The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-28


!. started through the mysteries at the
November meetings.
War and Odd Fellowship.
Odd Fellowship has evolved its
, character out OF the human heart
It's principles are as old and tried as
the career of man. Its mission Is to
! protect, to conserve and to bless. II
seeks to improve and elevate the
character of man. Its links OF
friendship. love and truth" bind to-
gether mankind in the spirit of uni
versal brotherhood Its teachings are
exerted to bless the mind with peace
and to soften the heart with sympa-
thy. Yet be ii known that one of
/ it's emblems is the sword and no odd
Fellow will ever shrinF when called
/ to draw the sword in defense of right
against wrong
| All down the history of the order
| its records AFFORD long honor roll
/ of brothers who died on the field In
defense of human rights.
4 The relation of odd Fellowship to
/ the state is too well known to d 'scuss.
/ In no way is there effected a change
of relations to the state nor any modi-
! fication of the obligations which one
| owes to the laws and institutions I'M
der which he lives. In word, an
| Odd Fellow must be faithful to his
country and subordinate himself COM
| pletely to civil government and its
laws. AS soon as the sovereign grand
lodge could hold it's national conclave
of Odds Fellows attended by every
grand master and host Of past grand
masters I'm America. a resolution was
adopted amidst almost breathless en-
thusiasm rendering the entire ma
chinery of the order in America to
the aid of the nations president.
Odd Fellowship inspires it's mem
bers throughout the land to respond
to the present calls OF the country
When the imperial German govern
ment tore loose from the demands of
decency. and was hesmearing the
world with its satanic madness; f,wnen.
frothing at the mouth. 1t was snap
ping and tearing at all that YVES hon
orable. innocent and unsuspecting;
when it's crimes were so Grim
son that plain righteousness was
overwhelmed with amazement. then
1t was that this great nation of
free men spoke out. And when 1t
spoke. Odd Fellowship spoke. Every
tenet of the order had been sacri-
/ feed by the vandalism of a Nero
What odd Fellows can. without n
burning heart, contemplate the cow
ardice. of the submarine, the sacre-
ligious destruction of holy places, the
anguished hearts of widows. the paid,
pathetic faces of starving little chill
dren, the world wide sweep of kncv-
cry that has put all races OF men On
the rack of torture, without drawing
that sword and rushing to the rescue
If every man in America were IN
Odd Fellow, no single power, nor in
deed any number of them, could with
stand the invincihle patriotism of the
nation. There are nearly two and
half million Odd Fellows in America
They are men OF clean, healthy char
laeter and unquenchabie patriotism.
They belong to every honorable walk
IN life. To them war has no terrors
when their sacred precepts have been
ravfshed. They 60 to war to defend
not only their country. it's institutions
and its laws. but they go with their
hearts In the fight TO die a thousand
deaths. If need be, in the defenAs of
human Justice. The shibboieth of
their faith Is universal brotherhood
religion that seeks to lift up the
fallen and to rescue the downtrodden
whomsoeyer and wheresoever under
the sun. ~
Richmond lodge, No. 4, 7. 0. o. r.,
iI1SBtS every luSSudy nIkHt at uOFLH-
east corner of Broad and Second
streets, Brother II. II. Savoy is the
recording secretary.
| Union lodge. No. 7, I. o. o. r.,
meets every Tuesday night, corner
Main and Seventh streets Brother
It, c. Wilson is recording secretary.
I Highland Springs lodge, No. rs,
I. o. o. r., meets every Wednesday
night at their hall. Highland Springs
/ Brother f. NJ. Barbour Is recording
secretary.
/ Unity lodge, No. Sc. L. o. o. r.,
meets every Friday night at Corprew's
: hall, 2Ana East broad street Brother
| ]. w, Hughes is the recording secre-
tsry.
| Schiller lodge. No. 1870. I. o. O. r.,
meets every first and third Wednes-
day night at 2047 West Broad street.
| Brother L. w. Schroeder is recording
secretary.
| Stnart lodge, No. 141. /. o. o. F.,
meets every Tuesday night at. |. O.
! O. r, hall. SEQ Hull street Brother
| G.. w. Blankenship is recording sec
! Rotary.
laurel lodge, No. 1877, I. O. o. F.,
meets every Thursday night at School.
Henrico county. Brother C. c. Jones
is recording secretary.
EAGLES
Abou Ben Adhem lodge, No. 2i6,
i. o. O. f., meets every Thursday
night Second and Broad streets
Brother g. S. Gunter is the recording
secretary.
Metropolitan lodge, No. 22S. I. O.
.. r.. meets every Thursday night.
corner Marshall and Twenty fifth
streets. Brother E. l.. Faber liz re-
cording secretary.