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lace is it ibticmis-the Lcg-ju asked, irosenta-ifeml 0111* required is much. ) may bo red oatlis interests esake of 1 not ho i morally ucasurcs 1 favor to 3 vote for e equally Uitl § us titled tho tho ease, dor takenfrom his ; another * sell the I* his fore's undis-speculu-porato an ' tolls on peration: ito by the do object •operty ini teres tod,ue are uf-Uul to in-ges askediy oecur-tiul char-in chargean trade, ocate lii-serve an-systom of q seldom iolely ttp-ler comes joes beg-ts his folia certain s calling (plaininglyUSt but ?gislaturo any localthe mem*mands it, vty resul-ipolled to culler i»-guiliy of has been hr many so unlit [ivo up to , consider loli berate,em ember mstituen-ird of pyr-loniii oalli I- otircon-r*oiI ninny iiave been which the *ir lieiudi-10 fact that.11 up durged upon i a.full nc-:e my last; mbli.shed, in giving what has jjreat evils preventedII U | xJ 1 I lOI Itivpast year, in this State, a revenue of §94,-004 00; and by tho same report there was distributed for relief, during theyour, §227,-929 21, nearly one-half of tho latter amount having been paid out in this city.The reports for the present fiscal year now just ending will present a still more cheering prospect of the progress of the Order in this State, showing an increasing revenue and large accessions of members.As the amount of the annual revenue and relief has steadily increased from year to year in tho past, and tho Order is growing in public favor and appreciation, we may with reason iudulgo the fond hope that the means for doing good in the future will be largely augmented; and while we cun congratulate ourselves upon the success win eh has so far crowned our ollbrts, we can with great confidence bespeak for it iu tlioluiure a prosperous and useful career.s « a o * * * *And now, Most Worthy Grand Sire, iu conclusion, on behalf of the brethren of tho Order in this jurisdiction, I extend to 3*011 a most cordial welcome. In behalf of tho widows and orphans whose tears have been wiped away, and their stricken hearts gladdened by the kindly otlices of tho Brotherhood, I bid 3*ou welcome.Iu tho name o! the good people of this great metropolis, who recognize and appreciate to the fullest extent individual and associated ellbrts in the amelioration and relief of human su tiering, I bid you a most cordial and hearty welcome to our peaceful city.May 3'our sojourn amongst ns be pleasant and agreeable, and may you carry with you to 3*our families and homes tho most pleasant recollections of your visit.Tho response to this address was made i3* tho most worthy Grand Sire, 35. D. Fnrnsworlli. Ho returned thanks for thehearty welcome, iu the name of all the guests who had been so fraternal 13” received, and said:In all that you have said of Pennsylvania Odd Fellowship, its members, its financial resources, its power, the beneficial use to which it has applied them, and the powerful influence for good which it wields, you have not exceeded tlie limits of literal truth, 01* in the least exaggerated. On the soil which Penh honestly and kindly treated tor, but did not wrest with tho bloody hand from, its aboriginal owners, it was meet that an Order whose bond is the brotherhood of man, and whoso covenant, one with another, and with society, is the performance of the oilices of friendship and the cultivation of un enlarged philanthropy, should flourish. It has done so; and it ulVords the Legislative Head of that Order pleasure to recognize the fact; and, sir, L am honored in being tho organ of its expression, and in eonviying to 3*011 again for the lttghl Worthy Grand Lodge of the United States, ami for those present fromother jurisdictions, and from the Fraternity throughout the world, their cordial it milks for this reception.r 0110 not » pressure 1 ml inem-lie passage ,vn as the dll.” The the latter •end 3’ beenOVATION OP Til 12 BA?*.Thu exorcises ai the Acndemj* closed with lliodelivoryof tho “oration of the day,” hy James L. Ridgel\% I*. G. M., of Maryland, and Grand Secretary of the G rand Lodge of the U nited States:Fifty years ago, in, at that lime, a coin* pamlfvely small town of some sixty thousand inhabitants (Baltimore, Maryland), in an unfrequented street, near tho docks, there stood a building, unattractive* in its appearance, (he haunt of men of toil and of the humbler walks of life. Tho rude sign of Seven Stars, which swung upon its .primitive frame, informed the passer that it was a tavern, in the acceptation of the term so well understood at that dn3\In an upper lloor of this bouse, and in a scantily furnished room, Thomas Wildcy,aim wmowcu 11 lions of moral aliment of Hie. sand widowed and forty-thrc have been relit three millions lt;and during the have raised in of which has I of tho sick, of or has been prlt; application tot! accumulations lions of dollars upon tho alia the participan their testimoni what a pyrami lowed head to column, pure 1 boli/.o tlie rcali the tears oi so suaged, or deslt; leaped from th the hour of delNot less vali tion of Feu us high position t A long line of brethren have Grand Uepresi of that genori the impress oflation, and ha matured its ju learning; in four of your d during the la: highest exccut left to us a die of his great at rich fruits of 1My brotbvei cord shines in brilliant, and ishable as tl Order. Alrea by universal “ Tho Koystoi this proud titl of “The lSinpi Tho pageant honor; Its suof the past, itsand its nngur, moro compreielaborate, mo;with the genii tray, more po the inspiratio: been dissolve* culminated iu embodied andAmong them;illustrate 3*011 comment, iu 1 is especiallywithin this in in * merest nrlion; and yet wanting, but ors, our wive* and, last of lt;sweethearts, of their prese incentive mot nerve the urn: to works of supplied in tii There Is an in tliy iu her h tear that mois of disease an of trial and al drop that sips ilower.“ Not alt the From ihnv com pa Not dew ilro .Seem hall iI.i'llUer proseiv her viicour; more ih*ui stones, and prove ours;
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Lancaster Examiner and Herald
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Apr 28, 1869
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