The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-12

steering to the sick, the care of the
widows, and the burial of the dead,
will ever find friends and advocates
among the good and generous in every
land and cline, therefore, we call your
attention to the text: Enlarge the
place of thy tent, let them stretch forth
the curtains of thy habitation, spare
not, lengthen thy cords, and strength
en- thy stakes"
This text suggests a promise to IT.
rael of great increase and God, persis-
tent protection.
The eloquent Isaiah predicts for Is
rael an enlargement Of her number,
and comforts her with the promise
that God would never forsake her.
The lessons taught from the text
/. The future of the church; 2. Her
%fruitfulness; 3. Her enlargement; a..
Her intimate relation to God; ). Her
future glory.
In the first thought the person ad-
dressed is the ideal Zion who is prac-
tically identical with the spiritual Is
rael; second, The %fruitfulness of the
church is shown in the first verse,
where Isaiah exhorts Israel to sing
even though she be barren.
To an Israelitish mind nothing was
more forcible to suggest the idea of
desolation and sorrow in a Nation, or
spiritual community than a childless
woman.
The select few that composed the
] pIt,roh t,nAAr Tho ola UNoetor,,-t MONO
soon to be scattered to the four winds
of the earth, nevertheless, whenever
these would be scattered some would
never forget God.
This dispersion of Gods people
would make His church grow in all
the world.
Third, the tent life was the custom
of the Orientals. After deliverance
from Egypt, the people served God in
movable tents, and lived in tents, and
as the families increased the tents
were made larger, the cords had to be
made longer, and the stakes stronger.
Thee fulfillmnt of this p~ropehesy
sation.
Again, the glory of the united hosts
of Christiandom is indescribable.
Isaiah caught a glimpse of it as he
looked through the vista of the fu.
ture. He cast his eyes over the fords
of the Jordan to the plains of Bethele.
hem. He saw the Mount of Transfig
u%ration bathing it's hoary head in the
[ ineffable splendors of the New Jeru
l salem. Lo, there came to his vision
Mount Calvary. 1t r~etreated into the
shape of a skull.
> He heard the hammers ring, he saw
I a royal king in disguise, a man o
sorrows acquainted with grief, ente
the arena and fight like a gladiator
He saw the hosts of hell, armed witt
g fiery darts cast their lances in hi
d side.
He looked further and saw thi
gladiator, a man or war, with dyed ga
ments IN, death, and hell chained I
e his chariot wheel, declaring that a
power was in his hands.
= He looked further away to the Isle
Of Patmos with John the beloved, h
saw the church in her glory, the plac
of her tent was so enlarged until Their
appeared a new earth, and a naN
i heaven, and the Holy City, the NeN
Jerusalem come down from God Gu
of heaven as a bride adorned for he
4 husband.
Most worthy Grand Master, Unite
Brothers of Friendship, and Sisters c
the Mysterious Ten-the great lesso
taught from the text is suitably al
piled to you today.
This secret organization had it
origin among the lowly and humbl
of Gods creation.
1t was in the Month of August, 1856
in Rude Garrett in Louisville, Ky.
when the hearts of Marshall N. Taylo'
William N. Hazleton, Charles B. Mo
gan and a few other were fired up t
do something to uplift humanity.
q They saw a race neglected md o.
81 pressed, the outcast of society ard tn
- chattel of slavery.
Unlike Garrison, Sumner, BeechC
and LCyejoy whose bolts OF orator
y crossed the Atlantic, wrapped th
whole of Europe in a mantle Of syn
" pathy for the American slaves. The
seized NO Z. S. arsenal to liberate tn
oppressed, they built upon a firme
Il foundation. They launched into tn
" world a craft that would swim in ever
storm and gale. They pitched a, ter
and erected a temple of virtue tha
It Egypt, telling of its noble workmel
and their service to God and humanitI
1t We has passed the 5Sth milesone
our organization. Founded as it we!
shaped and finished in the ~untutore
minds of the Black Man, this organic;
tion is most wonderful in its magn
tude. Started ~fifty,eight years ag
Of with five humble members, known onl
'e in Louisville, Ky.
But today climbing round by rounC
and step by step, we have over ha
n million members and property through
out the United States to the actu;
ID value of more than 81, 900, cas-
p money in he bank to the credit of var
d GUS depar nent 5000, 900. This institl
-e tion is not copied from the Whit
If Mans secret orders; not a White Ma
d or Woman is allowed membership i
l. it.
The Brotherhood Department cor
d sists of five degrees. The Sisters DE-
partment Of three degrees. The chi
a. dren's department of one degree.
e The U. B. F, had scarcely been o
o ganized when they saw the necessit
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