The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-04
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INTERESTING CEREAoSIES AT MOZART BALL
: LAST SIGHr-RIGHMDND AND ST. ANDREp
!, CoAAAEDERIEs FREsENT At THE CoSsE
CITATION oPs THE LkTTEa's BANNER. sf.s
at Mozart Hall last hight, In the pres
ence Of a crowded ana brilliant audience
the new banne. OF st. Andrew Com
mandery was soIennfy consecrated. - =
/ AT O'Clock st. Andrew Commandery
escorted by the Richmond CommanderJ
lneaded by Kessuichs baBdL left st. All
Dams Hallfor Mozart Hall. Arrived at tha,
place the former occupied seats prepared
Ior-then, on the stage.- whIle, Richmond
Commandery occupied the first swo rows oi
oleheStra chairs. DR.. Upshur, pFeIate OF
81. Andrew; William E.. Tanner, eminent
commander, and John E. Laugtfsou. cap
tain-generaL conducted the ceremonies,
WINCH were Of a devotional character.
a choir, consisting of Miss SWAIN Mrs.
Knowles, Mr. Redford, and Mr.. Grani,
sang ''AIl bail The power OF Je-
sus' Name," and after the sentener OF
conservation By the prelate, "Shout the
Glad Tidinas -; and after the salute OF tRe
banner and the SAYING OF the Apostles
Greed, =" Gloria in Excelsis." The prelase
IN his church|y vestments, the Knights is
| their full regalia, the rich banners OF the
dIence, made up scene bright and plea
SAINT to lock upon, while the ceremonies ex-
cited the profoundest interest, and the sing
ing was delightful.
The address OF the occasion, in happy
keeping with the other portions OF the pro-
gramme, was delivered by Rev. Sir knight
j.. G.. Armstrong. In beginning he ex-
planned the act OF conservation, then gave
rapid review of the history of Knight
Templary. and in concluding said:
.HtThe spirit OF the true knight was al
ways TO defend the weak, but the spirit
swelled into enthusiastic courage when the
weak was an innocent maiden or destitute
widow. And though in more recent times
the spirit has frequently been much abused,
and men who prlded themselves on their
chiValry have sometimes adopted and
been ruled by false and uneLristian Codes
OF Honor, yet no true heart there is that
does not do homage to the spirit when it is
dominated by the religious idea, or that
would not lament at any evidence Of its
dying out. Far. far distant be the day when
the spirit that would cultivate the manhood
virtues, and above all. ard as embracing all,
the virtues Of personal honor, shall cease
to be taught to and nurtared and cherished
by the young men OF our land.
"Now, this spirit OF chiyalry is embodied
in conjunction with that OF religion in the
order Of Knight Templary. In the term
templdr you have the suggestion OF the one
idea, while in the term knight you have it
OF the other. - Already, in this act
OF conservation, we have done honor to
these ideas, as symbolized in this banner.
But we must do honor yet more to them If
we shall prove ourselves true and loyal
knights. We must gather into ourselves
these ideas and make them the NOR: lily gov
erning forces OF our lives. We shall dis
grace that banner and reduce it to the scorn
OF men outside il we do not make these
ideas with ourselves and upon ourselves vi
tai realities. Butso aDpropriating and utili-
Zing these ideas, this banner will be to us
thing Of beauty, Of honor, and OF moral
power; and in higher and holier warfare
than any that brave Christian knight ever
waged with brutal Saracen on fields Of P,h-
estine, In hoe siqno vinces."
After the address the audience were
treated by the band to selections from Pin
afore. The benedction was then pro-
noupced, and the line reformed, and the
Knights returned to st. Adams.