The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-06-08

ior memory to cherish. Let this thought
Sir Knights, be ever your incentive to
deeds and lives worthy of your Knightly
VOWS and the memories Of those whose sue
cessors you are in the warfare Of this life
Tor duty and our Blessed Master.
And what save character abides longer
than few years. Truly, indeed, is the pic
ture drawn of the changeiul character of
lite,
MAN laughs and lie clothed with derlsion,
He sows but he shall not reap;
Our life Ia sleep or vision.
Between sleep and a sleep
SO may 1t be ours to leave such charac
tiers and work to follow US that they may
be fit food for the memory of those Sil
knights who in their tune may follow US
knighthood won its noble victories by
virtue of what each Sir Knights individual
life made the Order and thus the Order as
body gained the lofty eminence where
history places it. Glance with US a moment
at the origin and growth Of Christian
Knighthood. When Peter, the Hemict,
preache the first crusade for the preserva.
tlonof the Holy SepuIchre and the defence
of the christian religion in 1903, A. d., how
small power seemed working-only one
man, you say. Yes, and yet two centuries
had not passed when the glory of the Cross
was the warriors theme and Kings forsook
their thrones to fight under the banner of
the Immanuel-Rex regum ct Dominus Dom
inolum-Klng of Kings and Lord of
Lords.
Remember, then, Sir Knights, how great
may be the power and influence over the
destinies of men of even one life. Let this
be your thought as you daily develop into
the true Christian Knight. Our motto
reads; "Thou shalt conquer" so stamping
upon our hearts the lesson of individual
warfare that | have striven to put before
you. But memory and hope are ever joined
Ii the structure of our minds and hearts.
Memory with backward gaze reCounts her
jewels of knightly deed; hope looks for
ward to the crown Of victory. Yet how
deeply does hope lay her foundations in
By what we have won may we
hope for what we are to win. Hence l
have spoken so strongly Of the memories Of
true and knightly valvor and strength Of
character that you and I may leave for
those to follow US. Sir knights, your
hearts are calling you from these thoughts
of those at rest to the loving service of the
decoration of their resting places. Chris
tian Kpighthood means all that have said
and almost infinitely more. Take these
ideals Of life as the memory of Sir Knights
resting after the battle grows in your hearts.
A few short years will pass and other hearts
and hands will do for US, who to day rem
der our loving tribute Of tender memory
to the fallen knight, the like
office of affection. watch We, stand fas
in the faith quiet you like men, be strong
Sir Knights, in the battle of life-let thi
watchwOrd of the Apostle, ring in you
hearts above the noise and tumut of battle
above the clash of arms and the voices OF
distress. Sir Knights, one at ALL let us
here, by the memory of those whose noble
deeds We now commemorate, vow fealty to
the loftest ideal of Knightly lite that can
burn and glow within our hearts. Then
may We look gladly for the rest awaiting
Us and, as the shadows OF life begin to
deepen in its even tide, in calmness and in
faith look forward with hope to the morn
ing of eternity, while memory cheers US
with thoughts of Knighthood well lived
and fought. Aud thus, with hearts and
minds full of memories tender and true,
full of hopes real and enduring -shaIl We,
Sir Knights, each one,
"Sustained and soOthed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him and lies down to pleasant dreams
1t is a sOrrowful spectacle when man
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