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party, sect and nation; recognizes all men as brothers; and persuades us to do unto others as we would that they should do unto us. It has striven to make men realize that the neglect to exercise universal love is the source of all the evils that ai’flict mankind and retard true civilization. Have love—not love alone for one, But man as man thy brothers call,

And scatter, like the circling sun, Thy charities on all.

Truth is the third fundamental principle in Odd Fellowship and that which crowns the fabric. It is the treasure for which the candid mind ever seeks, the consummation for which weapply in all our investigations and teaches that if the proper relations should exist betwen all men as members of one great brotherhood they would be prompted to love one another; and if they really loved sincerely then truth would re— sult spontaneously in all their actions. Odd Fellows are taught that truth is an imperial virtue. They are impressed with the idea that they must be true everywhere. at all times and to all persons with whom they may come in contact. The man of truth is the best and strongest man. His speech and his actions are always just; he wins in- voluntary respect: he blesses and purifies all around him. He becomes a solid landmark amid the waves of faction, the storms of pas- sion. and the conflicts of error.

“Then up with our banner; a standard more fair

Never flashed in the sunlight or waved in the air.

A precept more holy ne'er came from above

Than its beautiful legend: truth, friendship and love."

The pioneer Canadian lodge was insti- tuted in the city of Montreal on the 10th of August, 1843. and the order was introduced into the maritime provinces by the institu-

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tion of Acadia Lodge, No. 26, at Halifax, Nova Scotia. on the 18th of January, I851, and a few years afterwards lodges were opened at Pictou and at Truro. In 1855 Past Grand Master Ellison, of Massachu- setts, under instructions from the grand sire visited Nova Scotia and met the representa- tives from the three lodges in convention at Halifax. They petitioned for a charter for a Grand Lodge. which was instituted on the 26th of July, 1855, by Brother Ellison, as- sisted by Grand Secretary Mudge, of Massa— chusetts. The Grand Lodge of the Lower Provinces of British North America, as it was then known, is the oldest grand lodge with a continuous history outside of the United States. During the first few years following its institution the Grand Lodge made fair progress, then came a period of depression and it was not until 1867 that a new interest was awakened and since then the order has made a steady and gratifying advance. The chief support of the society in the early days was Brother E. G. Fuller, the first noble grand of Acadia Lodge and its most active member for many years. He subsequently moved to Souris, in this prov- ince. where he died in October, 1870. ' In the year 1867 Fred D. Stuart. of the District of Columbia, past grand master and past grand representative, was sent as a special commissioner from the Grand Lodge of the United States “To use all hon- orable means to place the order in the Lower Provinces upon a sure foundation.” Brother Stuart visited the three existing lodges, gave- instructions in the law and the ritual. insti- tuted Stuart Encampment at Pictou and at- tended the session of the Grand Lodge held’ at Albion Mines, now Stellarton. on the 6th of August. '1867. His visit effectually re- vived Odd Fellowship in these provinces.by