Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-22
PYTHIAN KNICHTHOoD.
terrell Enteriains Her ChiyalrIs
CHESTS in a Manner N est
Bsiltting.
address OF Welcome by senator Tesvei
and Response by Grand Chan
celior Abey.

special 10 the gasotte
fERREII, Tx April 2l.--Yesterds,
was gals day for Terrell. In the morn
ing the Uniform Knight Rank from For
Worth arrived In body, actompanicd h,
Nliene Bros, band. They paraded nm M
strvet and retutned, awakening new en-.
thuslasm In theibreasis of knights and cit.
izens alike. At O'Clock the grand lodgp
escorted 10y The Uniform rank, the baud
and Terrell lodge No 3, repaired TO the
cumberland Presbyterian church. WHERE
Mayor Frank extended them a welcome
and the freedom Ct the city.
lion G Terrell. state senator. was
introduced and spoke ia the following
happy style.
Ladies and Gentlemen ana Gentlemen az ira
SSihhu L9uge OF the knights OF Pythas OF the
~ IS with pleasure that | rise IN behalf
OF Terrell lodge No 8 of the knights III
Pythlas to re-echo The cordial welcome
which has just been extended 20 Won bv
the mayor OF our CITY We ereer with
gadness those, who like ourselves. are
engaged IN the work OF extending 10 All
people, everywhere, the Pythau priuci-
PIES OF friendship, benevolence and
charity.
4 continued career of unouestoned
success must certainly be received M
some evidence Of merit. That army which
has proved victor on an hundred fields
beyond doubt possesses stalwart hearts
ana Is earned ia righteous cause -
Aud that cause which receives the com
mendation of the best men and the best
minds IN the most enlightened lands.
winch Is ever advancing and ever pros.
porous Is grand aud strong, simpJy be.
cause 1t il grBndly Fight. The frosts of n
quarter Of a century have not vet touched
the fraternity OF the Knights OF Pythias.
The Oldest lodge OF that chiyalrous order
was organized but little over twenty.
Two years ago. 1t was not the product of
tranquil and uneventful times. The
songs that tioated around the cradle of It's
Infancy were not the melodies of peace.
"The Child OF Love,n IL was born In
days of bitterness and nurtured amid
commissions. at came when darkness
curtained the hills and the tempest was
abroad In It's anger. When the plough
share stood still in the field OF promise
and briars incumbered the garden OF
beauty" Amid the storm OF the iiercest
civil war Its founders gathered in the
tirst castle hall and around virgin altar
pledged their faith to each other and to
mankind.
An order like this was needed then to
temper and tame the enraged passions of
men, Further than the laundering drum
or the silvery music of bugles could be
heard its "still small voice" proclaimmg
the gospel Of peace.
The men W founded this order cared
not for fame and worshipped not at the
shrine OF ambition. The spirit that in
spired its origin was as pure as the snow
that rests on the Hottest mountain and as
gentle as the flower that blooms in the
loneliest valley. While the nation was
wrestling in fatricidal strife those men re-
membered and taught that all mankind
We're brothers, aud while the shock OF
battle was creating widows and orphans
those men remembered and said that
widowhood ami orphanage must and
should be protected. Amid the darSness
of nations night they were as the watch
men, whose prophetic eyes first see and
whose inspired tongues first proclaim the
promise of approaching morning.
Their work has proved their monument
They builded better than they knew"
The storm of war has long been hushed;
the armies long since gathered to their
last revielle. The smoke of conflict has
lifted; plenty smiles and peace and pros
perity bless the land-but the order
founded on that wintry night twenty-five
years and two mont IS ago in our national
capital still lives, and to-day holds en-
pire from northern lake TO southern sea,
from ocean shore to ocean shore. Not
only SO, but II has crossed the deep and
found a home IN sunny isles and lands
mastered other tongues
and taught in other climes the gospel OF
good will TO men, the sweetness Of relief
from sorrow. Audit shall still 90 ON, while
human hearts need sympathy and HUI
man eyes shed tears. Where
ever grief has found an en-
trance or want PROSTATE victim, where
ever death lays ii hand, or misery seeks
this order finds work TO
do, an alter-hre to kindle.
The champion of liberty and religion,
the friend Of morality and philosophy, its
principles can well boast OF its immor-
talty. For they were old, when amid
the superstition OF eras past the Egyptian
laid the foundation OF the pyramids, or
the restless Chaldean began to watch the
heavens, and they shall still exist in I'M
strength when the red sun shall
be dissolved in dust and tranquil stars no
longer guard the night.
Sir Knights Of the grand lodge, 1t is be-
cause you represent an order like this
that we welcome you here to day Your
presence in any city would give to its
just and an honest pride.
You come from every part of one OF the
grandest states in all the noble sister
hood, From the Rio Grande and from
the Sabine, from the Brvzos and from the
Colorado, from the Red river and from
the Gulf-Shore are you gathered here to-
day You have been chosen by your
and friends as worthy represent
atives, you have been vested with honors
by those who know you best, and there
fore we know that you are entitled to our
aud 10 our esteem. And when
we reflect that you come, not 10 CRAFTY |
ambition, or TO satiate the lust
Tor power, but that you come as brothers
having the good OF humanity at heart and
Pythian principles implanted In your
breasts, our city and our local |
fol doubly honored |
n receiving you as their |
guests Whatever we can do TO render
-FOUR stay with us pleasing to you shall |
be done. Whatever We can do TO Illus |
rate our hospitality, shah receive our
,romnt and cheerful attention.