Fellows, al
though OF modern and very humble
origin has become one of the grs al
| est, weathiest and most powerful
benevolent fraternities on the globe.
| Its founder, Thomas Wildey, organ
| lied the first lodge in the city of Bal
| timore with but five members, on the
2G day of April, 1919, and from thai
day to the present its growth and
prosperity has been phenomenal. II
now has over one million members.
The fundamental principle of the
order is the Fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man. Its object is
the elevation and improvement of
mankind morally Intellectually and
socially 1t recognizes mans indi-
"A, nd On
upon his fellownan, and his conso-
quent need of cooperation and mutual
assistance in all the affairs of life.
hence it's members are requested 10
aid, assist and protect each other, TO
visit the sick. relieve the distressed,
bury the dead and protect and edu
cate the orphan. 1t endeayors to re-
move all the false distinctions Of so
ciety by which man is separated from
his fellow man and to form Of mankind
a universal brotherhood bound by the
chain Of Friendship, Love and Truth.
1t opposes all forms of vice and I'M
morality and inculcates virtue, philan.
thropy and brotherly love
After the rendition Of a fine solo, |
Dana's Flee as a Bird" by Mrs. lisa |
belle Mccormick, of st. Louis, Broth
er b. Sadler delivered the Memorial |
sermon. He welcomed the brothers
and sisters as co-believers in and wor
shippers of the God of Israel, the
great invisible and incomprehensible
God Of the Universe and of all HUI
manity. H thanked them for their
hospitality while Montefore congrc-
cation worshiped in Stafford hall and
read from the report of 1905, that the
illinois grand lodge donated 800 to-
ward the relief of the Russian Jews.
and also censured the Russian gov
ernment for its brutality and inhuman
conduct He then expatiated upon the
motto of the order Friendship. Love
and Truth" as guide in life ana
leath.
He stated that these three prin-
3iples were cardinal virtues and a
trinity of ideals, toward which all
should strive. He defined
erms Friendship and Love. claiming
hat they really meant one and the
same thing and that these virtues
Ters embodied or incirnated in many
If the Bible characters. such as Alb
'aham Moses, Aaron, David and Jon.
THAN, Isaiah and many others of the
prophets and teachers of Israel.
Truth, absolute truth was. how
sver. with God alone. Truth, in rab-
jinical parlarce, was considered as
he seal of divinity itself and mankind |,
'ould only strive towards that ideal ,
hat acme of the cardinal virtues To II
he Rebekah lodges he held up the
characters of Rebekah. Miriam. D.
orah. Huldah. Ruth and others for Z
He cited story from the :
pocyphal book of Esdras in further +
of the aims and objects of ,
'oman's part and share in the prac- i
ice of the principles of the order. +
Finally he said that each memorial |
ay was a link in the grand chain of q
i'd Fellowship. stretching from one 8
nd of the world to the other. and n
raging for the time when universal d
eaee. brotherhood and the worship c
T one God will be tn established 4
nle among all nations. c
Before and after the reading Of the
egisfer Of departed brothers and sis n
RS, Mrs. J. f. Strong kindly favored il
lie audience with two solos. 'eThe {,
IS bush and Ambrose" One Sweet. n
Z. Solemn Thought" which were c,
lghly appreciated by all. Ia
When the assemblage arose during c
ie recital of the memorial prayer
rother Sadler reminded them that
should also honor in their devo- 81
Ons the memory Of Wildey. the b,
under Ridgeley, the builder. Col b,
X, the originator Of the Rebekahs. OF
e maItyred President Mckinley and II
S widow about 10 enter into ever /
sting life. and our own A. b. Stafford. m
10 worked with might and main for in
e welfare Of the order in this city. to
Very appropriate and finely render Vi
was the wordsOng. "The Star ii
langled Banner by Mrs. McCor- &C