Proceedings of the Forty-Seventh Annual Communication of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge, of the United States, of the Independent Order Odd Fellows, Held in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, September 18th, 1871 PDF Download

Author: Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780656852260
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Languages : en
Pages : 354

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Excerpt from Proceedings of the Forty-Seventh Annual Communication of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge, of the United States, of the Independent Order Odd Fellows, Held in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, September 18th, 1871: Together With a Sketch of the Reception Given by the State Grand Lodge and the Demonstration by the Brethren of Illinois, in Honor of the Event Standing here as representative men, occupying so elevated a platform, We cannot fail to see by the transcendent career Of Illinois and Chicago, a mirror which in fact vividly reflects our own progressive history as an Order. Let us recognize in the lesson which is so instructive that by just such a spirit of ener and unconquerable devotion, sustained by the favor and blessing of God, ave we grown odd-fellowship from a feeble germ to a eat tree, Whose branches now reach the ends of the earth. If we would e worthy Of the noble men from whom we received it, let our highest aspirations be to transmit it, not only in the beauty and excellence which now adorn it, but to O on adding to it grace and Virtue and comeliness, so that henceforth everyw ere and from all men it shall be hailed as a blessing to our age and race. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.