, 1880-08-18
ROB MORRIS.
The Procession and It's 11nme.
diate Surroundings
rs Viewed by the Distinguished Mason.
10 Writer and Lecturer.
How tho Pageant Appeared to One
Who Had Been There.

fUDt 1f thu old l!usttg Dn Alt. OIayGt, mid III
Imagination reviewed one or the Passover.
gatherings of Israel. III obedience to tho
Inv OF Misses, tic wflole ,,atinl cntne tip nll-
1ilinty to .}crnsalrlsi,-" Libus nf the Lord
1,to lilo cttynf their God" 1t Is rnsy to als-
ply tho Biblical iisury 1T Tint place. Every
road fn Palestine Is Worl BY The feet Ut the
cl,oseii lrOl,le moving IN their p'c1lnla9rs Of
fifteen centuries, stld can plainly bc traced
out. Te nb1c-s!it,lcnt cts,l truck them frt.1n
t'lG lstt!irs of tic people Of Sli.co,. III the
southeast to tll0sc Of Napltni around tho
ronts Of A,ow-croWncd Herman in the north.
TIie writer Inns walked where Abraham
wnket1, where Uavil walked, where Jesus
walked ut Intervals Of 1t tlIousn,'l years,
nlul hns literally 'Rnl.o MP" those ciIalky
hills fro,n every point Of tho cn'l1lsass to
Jerusalem. Su, he nskcd himself tint Still
nccHrrcd here? What recugn'tions? Whit
laWlsakes9 How tic common fail. must
lsny1 been strengthened Ii, the hearts If
iliosu Passover pilgrims us, o,tce II year, old
,nrtl young Witnessed the INNS. hu1y service Of
.tehoal., t;os of Gods, upon Ills cl'osel, hill.
1t Is not to he reck0llcd Olu of ''t!le mistakes
u[ Noses j." TINT or1lnincd ttcsc frequent vlsi.
tntla1is to the cciltru of religious worship,
fur upon ilem largely depended their obedi-
uNeo to tho wtiOle StMnttsc Cosse. Guilty,
they hoped that prayers offered III tho courts
If the Temple would be heard, alnt tlat par
don sought here c0ultl not full. '.
Yesterday, III ytawiNg the immense pageant
With which tho TclA,Ilar Knights Of America
reSnletl the citizens Of ChtcngD as 11o otller
sncirty col,d do, the "reminiscences Of .1erl-
salem MS tl,e celltre Of pilgrimage becnlno
ytr o,,tl II II 1s been male i!Iu tIreraCc to
Tho fotlny,u,r dcscriuttnn. II IL will, II mr.
m,,p. no. XII srcat gatherings Of men sho,l],1
have high uIn,. IL wi'l nppcar III tho course
Of this description whether the Grand Con-
clayc of renlp)ars ,,o,y stirring tho hcart Ut
t,e cfty, noysrssrs suc,, mn aim. 'rlw writer.
Ml'o l,,'s witnessed tho l!fogress oi knls'!tr
Tclnplnry for huff its tcrlll Of existence as MI
organization In Anlerlca, ventures 10 ulllrin
TINT It hns, +
IIs e. a1!,loy @ between @ ,na assoSes t!,or,
inss ot jstael antt these ,lfietlflhi lohieIafss
uf tho A'ncricnn Tenlplars presents various
tnints Of resemblance. At;tlle first ten OF
these cone'avcs, rs wifi. t'u eariy: juws, tie
assenblles .: were stha'i ailel 'nslsnh'ca''t'
Tc,nl,lar Masonry was unpopular. Free
masonry itself rested unicr u elo,ul. The
TcmpMrs were poorly organized, lnylng 10
fewisj, ,miify wien It ncrt"r,sl nj Shi1uL.
9;r,tina}r tls 'rn,,t,,)urs inrrensrtj H. n,tt,
hnrs ;,J,ti inii,eucr. lila selection, Of t;gn.
William H. Hubbard. If Ohio m tllttr Grand
Mnatnr. fnrt,lr,I nj, cruri1 II, their f,tatf,rv
Enr i,srirr r,,mrs Hn Inh thrm fTny,
victory to victory, untit it began 10
| liz Il credit III, n man to lm n
E,liEjt Tc,Dliur. Uniforms, banners, b;utgcs,
jmrisprn,,rirr, ri,nnis,-nii irit tho iniIteilrc
3f Ills cultured u.ti[, n1ul Wien tt,O lrirultal
Colcnyu Ucc,trrrd jiert, III }Chfcnt:o, III 1866.
tWcrty-u,,o years nsn, T'elnpiury iiat bccU,lc
mi institution in Til land, Ttu gatherings Mt
Ua}timorr. ibIi. New Orfnans. 1871. nmi
Cleveland, tS;1, i,0ru aud nioru exhibited Tic
n,Ippli,pIIcss IL Christian chlyNlry to tile
Aulurc, tostc. md finally tho rrc;tt ,Ea EnuIlt
Of yesterday brought tho Urtier "irft fout
foremost" t0 tho Sight nf MI ClllcI,o tl'Hl
tho worth. Dro Md{art,tic (o't,tnn, T., st,tnniG W
ono nller thought. AMI t!Ios' tn thG ttrscflt'-
ti0n:, Tho linlics of llilny yCut!'naNlertcs, rs
slinll Dn pointed n1lt, l0rGg lilo MINI! bnGk
70 TIC lniidS 01 tha i11hIc. LII tho :oo
CnilnIatnl4rlcs Whose ba'!ners- yesterday
"Auttcretl " tllo breozu" were isiscrlbttl Hcl
! NAMES As Eyrene, Calvary, Bethany. i'alea-
tine liethnl, Meliu. Mt. UflyGt, tic! llsGnatlt.
As''ltnl, Cyprus, DnnsacliE Temple. l'atIl0s,
EninAtls, Sazaretl', Si!ua1n, I!n!l-.a'Hl
others that Eilst tl'N t.nspS Of tho Bible here
md there frnn, opening 70 close. Tho
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