Excerpt from Address Relative to the Proposed Kansas Homes for the Orphan and Indigent Aged of the Order As I pen this dedicatory, a' vision o-f the twelve) thousand members, who worked With me during my presidency, comes before my eyes; and I am reminded anew of the earn est support and hearty co - operation they gave me, Without which my en deavors would have been' as worth less as dead leaves. Many of these dear ones have fallen by the waysideunder the banner of friendship, love and truth, yet, others have come, not only to fill the places made vacant by these absent ones, but to make new ranks, until now we number more than eighteen thousand. To you who are new in the field and to those who shall, in the future, espouse our cause, as long as we shall stand a power in the state I, also, dedicate this book, with the one hope that in its contents may be found some rays of light, some crumbs of comfort, some incentive to keep you ever with us in our en deavor to make smooth the pathway of the unfortunate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.