The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-27
ODD FELLOWSHIP rs
VERY ABkY REVIEWED
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IightIY the words taII from saFeIess
lips, hut how vast ana E9paeFtnl nave
been the changes n the dsstptss 81
the world and the human rage
Within thls PeEi9a E5sen g, te aIIz t 51s
der, have been wrought the mighty
wonders Which miist forever separate
the future From the past Think 81
the advances made In every avenue
OF human epdeayor and every deyei-.
opmept Of kpoRledge. Man has III
orally harnessed the powers q ma
ouering chariot wheels he has sub
dued the elements, reached into the
clouds. pbs: lcted the lightning and
coaxed It to turn the wheels Of com
merce; light his pathway; carly his
voice from city to city; cable his I'M
perlal commands from sea 10 see ana
catch his distress signal in the clouds
in mia-ocean and lash y 70 q l1fe-
saving station on shore.
ON April %, 1919 American Odd
Fellowship was instituted by i've
plain, unpretending citizens. with
full hut ilnwaYering voice II pro-
claimed its mission TO be peace. amity
and good VIII to man. ImPued by
pure motives and governed by cor,
rect principles these hard pioneers,
chesTed by tokens Of h aarty approval
raised aloft the coiors Of the order
and the warm southern Prcezes uI1-
flitJed a new flag to tn: gaze OF the
populace, upon which was Inscribed
Friendship, love, truth, symbolic 'Ils
the fathrhood of God and the broth
erhood Of man.
from the storm by the r1Geily built
but hospitabIe log cabin. Tbs rlsiTlS
sun of the 10th century was FAR
from the golden belt Of the East, the
region If promise to all Odd FsioN:s.
before his powerful rays penetrated
the lone lodge and warmed ana
cheered its ave humble members.
CiyiHzation was primitive and was
only reflected by the dim light OF mis-
sfonary zeal, patriotic ferHor and now
TO be oulckened into more eHulgent
dame and glory by the torch of ffater-
naIism under whose mighty rays, ig-
norance, Iliteracy, Incidence and SUD
erstition was to give way, and the
wilderness made to smile and blossom
hy the THRIFT, enterprise and intelic'ct
OF The early settlers as they threw OF
the yoke Of oppresston. stupidity and
ygftchcraft OF The old world Rnd
caught the adEapturFaops spirit planted
BY the pioneer.
Here in America we are building an.
inlpIos ed CIV lZatipp indeed q nav
civilization as America became the
melting not Of ali old countries and
- What has odd FelIewship epnFib-
uted to the moral empire What are
t. fruits? Cast your inQuiring eyes
upon the broad and beautiful s excuse
IeopIe have I enetEated to rsE.atc
sections an dfsolated commu mites.
Ihowever blatant or fraught with :hAril-
ships and perfls as the Wilderness
masses from chans to order, DO our
temples lit their spires and Odd Eel
IoNship give Its ad TO the =great tran.
lsition.
Elowship were the pat ders, Of Amer
lican .fraternaI, benevolent and secret
Esocfeties. BY fidelity to the princt-
Eplas Of the order, with nerserverance-
and unremItting totl they struggled
on overcoming all obstacles until the
sons and dalls hters OF the patnhntdErs
now travel 4 great in tern 2 tonaI ,nlgn-
way or Odd EreI1nwshfp which reach
es every short and itontches every
CLINE.
A work pf such ,piagn ttnde ts not
the reward OF q day or sge Lnnesr fsilon.
hut 1T is for an time, for all people
and Tor ali humanity.
The world Is our parish and world
VIDE is our invita- ion to the chilpfen
loF men and even In the rsmotest COR
aers Of the earth 90 our Wyo'Fs1ff llgsl
toll.
An elemental moral forced naarkad
lin men and not siiscs ptible to change
without desIroytn q him e 2 ysarnthg
Tor com nanto snip, the feeling for
IassocIa tion Win his .feddoNy man It
lis the feeling vital TO pro- feGss that
l6lir ordet seeSIs TO clltfy9tes the
Linz when en- tina ted elgp asses 1t
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