The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-20

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brave as any that have gocs before We
bci5sTe that tire woman OF today are the
brightest ard test. the rrost o@a1tlfui ana
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and blossoms to-day with EazrcnIess bzzg-
y and fragrance We beii@re that Ire
E1ars and stripes today fost ever the
grzndess heritage OF the human race We
believe thar today Is the best day that
ever damned
While his Is cur faith our order and
an the great frztsrnal orders that share
with Us the admiration and The gratitude
% MANKIND have been called into being
and existence today because there. Is
want. injustice and wrong in this world
CO ours There are questions that must
Be met to-day. that 81 Is our duty 10 heio
solve We are al born equal. hut have
ne equal opportunities IL this hfe: Wig
Do honesty and worth so often live IN
hut. while trickery and svarice dweH n g
pslscss Why are brains and manhood
SO often unrewarded. and pretension and
fraud crowned with sEccessr Why is il
that 50 often the honest to;ler works ard
wants. and produces wealth for others.
that labor sits In poverty. tcleness in lux
ury2 Why should labor produce the
wealth OF the world and live in rags
Why do the idle rich live in lustfui extrav-
asznce. while the honest poor cften beg
for Al opportunity to earn bread TO feed
the starving lips of those they love- Why
is 81 that labor SO often sits at the taels
OF poverty and eats his crust moistened
b. the sweat OF honest toll. while idle
ness sits st the table Of wealth and feasss
or the lexuries produced by the work Of
others? Why is there injustice. inssual-
ny. want and begxary in this world?
These are some Of the great questions
that the world Is asking today. and de-
handing that they b answered Forget
not that the great heart Of humanity is
eteTnally right. The sympathy OF man
kind today goes out to those who toll
and weep. who work End want; TO the
hungry and the poor. 10 the unfortunate
and the weak. to the imprisoned and de-
spised. To those who suffer and submit 10
wrong
In the great work Of solving these prob
lens the fraternai orders are the most Do
tent power Of the world The star OF
Pythianlsm shines high and bright In that
great armament OF great orders establish
ed TO accomplish this great good. and We
believe II IL destined TO far oGtshlne them
all. The story Of Damon and Py,nias the
world wiIi not let die II will Eve as long
as loyalty. love anu friendship shall be
virtues Of mankind. Since that scene of
human trust and confidence was enacted
upon the sunny shores OF the blue Mediter-
ranean. powerful monarchs have lived and
died and been forgotten. mighty conquer
ors have arisen. startled the world with
their achievements. but their glory has
faded and their impress on humanity has
been ef1aced. great nations have been
buiidei. have feurished and decayed, and
have been hlctsei from the map OF the
world. But the friendship OF Damon and
Pythias stili lives II is innortai.zed In
song and story. Today the effect of that
immortal drama Of love and devotion of
the two trusted friends enacted upon the
beautiful Mediterranean lsie is fei; thou
sands OF miles west Of the Pillars OF Her.
euies, upon the farther shore OF that con-
tinent that was first Swallowed BIZ the san
OF Columbus eighteen centuries after Da-
moa and Pythias went down to drearuless
dust. Today the influence OF that beauti-
fgl story Is everywhere touching and
tightening the burden Of our race. After
twenty-three centuries il furnished the
foundation for the greatest benevolent or
der that ever existed among the children
OF men.
~Pyihianlsm IS as bread as humanity. I,
believes not alone In self. but in fellow
men. Pythianisn believes in uplifting the
whole world. Its charity IS as kind as
the gentle raiP from heaven and as VIDE
"a The wants and weaknesses Of the race
It's henevolerce e as broad and deem as the
suffering and distress % mankind. It's
frienshsp is as brave Ans strong az he
truth. ana embraces AT the sons Of man
This Is our law, our creed and our religion
Tits Is the eternal rock upon which "a
Suildsd our beloved order.
Let rs continue as ne are TODAY TO
lead the world % toilers for the -ace q.
men let Us be immortal In ac.s ~,
words: let rs practice as well as preach
cur principles. MAY good deeds through
The co-nlrS years throw A halo Of rio-v
around our order While We rofa. ~ .he
past With pride. with rhs. noble S,.,se,r-
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faces % The freat ani with strongly 49,.
and higher hopes press forward toward the
tstAre years, There viii come peaceful
day when al shall know the -y,vstfr -,es---
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cut the world respond 20 kn;xh,hoo5,s
mysterious touch Today he ,rss~,..
promise q orr heres burns high sy-a-.,.s-s
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Damon and Pythias.
The response 20 sFr. Humphreys address
was delivered By Grand Wee Clar~,rI,-
" .lsen n-rEcr- Or Whateorn. whom NJ
Piles called "a Prince come a r,,r,-s- ~, -
Mr. Weisenhr1rger took f.~ HE 80.
lessons from the story % Damon ~, p
tfias- That Iythian principle II f-i.r.s
ship - said. mas heen taken ~. -. -
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