| Show parse simpkins lecture the lecture riven given in this city hsi last friday night by rev P A simpkin tin cis auspices of tho the odd felloes and rebekah kahs was in some respects tho thu best talk heard in price in many years tho the panon took for his subject tho goldon golden age a and argued that tho golden age had not 3 et arrived but would be brought about wore lefore many years by flatern alita brotherhood time was not vory very long ago when tho the state concerned itself very little about tho tile dof the tile common people they thoy were looked upon as more beast beasts of burden to easo ease tho lives of the tile property holding class this has boon been changed until it is unsafe for a rich man mail to abuse a poor man or woman uncle sam will spend spond thousands of dollar dollars to capture and punish any man rich or poor who wrongs the poorest servant girl ile told of the objects and work works of the fraternal societies and quoted figures and facts to prove that the tile independent order of odd fellows was the largest arb oldest fraternal society in the world there was one secret society that was older but it t waa was not a fraternal society he ile told how many millions the odd fellows had bad spent in ieli le liering eTing the ick sick burying the dead and educating the orphans and showed that there should bo be no conflict between this society and tho churches no odd fellows lodge is allowed to meet without the bible on the altar and for many years this order has had a law forbidding the initiation of men who deal in liquor and my any man who is found bringing a drop of liquor into a lodge room must be expelled from the order ho ile thought that pretty good religion but did not claim that the lodge should take the place of the church the hall ball was comfortably filled and the address was given careful attention by dozens who probably heard their first talk on odd odi Follow fellowship ship |
