The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-27
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L. ...#M.a" -N niEhiiisNisSo Va tiiO
dny. Cyrcno and Wlneling command
cries mot at tho Masonic hall, on
Twelfth street, at 7 o'clock, and headed
by tho Opera House band, marched
north on Main street TO Tenth, on Tenth
10 Market, on Market to Sixteenth, cast
On Sixteenth to Jacob, and north on
Jacob to Fourteenth, and thence to
Chapline and to St. Matthew's church.
The knights with their flowing while
plumes and neat uniforms made n de-
cldedly impressive appearance. There
we're tiity.oight Of them in line, with
their two beautiful bankers borne aloft,
and as they marched down street.-the
expressions Of admiration for their
knlghtly bearing and steady marching
were numerous.
Though not 4 largo parade, 1t was the
neatest and prettiest Sean in Wheeling
for many a day--as ctcditable for. its
numbers as evor SEEM All along the
limo OF march tho Fdewalks were
crowded with pleased spectators.
SERVICES AT THE CHURCH.
As the Knights Templars entered St.
Matthew'S church the cKoir sang "On-
ward, Christian Soldier Tho services
were then conducted by the prelatc.
The regular St. Matthew'S choir sang
the re Dem, Jubilate Deoss and the hymn
sour Lord is Risen from, the Dead"
The address. by Sir Knight;R. r. Swopo,
D. D., was followed ysthe.singing OFT
Know that my RedeemerI Liveth" by
Mrs. Flora Williams. INSTRUMENTATION
concluded the services.
In Unfolding these services on Ascension
day, Sir Knights wope said, the order
is only following an ancient custom,
that formerly obtained withthe original
order OF the Tempiar Knights. III is Il
custom that. has fallen in allegiance in
Wheeling, but let us hope that in
future the knights will gather together
for prayer and service on the days that
commemorate the birth, the cruciixion.
the resurrection and the ascension OF
our Lord.
II you were to go into the old Tenn
pie church in London, you would see
the etigies Of the Knights Templar OF
old. They are not represented as
dead, but as living men reclining. II
they were to com to life they would
bear the exact sem blance of Templars
OF old. Pride is depicted on their faces,
the pride OF the soldier who fights in
agood cause. These men were soldiers
and statesmen. Many are in error in
%supposing them to have been-ccclesias-
tics. They were lavmen, though, as
knights. they took the VOWS OF chastity,
obedience and poverty, akin to the
VOWS taken in the monastic orders.
WHAT KNIGHTS TEMrLAR WERE.
The order of the Knights Templar
was a result OF tho conquest OF Palestine
by the Christians Of Europe. To-day
men travel for pleasure or business; in
those days they travelled forssthe well.
fare Of their souls.
The speaker then told of the pill
grimages to the Holy Land, where the
faithful went to walk the streets that
had once been trodden by the Savior,
10 view the place OF his crucitixion and
the hills and'vales rendered sacred by
his presence. Some time after the
s~aracens gained possession Of Palestine
the pilgrims began to be annoyed by
depredations committed upon them on
their journey to the Holy Land.s They
appealed to the chivalry OF Europe, the.
crusades were started, Palestine was
taken from the infidels, and a kingdom
erected, with Jerusalem rs the Capital.
The stream Of pilgrims Increased,
bringing riches to Palestine. The gov
eminent was unable to protect the
roads,at a great distance from the cap
tai, and the light Saracen csvalry COM
mltted deprcLations on theSpilgrims,
and were away before succor could be
given. n
Two French knights formed 4 band,
Tor the purpose OF relieving the pill
gr!Hs OF their oppression. They took
up their quarters in tho palace of the
Latin Kings, in Jerusalem. In a short
time the band was recruited from the
nobility OF all Europe, and grew into
me celebrated order OF Knights TEN
Though the old Knights Templar or
DER Is no more, there are now men who
wear the red cross Of tho order upon
.!!e'r breast. There is no ap~ostolicity
Oh succession in our order, dating its
origin from the old, but if there were
no oond oil union between tho knight
OF To-day and the knight OF old it would
Ge ridiculous in him to call himself a
Knight Templar.
TIE BOND OF UNION.
IN what respect does tho knight
ne'nplar OF to-day resemble him Of old?
iA0se men were heroes, but We have
heroes in our order to-day. You all re-
!aeniGer that q few years we agolaid un-
uer the sod n brother. knight, an an.
S,Aeer on the railroad, who lost his life
NJ a wreck, rattle. than abandpn his
post. The knights Of to-day manifest
much herolsm, though not skilled in
WAT n as did the knights Of old. e
Ing lemplars OF to-day take SOLEMN
,. JEs. ihey must protect the helpless,
s'eve inc distressed In taking. sides
VI pubic questions there should be but
E"v question for the Telnplar (Which
.he right si1c?" The older knights
mm"t'''ested 4 wonderful enthusiasm for
s S1e.r order. They took n vow OF per-
ooia. poverty, and all the riches they
6ai,.Su we're used for The welfare OF tho
W. %acs, NC knight taken captive could
ti,o iaheomed. When LETT the alterna-
v WV 70 Die or abiure his faith there arc
iGw occasions known where a
NS::s"t 1emplar foreswore his faith.
,. NI might Swope called gon his
OfotneF Knights to emulate the Knights
" ~ o!o, and make their life as pure as
,bo o oin;urlc on their breasts. He said
a mG VA knights were a religious body,
mN, 80 asGthok Knights OF to-day. They