The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-19

Addressing the knights collectively, he
said: "As He died to make us holy let us
i've TO make men free. That was a sublime
cnlvelry that moved the ancient crusaders
10 go INTO desOlate places and rescue the
perishing and helpless, but the chlyal'y
that sacrifices everything is passing the
sublime. This is what every true Knight
Iemplar is seeking to emulate. Every age
dlfers In It's ideas of chivalry, and the chlv-
airy Of this age is different from that in the
age Of the knights Of the Round Ia lie or
That OF the crusaders Of the age OF Samson
THE KNIGHT OF TODAY.
The Knight Of to-day is on higher plat
form than any of these. He fights against
moral and spiritual influences. He attacks
the evils that are taking mea cantive. This
| Is the boosted age Of liberty. Not slave
! is owned as property in ali this fair union
of States. No man to-day can legally make
/ properly Of anothss and yet after all our
| Boosting, there are thousands of slaves
around about us and in our midst,
slaves Of our own race, enslaved
/ TO appetites and evil passions circled and
| coiled and helpless in their captivity
| All the tendencies Of human nature are Of
! the earth ard bearing downward our higher
! and moral nature. Thousands are strug-
Cling in the stream of life and cannot save
themselves Say not the field for heroism
broad as formerly There is the same OPP
p0rtunity to-day as in ancient days to prove
yourselves unselfish knights, ready to sacri-
ice yourselves for others. The question is are
you ready to count your life as worthless
except it be spent in saving other men from
rulnf If you are ready and willing you
will always find an opportunity, if not for
a personal rescue Of fellow man you will
always have an opportunity Of influencing
him, for we are either making men better
or worse day by day blythe influence of our
example.
The true spirit of Knighthood is to
make every man better, but this spirit is
not natural to any man. 1t must be I'M
planted in him from above. When the i'm
mortal Achilles was about TO go forth to
combat the dreaded Hector he waited until
the swift-footed Phobeus had assembled to
the fire god who had made and sent him
suit Of armor, and only when Achilles had
clothed himself with this heaven-made
armor was he ready for the conflict. So
until we are armed from above we cannot
successfully fight the confederate hosts of
evil
A priest and a king in the realm of self
hood IS the true meaning of true knight
hood We have but to be true to the prin-
ciples of our order and we shall constitute
no mean Fart of the noble army that shall
triumph in the day of the final conquest of
evil When Christ's work of redemption
shall be finished and the church, the fair
daughter of Jerusalem, looking forth from
Zion's glorious hill with crown of many
stars on her head and in her hand the cross
of Jesus as her sceptre.
At the conclusion of the services the
Knights We're escorted to their quarters.
The Grand Commandery will resume its
session this morning. The election for
officers will take place this forenoon, and
the place for holding tine next conclav3 will
also be determined This afternoon the
visiting Knights viii be given an excursion
to Tybee