The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-13

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PEELED me to come, My anticipations we're
great, and those anticlpations have been
realized. There are those in the city Of
Cairo whom ii always is pleasure for me
to meet, although have never been in this
city. There are distinguished Knights in
its borders, as distinguished as any in this
broad state, If not in this broad land do
not intend to be personal but there are
such in this room, and that is sufficiently
near ioy all purposes tonight. 1t seems to
me that it is hardly necessary for me to
respond to the toast "l'he Apollo Com.
mandcry." She responds for herself in her
representatives. She is, lacking four years,
as old as her commander. She is eleven
years older than the Grand Commandery Of
the state Of Illinois. She has an escutcheon
upon which never has been known to
rest one single blot that | am aware OF,
and hope there never will be blot. May
its beausante be bright and may the sun
while it beams on that beausante find
reflected back truth and discipline, honor
and brightness, and, sir, if | may digress
from my theme for moment, and say that
discipline Is one OF tho grandest things
known in the human life. 1t is that which
makes US shoulder to shoulder, force
which is irresistible. Intakes meagre abil-
tiles and makes them overwhelm genius,
without that discipline. 1t makes grand
success in all the avenues of life. Prob
ably you have all read that new book, pub
lished recently, called "John Inglesamt"
II 80, you will remember that he Ga YOUTH
was placed Under Father St. Clair who in
stilled into his mind certain thoughts and
themes Of the jesuit, and by thorough
course OF system and study, so far discip
lined him that he could undertake all sorts
of adventures SO far as himself was con-
cerned. low | think to perform the grand
and noble purposes in life, that We as Sir
knights, should simplypursue that course
OF discipline ourselves aud disciplined, in
all its meaning, we can accom- pish for thi
institution, all that fancy dreams. This
discipline will give US such fortitude and
such enterprise that surprise in emergens-
cies will be unknown. We shall rise to the
full dignity of the occasion wherever we
may be, and as has been said, "bcware of
him who has not sufficient discipline, but
what he shows surprise III emergency. y
Now, Sir Knights aud Eminent Command
or, there was q book written by young
lady, in Chicago, Florence McLsndburg
who was aremarkabe genius. The hero,
with this discipline, and tins desire to ac-
complish, tried to invent aud fashion an
automatom ear, which he could place to his
ear and hear all those beautiful sounds
which had been heard since the world began
and as sound once produced is never
lost, whatever is sweet and beautiful, floats
through the cycles of ages and this au-
tomatom hears. Would that we could put
it to our ears tonight; would that we
could hear the sweet sounds that have been
sung in the Masonic homes in centuries
past would that we could hear those
tones, the heart has prompted the lips to
| give expression to; would that all the
| pleasures of life which have been from
times long past, could come through the
automatom ear; would that the songs at
the manger in Bethlehem, which it were
rapture to hear could come to US; would
that the songs that the morning stars even
so far back as Tie creation, could sing in
our ears; would that the songs of those we
have loved, could come to us tonight;
would that all the things that arc beauti-
full, the whsperings Of the breeze, the
huttering Of the flowers; would that they
all could come, and that we, in this age,
could feel the gadness Of Colonel Chester.
We cannot help looking upon life as
optm!stS, We cannot look upon it as pes
simists. Life must be grand, when here is
man eighty-nine years old, who says,
life has been beautiful to him. If life
has been beautiful to him, why cannot life
be beautiful to alll | can only conceive of
one reason why life cannot be as beautiful
to all, because all lives have not been SO
pure as that Of the gentleman, who has
found life 80 lovely. Therefore, if that is
the only reason, let our lives be as pure,
and let this discipline, and the sounds of
the past have referred TO elevate and
prompt us with harmony and fraternity and
with desire to emulate TINT purity. Then
life will be sweet to US Mt eighty-nine. Sir
knights, il often seems to me that those
symbols which this aged Mason has refer
red to, were nothing more than matter of
words. Standing before you tonight Is