The Robesonian., 1917-02-22
ADDRESS BEFORE THE, ORDER
OF THE EASTERN STAR.

monwea1th, and no man can measure
the influence of Gladstone upon the
century in which he lived and it may
be the power of the man who is now
President Of the U. S. will not be
, comprehended by this generation. In
every century there are few names
around which the greatness of
achievement must be gathered. When
! Alfred the Great based his laws ard
! education on the Ten Commandments,
when Elizabeth of England permitted
the scriptures to be given to the peo-
pie in their. own language they build
ed better than they knew. To know
the results, read the history of prog
ress. The Reformation began as
Wycliffe, Savonarolla, John Huss,
Luther, John Calvin and John Knox !
pored over the Word of God That
enism in the Sandwich Islands. Ev-
en- in this generation, when the
Scriptures were given to that wild
! people, they turned from their heath
enism to serve the Living God. And
it is by ''the entrance of Gods Word
/ that we have the light" in which we
glory. "Thy word giveth light" We
have some great words with which
we are all familiar as: FIDELITY;
! CONSTANCY; PURITY; LIFE;
FERVENCY, and about these words
i l desire our thought to linger..
i Fidelity
I This means more than faith, it
means faith that is strong enough
to endure, and if need shall arise to
suffer for the faith professed. There
!, is story in the Old Book, Of a brave
and God-fearing man, who had
daughter who did once exemplify this,
when she willingly, unmurmuringly
), suffered all that the vow Of God on
: the part of the father required. Her
) name has come down even to the
. present day as an emblem of fidelity
to the faith. Some of your ancestors
entered into a covenant with God,
and fought and suffered many ha1d-
ships for civil and religious liberty,
5 and have entered into glorious her
: itage that they won for US in those
5 killing days of 1860 to 1880. Those
l! old Convenanters enlisted under a
/ Banner o Blue, which stood for fl
t deity. And so the heroine of whom
l have been speaking did, and still
wears as a headcovering "blue
: veil", as a sign of fidelity. There
i evidently had been some religious
III CilclI 1O1ilo "i1CAO ooeSiA
a q daughter was raised.
+ There is another word familiar to
ei the members of the Order Of the
/: Eastern Star, namely,
f Constancy
a a word synnonomous with SINGER
: ITY. War and distress had driven
a from home a family consisting OF
e father and mother and two sons
d Among the visitudes of life in at
e ter DAYS, when the sons had come to
q the estate of manhood, ard married
n and established homes Of their own
s Death entered the home, not only OF
=! the aged woman, but Of the two
Younger women, the wives Of the two
i sons, and this mother realizing the
f weight of years, has added to the sor.
h row of widowhood, the bereavement
J. of her two sons, so that in that house
II hold there were three persons witt
,a the cheerless name "widow". On
le of these had character SO trans
it parent and beautiful, that her mans
" has come down to US as the emblem
l. of all that is true, noble and sincere
le She it was who said to the poor Oh
is and helpless one: ''Entreat me no
tv to leave thee, nor to return from TO-
~ lowing after thee, for whittier tho
sci poestI will 90, and where thou lodg
g. est, l will lodge; thy people sha
in be nv people, and thy GOD m
W. GOD" Loving care for the welfar
e. Of another, seen in struggle to pro
lit vide for her the needs OF tn
in helpless, the nobility of her iit'
tic the frangrance Of her klne
ut " deeds have sWeetened d
he the ages since, being an example
nd ec'f-denying constancy for all TIM
There is a great word known 70 "
is Order Of the Eastern Star, Wlth"'
al which there can be no happy nom
of nor indeed any happy life, the Wo1
ri is:
on Purity.
les Things had come TO sorry pa
;c- - ona time even among the chose
nd neople of God. The whole race we
en- enbiect to a foreign potentate, WI
lie bimself was SO Indifferent to tt
10 Welfare Of his kingdom, that favo
o5e i+es governed largely as it pleas
ZEN heir fancies. One Of these fave
rls ties had allowed love of praise al
md desire for worldly honor SO to pc
lev soss him. that he required homa&
md almost similar to the adoratlon
by . God from these subdued peop
uch There was in the capital city, no
our ever. one man whose title to MA
on on fEot; HOOD o''n might i well be written wi
as canita1 letters. He was no tody
the the tn spirit of the times. He was o
YES of Gods chosen race, and ne
/ in fused to degrade his religion a
NE. his manhood by boWlngx e. oown ~ :,
the demands OF fashlon. me lae. ~
1od. it would "pay'', or tnaI e'tiSIG - ~
oer does it'', made ne qllleIGnIo 1;,a, ~ -
ated He was true to GOD' anu 20 PWI nll1o1
rip like Mason and man. No, No.
to IOUS MAINLAND Inls l1lan 80 80
the ty so exasperated lhe klng "a ta'
of ife, that he thought Of a plan Ian, to %.
with terminate the race. nut' line r. i.e m
unto a man before him ard since, ne ne o'
thv reached himself ana IN nus eleeo1