The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 19, 1887, Page 1

: i. 1X. BUTLER, MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY JANUARY, 19 1887 The Butler Weekly Cimes. NO. 8 order are Friendship, Love, T'ruth, Faith, Hope and Chanity, Broa i REV. W. A. WALKER ae Teachings | Friendship, that *theaven-born’’ “principles : | principle, which finds its paternity in of Odd Fellowship | the father-hood ot God and the i _—-+ 0 ———_ | brotherhood ot man, prompts us to wd at the Cumberland Presby- | *‘do good unto all men, but especially Charch on Jan. 9th, 1887, unto the household of faith.’”?” We Request of Bates Lodge No. are taught to regard the ‘‘bow in the Uy 190, 1. 0.0. F., Butler, Mo. heavens,”’ arching the pathway of —-——_ ‘ ledé. d of that deathless coyenant, made by Grand, brothers, ladtes and\ 1). Eternal Jehovah, that the ,world : should never more be destroyed by been invited to deliver a the mighty cateclasym, hence the on the ‘Principles and ot Odd-fellowship,’’ ana ing accepted the invitation so given, I now propose to ad- to this pleasing task, that it 1s an honor contetred me, gkolthe fraternity,that the same tof kindness which prompted Bioselect me for this distinguished gall. sit in judgment upon God’s friendship to man! The principle ot friendship, plant- ed in the heart, leads us to do for a brother what we would have a brother do for us in like circumstances. When we hear ot a case ot desti- tution, friendship prompts us to relieve it, to feed the hungry and clothe the naked. The good Odd Fellow appears,— **Watching by the couch ofpain, Till the light of day shall wane; Till the evening star is high, Till the midnight shadows fly, Silent, wakeful vigils keeping On the restless sufferer, sleeping.’’ And when death has done his work he is there to straighten the silent sleeper for the grave, and to mingle his true tears with those ot wife, mother, sister or daughter. With a sad heart, in company with his brothers of the order, he carries the bier to the sacred depository tor human dust, and softly lays the brother in the clay cold narrow house, and as thoughts of immortality crowd upon the mind, and the lamp ot the resurrection, lighted by the Lord of life, lights up the charnel house, he casts his sprig of evergreen upon the coffin lid and bids good-bye to the brother on the shores of time, with the assurance that there will be a happy greeting in the land beyond the grave. you discoyer errors, either or manner, during this dis- you will remember to judge candor, admonish ‘with triend- and reprehend with justice. wah here to acknowledge my to the ‘Revised Moni- ‘Bud Guide,” by ‘Be Harrell,” islarge number of the thoughts following discourse; also, I ted to ‘a brief statement’’ LB. Jewell, for the statistics ot y, and to Bro. A. H. Culver fie facts about Bates Lodge. Ou Fellowship, as a distinctive does not reach back “hoary centuries’”” into mystic long ago, but finds sts day in modern times; but its were born in heaven! tnd untarnished as the sun , and immortal and immaculate own heayenly origin, these ples must live forever! Until is no distress to relieve, no to bury, no orphans to educate, organization haye completed dous work. LOVE Is the second principle we will notice in this connection, We find in the holy Bible the command, ‘‘Love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, mind and strength,”’ and “‘thy neigh- bor as thy self.’’ Loye 1s the prin- ciple for action with the good Odd- Fellow. It1s the element in which he moyes, the grand motiye power to his efforts to do good. The beauty of this noble order is seen in this, that it teaches and im- presses the law of universal brother- are not, however, to wrest this order out of its proper place social economy, and claim for tome have done) that it takes 4 place of church or religion; this 5 ous, and calculated to be to the order. While this ution and its teachings are upon the teachings of the yet it is only an eleemosynary tion, and does not profess to the “holy of holies’”’ of the re- lite, and fit its members for ttemal habitations of light.’’ oly an assistant to help man- towards primary truth. le the order demands a belief €xstance ot God, yet her yows Conflict with a man’s duties mselt, his country, his family, hbor or his God.’’ Candidate is taught on his en- tothe “Mystic Circle’? that ds and contentions of the aré shut out of an Odd Fellow’s and that friendship and love, other; it tells us in all our actions towards them to keep in view the even so to them.’’ TRUTH important principle with us. The Roman governor inquired of the “Great Teacher,” i died without reaching the goal. The swinging centuries 9 Yaught the doctrine of human » for‘man is in moral and Mal darkness, though he may be Sous of his condition; bound Of appetite and habit, he 4 “mournful spectacle!’ Scene ot man’s mortality, essive lesson 1s learned, that mh rides upon every breeze and ei every flower.’’ He is re- that the bounding life within Ml soon be stilled forever! He : ished by age and wisdom | everlasting virtue. ¥ **Trath, crushed to earth, shall rise again, Th’ eternal years of God are hers; Whilst error, wounded, bleeding falls, And dies amid her worshipers.’’ }Ror his seed begging bread.” | its symbol is seen in every lodge o tardinal principles of the | Odd Fellows. the recedeing storm, as an emblem | ‘*bow in the clouds’’ 1s the token of | | FAITH | Is the fourth cardinal principle which | I shall notice, and one of the three | pillars of the order; the other two are hope and charity. A belief in| God is a necessity before we can| | become Odd Feliows. | The venerable patriarch, Abraham, | “had faith in God,’? and it was “counted unio him jor righteous- ness;’’ indeed, he holy Bible, as God's revelation to man, is one of the princi, e pieces of furniture in every lodge-room, and in_ every |lodge-room of the order we are greeted with the All-Seeing Eye, and the motto, **Trust in God,’’ trom a very promiment place; theres | tore, it is faith, or trust in God, that gives the ground for hope, and faith practiced and hope enjoyed prepare us to exemplify love in its highest degree. They prepare us to be like; God, whose love is unsearchable. | | | | ! HOPE Is the fifth principle in the order in which we have enumerated them, and the second pillar of this grand fratermty. ‘‘If in this world,’’ says one whose pen was guided by in- spiration, ‘‘we only have hope, of all men we are the most miserable.”” | which bind the members of o us that the three great principles | of Odd fellowship torm a chain : ur Order | together in the dearest union. it is | a three foldcord, that | cannot easily | be broken. ' ““SKULL AND CROSS BONES.”’ As an emblem, the skull and cross | bones teaches us our mutability. These bodies ot ours, so fearful anu wonderful in form, must go the way of all the earth, ‘“‘dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return.” This emblem admonishes 18 to ‘‘prepare | to meet ur God,”’ and also re- | minds us tabe ready at all times to give sepulctre to those of our fel- | owship. | BOW AND ARROWS. These remiad us, that we should be ready at alltimes to defend a brother from the wrongful attacks of his enemies. They remind us also of thatdeath- less covenant between Jonathan and David, recorded in the Bible, and we are taught the lesson of con- stancy and fidelity. BUNDLE OF STICKS. This emblem teaches us, as Odd Fellows, the strength of umited ef- Hope points with unerring finger, | tort, compired with the feebleness through the fogs and mists of time, | of one whe is alone. across the ‘‘valley ot shadows,’’ to the everlasting mansions of light. It 1s hope that quickens the lagging | benevolent designs, United ia the bonds ot our broth- erhood, we are able to execute our A little child | our abode in the silent city of the! | brought upon a common level, let ' soil. surely go down to the grave; | the only one who now holds mem- art we all must sooner or latter | bership with Bates Lodge. ‘join that ceasless caravan,” in their! Thus was this little craft launched journey to eternity. upon the sea ot Odd Fellowship, To the throes of dissolving nature( since that time, a period ot nineteen we must all come at last. and make! years, it has in the main carried out the teaching of our order. It has buried its dead, cared ter its widows and orphans, extended at all times a willing hand to a_ brother is dise tress, It has disbursed in acts of charity to indigent Odd Fellows about 2,500 and has property to the value of $2,500. The lodge room which is owned by the order is one of the neatest in southwest Missouri. In conclusion, let me say dear brothers of the order, assembled here to-day, act well your part, ‘war against vice in all of its forms.”’ “‘and departing, leave behind you Foot prints on the sands of time. shall dead. The rich and the poor, the learned and the unlearned are here us so liye that when death shall come, we may be prepared to go in peace, and justify posterity in saying that ‘the was the friend of humanity.”” HISTORY AND STATISTICS. Sixty-seven years ago, this noble order was planted upon American Then Thos. Wildey with tour others, who with himselt had been made Odd Fellows in England, con- stituted the entire membership in the United States. We have now 7,627 subordinate lodges with a membership of 516,207. The followinz statistics cover the year 1885 during these months 54, 162 brothers were relieved, to whem was paid $1,328,083 60, there were 59514 brothers buried, for which was appropriated $358,758 go. There Foot prints, thet perhaps another, Sailing o’er life’s solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. FREE TRADE. The reduction ot internal reyenue and the taking ott of revenue stamps trom Property Medicines, no doubt has_large- ly benefited the consumers, as well as re- vailing the burden ot home manutactur- were 5,733 widowed families reliev- ed, to whom was paid the sum of $144,290 93. For special relief there was paid $111,073 83 and for the education of orphans $13,465 99. The total amount of relief paid dur- ing this year of ’85, was the enor- ers. Especially in this case with Green's Auguta Flower and Bosckee's German Syrups as the reductions of thirty-six cts. per dozen, has been added to inczease the size of tne bottles containing these remedies, thereby giving one-fifth more medicine in the 75 cent size The An- gusta Flower§for Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, and the German Syrug for steps of the pilgrim, and like the] can easily break one stick alone but voice of the fated wanderer, lost} when they are united in a bundle upon some wild and trackless desert, | the strength’of a man connot break is heard crying ever onward! on- | them, ‘united we stand, divided we ward!! onward!!! fall.’’ And when at last he nears his THE AXE. journey’s end, far in the afternoon This implement is an emblem ot of lite, looking out upon its sunset, |'progress. Asin the hands of the embossed with ineffable glory, with | pioneer great forests are felled and golden fringed, purple clouds, a | the soil is prepared for cultivation. fit setting tor such a scene, hope, | So truth 1s the axe to clear our immortal hope, whispers in his dy-| minds of eror, and thus prepare us ing ear, ‘1f a man die, he shall live | to bring forth fruit of honor, and hood, our duty to love each the golden rule, *‘Whatsoever ye would that others should do to you, do ye Is the imperial virtue, a standing, | the story of the pilot, on one of the “What is; truth?’’ and mankind has ever been on fire, and the captain and crew on the search for it. The astrologists and alchemists of old spent long years to arrive at primary truth, but glide Wbith and charity, combine to» 8wittly by, and on their broad bosom the mind with peace and mel-| We find, here and there, some grains heart with sympathy. He| of.truth, until to-day we see the **morning star in the east,’’ the har- binger of the coming day, when we shall better understand the everlast- ing verities. Yes, brother, the world is swinging out from its enswarthe- ment of error, and soon shall truth heaven, is the poet’s vision of this! again.” CHARITY is the sixth principle, and third pil- lar of the order, which I shall speak about. Charity is used inter- changeably with love. Amid a world of selfishness and misanthropy, itis pleasing to find a band of brothers, good Samaritan like, to lift up a brother when he is down, throw the mantle ot kindness around him and take him to the inn, and have him cared for until he is on his teet again. ‘*For sweet charity’s saxe,”’ is not the shiboleth of any party, but the true watchword of heaven. It was this principle that prompted our great ‘*All Father’ in his benefi- cence to the children of men. You are doubtless familiar with upper lakes, who gave his life for humanity’s sake. usetulness. HEART AND HAND. This touching emblem urges the Odd Fellow to acts of mercy and benevolence, and also refers to the manner and spirit of those acts. The hand bestows the needed gift, while the heart in the palm denotes that the giving is cheertul. Who has not leamed in doing good that ‘sit is more blessed to give than to receive.”’ THE ARK. This emblem refers us to the Ark of the Covenant that Moses, the servant of the Lord, was directed to make. It contained a copy ot the Law, a pot of manna, and Aaron’s rod that.budded. The law was to guide the people of Israel; the pot of manna was to remind them of the bread sent them from heaven, and the budded rod was to remind them that the priest- The steamer was discovered to be decided that their only hope was to run the vessel ashore, the captain asked the pilot ‘st he could run them ashore,” and received the sub- bhime answer, ‘‘Aye, aye sir, Ill try.””. He did run them to land, but the pilot never left the pilot house! with his hands grasping the wheel he was burned to a crisp, grand in death! The city of Sandusky, has erected.a beautiful monument to his memory, and humanity will never forget it. “(Now abideth Faith, Hope and Charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity.’’ | SYMROLS AND TEACHINGS OF THE ORDER. “The All seeing Eye,’’ is a sym— bol and denotes omniscence, and | teaches us, that the **eye ot God” is | hes a striking lesson on the ascend the throne ot humanity, ot a ‘Actin come crowned and sceptered, te reign 3 forever! Beautitul as a dream of \ | | | ever upon us, how careful then My triends, these three cardinal ought we to he! We may hide our Nenfication ot inspiration, ‘I | principles torm the ‘three links’ of | sins from our fellowmen but God | mace young, but now am old; I! our order, that bind together this | takes cognizance of them; “Thou T seen the righteous for-| widely extended brotherhood, and | God secatie??” f ‘THE THREE LINKS” ‘isZan emblem of unity, and teaches; Tins emblem teaches us that we } hood had forever been settled in the family of Aaron. SCALES AND SWORD. This united emblem presents the It teaches idea of justice executed. just prudence in all ot our actions. and admonishes us to weigh the motives which underly these ac- Cough and Lung troubles, have perhaps, the largest sale ot any medicine in the world. The advantage ot increased size of the bottles will be greatly appreciated by the sick and afflited. in every town and village in civilived countries. 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