The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-10
GRAND TEMPLARS council
BEGINNING OF THE GREAT CON-
CLAVE AT PITTSBURG, PA.
What May Be Expected to Take Place
This Week-Remarks of DR.. Arun-
del On Civilization.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 9.-Not in the
history of Knight TemDlar conclaves
| from 1896 to this day has a conclave
ever been opened on a more beautiful
! day than it was in Pittsburg today.
The sun, after having been hidden be-
| hind rain-filled clouds for several days,
burst upon the awakening city this
morning and threw his rays of smiles
| and admiration upon the festive array
| of streets and buildings, which made
every one feel that this was an omen
! of the weather god. The influx of
Knights, which commenced yesterday,
continued during the day and up to
midnight, when the formal opening of
the conclave was inaugurated with the
festival sermon at the Trinity Episco-
pal church. There was a congrega-
ton assembled larger than this his
historic building has ever held.
The first formal event of the pro-
gramme OF the 9th triennial conclave
of Knights TemDlar took place in
Trinity Protestant Episcopal church.
1t was the official divine service of the
knights Tem0lar and was very i'm
pressive and largely attended.
Most Eminent Sir Knight Warren
Larue Thomas, grand master, was
escorted 70 Trinity church from the
Monongahela hotel by 500 Templars and
as many more crowded the church
yards unable to obtain admittance. The
old church was filled to its utmost
capacity. Rev. Dr. Alfred w. Arundel,
rector of Trinity. read the service and
the sermon was delivered by Rev. DR..
Cornelius L. Ewing, rector of Cavalry
church, Brooklyn, n. Y, and Grand
prelate Of the grand encampment.
After graphic description of
Temolarism as related to the relieving
of distress and the uplifting of the
fallen, DR.. Ewing said:
To-day we meet in this beautiful
temple erected to God and consecrated
to his worship, to ask his presence and
his blessing upon the laborS in which
we shall be engaged and upon the
pleasures we shall enjoy. From every
part of our land there comes to this
goodly city thousands of knights
Templars.
I'VE come in peace, from all parts.
of a land that is at peace. The sound
of war has ceased: the strife is over:
the bravery of our army and navy
have won glorious victory and a war
that has lasted about 100 days has adj
vanced civilization 100 years in the
lands that have been freed from the
power oe q nation that has always
prosecuted free masonry and tried by
irquisitorial methods to suppress it.
Thank God Tor that victory; tnank
God for the loyalty and patriotism of
the entire United States. Thank God
for the example of the brave boys who
have given up their lives for the cause
of humanity and progressive liberty.
The grand encampment soon to as
semble in triennial conclave are repre-
sentatives OF the great and glorious
order Of Christian knighthood. Like
our ancient brethren we are marching
towards Jerusalem. but not the one of
Judea. hut the Jerusalem on the hills
of heaven. In hoe vincennes' was the
motto of the heroes of the cross in the
past. They put the precepts of the
Christian religion into practice and it
bore fruit in their lives and action. We
must do likewise or our profession is a
vain and idle thing"
Today's festivities were marred by
one mournful feature. The remains of
Sir Knight George w. Starr who died
on the train en- route to Pittsburg,
were today escorted to the Baltimore & |
Ohio station to be conveyed to Balti- I
more FOR interment The deceased i
knight was past grand master of !
Baltimore commandery No. and po- |
tentate of Boumi temple of Baltimore.