The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-07-19

She has now in her hands, all debts
paid. over twelve thousand dollars.
The address of DR.. R. F. Boyd,
Worthy Counsellor, was as follows:
My Dear Calanthians:
| am in a spirit Of humiliation and
gratefulness to our heavenly Father
for his dispeEsation of love and kind
ness to us in preserving our Order
and making us his agents in lifting
I'D the womanhood of our race and
disseminating the noble truths for
which our Order stands. Our Order
is binding men and women together
in the bonds of Christian love and
the gospel of higher intellectual de-
velopment. 1t is fitting then, that as
we march arm in arm through the
halls of time to the door of eternity,
we sing, GLORY to God in. the high
est, on earth peace and good will to-
ward all men," The Omnipotent
hand of Providence is working out a
higher destiny of our women through
this Order. | feel and believe 1t
from the bottom of my heart.
want you to review our work through
the past seven years; the thousands
of lRes we have effected by bringing
together the brainiest, purest, and
reaching out to save the unsaved.
| have always placed a high esti-
mate upon the power and influence
of women in the world. When any
man has risen to great heights and
blessed his followers in leadership,
in science, in art, in invention OF
philanthropy, ! have looked for the
source in a good wife, a good mother
or a good daughter. and have found
it. The making of true character Is
done in the home. 1t is the mother
who presses the seal on the wax and
makes the impression of strong re
ligious belief. and enables us to rise
to the grandeur of our being. There
is a great demand for intelligent
Christian characters. Who must
make them but our mothers? The
Bible says a great deal about man ano
very little about woman but IN
every chapter, sometimes in every
page, it speaks of angels. In one
place, it says that God made man but
little lower than the angels. Women
are the angels, they are Gods angels
but for these angels the world would
be confessedly COMPOUNDED. My love
and devotion for our women is strong
er than ever because of my assOcia
tiOn with you in this work
go we into all the world and
preach my gospel" are the words OF
the Master that should appeal to the
members of this order more than tC
any other people. This gospel sc
potent in its influences and elevatins
in its effect, is not gospel of words
of songs of praise. It is a gospel OF
brains and Of the arms; gospel Of
thought and of action; a gospel OF
charity, integrity, industry and
economy. A gospel whose pulpit is
the lodge room and the fireside, and
whose expounders are the honest
hearts and willing hands that "dC
unto others as they would be done
by" 1t is a gospel that exemplifies
the Fatherhood of God and the broth
erhood Of man.
Then, brothers and sisters, renew
the fight for the amelioration of oul
race. From every home and firesidt
comes up the cry: Flight on! fight
on" Above your heads through the
rifted clouds is heard the same voice
Let us heed it. The hope and glory
of the race is in us and those who
follow. Let us be happy, hopeful
bouyant, kind, considerable, thought
full, broadminded, liberal, sincere
candid, faithful in every detail. Live
exemplary lives and create an influ
ence for good to those around you
and those who are to come after you
| hope every one of you have come
here imbued with the spirit of fideli
ty, harmony and love. This session
of our Calanthe is Of the utmost i'm
portance to us and demands wise
conservative and patriotic action
upon the part of every delegate.
want you to prove yourselves worthy
and faithful to every trust, and at
tend strictly to the business which
caused you to come from every
nook and corner of this state as rep
resentatives of your Courts. Give
your best thought and judgment tC
the problems of the Order. While
we are particularly interested in the
care and protection of the sick, help
less, needy, widows and orphans.
wish you to remember that ours is
a great business concern as well. We
must guard we'll and properly manage
the thousands of dollars that are en-
trusted to our care and keeping. The
eyes of the world are upon us. The
All-seeing eye of God is upon us, The
interest of the race is upon us. Ours
is a tremendous responsibility, We
cannot shun it. The officers Of this
Court have a public and fraternal
trust of honor. We are the pioneers
that are blazing the way for the com
ing generations. If we are honest
and faithful in our work here we will
give tone and credit, not only to oul
Order, but to the entire race"
After going into detail as to the
state of the order, etc, and making
recommendations as to the laws gov
erning the Order, DR.. Boyd said in