Year: 1875

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Honor and shame on no condition rise;
Act we'll your part, there all the honor lies.


Much that should have been done
we have left undone. Would it be
worth while to boast because we have
expended over q million and half
dollars in charity during the past year?
Let us not discuss this subject. Our
charities should be so dispensed that
the left hand may not know what the
right hand doeth. The speaker said
that he had spent all the years of his
manhood in an investigation of the
grand principles of Odd Fellowship
and must now own that he was far
short of full understanding of them.
We should always remember the sig
nification of the term "Odd
Fellow" Ninety years ago it meant
as it now means, Zone selected out of
the general mass, with desire for
true Knowledge To find this true
knowledge should be our lifelong
search. All men err. Sometimes Odd
Fellows rebel from the principles
which they have avowed and falling,
need our support and sympathy. Then
a bounty bestowed becomes cruel
when made public.


To become member of our Order it
is necessary


1st That man believe in a Supreme
Being.


3D. That he be an honest man.


3d. That he be in sound health.


If a man is rejected on an applica-
tion to become member of the Order,
it becomes our duty to keep such re-
lection secret, as we'll as the fact that
he has made such application.


Our Order wars against vice in all
it's forms, and first of all that hydra
known as the social evil. Against this
our faces should always be firmly set.
It's effect is to dishonOr and defeat all
true ambitions; it destroys the warm
blood of youth and brings the gray
hairs of age to dishOnor. 1t rankles
in the bones and flesh of generation
after generation.


We must help and support and af-
flicted brother. 1t is not sufficient
that weekly benefit be subscribed
and paid over by the Treasurer, but we
must know whether that is all he
needs. Little children may be de-
pendent on his arm, which is paralyze,l
by disease, and they must not cry in
vain for bread.


We are bound to help our prosecuted
brother; not to protect him from the
punishment merited by crime. If he
be guilty, he must bow to the man.
dates of the law. But our province
lies in turning aside the venom OF
slander and malice; then we must
stand by him, protect and shield him
from danger.


We are commanded to watch over a
brother and see that he does not suffer
injury either from his own hand, from
others or from accidental causes. In
speaking of self-imposed injuries, the
orator adverted eloquently to the
blasting effects of intemperance, and
said that to warn brother and draw
him back from such q course we are
to use all the power of the brotherhood
all the pswer that God has given us.


Let us feel that there is but one
country, which is the earth; one ma
tion-the human race; and our BROTH
ers are those who call upon one Being
as our Father.


No more shall nation against nation rise,
NOR aruc0U wa. flOrS meet Wltn QaLeIul eyes,
Nor fields with cleaning steel be covered ger
The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more;
But useless lances into scythes shall bend
The broad faulchion in ploughshare end;
No sigh, no murmur, the wide world shall


hear,


From every face be wiped Off every tear;
All crime shall cease, and ancient fraud shall


fail,


Returning Justice lift aloft her scale;
Peace DER the world her olive wand extend,
And white-robed Innocence from Heaven de-


scend.


Eighteen hundred years ago there
lived a man who in his youth was
known as the destroyer. AS he grew
old, his character was changed and he
became more noted for the love which
he bore towards his fellow man than
for his former hatred. In his old age
he wrote letter which is peculiarly
applicable to the principles of Odd
Fellowship and should be studied by
every member. He had said: ssLet
love be without Discrimination. Alb
hOr that which is evil; cleave to that
which is good. Be kindly affectioned
one to another with brotherly love; in
honor preferring one another; fervent
in spirit; serving the Lord"


If we live and act on these princi-
Piles in the future more and more,
when another fifty years shall have
rolled around our order will not be
numbered as five hundred thousand,
but as five millions.


The address was delivered in a most
imposing manner, replete with fine
thought and elegant expressions.
We have given only brief summary
of the remarks, endeavOring rather to
present the ideas than the beauty OF
their wording. The speaker was fire.
quently applauded throughout his ad-
dress.


The orchestra here gave selection
in their best style, after which the
choir sung new ode, "Our Flag" in
applause, after which the Chaplain
gave


THE BENEpICTION.


Now, unto Him who is able to keep
you from falling, and to present you
faultless before the presence of His
glory, with exceeding Joy, commend
you and the whole family of man;
and to him, the only wise God, our
Saviour, be glory and majesty, do
minion and power, now and forever.
Amen.


THE FINAL MARCH.


The line was again formed in pro-
cession order ami marched down
Spring to Fourth, along Fourth to
Main, up Main to Odd Fellows Hall,
where the line was broken and men,
hers dismissed.


EVENING EXERCISES.


At seven o'clock, Angelic Lodge,
Noble Grand Smith in the Chair, as
sembled, being honorded by the at.
tanda noe of Past Grand Master Fox.