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BUTLER, MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY JANUARY, 19 1887
NO. 8
SE BY REV. W. A. WALKER
frinclples and Teachings
tf Odd Fellowship
t 1 1 O. 1
PeJ at tlie nimi"-rnimi t n-suj-
iL, Cburth ou Jan. 9th, 1887,
jiates .Liouge io.
180,1.0.0. F., Butler, Mo.
L GrW. brothers, ladies and
ben:
hiTjiigbeen invited to deliver a
Lgne on the "rrincipies ana
Lgi ot Odd-fellowship," and
L, accented me invuauon so
muiL
order are Friendship, Love, Truth,
Faith, Hope and Chanty,
Friendship, that "heaven-born"
principle, which finds its paternity in
the father-hood ot God and the
brotherhood ot man, prompts us to
"do good unto all men, but especially
unto the household of faith. " e
are taught to regard the "bow in the
heavens," arching the pathway of
the recedeing storm, as an emblem
of that deathless covenant, made by
the Eternal Jehovah, that the .world
should never more be destroyed by
the mighty cateclasym, hence the
bow in the clouds" is the token of
God's friendship toman!
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 Old Fellows.
The venerable patriarch, Abraham,
"had faith in GoJ," and it was
"count d unio him lor righteous
ness;" indeed, he holy liible, at
ms that the three great principles
of Odd fellowship form a chain
which bind the members of our order
together in the dearest union, it is
a three foldcord, that cannot easily
be broken.
Grui's revelation to man, is
The nrincinle ot fripnrUl-iin rvlant.
jirtn, I now propose to ad- ed Jn the heart ,eads us tQ do for a
0jKlt to this pleasing task, brother what we woul(J haye a brother
figbt it an honor conferred do or m m ,ike c5rcumstances.
n' When we hear ot a case ot desti-
tioAe fraternity .that the same tution, friendship prompts us to
it of kindness which prompted relieve it, to feed the hungry and
toalect me for this distinguished ciothe the naked.
fjor.aball. sit in judgment upon The good Odd Fellow appears,
jOfdl. "Wtchliby the conch of pain,
I Till k J..l.lt
bhoold you discover errors, either Tm the evenlBgttlkr u hllh '
sitter or manner, during this dis- tiu the midiht ahadows fly,
U you will remember to judge ZEES..,
iciiKior, admonish "with friend- And when death has dJne bh WQrk
hiod reprehend with justice. he .g there tQ strai-hten the silent
tub here to acknowledge mv sleeper for the grave, and to mingle
L . . . . .t ? t . ; I . ... . -
oweaness to we -nxviscu iuoni- h, true tears with those ot wife.
isd Guide," by "Be Harrell," mother, litter or daughter. With a
I luge number ot the thoughts Uad heart, in company with his
Je following discourse ; also, I brothers of the order, he carries the
Indebted to "a brief statement" bier to the sacred depository tor
J. B. Jewell, for the statistics ot human dust, and softly lays the
Border, and to Bro. A. H. Culver brother in the clay cold narrow house,
the facts about Bates Lodge. and as thoughts of immortality crowd
bid Fellowship, as distinctive upon the mind, and the lamp ot the
don. does not reach back resurrection, lighted by the Lord of
"hoary centuries" into life, lights up the charnel house, he
Byttic long ago, but finds its casts his sprig ot evergreen upon
day in modern times ; but its the coffin lid and bids good-bye to
iplei were born in heaven! the brother on the shores of time,
md untarnished as the sun with the assurance that there will be
md immortal and immaculate a happy greeting in the land beyond
irown heavenly origin, these the grave.
let must live forever! Until love
it no distress to relieve, no Is the second principle we will notice
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 prominent place ; there
fore, it is faith, or trust in God, that
gives the ground for hope, and faith
"SKUU AND CROSS BOXES."
As an emblem, the skull and cross
bones teaches us our mutability
..(
These bodies ot ours, so fearful ana
, I wonderful n farm u
one Ot "-7- Ku uic way
ot all the etrth, "dust thou art and
unto dust slalt thou return." ThU
emblem admonishes us to "prepare
to meet ur God." and ir re
minds us tdbe ready at all time tn
give sepulcire to those of our fel-
owship.
BOJV AND ARROWS.
practiced and hope enjoyed prepare These remiid us, that we should be
us to exemplify love in its highest ready at all times to defend a brother
degree. They prepare us to be like I from the wrongful attacks of his
enemies.
They remind us also ot that death-
God, whose love is unsearchable.
HOPE
It the fifth principle in the order in
which we have enumerated them.
and the second pillar of this grand
fraternity. "If in this world," 6ays
ope whose pen was guided by in
spiration, "we only have hope, of
all men we are the most miserable."
less covenaat 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, tie strength of united ef-
Hope points with unerring finger, fort, compared with the feebleness
through the fogs and mists of time, of one wht is alone.
across the "valley ot shadows," to United it the bonds ot our broth
the everlasting mansions of light, erhood, w are able to execute our
It is hope that quickens the lagging benevolent designs. A little child
steps ot the pilgrim, and like the can easily treak one stick alone but
voice of the fated wanderer, lost! when they; are united in a bundle
upon some wild and trackless desert, 1 the strength of a man connot break
is heard crying ever onward ! on- them, "united we stand, divided we
ward ! ! onward ! ! ! fall.' ' i
And when at last he nears his ; the axi.
journey's end, far in the afternoon This implement is an emblem ot
of lite, looking out upon its sunset, J progress. At in the hands of the
embossed with ineffable glory, with pioneer great forests are felled and
golden fringed, purple clouds, a I the soil is prepared for cultivation.
fit setting tor such a scene, hope, J So truth is the axe to clear our
immortal hope, whispers in his dy- minds of error, and thus prepare us
ing ear, "if a man die, he shall live J to bring forth fruit of honor, and
again." usefulness
CHARITY HEART AU UAAU.
shall iurely go down to the grave;
that we all must sooner or latter
I'join that ceasless caravan," in their
journey to eternity.
To the throes of dissolving nature j
we must all come at last, and make
our abode in the silent city ot the
dead. The rich and the poor, the
learned and the unlearned are here
brought upon a common level, let
us so live that when death shall
come, we may be prepared to go in
peace, and justify poaterityin saying
that "he was the friend of humanity."
HISTORY AND STATISTICS.
Sixty-seven years ago, this noble
order was planted upon American
soil. Then Thos. Wildey with tour
others, who with himself 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 16,207.
The following statistics cover the
year 1SS5 during these months 54, 162
brothers were relieved, to whom was
"J o o
paia 1,320,033 00, there were
5,514 brothers buried, for which was
appropriated $358,758 90. There
were 5733 widowed families reliev
ed, to whom was paid the sum of
$144,390 93. For special relief
there wat paid $111,073 $3 nd for
the education of orphans $13,465 99.
The total amount of relief paid dur
ing mis year ot was the enor
mous sum ot $2,175,537 17.
BATES LODGE NO. l8o, I. O. O. F.
This lodge was instituted on Jan.
6, 1808, with John H. Mills, Henry
Cearnell, John C. Curd, Henry H.
Way, lohn C. Trimble, Lews C.
Haggard, Wm. C. Long and Wm
Hurt as . charter members. Of this
number, brother John H. Mills is
the only one who now holds mem
bership with Bates Lodge.
Thus was this little craft launched
upon the sea ot Odd Fellowship,
since that time, a period ot nineteen
ears, it has in the main carried out
the teaching of our order. It has
buried its dead, cared tr its widows
and orphans, extended at all times
willing hand to a brother is dis
tress.
It has disbursed in acts ot charity
to indigent Odd Fellows about
$2,500 and has property to the value
of $2,500. The lodge room which
! owned by the order is one ot 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, leare behind yon
Toot prints on the (and or tint.
Foot print, that perhaps another,
Sailing; o'er life'a aolemn main,
A forlorn and ahipwracked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
FREE TRADE.
The reduction ot internal revenue and
the taking ort ot revenue stamps trom
Property Medicines, no doubt has large
ly benefited the consumers, as well as re
vailing the burden ot home manulactur
ers. Especially in this case with Grtem't
Auguta Flower and Bosckee's Germait
Syrup, as the reductions or mirtr-tix cu.
per dozen, has been added to increase :
the size ot the bottles containing these
remedies, thereby giving one-ufth more
medicine in the 7; cent size The Atr-
ffusta FlawetloT Dyspepsia and Liter
Complaint, ana me uerma oyrmp 101
Cough and Lung troubles, have perhaps,
the largest sale ot any medicine in the
world. The advantage ot increased aUe
of the bottles will be greatly appreciated
by the sick and afflited. in every town
and village in ciilived countries. Sample
bottles tor 10 cents remain the tame size.
4 iyr. eow
GO TO DICK HURT'S
Barber Shop for a first-class shave,
shampoo and hair cut. Up stairs tn
Badgley building, south side square.
to bury, no orphans to educate, in this connection. We find in the . . . . .. Th; touchint, emblem urees the
ihUorganizationhave completed holy BMc yli ,peak Odd Fellov to acts ot mercy and
BENNETT, Willi &
It
fcpendoui work. Lord, thy God, with all thy heart
ae ire not, however, to wrest this mInd nd strength," and "thy neigh
order out of its proper place bor 8 tnV "If." Love is the prin-
kiocial economy, and claim for c5Ple for action WIth lhe Sood dd-
nooie have done) that it takes el,ow- " " tne element in which
PUce ot church or relimon: this ne mves, tne grana motive power
" I . n
noneous, and calculated to be to ms ettom 10 do Kou
U to the order. While this Tne beautv ot lms n0Dle order 1S
tion and iu teachings are een in thi, that il teaches and im-
upon the teachinet of the Poises the law ot universal Mother
yet it it only an eleemosvnarv hood our duty to ,ove each the
tion, and does not profess to other ; it tells us m all our actions
the "holy of holies" of the re- towards them to keep in view the
lite, and fit its members for ZoAtn rule, ''Whatsoever ye would
f "eternal habitations ot lifrht " that others should do to you, do ye
a o 1 .
'only an assistant to help man- even " to them.
P4 towards nr! ma rv tn.fV. TRUTH
about. Charity is used inter
changeably with love. Amid a
r-9 j
world of selfishness and misanthropy,
it is 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
feet again.
'For sweet charity's saite," is not
the shiboleth of any party, but the
true watchword of heaven. It was
benevolence, and also refers to the
manner and spirit of those acts.
The hand fcestows the needed gift,
while the heart in the palm denotes
that the giving is cheerful. Who
has not learned in doing good that
"it is more blessed to eive than to
receive."
THE ARK.
This emblem refers us to the Ark
1
of the Covenant that Moses, the
servant of the Lord, was directed to
make. It contained a copy ot the
-DEALERS IN THE-
Celebrated Mitchell Farm
Cortland Steel Gear
Epriag f igoas aai fop Bn
Wagon,
this principle that prompted our Law, a pot of manna, and Aaron's
great "All Father" in his beneh- rod that.budded.
cence to the children of men. The law was to guide the people
You are doubtless familiar with nf Tcratl the not of manna was to
ie the order demands a belief Isthe ""perial virtue, a standing, the ,t0 o tbe piiot on one ot the remind them ot the bread sent them
tttanceot God, yet her yowl important principle with us. upper lakes, who gave his life tor from heaven, and the budded rod
w conflict with a man's duties ne Koman governor inquired ot humamty's sake.
"Wit, hit country, his family, the "Great Teacher." "What is The steamer was discovered to be
Yrtbor or his God." truth?" and mankind has ever been Qn fire, and the captain and crew
P candidate is taught on his en- on the ,etrch or iL The astroloR,sU decided that their only hope was to
N o the "Mystic Circle" that nd alchemi,t o old "Pent lon run the vessel ashore, the captain
1Wds and contentions of the yetrs to rrive at PrimarV truth but asked the pilot "it he could run
3drtthutout of an Odd Fellow's d,ed wm,oul "acmng tne goau them Mhore," and received the sub
tod that friendshiD and love. The "winging centurie glide bhme answer, "Aye, aye sir, I'll
' ltith ind charity, combine to "ltly by, and on their broad bosom try." He did run them to land, but
Ltbtmind with peace and mel- we nnd nere nd there, some grains the pilot never left the pilot bouse!
C fceart with sympathy. He of. truth, until to-day we see the with his hands grasping the wheel
taueht the dortrin. nf human "morning star in the east," the har- he wt, burned to a crisp, grand in
Jity, for man is in moral and binger of the coming day, when we deatn! The city of Sandusky, hat
nderstand the everlast- erected. beautiful monument to his
brother, the world memory, and humanity will never
from its enswarthe- forget it.
ment of error, and soon shall truth "Now abideth Faith, Hope and
ascend the throne ot humanity, Charity, these three, but the greatest
crowned and sceptered, t reign cf ee is chanty."
Halliday Standard
and Iron Suction or Force Pumps.
vM darknett. though he mav be ha11 better u
' tw of his condition : bound inR verities. Yes,
Tuu of ar.rv... v. I is swinging out
a "mournful spectacle !"
V trikmg lesson on the
f-Uity of man : As he cbntesn
' r the scene ot man's mortality,
1 ""Ptetsive lesson is learned, that
.ndes upon every breeze and
is re-
forever! Beautiful as a dream of
heaven, is the poet's vision of this
everlasting virtue.
"Truth, crashed to earth, ihall ri again,
Th' ataraal yaara ofQoi an hart;
jVtfl 4L. . ... ... . . 1
. -mi laai tne bounding lite Within WhUat mir, woandad, bleadias falls,
Will mn. V. n 1 r Tf 1
. - -wu uc auiicu iuicvci . ic
nihedby age and wisdom
verification ot inspiration, "I
'once young, but now am old ; I
never seen the righteous for-
nor his seed begging bread."
cardinal principles ot the
And dlf aaald her warahipara."
My friends, these three cardinal
Hardware, Groceries, Wagon Wood work.
was to remiad them that the priest
hood had forever been settled in the
family of Aaron.
SCALES AKD SWORD.
This united emblem presents the
idea of iustice executed. It teaches
fust prudence in all ot our actions.
and admonishes us to weigh the
motives which underly these ac
tions ; we are to cut off every prin
ciple in our nature that tends to the
commission of wrongs; keeping be
fore our minds the words of inspir
ation, "Tustice and mercy shall meet Hampden silver stem winding watch-
together; righteousness and peace
shall kiss each other. "
Iron Steel, Nails, &c. Northeast corner
square, Butler, Mo.
FRANZ BERNHARDT'S
Three ounce Elgin, Waltham and1
SVMROI.S AND TEACHINGS OF THE
ORDER.
"The All seeing Eye," is a sym
bol and denotes omnitcence, and
teaches us, that the -eye ot God" it
x a
ever upon us, now careiui men
ought we to be! We may hide our
principles form the "three links" ot jjns from our fellowroen but God
our order, that bind together this takes cognizance of them ; "Thou
widely extended brotherhood, and Godseestme!"
its symbol is seen in every lodge of "the three links"
Odd Fellows. " isfan emblem of unity, and teaches
THE BIBLE.
This is the Odd Fellow's text-book
the "only mfaltble rule for faith and
practice." It is the fountain from
whence flows the living waters of
truth. Here "lite and immortality
are brought to light." The pages
ot this blessed book, shine with ever
increasing lustre to the Odd Fellow.
"Buy the truth and sell it not," and
"search the scriptures," is the duty
of the Order.
the coffin.
1 This embleai teaches us that we
es, trom $11 to higher prices.
American ladies stem winding gold
watches from $25, up.
All silverware, clocks, fewelrA,
&c, at cost prices.
Sole ant for the Eockford and Aurora watches, in Gold, Silver aad Filled Caae., -rery ea.
JEWELRY STORE,
Is headquarters tor ne Jewelry -'JJ--
Watches, Clocks, Solid Silver and Plated Ware, &c.
Spectaclesot all kinds and for all a; alao .fine rYou
are cordially invited to visit his establishment .and exammt
hu splendid display 01 oeauuiui gwu u - r ,
ALL KINDS OF ENGRAVING NEATLY EXECUTED