The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-23
WASHINGTON.
FCresters Attend Church in Body and
Listen to Rev. Towsley.

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| Sunday, 1t The regular hour Of morn
ing service, many officers and members
Of Court Onanandah, No 1919, Indepen-
dent Order Of Foresters, attended The
Universalist church In a body. Some
members of the court assisted the choir
in rendering appropriate music. The
text was taken from Mark $40 He
that is not against us, is on our part.
We present an abstract of the sermon
delivered By Rev. Irving Towsley.
II Is the minister's privilege and duty
to explain and promuIgate whatsoever
Of good he finds among the various actiy-
tiles Of men. The good that Is being
done in our modern complex civiliza-
tion is not the work Of the church alone,
unless we consider the church as inspir-
ing it all, but it is the work Of b great
number OF other organized and unor
gained agencies. am more than will
ing to commend unto men all your good
words and works
confess that am amazed sometimes
at the completely Of modern life. Even
when we confine our thought to orr
own ancestors here in this state, two or
three generations ago, we wonder what
in the world they did with themselves
during that part Of their time, be it
more OF less, when they were not work
| ing for their bread. We now have leisure
and desire for wide and constantly
increasing range Of activities. Your or
der supplies part OF what satisfies
those activities. | hive often said that
we see very little deliberate wickedness.
The human heart, that seems to supply
such great crops Of wild oats, Is not
more inherently bad than grain field
that develops abundant weeds Even
weeds thrive best Id good rich soil Even
when young people have no desire for
bad company, they may nevertheless be
led into it by strong social cravings that
their homes do not satisfy, unless good
company IS provided elsewhere. AL
Christian people arc bound to welcome
every means for making the good choice
easier. Sd. ii your order does no more
than to keep people ont of mischief one
evening in a. week, yon should Be rated
on the side Of good
But, according to your professions, my
friends Of the ForcsteTs, sou aim not
only to entertain. but You aim also
to enable people to help each other IN
times 0f sickness or other trouble, and CO
bring aid and comfort to those who
mourn for their dead and lack their sup.
port Individual consolation and charity
Is undoubtedly best, but sometimes on
gained comfort and charity IL wiser and
stronger. Sometimes your organization
can 10 where individuals cannot go
can most heartily commend that
institution Of yours, SO well housed and
equipped on Foresters' Island, at Deser-
onto. Ont ! refer to your fine Orphans
home. beautifully situated On ground dp-
mated BY Dr. Oronhvatekha, the reyerea
founder Of your order. That IL II the
gift of Il Mohawk Indian To the orphaned
children Of white men makes it, to me.
more remarkable and interesting, snap
pose some might complain Of your rule
that the little helpless ones who find q
home ana an education there must be
tile children Of ForeAters, That may
seem, To them, to be d selfish aud narrow
charity. But You might say to such
critics. If there are any, that when all
your own orphans have been provided
for as fully as many a man provides for
his own family before he gives . penny
for outside work you VIII also be willing
to look after the orphans Of other people.
8lf You attend To that beautiful charity
IS fully as you promise, you may thereby
teach 4 much needed lesson to other
fraternities and even TO many churches,
/ have heard men say that their order
gave them an the religion they needed
But | never thought that they proved
1T bv their lives. There is no order that
can make good any such claim ! ask
you to enquire among yourselves # this
be not true that in general your best
and most trusted members are at the
same time in good standing in some
church. Your recently deceased chief,
che Mohawk. Orcnhyatekha, was a con
sistent member OF the Church Of Eng
land II made a better man OF him and
better Forester
While ] thus approve Of your order
for helping IN the gooa moral ille 81 Tue
community and for its many noble chart
ties. / feel in duty bound to urge that
nothing you do in your order should ever
interfere with that primary source of all
moral good, the acts Of mortal man en-.
eaeed in the worship 81 immortal God.
Without this great Fountain OF good
things, there could be no good, either in
your order. or elsewhere.
Friday night, Jnne the 10Th. Court
0nanandah. No. 1919, held their regular
meeting with large attendance. Nine
candidates were Initiated into the order.
Dr. w. o. Hutchinson and w. J Scott /
we're elected as delegates 10 the nigh
court of Vermont. After the regular /
business Of the meeting had been done I
away with. supper was served by the
ladies. after which dancing vas the order