CHAPTER XIV. 



OTHER PROMINENT FEATURES OF THE ORDER. 



WOMAN S MISSION IN THE GRANGE. 



This subject has already been touched upon, but will bear 

 amplifying. During the early days of the Order, every 

 means was used by its enemies to throw disrepute upon this 

 feature of the plan of association. All sorts of charges- 

 moral, philosophical, humorous, satirical, and vindictive 

 were hurled against it. Time, however, has proved the ex 

 cellence and strength of this element. One firm friend it 

 has had, from first to last, in that brotherhood who acknowl 

 edge the mystic tie, wherever on earth it is habitable for 

 man; who are bound with a cord of union that can not be 

 broken ; who recognize that all men are the children of one 

 God, and who follow the divine precept, &quot; Love ye one an 

 other.&quot; 



Mr. Saunders, in an address heretofore quoted from, said 

 of the work of women in the Grange: &quot; Their assistance in 

 the workings of the Order is proving of incalculable value ; 

 it is, indeed, doubtful whether the objects of the institution, 

 especially in regard to the refinements of education, and all 

 that tends to brighten hearths and enliven homes, could 

 have been accomplished without their presence and aid.&quot; 



Woman s work in the Grange is to elevate and refine. If 

 her influence were felt and acknowledged in every secret or- 



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