The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-07-11


order was instituted " uplift the
fallen; to champion humanity TO be
his guide and hope, his refuge,
shelter and defense to soften down
the asperities of life to subdue par
ty spirit and by the sweet and pow
erful attractions Of the glorious
trinity. Friendship, Charity and
Benevolence, TO build in one har-
monious brotherhood men OF all
classes and all opinions The
brightest jewels which it gamers
are the tears of widows and orphans
and its imperative commands are
to visit the homes where lacerated
hearts are bleeding; to assuage the
sufferings OF a brother; bury the
dead; care for the widow and edu
cate the orphan; to exercise charl
ty toward offenders; to construe
words and deeds IN their least un-
favorable light, granting homes y OF
purpose and good intentions TO
others; and To protect the prIncl-
pies Of knighth0od unto death.
Its laws are reason and equity; It's
cardinal doctrines inspire purity Of
thought and life; it's intention is
peace on earth and good will to-
ward men,"
To this code our departed broth
ers subscribed, and how well they
followed its teachings is best known
to these who knew them within
our portal.
However much its votaries may
tall short of this sublime code, the
| principles themselves are wor Thy Of
all acceptation, and in such meas
ure as any knight may exemplify
in his life their humane doctrines,
10 that measure does he approach
the standard of perfect manhood.
A .ts of heroic self-immolation
are not limited to our illustriOuJ
prototypes. Even in our own day
have been enacted deeds OF sub
lime heroism that raise the standard
of chivalric manhood and make
him worthy to wear the image OF
his God.
Peter Woodlands name is sacred
in Pythian acnals, AT Jersey
City, on both May, 1888, this hero
In calm deliberation gave up his
life to libcrate eight brothers im-
prisoned ~ deluged tunnel.
| on 18th December, 1870, Capt.
Samuel Holder Hines, confoler-
ate hero and valiant Knight, at
Richmond, Va, impetuous sly rushed
into the seething flames Of the
burning Spottswood hotel from
which he had just narrowly escaped
in daring effort to rescue II brother
knight whom he bethought was
sleeping in an upper room, and per-
ished in the bold attempt. A page
on everyPythian journal is sacred
to his memory.
In our own state, when yellow fe'
yer scourged the fated city of Mem
phIs, our own heroic Reynolds
Grand Chancellor OF the state
bravely resisted all appeal to flee
for safety and desert stricken
knights, but arranging his own af-
fairs, facing certain death, he spent
his life in ministering to their SUI.
ferings, voluntary sacrifice upon
the altar OF Friendship.
These luminous exemplifications
of the effect of the grand teachings
of Pythianism illustrates the better
side of humanity and put the pes
simst TO shame.
The Supreme Chancellor of The
Universe hath said: "Greater love
than this no man have, than that ;
man lay down his life for hi.
friend"
The poet devotes immortal
strains and weaves bright garland:
Of renown for fancied heroes. Flc
ton and dramatic literature record
the tabled deeds OF valolous men
Eloquence exhausts the fervid
phrase of glowinglng eulogy upon
the imperishable deeds OF great
men, and the scroll of flame is EN-.
blazoned with the glorious names oi
patriots and phiIanthropists, OF
statesmen and savants, OF meu oil
excellent achievement in all the av-
enues of duty and endeaVoF, and
the world pays well-deserved hon.
age to their memories, but these
Pythian heroes reach the standard
set by Divinity himself and lay
tribute upon the inspired encom.
ium. "Greater love than this can
no man have than than man lay
down his lie for his friend"
These Pythian martyrs exist OF
in tabled fiction nor poets fancy,
and lived not in the musty part
that time might lend glow sozthe
uncertain record of their deeds and
give full license to Orators and Gu
logists to magnify their virtues.
They lived and moved and
breathed among us, verltabl ebeings,
and their forms are scarcely yet re-
50 v,d TO dust. They did it not
or glory but tor duty.
One crowded hour of glorious life
| worth an age without u pHme.'
They crowded all their duties and
responsibilities of lifetime into
one moment of monumental efforts
ond lived an age in doing one great
deed Their religion was love,
their creed was friendship, their
doctrine duty. Human creods per-
chance may consign theil glorious
spirits TO oblivion because, torsooth,
they failed 20 subscribe to some
ecclesiastical tenet. ] know not
how their lives lay thus, but this
| know, that they emulated the only
act found worthy in the councils OF
a triune God TO save fallen race.
"For modes Of faith let grsceless zealots
| fight,
He can't DO wrong whose life la in the
| right"
In such measure us opportunity
gave them did these, our brothers
practice the tenets OF the Pythian
rule Of life They were not called
upon TO perform illustrious deeds
OF sacrifice, but to the extent that
duty called to that extent they
went.
The heroes are not yet ell dead.
There are brave men upon whom
/ might lay my hand to-day wh'
are SO thoroughly imbued with th'
sacred teachings OF pure friendship
that they would without hesitation
defend with theiI lives, aud the oc
casion il only needed TO give tn
world another and another brigh
example of cbiyalriG iortitude.
The man lives not who With
honesty of purpose conceived in a