ial success--success as God
measures success. He may feel pain; he may feel the slings and arrows
of outrageous fortune; he may experience neglect; he may contend
against a host of untoward circumstances; he may groan under the
pressure and weight of many woes; he may weep bitter, burning, scalding
tears of sorrow and grief, but still he must triumph, for God is just
and will crown with a perfect equity His faithful children.

And so, my friends, the central truth that I deliver to you is this,
that life, life upon the summit of the soul, is the supreme,
resplendent luminary. Not argument, not philosophy, not the elaborate,
logical processes of the intellect, not the Bible, not the church, but
life; this is the great infallible interpreter. Live and ye shall see.
"Do my will," says Christ, "and ye shall know." Stand high and firm on
the summit of your soul and ye shall see the things that must be
hereafter--a victorious righteousness, a triumphant life, and the
redeemed hosts swathed and folded in the light of Him who is
everlasting, omnipotent and all-loving.

PITHY POINTS

Brethren, be merciful in your judgment of others.

Every temptation promptly resisted strengthens the will.

There is a sad want of thoughtful mercy among us all.

Every step we take on the ladder upwards helps to a higher.

If we are true Odd-Fellows we will put away all bitterness and malice.

Brothers, remember the moral harvest comes to all perfection; not one
grain is lost.

As Odd-Fellows there are loads we can help others to carry, and thus
learn sympathy.

The test of truthfulness is true dealing with ourselves when we do
wrong and true dealing with the brethren when they fall.

It is a serious reflection that even our secret thoughts influence
those around us.

The Brotherhood has a Father watching over it, "who is the same
yesterday, today and forever."

Man alone is responsible for the eternal condition of his soul. We
make our own heaven or hell, not by the final act of life, but by life
itself.

Truth supplies us with the only true and perfect standard by which to
test the value of things, and so corrects the one-sided, materialistic
standard of business.

If an Odd-Fellow begins right I can not tell how many tears he may wipe
away, how many burdens he may lift, how many orphans he may comfort,
how many outcasts he may reclaim.

Love edifies; that is, it builds up perfectly the whole man, secures an
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