The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-07-02
IN MEMORY OF DEAD
Ssaa~y u xfnea b Otl feDsvs
Deivret - nesseiA Nv.


or.al sermon OF Rev J. T. Mcclure
delivered to the Odd Fellows at the
Methodist church Sunday morning
Text: "A man that hath friends
must shew himself friendly. and
there is . friend that suokcth clos
or than a brother Prov. 1924.
III am distressed for thee. my bro
thou been unto me: thy love To me
was wonderful. passing the love Of
a woman" + Sam. 1876. And now
abideth faith. hope. charity. these
three: but the greatest OF these Is
charity" l Cor. 1913.
We are here today to do honor
to the memory OF twenty-six broth
ers who have been called from the
ranks Of fraternal association here
to the reunion OF the grand lodge OF
all true brothers who have passed
beyond the flood. 1t Is the purpose
of fraternalism to not only help the
living, but hold in sweet remem-
brance the noble deeds OF our be-
loved dead.
Fraternalism in the broadest
pulse planted in the human heart
that feels a sense OF personal re-
sponsibility whenever brought face
to face with a brothers need. Need
OF a cultivation Of this spirit has
been evident ever since sin entered
the human heart. How strikingly
true is this in tn case Of the first
, two brothers. After Cain had left
his brother weltering In his own
blood in the agonies of death, God
said to him, Where is Able, thy
brother" And he said, 81 know
not: Am I my brothers keeper"
This great sin of selfishness and
murder provoked Gods displeasure
and he marked the man and cursed
the ground to him. So through all
the generations the selfish man God
has marked and to him the ground
Is cursed.
The progress of the spirit OF fra
evidenced in the organization o
families, tribes, states and nations
for mutual protection and help.
This is the age of organized sc
r,,at jrvr, n n
ably means an advance over an.
thing the world has ever known IL
the way Of fraternal effort. Its val
ue is evidenced in the fact that in
the United States and Canada the
Ifraternal orders are paying out more
than S45.000,000 annually for the
benefit of the needy and suffering.
In the last thirty years fraternailsm
has raised thousand million dol
lars.
The law of exclusion implied in
| its secret work is that by which 1t
raises itself out of the category OF
the common and ordinary into the
scale of superior worth. 1t is no dit
ference to me where you have learn
ed the lesson of fraternalism, II YOU
90 with me 70 the bedside of sick
or needy brother. or assist In the
care of his widow and orphan chill
dren YOU ~re my brother and ! give
YOU my hand
odd Fellowship had It's rise IN
/ England about the close OF the eigh-
tesnth century The American
! branch of the I O o + was or
ganized by Thos. Wildey. April 26.
ilNI9. iu Baltimore. and known as
/ Washington Lodge No. D. and had
five members From the beginning
odd Fellowship motto has been
ITO relieve the distressed. bury the
dead and educate thc orphan and
Icsrr for the widow and orphan. u
has marched srapdly on during
These SIS wears with 10 small begin-
ming it has srosu tiil uow it has a
membership ~ l.6oo Tt2 faithful
.folowrrs During this tlme lt has
.paid faF th~ relief of thr needy more
tfhaa stfU. 600 0pU. or about 90.
I sao auH annually. and b. holds lu its
.tfetsuff today subject fn raii $50.
ies1 5000. aud had JB au Iu,rs'ri
lust tst.r>e.tss at tte D.1se 'f
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