San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-28

remain forever. The bones of her
sons fallen In the great struggle
for independence, now lie mingled
with the soil OF every state from
New England to Georgia, and
there they will lie forever.
And where American liberty
raised It's voice, and where it's
youth was nurtured and sustained,
there 1t still lies, in the strength of
its manhood and full of it's origi-
nal spirit-it will stand in the end,
by the side OF that cradle in which
its infancy was rocked; it will
stretch forth its arm with whatever
vigor it may still retain over the
friends who gather round, amidst
the proudest monument OF its
glory, and on the very spot Of its
origin.
Paine tells us that the originator
and model of contemporary lcul-
ture, Goethe, before writing |Iphi.
genia, employed day after day in
designing the most finished stat.
ues, and at last, his eyes filled
with the noble forms Of ancient
scenery, his mind penetrated by
the harmonious loyeliness of an
tique life, he succeeded in repro
ducing 80 exactly in himself the
peculiarities Of the Greek imagina.
ton, that he, gives us almost the
twin sister of the Antigone Of
Sophocles/ and the goddesses of
Phidias, This precise and improved
Interpolation of past sensations has
givep/to history in our day a sec.
ond birth. Shall we not, my fra
teHs, go forth in this city OF widest
fame for its offerings upon the altar
OF liberty, this city of colleges, Of
literature, of culture-not to de-
sign finished statues, but finished
lives? Shall we not return to our
homes with eyes and minds filled
not with forms Of ancient scenery,
but with the noble forms and har-
monious loneliness OF men and
women.
Who, co-equai with their fate,
Did great things unconscious they were
great.
Where for freedom, equality,
fraternity, the fight was fiercest,
on went they unhappy who was
last, "The enduring half they
chose, whose choice decides mans
life, slave or king"
And thus by our Interpretation
Of such lives, shall we not give to
Templarism, and to all that en-.
ables man, a second birth?
Happy they jewellers in such a
state, yea, thrice happy they
who have Boston for their dwell.
ling place!
1 see before me, Sir Knights
many new faces. / have heard
many voices never heard in Trien
NAL Conclave before. / have
elapsed in fraternal greeting many
a hitherto untouched hand. All
these we welcome; but oft familiar
faces we miss. ave sigh for the
touch of the vanished hands, and
the sounds of voices that are STILL
To those, both the living and the
dead, we send q God bless you tina,
can come only from hearts and to
hearts knit as one by q tie that
neither absence nor death car
sever.
NEW COMMANDMENTS.
The following new Communicates
have been constituted since the
adjournment of the last Grand
Encampment:
Moscow Commandery No. al
Moscow, Idaho.
Ivanhoe Commandery No 2, at
Prescott, Arizona.
Phoenix Commandery No. 3, at
Phoenix, Arizona.
Oklahoma Commandery No. 2, at
City of Oklahoma, Territory OF
Oklahoma.
Lewiston Commandery No. 2, OF
Idaho.
Guthrie Commandery No. l, at
Guthrie, Territory of Oklahoma.
Muskogee Commandery, at Mus
kogee, Indian Territory.
CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCE.
At the last conclave of this grand
body, 1t gave its official sanction
to the observance of Christmas day
by Knights Templars, either in
their individual capacity or as
Communicates; the sentiments to
be prepared by eminent Sir Steph-
en- Berry, of Portland, Maine, and
the response by the grand master,
the same to be sent to all grand
and constituent com manderies ow-
ing allegiance to the grand en-
campment. This beautiful observ-
ance has been generally carried out
and duly honored, not only in this
grand Jurisdiction, but also In Can