. Book of the Royal blue . 1. O. O. F. TEMPLK. the whole world. The birth of this greatorganization gave an impetus to progressin the fraternal world, as the crossing ofthe Atlantic in the same year by the firststeamship, the Great Eastern, gave animpetus to the progress in the commercialworld. Its growth has been more phenome-nal than any of its kind; from humble origin,it has become the largest and most power-ful beneficial fraternity in the world. in this country and in all the provincesand colonies of Canada, and also over grandand subordinate bodies of different kindsin fifte
. Book of the Royal blue . 1. O. O. F. TEMPLK. the whole world. The birth of this greatorganization gave an impetus to progressin the fraternal world, as the crossing ofthe Atlantic in the same year by the firststeamship, the Great Eastern, gave animpetus to the progress in the commercialworld. Its growth has been more phenome-nal than any of its kind; from humble origin,it has become the largest and most power-ful beneficial fraternity in the world. in this country and in all the provincesand colonies of Canada, and also over grandand subordinate bodies of different kindsin fifteen foreign countries. The branches that have developed fromthis mother tree now number fifty-five grandlodges in this country and Canada andeleven grand lodges in foreign countries,which are made up of 12,792 subordinatelodges, having 1,002,272 members; fifty-two SEVENTY-NINTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE 19. Wll Il ^ M^iM MKNT. EALTIMOKK grand encampments in this country andCanada and three grand encampments inforeign countries, formed out of 2,780subordinate encampments having 145,138members; forty Rebekah assemblies, com-posed of 5,756 Rebekah lodges, having374,984- members; and thirty patriarchsmilitant departments made up of 525 can-tons, having 16,504 members. This makesa total of 197 state, territorial and provin-cial grand bodies, 21,853 subordinate bodiesand 1,538,898 members. More than $10,000,000 are receivedeach year by these different branches ofthe order. As much as $4,000,000 arespent annually for the relief of distressedmembers of this great fraternity, while theannual expense reaches about $5,000, we have not the exact figures, it isreasonable to estimate that $100,000,000have been spent in this country by theorder since its establishment in 1819, forthe alleviation of human suffering. A goodestimate of its charity may be formed bycomparing the amount paid for rel
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