Excerpt from Oration, by Rev. Dr. E. M. Chapman, of Dallas Lodge No. 197, I. O. B. B., Of Dallas, Texas, And, Essay, by Rev. Sam'l Ullman, of Birmingham Lodge No. 368, I. O. B. B., Of Birmingham, Alamaba: Delivered at Temple Emanuel, During the Convention of District Grand Lodge No. 7, I. O. B. B, Held in Birmingham, Ala., May 22nd, 1892

Hence the various societies and associations, for purposes of benevolence, that so honorably mark the character of the present age. Hence the order, the beloved Order of b'nai Brith, neither last nor least among them Foremost among the forward, strong and vigorous in her youth, she stands here today, her temples, consisting of orphan asylums and homes, using in every part of our vast union, and their por tals thronged with the stranger, the sick, the poor, the widow and the fatherless, who come, not as beggars to receive the. Crumbs that fall from the mob man's table, but as welcome guests and as their Inherent right, to partake of the feast which she has so beautifully prepared.

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