Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-01

was listened to by 10000 members of the
order and double that number Of citizens and
visitors to the Hub.
In speaking to the vast assemb'age he said:
In the name Of noble and chiyalrous an
cestry, bid you welcome to the twenty-siXth
triennial conclave of cur magnanimous order
| bring you glad tdings Of peace and pros
perity frcm all parts Of the Tempar kingdom
Tidings of a largely increased membership,
more devotion to Masonic life, a greater en-
thusiasm in our work. an ever deepening 10y
atty to the sublime principles OF Templar
Freemasonry.
Peace hath her victories not less renowned
than war The deeds Of valiant knights Of
ancient days are celebrated in song and story;
but never assembled serred hest on battle
field, or followed the flaming beauseant to the
fair city of the sephucher, a noher band OF
chivalrous knights than this vast army o go
men and true who have assembled mere IN
this beautiful city of St. Botoph with hearts
attuned to the impulses of mans better ma
ture and the instructive yoarnings of mans
better self. The very atmosphere CT this cl y
is laden with the spirit Of all that gives lie
and permanency to chivalry. Here is That
noble architecture which Lowell called an
element of patriotism, and an eminent one
of culture. Boston is the "front door CT
America-the American Athens" Vel might
Lowell say, see Boston and die. See the
common, the largest park in the world, with
it's files of trees planted as if by drill ser
geant, and then for your Now, Lord, iettest
thou thy servant depart in peace" Here
freedom has ever dwelt with know edge-with
firm-pulsed sires her martyrs and her saints
Massachusetts, needs no encomium There
she is-behold her, and judge for yourselves
There is her history-the world knows 1t by
heart. The past is secure, There is Boston
and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill;
forever,
bones of her sons fallen in the great struggle
for independence now lie mingled with the
soil of every state from New England 10
Georgia; and there they Will lie forever Ana
where American liberty raised its first voice,
and where its youth was nurtured and sus-
tanned, there 1t still lives, in the strength Of
its manhood and full of its original p'rt-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
v!gor it may still retain over the friends who
gather round, and it will fall at last if fall it
must, amidst the proudest monuments of lis
glory and on the very spot CT its orig n.
Taine tells us that the originator and model
of contemporary culture, Goethe, before writ
ing "Iphigenia," employed day after day IN
designing the most finished statues, and, at
last, his eyes filled with the noble forms Of
ancient scenery, his mind penetra ed by the
harmonious loveness OF antique life he sue
ceeded in reproducing exactly in himself
the pecul, ,arities Of the Greek imagination that
he gives us almost the twin sis er CT the Anti
gone of SophCcies and the goddesses OF Phi
dias This precise and improved Interpolation
of past sensations has given to history in our
day a second birth. Shall we not, my fraters,
go forth from this city of widest fame for
its offerings upon the altar of liberty, TINS
city of colleges, of literature, of culture-not
to design finished statues but finished lives?
Shall we not return to our homes with eyes
and minds flled-not with the forms OF
ancient scenery-but with the noble forms
and harmonious love mess of men and women
Who co-cqual 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. e
| 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 Temparism and to
| all that ennobles men, second birth?
In 1916 when this grand body was formed,
| there were only eight commanderies-or en-
| campments, they were called-only 500
| knights Templar in the United States. Now
we have membership of 900; forty grand
| communicates, having under their immediate
| Jurisdiction $50 subordinate Communicates
| Besides these there are under the jurisdiction
| Of this grand body thirty subordinate com
| manderies Our asylums are erected in every
state and territory save Alaska Ana TINS
| grand encampment has also established an
| asyum and erected temple and shrine III
| Honolulu.
Surely our order has not yet reached the
| fulness of it's glory and helpfulness and It's
course must continue upward and onward in
! fellowship and harmony with the age and the
| lofty principles of Him whom we all acknoWl-
| edge as our Lord and Master, Immanuel-Got
with us. This is cur watchword. with Hin
| we must ever be moving onward to better
tnings Templarlsm teaches us as its hrs'
| and last lesson that we are to be like Him
| That what He is to men, we are to be tc
| men.
Our mission is not that of the ancient
| knight to rescue the tomb of our divine
Lord from desecration, but so to live his life
before men that their souls shall become
filled with the spirit of the everlasting
brother.
We are called to be knghts-not of the
| old but of the new Cnivalry. The essence ol
this chivalry Is to care Tor me niue ones
Its command to every sir knight is use your
| power to bless the little ones. The widow
and orphans, the aged and inirm, the poor
the tired man in the shop, the overworkec
woman in the kitchen-these are our little
| ones these all challenge our chivalry. Tc
rescue manhood and womanhood from theil
| graves; honor virtue and chvalry from theiI
| sepulcher-this the duty-call to the moderl
knght-a work far nobler this than that
which summoned our ancient fraters to bat
tie nelQS OF lOliSUlHe JOulHtyS' oui miSSioi
is to give
| An arm of aid to the weak,
| A friendly hand to the friendless.
| Kind words so short to speak,
| But whose echo is endless
The world is wide these things are small
They may be nothing-but they are all.
Today Frahms park, out on the Militar!
road will be the scene Of festivities whicl
the ex-soldiers of the German empire whit
| live in the city have been looking forward
to with a great deal of anticipation. Th,
| day Is commemorative Uf the battle of Sedan
| Of the Franco German war, which was Tough
| twenty-five years ago tomorrow. The cele
bration of the day will be held under thu
auspices Of the LandwehrYerein, which is com
| posed of soldiers who have served in the Ger
man army. Charles Epplen, secretary of th
| society," has issued the following circular
EVERY German OF the city should feel il
duty bound to attend the celebration of th
! twenty-ffth anniversary of the battle o
Sedan, undertaken by the Landwehrverein
| There are only a few who were spared b.
| the bullets of the enemy, yet they can aid il
the celebration of the anniversary to homo
| their comrades who fell and those who deC
of the disabilities incurred during the hard
ships of war. No one can blame us If WI
| now remember our commanders of thos
glorious days. Emperor William, his son
| Frederick William, and old Moltke, who tool
the largest part in the execution Of the plan
Of Bismarck Although we are not able Il
put flowers on the graves of our comrades
. NIarA