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Official Organ Of The Slavonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas, Founded 1897.
HUMANITY
BENEVOLENCE VOLUME 59. — NO. 25
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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with UnC.eliverable Copies to: SUPREME LODGE SPJST, POB 100, TEMPLE, TEX 76501
JUNE 23, 1971
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK We have one year until our 1972 XXI Convention. What that year has in store for us, individually and collectively, we do not know. Whether or not it will be beneficial for us depends first upon. our spirit of cooperation and efforts blessed with enthusiasm, honest effort and belief in ourselves and concentration on the goals which we have set befOre us. This can all be accomplished if we re-educate ourselves to the tremendous possibilities which are dormant in many of us, waiting for us to prod ourselves a bit and, , go forward. Let us follow the wise teachings handed down for centuries and of which the greatest is 'benevolence, humanity and, brotherhood. These are the words that should penetrate the hearts of all. Considering all this, can we — all of us -- rightfully say that we are following in the footsteps of the Brotherhood of Man? Unfortunately, all of us cannot answer that in the affirmative. If we truly and conscientiously analyzed ourselves we could readily find some of the following unfortunate circumstances existing in. our midst, and riot only in our midst but everywhere, else. Some of us are envious of our fellow men. We are jealous of his achievements. We fail to give others
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CZECH SONNET 0 spring shall grace, our meadowlands again With mirth and lustre, and full of gendering power, And all now plunged in sleep shall, thrusting flower And herbage above their mounds, then burgeon again. Our ploughs again shall the free glebe turn o'er, And we from the russet soil which drank our sweat, What we have sown shall garner without let, As the free comrades of the free once more. Yea, spring shall come again and with it bear Beneath our eaves the swallow of peace awing. And children shall fondle the grandsire's snowy hair, When he at evening tells them of the woe Which smote our land in days of long ago And which no days to come shall ever bring. V. Sladek nition and respect which we demand for ourselves. Some of us, sad to say, are quick on the draw when it comes to criticizing others, especially in a non-constructive
manner. We like to be saitastic toward others and at times display a bombastic nature. When we get the chance to do something that we envied someone else doing, we often fail miserably. Some of us talk about cooperation only when it concerns us and not others. When some of us sponsor an affair we want everyone to cooperate, but when someone else is sponsoring an undertaking, we fail to give a helping hand or a word of encouragement, forgetting that every undertaking is a combination to the whole,. • • Some of us want others to do all the planning and all the work, while we get the credit for the success that transpires, and in some instances, the workers are not recognized enough by their lodge members. Some of us want others to be charitable towards us, but for some unknown reason we can't be charitable toward them. On the other harm,. ckline of us showed charity toward others, but did net receive it in return. It is true of course that not all of us act in the manner mentioned above. That is why we have shown progress in the past 74 years. But imagine the tremendous progress that would have been made had we done as our forefathers who accomplished so much. Let us be kind and charitable toward everyone. Let us show charity and kindness to everyone and lot us be proud