Show A I 1 I 1 ceesay continued continued to attain such noble useful pur poses our beloved order is organized and maintained it strikes at no rel religious 8 sentiment entime nt hut but ll 11 ages 9 LIS i lin in i very ivery way the worships hip of god by preventing fing and ennobling the alio human heart it should seek no political power and an d should aim to overthrow none but button on tile the con I 1 I 1 arary should practise submission to law as promoting good order ant and I 1 safety sare ty it should shiel d no crime but prevent J jit t by teaching deac bing and encouraging 6 virtue and morality ra I 1 i ty it gaes hand band in hand civilization and wherever ja tn c fo foundations P ons of states and cities are laid thereat builds build s its te temples and links the the new made state in its emblems to us as a people liss been beebi left the task of in civilization and enlighten 0 ment IX in in our vicinity and on these plains today to day we e meet in this temple 0 of our noble order and follow the fundamental fundament al principles of its origin our act in erecting this lodge is but the indcox finger pointing to a b glorious clorious lo rious future hand in hand with ligeon religion re enterprise and power others will labor in this field of temperance evenou eventually Ill in utah LUtt ll until other temples will be reared until sol solitude etude liere here shall cease until polygamy poly 0 am y shall be abolished and in their places the unceasing hum of industry the chime of the school bell and the praises of the grateful shall be forever beard while we thus thug act cr how v many in n thousand reasons wh e will all alf have eliav e for 0 gratitude latitude rati tude whilst we are arc laying as a people the foundation of ft a new era for utah while we vc are arc cementing a social and commercial society initiating a tide of lasting 11 prosperity developing the mineral resources of the country count rv and rearing in 0 our lod lodges lodes ZD es of good tel Temp clarg lars strife abd discord are wo milling and striking b to the hearts the lives of other nations and even of our own in hi our own fair and happy land and do we behold saddest 4 all cart earthly lily things Z civil war nar N ar in ill the most cruel and powerful proportions the blaze of hostile cannon the ascending smoke of fields of carnage 0 the unending procession of the da dying ring all tell a tale of horror so bitter that the soul turns in dread from the contemplation of the scene the events of the past four years will frame pages of the most interesting national history ever penned for the perusal of the people of the world an ali unholy unrighteous rebellion lias has laid waste a vast rich portion of our once happy and prosperous country it lias has bereft many a home of happiness pil less co comfort efort and the real necessaries es of life has severed most hallowed of earthly ties in more than one family circle has bas i made desolate the hearts of many widows and orphans has buried beneath the sod eod many al a noble loble brave and heroic man has draped many a mansion mansion as w well ell as humble i may es e with tho the sad ead habiliments of I 1 mourning has bas showed us ue tho the pow tr of the hand of P providence 0 in fil rath grafl i for fl or our iniquities as ae a 1 peo alc plc 7 af pf ff hicL we to dy fay A J p A Den 4 I 1 i ag 11 fost cost our 14 a A mi 1 11 14 4 A j 15 1 5 11 iona inq i allia q ct acied from F ourtcea a almo most ba beyond aaa crude credence I 1 ae or 0 r even ye n tiou I 1 it t la has s on the fhe 0 0 other t V IL er 1 l lh l h iana au td produced to horld ai the I 1 bety ur I 1 V f N most commet ent and general te 1110 armalea I 1 1 0 of I 1 T f f ajla t J ailt 0 1 ri j bravel brave y men menthe the I 1 most im improved weapons arel b best st an amt na navy y fal and the mo a tho thorough staunch and I 1 ahful 1 pa b 1 afi the 1101 world ad ever e 1 ver I si sa ct wh What t t has lias be ell enand 11 a nd wil la will W be all the ill uil 1 q 1 E N a ila d result r c 3 ut I 1 4 1 tenion union union it of s 1 un ion of thought union of action T tn 1 b light doye do of G garrison arria s lodge L odge or 1 0 af G T ittu stancl ll 11 side by si alde de with the glorious ks a arid n a fame ime adno renown wn ed armies 8 af ilie 1 Uti union ion our ap 3 at lt first f deeming 1 1 unconquerable land and I 1 for formidable mi foe intemperance witly alcohol tor Rs its com coin iv mandor mander iu iii chief feour every at tack our every cha charge our au every ry 1 1 our orr every scout and our every bombardment with th e 1110 most A pov powerful erful and aind baneful aridly anby that ever man lias bas or that abat ever man inan will vill contend viz r 49 popular opinion an aal 1 I gereral general riffi ridicule cule we as availed palled them I 1 aud and ivere were at t I 1 1 I I 1 every pa ill defeated we re renewed neivel our and iid were ivere 1 agabi again b 1 foiled coile ld wo changed ged ou our r b base s cl alias ilac me clellan 11 with illi 1 no 10 better buccey the enemy eileine 1 car carried ried the da day alicy ICY had an anbo unbounded u aided and affianced love jove for their general they alicy clung ching to him with all the tenacity ten cit y of ill an insatiable appetite 11 they the heralded him with joy even celi in ill their dying gaps 1 1 ps alic they y cherished hini him as then their hope their lia happiness pl iness their a ill all we with our foree force gradually with drew fr from 0 in active ser service vincill hi the immediate ined iafe bield and resorted to thu tho in ill our cas alq cl effectual r docte of warfare gentleness and moral 8 suasion n a sion we ve at 0 once nee or organized 0 1 ed armies armies and drilli drill I loom 1 alibi thoroughly hii gh renovated A ell and or organized aidi i our b battalions t ta lions brigades an and corps phile penceil e d efficient aud never liever ca gone lff rals in ill command published our t tactics to the world framed our constitution drifted drift dral cd led our regime of action and I 1 went elit forth I 1 shouldered with tile iiii of temperance our calili cannon oll lo 10 loaded led tho of tott total d our bayone ts io pointed v vilh aili tel 11 our sabres fabres edged I 1 xi with le ic form forin and our C cartridges with thorough reformation ref alir anc and I 1 bars were cin blazoned uron arbil the shoulders of our officers oni cerp 01 ani 1 1 1 4 tying honor inte integrity rit and brot brotherly ier love while F faith HOP rind charity weare the medals wom upon tho the heart we T c dispatcher ei d commissioners commissioner 3 to every part of the union with instructions to confer fe r with our enemies we met inet our op opp osera face to face acla b borad 0 F long 0 ng and earnestly vac wo adhered to 0 every V ery feature of our ac administration I 1 i we co cooperated s ono with the other we obeyed orders and at last we conquered continued hi our ni J |