Year: 1867

himself In that greatest Of All great
| work, 10 il written, "GreAtsr love than
sh,. ,,s z. bah e, g ,s man, TINT be lay down his


There have been instances in The an
nals Of history where man have died for
one another-whero one man haA offered
up all he had, his lifs for another.
| The love which It h the duty OF true
Odd Fellow to show 10 his brother calls
mean nss,nIa that he is to love hts bfosbpr -


1t means, to use our own beautiful Ian
guage, that "the lodge is our family" F"
aud therefore its members, "our broth
ers." What more beautiful idea, what
grander principle can be produced than
this, that makes mans brotherhood de-
pend, not on his blood but on his COM
mon origin and limited within the pale
Of Odd Fellowship, are his moral worth
and uprightness Of conduct. It Is akin
| he erected the world In this that the
world should be the lodge room for the
human family aud race-And that .
mans relations should not be alone his
wife and child, his brother and sister,
but that all men should be brothers-ali
women sisters. It Is the province af
Odd Fellowship to carry out this subliDe
Idea In the government Of the Order.
! The love ofhn Odd fellow for his broth
er Odd Fellow should therefore make
him blind to his fauits-shcu!d mako
advancement, should lead him to rejoice
with him In his prosperity and sympa-
thixe with him in his anliction.


Between Odd Fellows there should
never be bitterness offeeling. Ambition,
strife and contention should have no
place In the lodge, and the lodge room
should be indeed the gathering place for
the family"


The love of an Odd Fellow should
prompt him to watch over his Brother
and If he sees his Brother led away, pur-
sueing evil courses, or contracting bad
habits he, should with the tender, en-
bring him back to the path Of virtue aud
peace. ..8 G.at


Truth is generally understood to stand
for the exposition. or .exenlplication ofa
fact, Of a thing which exists In reality.
1t applies In general life almost entirely
to speaking::that which Is 30, to telling
no falsehood. sa 80 at#5 -


InOdd Fellowshipit It means something
more. 1t means that the Odd Fellow
who seeks to be worthy Of the name
should be actuated by the spirit Of truth
In all things, not alone In word but In
deed, his actions, his life, true to himself
the world. Many men In this world are
like "whited sepulchrrs, their outward
life Is pure without spot or blemish, and
and we value them Is men OF virtue,
while within, their hearts are full Of
wiclxedness, deceit and guile.


That man does not carry out this great
principle of truth, who processes to tho
world that he Is ono kind Of man and
in private life Is something entirely diff
erent, and yet we all know such men.
The truth which forms such cardinal
principle Of Odd Fellowship means that
u man should be honest in everything,
true in thought and deed, true to his
God, true to his country and his Order.
true and especially true to his brother
Odd Fellows, to the obligations aud
principles of the Order to which he boz
longs.


Pause for momont, Brothers:of mine.
Search your own hearts, !" and ask YOUR
selves have you always lived up to these
grand principles Of our beloved Order,
Friendship, Love and Truth?
Have you always I'm true friendship,
on "the Golden rule" in all your deal.
Have you always flown to the relief of a
brother in distress? Have you never
cherished hate or enmity towards q
brother? Have you always taken the
part of q Brother, uhnse charnctar has
been assailed in your presence. uava
you ever wathcd with kindness over tho
Brother who has been led estray, and
striven to bring him back to peace and
virtue?


Have you always carried out the great
princibies Of Truth In all your life as an
Odd Fellow? Have you never been gull
ty of deception? Have you never tried
to appear what you knew you were not
in reality? Have you been true always
and in all things to the obligation YOU
assumed at the alter of Odd Fellowship?


We fear there is not one of US that can
lay his hand upon. his heart and say
have been in all these things what
ought to have been'.


When thousands Of years ago God Gre
ated man aud placed him upon the earth
to inhabit it, He did not place him here
to quarrel with his fellow man. He
surely did not mean that mans worst
enemy should be his brother man,-on
the contrary he meant that men should
live together in unity aud peace, in
: Friendship, Love, and Truth, and that
men should be united for their common


welfare, happiness, and safety.


, He did not mean that men should op-
press each other, or hate each other, or
be careless and indifferent to the woes
and suffering of others. Nor that each
man should seek his own happiness
+ alone, his own comfort-his own safety
, his own aggrandizement, caring MOTH
ing for the veal or welfare Of his neigh
! Dor!


, Yet, all this is the teaching of the


world, this is the great lesson Of selfish
ness which Is taught to our young men
as they emerge into active life, EVERY
man for HIMSELF is the motto Of the
, world.


: Odd Fellowship seeks to do away
, with all this, and to link men together
: in kindly relations. Its motto is leach
for all, and all for EACH" 1t seeks to
; engender and foster spirit of brotherly
love and kindness among men, ITO make
, men social and humane" to make them
better, nobler and happier. It seeks to
aneliorate the condition Of the unfortu-
nate, and to elevate humanity at large.


1t smiles upon kindly deeds; upon
love, charity and benevolence. It pit
tvs distress and misery, want and
wretchedness, while it frowns upon
vice and selfishness Of every kind. It
detests hypocrisy and deceit, and lOathes