The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-19
ignorance Of the 'law of the order affect

ing his rights"
With us no member or lodge need suffer a
wrong and say there Is no redress"
III a wrong Is done to a Chevaller by one
who is not member Of the order, the entire
Cheyalier Brotherhood, II need be, will
defend against that unjust assault.
No Cheyalier need rankle under an injus-
tice because his enemy is more powerful
than he, for he has the sustaining power of
the whole order, so long as he is not party
TO the wrong.
Sd-It is more simple and less expensive in
form of government.
The expense Of grand lodg ges and the con
Trajectory laws governing different states
are entirely done away with. Our laws are
made in the Supreme Lodge for the whole
order.
4th-The order of Cheyaliers Of Pythias is
defender Of Christianity.
You NAV lull yourself In fancied security,
but wide-awake, thinking men realize that
the danger to our republic, to our Christian
institutions, to our Protestant homes Is from
Romanism, from anarchists, from Clan-na-
Gaels and kindred sources.
While the danger may be remote, it may
also be near at hand.
When that hour arrives, who will say that
this glorious republic, these Christian
churches, these public Institutions, these
Protestant homes, are less secure, because
one organization exists which has pledged
Itself in case Of need Of this kind, to draw
swords only in defense Of the Christian re-
ligion?"
.5th-lt is more fraternal What is frater-
nifty? A man applies for membership in
grees are conferred upon him. He has en-
tered new sphere, his relations to his fell
low men have changed completely. Instead
OF being an Isolated human being, or rather
standing alone among men, and for himself,
he is now part and parcel Of this brother.
hood which binds US together as fraternity.
Fraternity who can fathOm the length
and breadth, the height and depth Of the
meaning conveyed by that one word, frater-
a title Of the meaning of that wonderful
word. 1t unites the brothers into one being,
with heart beating in common, and mind
alternately feeling. Joy or sorrow, as the
various parts OF this great fraternity being,
Ga bros S or pSY % % s Ss paths pSsns heD
wronged?
The fraternal being defends against that
wrong. Is he In danger?
Who more swift to go to the rescue?
Who more ready to share that danger
whether ii be from the dread scourge OF
cholera, or the more swift one Of the bullet?
Fraternity 1t Is the broadest, purest
deepest, most enduring yrinciple on earth
1t permeates the entire being. Of him who
possesses IL, making him truer in manhood,
more gentle in disposition, broader and
more Comprehensive in mind and character,
more bravo by nature and more steadfast
every way
This is less than the full meaning of fra
among other things, ito relieve the distressed
to bury the dead. to comfort the widow and
educate the orphan"
To relieve the distressed.
How sacred the mission?
What fine field for fraternal work Is that
Of the relief committee.
AS they visit the sick brother, the ex-
preston of the eye, the kindly grasp of the
hand, the CHEEKY word and tone Of the voice,
do more to relieve his distress than anything
else that could be done.
The weekly benefits help to pay a sick
brothers expenses and are useful, but the
mental relief which the visiting committee
can give brother, does more to keep him
cheerful and restore him to health
To any sane human being, friendship is
blessing above price.
How precious to us are the good men and
women whose friendship we have enjoyed
for many years, some Of whom can discourse
with us upon childhood's scenes and events?
How tenderly do we cherish the memory
OF dear trusted friends, who have long since
walked amid the gl0ries OF paradise, and
reaped the full fruition of their faith and
hope?
Our friends, old and tried, are what makes
life pleasant; they have honored with us
those to whom we have paid every filIal
honor in life, and wept with us over those
whose death has been to us a sorrow that
wrung our hearts, causing wounds that will
never heal until our mortal shall have put on
Immortality.
1t is friendship like this which should
distinguish members Of fraternal order
practice.
If we form warm attachments based upon
afectlon sincere, Tor those who are not
bound to us by vows of fraternal love, how
much more ought we to cherish those who
have upon their honor promised to aid, help
and assist us in time Of sorrow, want and
pain.
have the honor of being the founder of
the side rank for Chevaliers and Ladies, nd
the author Of the ritual.
Ii fraternity is good for the brothers, 1t is
also good for the sisters.
The Chevaliers provide for q brother in
his own sickness or distress, but they render
no. aid when his wife is the invalid. his
children neglected, his substance wasted,
though these are often more potent causes OF
distress to Chevalier than his own sick
ness.
Here then is practical work for the
"Margarite Assemblies" TO care for the
family of that Cheyalier. thus relieving his
greatest possible distress. while they care
Tor the children and nurse the wife TO be-
come his help meet again.
We claim for our order, Chevaliers Of Py-
thias, q higher type OF fraternity, and have
candidly stated our reasons for that claim.
Among individuals of the human race is
ever maintained proper secresy and reserve
thst increases in ratio to the ascending plane
OF civilization, and whenever men have or
ganized for success in purpose, they have
been prosperous through initiating that Sc
crecy. ,Tne.constancy of the family relation
is based on secresy and chivalry.
The order, Chevaliers of Pythias, Is based
on those heavenly endowed words, secresy,
chiyalry, honor and purity, and II the daily
acts OF Its members exemplify this talismaFa
lc motto, the organization working In secret
for the sure accomplishment of ehiyary,
honor and purity, will receive the admara-
tion Of the good and true.
1t is our belief that this grand system Of
concentrated fraternity, enriches. eD1oSles
and beauties life, and we would fain invite
all mankind, but especially the yoang men
who are exposed to the temptations of life,
to partake Of its benefits aud enlist as broth
ers, beneath the banner of our order which
has .for. its motto. "Chivalry, Honor and
Purity"