The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-09
ODD FELLOWS HOLD
MEMORIAL SERVICE
With Rebekahs, They Went To Congre-
gational Church Yesterday Morn
ing and Listened to Rev.
j. w. Barnett's Sermon,

Odd Fellows Memorial Sunday was OBJ
served in a fitting manner at the Con
gregational church yesterday morning
when the pastor, Rev. j. w. Barnett
preached an appropriate sermon to dele
cations from Hiawatha lodge, No. ,.
/. o. 0. f., and Bright Star Rebekaf
lodge. The Odd Fellows, numbering AZ
and marshalled by Captain G. 0. Aver
i'll of Canton Ninton and the Rebekahs
led by Mrs. Dennison Densmore, marched
from their headquarters in the Gordon
block at 1880 o'clock and occupied seats
at the church well toward the front in
the auditorium. During the services, the
choir sang the "Gloria" from Mozart's
twelfth mass, Barbanyis 20 Paradise, y
and Frederick A. Ingls rendered Beau
tiful Isle of Somewhere" The offering
went for the work Of the state Sunday
school association,
The pastor chose the text of his dis
course from Corinthians, Is eh 45 VS.,
which reads: "The first man, Adam, be-
came living soul; the second man,
Adam, became life-giving spirit" Suf-
ticient to the occasion. the pastors top
| ic was concerned with "The Great HUI
man Struggle and brotherhood was its
keynote From the two chapters in the
evolution of man referred to in the text,
Dr. Barnett drew his lesson of brother
hood. The first chapter. in which man
became living soul, was far from per
feet, although its story is part and
parcel OF the race in its onward and
upward struggle. Together, they were
closely correlated, for while in the one,
the mans first law was the survival of
the fittest in the second came the first
glimmerings of moral and spiritual
life to be improved. even as he had
sought to build mp the physical side of
his being in the first
In the first the only consideration was
the individual, while in the second 9th
err beings came within the range of his
vision. Dealing chiefly with the second
status of man and its present day re-
suits. the preacher continued by tracing
the evolution of the brotherhood spirit
from the individual to the family; from
the family to the groups, which later
coalesced into tribes and from tribal
associations into the larger units with
which we are familiar to-day. Mutual |
desire for improvement the spirit of |
brotherhood had been uppermost |
through it all.
Turning to the relation Of one man |
to another as we should know it to-day, /
the pastor said the great struggle is t
still in our midst Quoting st. Paul, I
he said, I'VE then that are strong must I
bear the burdens Of the weak" and |
again, this time from the Master, he
said: II have come that We might live
bundantly" The pastor declared that /
we had yet to realize the ideal state
and such happy conslImmation would .
never come to pass until the interest OF
Ill becomes the interest Of each other
and the interest OF each other the inter
,st of all. The law of the survival of I
he fttest no longer finds its old, fa-
niliar place in our hearts or in our re-
ations to others.
Surveying the conditions as they ex-
vt at the present time, Dir. Barnett
lrged upon his auditors the necessity
i stopping the awful robbery. punder
nd exploitation now so prevalent He
would impose upon the great, sane and
trong middle class" the duty OF redeem 9
ng the fallen and downtrodden. Pre-
ention, more than redemption and re- !
toration, however. should be the key $
ote of our struggle with these forces, !
c said. Continuing he contended that y
above and beneath the great human {
ace il rotting On the one hand, the I
lie rich, and at the other extremity the !
ubmerged poor The middle class is Q
he good Samaritan in this struggle of
ur day and upon il devolves the duty e
I approaching both extremes with the .
are OF the ife-givng spirit mentioned o
i the text" In concluding, the pastor q
llled upon his congregation to enter 2
ito the great struggle, obey the call o
IT service and to draw nearer to a
,alization of our mission as borne ont U
the evolution of man through stages
lat constitute great chapters in his be-
g. y,