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Journal of Proceedings of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry
Journal of Proceedings of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry Author:National Grange Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Sunday, November 18, 1894. Agreeable to the special order of Saturday, November 17th in st., the National Grange and visiting Patrons and their friends, assem... more »bled in the Senate Chamber at 2 o'clock P. M., Worthy Master Brigham presiding; Bro. Henry O. Devries, of Maryland, acting Worthy Overseer ; Sister Ida Judson, of Iowa, as Worthy Pomona pro tern, and Sister M. J. Belcher, of Rhode Island, as Worthy Flora pro tern, and the other officers and members of the National Grange in their proper places. On calling the Assembly to order, Worthy Master Brigham very feelingly and impressively called attention to the sad fact that six brothers and sisters, members of the National Grange, had been called from labor to rest—from earth to heaven—and that, as time rolls on, the number of deaths will be continually increasing. Hymn—"The Waiting Time." Prayer by Rev. Dr. John Trimble, of Washington, D. C , the Assembly joining in the Lord's Prayer. Bible reading by Bro. 8. L. Wilson, Worthy Chaplain of the National Grange—a portion of the Scriptures—Psalms 89 and 90. Hymn—" The River of Time "—by the choir and audience. Memorial on the death of Sister Harty H. Woodman, of Michigan, Past Ceres and Past Chairman of the Committee on Woman's Work in the Grange, of the National Grange. Sister E. Z. Roache. of California, presented and feelingly and beautifully read the following tribute and resolutions : Worthy Mnttr: On arriving at the National Grange, we eagerly clasped the internal hands of Sisters and Brothers ; and, while we expectedthat the furrows would be deepened, the locks silvered, and the forms of loved companions slightly bent, through the trials, heart-aches, and, mayhaps, defeats of the year, we yet scanned, hopefully, each face and each place, hopefully tru...« less