Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-21

Hope in frutition. But love never ends. will make no change in love. Because it is of God and one of his attributes given to man, to mark the distinction between him and lower or der of creation. Love is capable of expanding and moulding men and women, like the great ideal Christ.
 The love that knit Jonothan and David's souls together was more than human. They had been touched again by the hand of divinity. Their love was that love which comes to man by being retouched by the third person in the Trinity, the Holy Spirit.
 When I see the chain of three links, the first and third are interlocked with the second, it touches me that every Oddfellow should realize how insepa- rable is the bond of fellowship.
 AS the bundle of arrows, separated, how easily broken, but bound together with three fold cord of love they can not be broken.
 The third link is Truth. This link has God for it's author. Truth is one of the attributes of God. This link is as important as the first and second Nations and individuals rise and fall by this link. Oddfellowship has dem onstrated to the world what power there is in this link. From the subor must be exemplified From the petty office to the most exalted, this link must be practiced in our lives.
 This link should never leave the mind of an Oddfellow. The covenant between Jonothan and David was fo: peace and prosperity of their seed, The confidence and faith that Jono- than and David remained steadfast to the end. It teaches Us the grand les son of trust and confidence thac has come down to us through the centu- ries. Men who prize their word more 'fS>H NiholS eIll OilCo, Ol NOAuiS dP- plaudits, to keep their word was their highest ambition, and should be ours.
 The pessimist cries, the world is no better, becoming more wicked every decade. Like Nathaneal of old asked the question Can anything good come out of Nazareth Tie answer was, Come and see. And the question can any good come out of Oddfellowship. Let us see. The pessimistic class are not the ones who try to assist the fall en nor improve sociey. They are cloggs in the worlds progress. This class of individuals never build asylums nor orphans homes. They don't re- lieve the widow. They never watch by the bedside of the suffering. They don't bury the dead
 Oddfellowship hear the cries of the widows and orphans it builds orphan ages. It relieves the widow and edu- cates the orphans. It's watchers are found in every land, by the side of the | suffering. They bury the dead and give solace to the survivors.
 The Jonothans and Davids are in every land and the three link chain encircles the world In every nation and cline they recognize the father hood of God and the brotherhood of man.
 \ true Jonothan is not a selfish man. He sees the world as it is. He i Srasps the situation with an oper 1 hand-heart in hard he is ever ready to dispense charity.
 l JonOthan and David were bound to- sether. not for selfish purposes. The banding of men together when they are bound by friendship, love anG truth for mutual protection is no men. ace to a nation. state or community
 The history of Oddfellowship as far as
 we have been able to trace it, it has