Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-29

Twere far moe valcr0us to WELD the spade
For making widows is sorry trade.
| They need no armor who in modern years
Shed benefits instead of purple tears.
Not he alone of great athletic might
Or skill to use the swod may be Il Knight,
But every man who scorDs oppression rod
Loves country, home his mother and his COO;
Who can be cautions, too as well as brave,
And bear through life his honor to the grave
A life of purity, without pretense,
OF charity and sweet benevolenee-
Twin virtues by which chivalry may find
Mans greatest glory is to bless mankind.
Though he's true Knight in whom these virtues
blend,
He's truest knight who's truest TO his friend
For friendship-gran boon to mOTtals given
Creates on earth little bit OF heaven.
while in wonder he, the stranger, scanned,
Acknowledging defeat with protfered hand;
IN be a modern Knight heDceiorth, said ne,
For thou, oefenseless Knight, hast conquered
me!
feel power within that's greater than
The sinewed might of any mortal man
No more shall my huge lance, on tented field,
Strike down opposing knight too brave TO yield.
The foremost Knight shall be the foremost man,
And, chivalrous, turn good Samaritan J!
Inc archers Der nights ramparts had begun
10 shoot the golden arrows Of the sun
Before the dreamer, waking found that ne
HAD wandered in some future centu y.
He felt the soul within, beyond doubt,
Was greater than the mighty man without
The spirit, the aspiring mind and heart
That proves, after all, was empty name,
And noble deeds the surest road to fame.
ADDRESS BY THE GRAND CHANCELLOR.
Grand Chancellor Crowley was then in
troduced by the President of the Day, and
delivered the following Grafton:
Ladies and Gentlemen and Brother knights: 1t
is exceedingly fit and proper, and custom that
obtains in every civilized country, upon the
accomplishment of any important undertaking
to mo ha fxtrffh dGTDnyStTQ-
ton of approval as shall be commensurate with
the grandeur and dignity OF the task and import
anee to the general welfare of mankind.
To-day we have double cause to celebrate and
rejoice, and the occ aston is of twc-told import
ance. We are here to-day-gladly paus1ug IN
the midst of lilies endless toll and endeavor'
to join with prayer and thanks and song. in
celebrating the completion OF this beautiful
Pythian Temple, which evidences the successful
accomplishment of pure aud unselhsh effort,
and with the same song and thanks and pray
ers to the Almighty to have consecrated " 18th
his blessing, and to dedicate for all future time
this fitting shrine for the worShipers in the
cause of Friendship, Charity and Beneyolence
1t is unnecessary in this day of education and
enlightenment TO tell the people of America
what society or fraternal organization bears
aloft these notices as its constant guide and
rule of action, controlling and governing its
members in their dealings with their fellow
men. The cradle OF the Order being none other
than the capital city of this great republic and
its birth an event of but twenty five years SGD;
all the circumstances attending its origin, its
rise and progress, its present prosperity and
widespread influenee-all are within the lives
of most of us, and within the knowledge of US
all.
Whether or not the earlier dissemination and
application of these holy principles of our Order,
by organized effort could have stay ed the rude
hand of devastating war which had then strewn
woe and desOlation throughout our land, is now
past determining; but misfortune, misery and
death being at the time written in fearful char
acters over the broad face OF our land the needs
of our people and our country demanded the
existence of some fraternal organization, which
knowing no south, no north, no east no west,
but recognizing that all men of whatever creed
o: opinion are members of the same great fam
lily, should be actuated by similar principles
and practice towards each other friendship,
charity and benevolenee. and with those prin-
ciples for foundation stones, this magnificent
fraternal structure four Order was reared.
In faith and hope the world will disagree,
But all mankind's concern is charity.
Ali must be false that thwart this one great end,
And all flood. that bless mankind or mend
Having the benefit of the experience of older
organizations OF a iraternal character, we strive
TO improve upon and profit by that experience.
both in the principles taught and in deeds of
friendship, charity and benevolence practiced.
The friendship we seek to emulate finds its
example in the lives OF Damon and Pythias, and
for pure, uns elfish. self-sacrifcing friendship
the history OF the world affords no holier exam
pie. We read of the noble and generous friend
snip OF Antilles ana fdtTOclus, Ine CONSTANT ana
sincere friendship of Orestes and Pylades, and
in the lives of David and Jonathan we find an
example of exceeding sweetness and touching
friendship-but all THESE are more than paral-
leled by the grandeur and generous self sacrifice
of the friendship which bound Damon to Py
thias-hence, in their lives we seek the highest
type of friendship for our emulation.
The charity we teach and endeayor to exem-
plify does not find its whole duty done when
sickness is relieved and want supplied, when
pain is alleviated and the dead are buried, nor
when the sorrowing widow and orphaned chill
dren are provided with the means of susIenance,
all of which we do. But we further recognize
and teach that in the besowing of the little
kindnesses and amenities of life, we can make
our brother-man's burden lighter and more
easily borne. and his journey through life pleas
anter and more easily pursued, recognizing how
truly it has been said that:
'LitLle words of kindness,