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60 is worthy of our earnest labor; and we shall rejoice to find you excelling in zeal our most devoted members. You will now give attention to the address of the Worthy Matron.

W. M. My sister, the Eastern Star is closely related to the Masonic fraternity; and although related to it by the dearest ties, yet it is no part of that ancient institution.

Here the wives, daughters, mothers, widows and sisters of Masons, may become co-laborers with the great Brotherhood in the service of humanity. By the laws of that ancient Order, women are not eligible to its degrees. But woman's heart beats responsive to the same inspiration that prompts man to noble deeds.

She hears the cry of the orphan, the call of want and the piteous wail of sorrow. She honors the Brotherhood for its noble work and seeks, through the Eastern Star, to be a co-worker with the Masonic brother, to pay the tribute of her love and labor at the same shrine and be able