The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-10-09

INSTITUTION OF ST. ELMO CoMMANpERY.
On last Friday afternoon, st. Elmo Com
mandery, No. IA, Knights Templar, recently
chartered by the Grand Commandery of New
Jersey, was publicly instituted, at Masonic
Hall, in this city.
The officers of the Grand Commandery, es-
corted by Palestine Commandery, No. 4, of
Trenton, headed by Winkler's Band, arrived
in the p N. train, and were escorted at once
TO the hall, where fine collation. was prepar-
cd for the visiting Sir Knights.
At2.45 the exercises began in the handsome
lodge-room in the hall. Over two hundred
invited guests. citizens of this city and neigh
borhood, mot including members Of the Ord
err, and including large number of ladies,
were present. The handsome decorations of
the hall, the fine floral display and the at
| tractive uniform of the Knights, made the
scene a very pleasing one. The beautiful
Grand Banner of the Grand Commandery,
recently presented to it, was first carried on
this OCCASION
After music by Winkler's Band, of Tren-
ton, aud the Winona Orchestra, of this city,
the ceremonies of institution were gone
through with by the r. E. Grand Command
er, after which the various officers of the
Commandery were installed by the cores
ponding Grand Officers, in an impressive man.
ner. The following officers of the Grand
Commandery were present Right Eminent
Grand Commander M. NJ. Drohap Very EN-
incnt Deputy Grand Com. l. Layton Regis
fer Grand Ganaral;cs;,on Toeanb N rnno
don Grand Captain General, Geo. Fl. Fell
ton Grand Prelate, Seth Thomas Grand
Treasurer, Chas. Bechtel !; Grand Recorder
pro tenn, John Wolverton Grand Senior
Warden, c. H. Ingalls, !; G.. Junior Warden,
Edward Cliff; G. Standard Bearer, pro tenn,
John H. Alderman Sword Bearer, pro tenn,
w. E. Hayes G. Warden, Thos. w. Tilden !;
G. Sentinel, Amos Howell G. Marshal, Fred.
G. Wiese, P. G. G. There were also present
Past Grand Commanders Forester, Donsheu
and Frazee.
The following are the names of the INSTALL
ed officers Of St. Elmo Commandery Jos.
II. Boozer, Eminent Commander Isaac s.
Roberts, Generalissimo ]. Simpson Large,
Captain General VIM. II. Everett, Senior
Warden Richard B. Reading, Junior War
den Chas. Schuhaus, Treasurer
Recorder John Lilly, Standard Bearer !;
Isaac S. Cramer, Sword Bearer; o. Fl. Sproul,
Warden.
At the close Of the installation, the r. E.
G. G. Drohan delivered the following beauti-
full address - M y ksA2
SIR KNIGHTS We have just added anoth-
er link to our Templar chain, the first link of
which was welded in the city of Jerusalem,
about seven hundred years ago and may our
Emmanuel grant that it may add strength to
the chain that binds us to Him whose badge
we wear. Jesus Ito US He is our command
er. He is all to u.s. He is the end of the law
for righteousness. He is our Redeemer. He
is the Perfection of glory, the Standard of
holiness without the least faint of pollution
the Chief among ten thousand. Whatsoever
is desirable upon earth ; whatsoever is at
tractive in heaven all the graces of time
all the glories of eternity, meet in Him, their
proper centre flow from Him their original
source, are realized in Him their final end.--
His promises, how preciousl His work, how
perfect His love, how vast His mercy,
how boundless His truth, how immutable
His power, how omnipotent His grace, how
sovereign His eounsels, how profound -
His followers how secure /! His presence,
how blissful His smiles, how transporting
His Gospel, how free His law, how holy
His precepts, how pure The poverty of NOR
tai language, the contracted nature of human
intellect, precludes the possibility of doing
Justice TO Him who died that all the world
might live. Sir Knights May you always
remember that you are the soldiers of the
Cross, and may you ever be able to answer if
asked Are you a soldier of Christ: g am"
1t is beautiful and Christian response.
Am - is the ancient name of Jehovah. How
simple and how grand are these two words
al am God does not, when speaking in
reference to his people, say | am their life,
their light, their guide and their power,
strength aud tower, but only Am. He
set as it were His hand to blank, that His
people may write over it what they please
that is for their good. He says are you weak
I am strength are you in trouble, l am COM
fort are you sick, | am health are you dy-
ing, am life have you nothing, L am all
things / am wisdom, power, justice, mercy,
grace, and goodness, glory, beauty, holiness,
eminency, supereminency, perfection, sll-suf-
ficiency eternity, Jehovah-I AM-whatsoev
er is pure and holy, great or pleasant good or
needfui to make you happy, AM.
Then, Sir Knights you need not be discour--
aged. for our God is all powerful--he does ev-
erything like a God. He speaks. and worlds
roll forth from his hand and range into sys-
| TENS, and systems mafSudi themselves ihto
the ranks of the universe, the first as num-
berless as the last is limitless and all flashing
forth into the dewy spendors of the morn,
rival the magnificence of His creative power.
He redeems like God lie might have
been content with furnishing redemption for
Adam and Eve, or certain favored few of
their descendants, but no He would cover
the earth with tribes and nations, till count
less generation should cry out of their sinful
Indebtedness for help. He would roll gene
ration after generation through their brief
space of life until the steady tramp of ages
halt at the bivouac of Judgment, and the my
RAIDS on myriads of earth's sons respond to
the roll-call of eternity, and then challenge
the spirit-of-evil to point to single soul not
saved. Oh, the lavish wealth of Gods re-
deeming love
Lord believe, were sinners more
Than sands upon the ocean shore.
Thou hadst for each ransom paid
For all a full and free atonement made.
And he saves like God Redemption is
provisional. Salvation is efficient. Salvation
In its nature is divine and of the extent of it
we read, I" He is able to save unto the utter
most.'' To be saved is glorious thing, al
most surprising human belief. Not only will
H., e. VI INIT be will save unto what 2-mV