The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-06
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splendid homes of which cur state Is
Justly proud.
The growth Of the order has b, eH
I.emarkable. IN 1919 behold me g
handful of men the nucleus Ct the
10. O. f. to be: now, how differ mt On
Dec. 81 1906, the total membership OF
cur subordinate lodges, including he'
bekas. was 1.709,533. A spendil re-
cord, is II not
Let us establish the relationship be-
tween the church and lodge. Occasion
ally ome hears an enthusiast say MY
rdar is my church; if live up 10 ITS
teachings. viii get to Heaven as
surely as through the church. BE
areful. The church. even cannot save
anless we are ebedient to her gospel
GOD ordained the church to save souls
rhis is her peculiar specific fun
ton
Fratcrlal orders, The direct result
the ethical impulse, or the social
spirit, In maa are established for
urely humanitarian effort. Men
were brothers tratels-long before
he general recognition of the church
As r souIsaving Institution. The
neral virtues may be famed into
lame and developed in the lodge, and
nure. lofty ideals OF brotherhood
nyolyed. but the way Of the church
must continue the way Of life and sal
yatIon
Three goldea liaEs, symbolizine At
tributes Of mind and soul Friend
ship. Love and Truth" are Worn as
he insignia Of the order Friendships
aid. Loves magnetism Truths path
way-who does net glory in these
inks Of fellowship. binding US into a
closer union?
As Odd Fellows, always remember
your vows. with the exalted teachings
md principles of your fraternity, con
luctiug yourselves accordingly, and
The world viii know. without the
badge on coat lapel that you belong
to an institution great in beneyolencs.
charity, morals
Two lessons from the Holy Bible
one from the New, one from the on
testament are linked with Odd Eel
lowship. The beautiful story Of mu
tual love and fidelity, misty with age,
between David and Jonathan 50 clear.
Ily portrayed within the lodge-room
land as only Odd Fellows can see ami
know. must every impress the
Ineophyte with the true nobility ri
| manhood The other, portrayed by
he one matchless prophet-priest and
king, in parabe-the experience OF
/ him who travelling down to JeFico. fell
among thieves. We see the naughty
priest and the Indifferent Leyite
passing by on the other side, deaf to
the piteous cry for help But the
good Samaritan, one OF a despised
land hated people, full of brotherly
love. neighbor indeed, comes to his
rescue. Herein behold picture OF
compassion brotherhood. OF succci
and aid, "a friend indeed"
But, lest we forget, We turn to 9
sadder strain, the minor key of death
separation loss Let us remembcl
our arisen brothers, and continue
to meet in solemn memory of oul
dead.
Death, in the past, has often bee"
misunderstood: from the gloom c
ioubt and despair, men and wome,
have sought to placate the king Of
terrors, but vain have been thef
efforts. Poets have pictured death a.
a monster unrelenting and resistless
passing swiftly over the breast o.
nother-earth, leaving cold and slaugh
tered millions in his wake Sabl,
clad. he has moved in triumph acros.
the plains of the neither world, wher.
sojourn the pale shades of earth-bcrr
creatures, with his captive dear
chained to somber chariot wheels.
But a new idea of death begins {,
prevail II is now considered
change, God ordained. We consider h
rs natural to die as to be born. 4
natural sequential incident in the evo
luton Of soul Death-from III.
Christian yiew-point--is mortality
friend rather than a continually.ey
lpected and eyerdreaded enemy A
shining messenger from an eterna
Eden, clad In robes unsullied by tins
and coronated with buds of amaranth
he accosts eagth's way-worn traveller
places on the house Of clay that mys
erious. purple seal, and with angeI
enderness, gathers into his arms the
newborn spirit and gently. noiseless
ly floats from the confines of morta
vision into that glory of those who
live and love forever,
A writer has said
LIES sun dips low in that golden
west
Where family dimly I can see
| Fair isles Of rest among the blest.
And forms OF loved ones waiting
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