Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-15
THE TkMfLAho' CONoLAVE.

The demonstration that is to take
place at Chicago the present week on the
occasion of the assembling of the triennial
conelave of Knights Templar of the United
States promises to eclipse in msgnifcepce
anything witnessed in Christendom since
the days of the crusade. The most elabo-
rate preparations have been made by the
citizens of Chicago, and representatives OF
the Knights of the Cross will be present
from every State in the Union and from
every considerable city on the continent. Ii
is estimated that in the grand parade to take
place on Tuesday no less than forty five
thousand Sir knights will be in lire, form
ing pageant nevere qualled since the world
began.
Templarism dates back to the year of our
Lord 1l1S. Itowes its origin to religious
frenzy that at that time took possession OF
the cavaliers of France, who banded them
selves together and vowed to rescue the holy
sepulchre from the grasp of the infiiel, and
to protect the Christian pilgrims who every
year made journey to the sacred spot to offe.
mp their deyotions where Christ lay buried
the three days after his crucifxion. With
the history of the crusaders every one is f.
milisr. The survivors OF the expedition
formed themselves into an association,
which has been perpetuated to the present
time with but few changes, and these only
sufficient to conform it to the altered circum
stances of the times. II is essentially a
Christian organization, and az such has been
very generally recognized by all the Christian
people on the face of the globe.
But with its religious aspects the SUNDAY
GLOBE will have little to do. It prefers to
speak Of the Knights Templar as fraterni-
ty whose chief aim ia to bring about the
complete brotherhood of man. As such a
fraternity it Is not without its influence, and
the gathering at Chicago promises the most
substantial results in the paciacation of the
country. Sir Knights from the North and
the South, the East and the West, will be
brought together in the closest relations
and will meet on one common p latform of
universal brotherhood. They will notl be
partisans in any sense of the word, and their
intercourse will be free from anything that
will partake of political rancor. Acquaint-
ances will be made that will be life long, and
friendships formed that no differences of
opinion on any other subject will be able to
sunder. Yhe Southron will meet his brother
from the North with fraternal greeting, and
he from the Atlantic coast will grasp the
hand of the resident of the Pacific slope
with the warmth of brotherly affection. The
conclave will result in much good to the coun-
try at large as well as prove benifcent to the
order itself. 1t will bind together in the
closest Of bonds men from all sections of the
oountry-bonds that will survive political,
religious and social irruptions, and prove
perpetual.
No matter what the character of these
general gatherings may be. their effect can
not fail 10 prove beneficial. They serve to
show that there is not, after all, such great
CULTS between the several sections of the
we are in fact one people, with
common aims and aspirations. They serve
TO cool the animosities that may have been
from other causes, and to reunite
the people of every State in bonds of frster-
nal union.