The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-01

When the trouble arose between
the states in 1861, the principle OF
b%fothcrly love had become 50 deep.
~ instill, d into the hearts OF thu
members OF the order that at the
meeting OF the Grand Lodge that
year resolutions declaring odd
Fellowship above and beyond the
divisions and classihlations Of
poll ical party or sect, reafirming
the perp,tuity Of the order, and
urging members everywhere to
leave all political differences be.
yond the portals Oh the order, were
unanimously adopted and have
since been rcligiously observed.
In 1865 Joy unconhned marked
the reunion OF brothers who lor
! years had been separated.
Odd fellowship is more popular
today than ever before, We are
coming more and more to realize
the great truth Of the latherhood
OF God and the brotherhood oi
man. In 1881 the first lodge OF the
order was organized in NcwMexico
at Santa le, Mont, yuma No. l..
MOnteZuma No. and Parad So
No. 4 bought and gave to the tern
tory the first cemetery whore a
man could be buried who was not
OF the Catholic faith. The last
lodge organized in New Mexico
was that OF Taos No. 10 organized
March u, 1900 at Taos, the
ancient capital, and perhaps thu
Oldest CITY IN the commonwealth.
The foundation OF our order is the
recognition OF the lathcrhood oi
God and the brotherhood OF man.
! hc beautiful story OF friendship,
as shown in the lives OF Jessie
son, the shepherd lad, and the
staiwart prince OF Israel the son OF
Saul, the d,mentrd King
One oil the distinctive features
OF our order is charity, not simply
the relief OF the brother in distress,
mutual relief Is a leading afhliatiun
OF our order, and, to visit the
sick, bury the dead, care tor thu
widows and educate the orphans,
Is AN imperative duty which Odd
Fellowship enIoins. We strive to
elevate the character OF man, to
give hun proper conceptions OF his
capabilities Tor good, to enllghten
his mind, to enlarge the sphere OF
his All, Ction,, IN "A word our aim
Is to lead man to a true conception
OF the %iraternal relation designed
by the author oi our being.
systems, crerds and nations
may pass away but love endures,
whether there be knowledge II
shalt pass away, prophecy shall
tail, tongues shall east.
Philosophy does moi cheer the
philo sopher in the dark hour. The
mIsers gold is powerless, when in
the agony Of death he stretches
forth his hand tor sympathy, but
II Is love, warm, tender, gentle,
sympathetic human love we want
in ali OF liie's dark and trying
hours; and then, when human love
tails, We want Divine love to lead
us gently by the hand through the
valley ar! shadow, and land us
safely into the land OF peace.
When misfortune robs us OF
our possessions, when storm or
drouth destroys our crops, we can
defy fortune it we have lett, love
in the home; but let love grow
cold and then the bravest heart
will sink into despair.
And now abideth faith, hope,
love. But when the angel seen by
theSeer OF Patmos in his apocalyp,ic
vision standing with one loot upon
the sea and the other upon the
earth, shall proclaim with a loud
voice that time shall be no more,
then faith and hope may end.
Prophecies may fail because OF
their fulhlment. Human know.
ledge vanish away because oil the
importation OF Divine knowledge
enabling us TO know even as also
are known. Tongues may
cease.
Someone has said that Faith
Will end in sight, hope in glad
truiuon die, but love extends he-
yOnd time, INTO the boundless
realms OF eternity.
The spirit oi charity prompted
the organization oil IA order
ninety years ago. This spirit
peTmeates its entire teaching. Ii
goes to the sick.room and cheers
the heart oil the sufferer.
1t ministers to the suffering while
lite lasts, and then tcnderly ar
ranges Tor the burial oil the departed.
1t builds homes tor the aged,
hospitals Tor the sick, asylums Tor
the orphan, and cares tor the
widows oi our deceased brothers.
odd Fellowship is founded upon
that eternal principle which recog-
nizlng man as "A constituent oi one
universal brotherhood teaching him
that, as he Came from the hands OF