The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 22, 1893, Page 2

RE ES ee Fae ee ee Pea heh aE An Address Delivered at the Memorial | ship found true expression, and its are heavenly—to God Himself, who! were, far back in the be Services of Gates Lodze No. 180, | 1.0.0. 6..Butler, June 11,’ By Past Grand Rey. HL. Ko Breuse. De D. uest of the Lodge Noble Grand, Vice Brethren Grrand, Officers and oration of those who have Comm work a conscientious and faithful They we eal Odd Fellows The world is better f performance their having lived init. and the po! er for their going out of nd Lodg great loss, in the tak and Bates Lod and grievous (er as to bear is Love. Love such as this is another of the fundamental princip! r and without it there cau be Odd Fellowship. Truth: for its own its purity, without twisting or dis- torting it to this or that thi hat is without a flaw whe to conf: re mystica a > of deeper myste oF \ =. KU WILLIAM TELL Nour Mather TO USE NO OTAER of the other, And) whey we think |the clear, bright sunlight of heaven; (were as AP For LAUNDRY gone before us, Who have passed be-| 4, f Ae hers: of | that is Gre AINE OF Dr Odd F gS ’ at s of o eparted brothers; © 1a hn Anere nam rpr rn yond the veil, and entered into rest! | iy,ciy character and standing, us true | buta reality; not a shadow everelnd- | ilized AND HOUSEHOLD Commemoration of the Soldier, who has laid down his life for others, in men, in the community: of their fam- ily life as it has left its sweet remeim- ing our grasp, but a realization to wards the fullness and perfectness of iristian civilizatior the work of Odd 4 PURPOSES. the cause he deemed just and right; brance as a joy to those who still/that which we are seeking to | cease, and the of the statesman, whose right judg- organization as an or- THAN LAIRETTE mourn for the husband, the father, | attain and striving to hold; and that | de ment and wise counsels in govern-| ye prother, all unseen but not un-|isabsolutely necessary to perfect man-! main the long array of fa ment have been for the good of his be dissolved, there would st thathave of history loved: of their standing and labors in| hood and perfect womanhood. ‘Truth | become an enduring part 1 of our Order; and of j that mas i y out the | men, always, unde ) | fellowmen aud hi faithful Priest, whose high calling county; of the |and for the gov ss one be true to his fe low j and iiseparable from the Work of j their high aim i allcirewmstances. | Order:— the mi true and beneficent principles of Odd | and in all conditions of and good works have blessed the lives that | have been rai of those committed to his charge in spiritual things; of the pious Layman, | in. harmonies of our life’s surround: | faithful in all his obligations to each ings. But when we think of their having solved many of the mysteries that surround us here; of their havy-| sacrifice to the utmost limit of his) ren \ing ended with toil and passed on to| power; that so influences and moulds | bui reward; that brighter scenes, greater Fellowship, a tone of sandess crosses | makes a brother Odd Fellow true and | leviation of human suffering, in lof the sick and those in need, every one of his brethren, even to) burial of the dead, in saving to their the extent of willing self-denial and | families the homes of deceased bre T iS FAR SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER IN THE MARKET AND IS MADE. ONLY BY who has walked worthy of the voca- tion wherewith he has been called; of brave, earnest men, and pure-souled, virtuous women, in every station of life, who have fulfilled their mission, and well done their work as good and faithful servants! This is a subject familiar to us all. Indeed it reaches far back through the centuries of the world’s history, and has found ex- in educating their orphans, 1 e e BANKsCO. ling and maintaining homes for °@ ST. LOUIS. 5 se | the character as to lead one to a rec-) aged and destitute members and for! ognition of truth in its essential| the fatherless: besides these things | ° i yeauty and worth wherever found; | that cannot be re | knowledge and purer joys ar and that there they may ever be pass ing onto higher and better things; }we feel that, not for them, but for ‘koned by numbe | that leads one on from being true to! nor measured by earthly standards — | | his fellow-men to being true to his|the brotherly kindness, the unseen | us, is the loss, in their being gathered | God, the one source and perfection | charity, the many hours spent at the to their fathers. }ofalltruth. Truth such as this is| bedside of the sick, cheering the de- | But we should fail to rightly com- | another of the fundamental principles | spondent and bringit y and hap- toms, and circumstances of a people, | ,emorate these our brethren, if we| of our Order, and without it there can! piness to thousandsof homes. ‘These a nation, a community, or a family. | gid not take into consideration the | be no true Odd Fellowship. fare unknown, in part to the world, > It is true, that many, both menand | jeading principles of Odd Fellowship;| ‘These are the three general princi-| but they are facts that cannot be a e 2 anc roce res women, with clean hands and pure} principles that have been the corner | ples upon which Odd Felliowship|¢Tased from history, nor from the <) j hearts, of lofty principles and stern besoreand foundation of the Order rests; upon which the superstructure | fecord kept in heaven of all good from its beginning and that shall! of our order is built and to-day | deeds, and their remembrance will ae : continue to the end, because they are | stands in all its beauty; which, like a Hive and be cherished in the hearts of | Feed and Provisions of all Kinds. eternal verities; principles that must | triple golden thread, run through all/ men and women. { enter into ever the teachings and work of Odd Fel-| Do away with Odd Fellowship: oth-! for emulation—who have lived their every scheme of social science, every locuitnaong which form the three |e” organizations would, perhaps, rise f life here recognized and appreciated | form of religion, and all society, to|jnseperably-bound links, and the | "der the dark shadow of its ruins by the world, perhaps known to but) jnake these things what they ought| otto of the imauyienrnt Order of to doa like work; the state would, it few, and gone to their graves with)ro be and permeate them with | Qdd Fellows—‘Friendship, Love and| may be, seen praises unsung, and of whom the | (jod-given truth, love, purity, justice, Trut i present su tide of humanity |merey and benevolence, and so as! the sane as the teaching of Him who | heave rightful claim to share in boun- knows nothing and cares nothing. | to help men and women in their duty| said, “Greater Love hath no man|ties of their creator; the church rH et eae ee ee towards God and their duty towards] than ¢his, that aman lay down his| Would, perhaps, arouse to the dis- e er they are gone, and | their neighbor. life feo thendo Wh eave is| charge of jer measure of her iii thicir pokeeecion Gf beterandnnioce snes his friend;” Who gave to His| char: fo a fuller measure of her enduring things than aught this < world can bestow, and where human praise or censure Comes not into their pression, in some form or rite, ac- cording to the various beliefs, cus- integrity have done well their part, equal to the best in virtue, honesty, good works, and self-sacrificing de- votion for others—worthy exainples stem of morality » justly and equita- "And are not these principles | bly that the poor as well as the rich CICARS AND TOBACCO, iAlways pay the highest market price for County Produces East Side Square. Butler, Mo- And it is these principles, whieh es aneweommandment, ‘“That|duty to ali sorts and conditions of they kept before them through life, ye love one another,’ and who said}™en, than she has done for centuries which were the basis and otive-|of Himself, ‘1am the Truth.” Hold-| 0Y is doing to-day, or as she ought to] ™ = power of their life, and work as Odd | jng, teaching and working according | 40; men would, it may be, give back sphere. Fellows, and as they were beautifully | to the-e high and sacred principles, |Somewhat of that of which some of THE Boss SA DDI KE It is true, again, that Gao have | and faithfully exemplified in them, | the O:der does its work independent-|them have robbed their fellow-men; 4 Lo ‘ 8 Le praised and eulogized by the} that we extol in our commemoration, {ly of all other organizations, and |#0d society—so called, and of a cer- multitude for deeds that have been more than the persons of our depart- ed brethren apart from the existence and working ef these principles, so absolutely essential are they to the life and work of a true Odd Fellow. | These principles in general are, as is | well known, Friendship, Love and Truth. - comes into conflict with none. With | tain kind—wouid, perhaps sometimes done by others, or for actions done from improper motives, or from greed of money or position; some exalted and almost worshipped for virtues —WILL— Give Satisfaction IN EVERY RESPECT. arinents, do; yet many a one in civil office and | and some of her senseless and irrel authority has been led to a broader j ious customs, and the oftener listen mindedness, a wiser judgment, a truer|to the wailing ery of suff. political concerns it has nothing to} ly aside her pharisaical ring hu- uobrethren, and men and women they never possessed; and some un- worthily held up as an example of wisdom and a pattern for following; irreligious fanaticism, or political gain, expediency, ortrickery starting the ery that has been taken up, with out sense or fairness, by the unthink- ing masses, nor saint wo! conception of responsibility and duty |™ and to more earnest and faithful) im general might, possibly, be led to work, by the teaching and the train-|a@ clearer and fuller realization of the Friendship: in itspurestand fullest }ing he has had in the lodge room, |great truths of the Fatherhood of meaning, disinterested, unselfish, un-] With religio: envious, and encircled with the bonds | to do, leavin screeds it has nothing|@od and the brotherhood of man, every man to choose Better than any other Saddle nnd the many and great responsib of charity; that seeks the good of a/in these things, for himself. Yet all| ties and duties in connection th brother Odd Fellow, and stands by jits teaching, in the jessons and | With. him through all report good or evil, | charg But fora! Neither hero worship hipis sufficient evidence of high principle, pure character, or eminent virtue, in the case of eith party, the object of the giver of such homage. For the money. Made ona Solid Sole Leather Tree No danger of Tree breaking. s, is takeu from or founded on in prosperity or adversity, in life and | the Holy Scriptures, and nothing in| true thai in death; that wi ever suffer an » teaching or of > Order is ath; hat will never : iffe 1| the teaching or work of the ¢ rde |S] Around us everywhere are wrecks Odd Fellow to be turned aside from} contrary to the word of God: while in|” of human iives, whose hopes have died; duty toa brother, though inits dis- | every well-reguiated lodge a portion | As storm-tossed ships, upon whose decks charge he may bring upon himself|of Sgripture is read and the lodge | Lic broken maste, drift wath the tide, ‘ x : : So darkened lives, of young and old, calumny, persecution and strife of | opened and closed with prayer: and | °° °* Eomed ives cr vouns end : Sue u 3 | With broken hearts, scarve else beside, tongues, worthy of uncivilized hu-| so an Odd Fellow is taught and hebp- | yya lite s ead story all untold, { manity; that binds one in willing yet | ed to be a good, t ! at it would still remain Yet, notwithstanding mistakes, partiality and injustice, in many cases, in honor or praise given or withheld, these things teach us this, Also a full lineyof STEEL FORK “COW BOY” SADDLES All styles and prices. 2 oe .» upright and! Are drifting with the hunsan tide —that according to their light and 5 A ue | _ solemn obligations to another, as} benevolent man in ail his doings and understanding, true men and women Brethren of Bates Lodge, such are! the prineiples and sneh the work inf [which our departed brothers, whom iwe to-day commemorate, had part, | d | while with usin the lodge here below, | the teachings and work of the orders | these principles, as part of their rhar-| | i brothers of one Order, to promote in|in all the walks of his life, and to- all ways possible each ot! est, well-being and honor. Friendship, that enables one. on everywhere have been and_ still are aes fe s inter- | wards all men. ready to give, and deem it proper and fitting that they should give all due praise and honor in commemora- tion of those whose lives have exhib- ited exalted virtu brave deeds for the right, self-denying devotion and labors for others, and unyielding principles of right and justice, and who have put the world on a higher tevel, and humanity more in conso- nance with truth, purity and godli- ness. May allsuch, whether rich or poor, high or low, ever be honored by the praise and live in the hearts ef their fellow-men, and thus their good works live on to bless the world, And so, my brethren, it is most fit- ting that we should assemble our- All the distinetions, cust ons, and | fashions of society are shut out frou first going into a community or to a strange land, and, there finding a brother Odd Fellow, to know and to feel that so long as he is there he has a friend and brother, who will have It regards aiman for what he is in| acter, they still bear with them; their himself, not for his money, nor for | work here is done, its good abides | his position, nor for what) the world | with us. They have had read over [thinks of him, In the lodge room all) chem the beautiful ritual of the burial | jare equal as brothers, and the same} coryiee of our Order: into their last | in all their relations with each other} resting plac f as Odd Fellow ber, who dies in) good standing, isi Double Wagon harness from $10 to $29. Buggy harness $7 to $25. for him a deep interest, who will visit and care for him if sick, aid him if in need and comfort him if in sorrow; | Second hand harness from $3.00 to $15. has been cast the ever- > nleottihehaincs a Full line of Turf Goods for fast horses. Come and see us, ¥ ; BUTLER, MO. j;and over each mem- | gr who will follow him to his last rest-| ing place if he die there, and care for | his loved ones in their affliction and sorrow. read the same burial service. Yet, eave them to rest from their la-| jbors. It remains for us, to hope and | trust and pray that, at the last, with them, we may gain an admission inte =, HE DICTIONARY HOLDER Did you ever learn what fabulous results grew out of the the influence thrown around a broth- er helps him to be a man among men a worthy citizen and a good member | of society. Friendship such as this is one of | the fundamental principles of our Order, and without it there can be no = 5 S * ©) Inthe government and affairs of : true Odd Fellowship. Bs z selves together in willing obedience I the family itinterferes not. Its work es manufacture by Mr. Noyes of an ornamental stand to bold the Onty FAiendship! aind’ is not that the sneetia : Buckleu’s Arnica Salve, Sechonary1 Tae story reeds hike a fable, but to tell itene must | sotehe Jate of our Grand Lodge. y deny meeting | there isto help, to encourage, tocheer | Salevia che dey stuns karmctor Company, which starts outasfcliews) nt to the mandate ¢ 0dge, | Of soul with soul, of hearts responding 2 | _ The Best Salve inthe world for Cuts —_ erped eres { to offer our memorial tribute for] ro the harmony of iove, and the greeting the hearts and brighten the homes of | Bruises,Sores, Ulcers, SaltRheum Fever | 7 ' ' ‘ e eather ie -e kind pirtts i muning? the brethren, to visit and relieve the | Sores, Tetter,Chapped Hands, Chiblaine those of our brethren who have left] Of kindred spirits in communing | bch : is us, at the last callof the Master, | is it not that which, in kindred souls give | sick, to bury the dead, to comfort | Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi- set SAC 1 who have | Psit for faith, trust for trust, love for love: curing the past year, and who have | which binds soul to soul, and heart to heart | the Grand Lodge abavwe. T z @ z tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It and aid the fatherless and the widow | ; Lite phir! s Fi - Propri lis guaranteed to give pertéct satisfaction Lat Elk Horn Stables gained admittance to the other land and lives in their affliction, and to educate the | or money refunded. Price 25 cts per box and to other scenes, the place of } But to bless on earth, nor cease above | orphan. | For sale by H. L. Tucker, druggist. their rest and reward. Love: in all the sacredness of its; Thus, does the work of Odd Fellow- | —————— - _— Two of our beloved brothers we} meaning, alike inseparable from, and | ship, in the faitful carrying out of WANTED—CHICKENS & EGGS| shall especially mention in our mem-|true cause of existence and contin-| these principles, in its influence, orial services:—Past Grand Master] uance of true friendship; the fulfilling | power, and blessing, overflow the | and Past Grand Representative A. | of the love of friendship and brother- | bounds of the Order, and make itself M, Alexander, of the Grand Lodge;| hood among men; the cause and true! felt for good in the state, in the! and Past Grand J. N. Gipson, of | worth of all temporal and spiritual} church and in society, and in the fam- Bates Lodge No. 180. These two broth-| blessings; that makes men of one | il That these principles are not ers may most fittingly and worthily| mind and heart in the achievement | always lived up to and the work well be associated in our memorial serv-/ of a high purpose; that binds togeth- | done, that there are some in the Or- iees. Each had attained to the high-|erin a compact for noble ends and} der that can not be made good Odd} est office and honor in the body with | righteous deeds; that ignores all| Fellows nor good anything else, is which he wasconnected. They were | false distinctions, scorns to do evil|only what can be said of the church, | good and true men; honest and up-| that good may result, and that strives | and of every human institution. But, right in all their intercourse and deal- | for the truth and right in all things | during the time—nearly three-fourths ings with others; always brave, earn- | as the highest good. Love, that takes | of a century—it has existed, in the est and fearless for all that is right, |a man out of himself, shames him out | purposes for which created and with-! true and pure, and uncomprising/| of littleness of soul and selfishness! in the limits of its organization, Odd | with wrong; faithful to the end in/and grasping meanness, and makes/ Fellowship has been and as suc- the discharge of duty; full of com-| him to see the good and not the evilj cessful, has been and is as worthy in} Do drop in and see N. M. Nestle- passion for the unfortunate and the | in his fellow men; and, as he sees the | her members, has been and doing as | de at Virginia, Mo. He will ei erring; attentive and benevolent to} beauty and glory of the Divine hand-| much and as good work, as any hu- | 7% ach as ee 2 k ne = = the sick and needy; helpful and com- | ;work in the stars that stud the heay-| man organization ever in existence. | yous. 8 emake Deseo Say Well, that establstment belongs to La Verne W. Noyes, and the means with whieb it was beilt Harvester companies) | was wholly furnished by the | Dictionary Holder business. | back to the Holder, Having purchased the Elk Horn barn and Livery outfit ot J. W Smith, and | having added to the same a number ot first-class Buggies, and horses, I can say |to the public that I now have the : forting to the sorrowful; worthy | ens and in the flowers and grass that | Other Orders there are, one at least Chickens, eggs and hides. Also members of society; true and loving in the family; evér seeking to do good unto all, especially to those of the household of their own order. In them, the principles of Odd Elon] |takes subscriptions to the Butler | Weekly Tmwes, at $1.00 per year and {as agent is authorized to collect and cover the earth, leads him to see in | much older than ours: some younger, his brother man one created in the|and patterned in part after Odd Fel- image of God; and which thus leads | lowship; these are doing a good work him, in his contemplation of thjngs/and we give them all due honor and earthly upward to the things th at | praise. Orders and societies there receipt for the paper. Netsox M. Nzsriegope. . 'Best Livery Barn r {In southwest Mo. Horses and les bought and sold, or stock handled sda commission, Stock bearded by the day weekormonth, With 16 Years exper- ience Mr Lewis teels able to compete with any Livery barn in this section. Call ard cee him CEBILEWIS & CO ©