The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23
j. S. QUICK'S ADDRESS.

w. >. Jones; recitation, Miss Anna
Phillips; chorus, Glee club.
]. S. QUICK's ADDRESS.
! The following is the address of well
| come delivered by Mr.. Quick:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies, Sir Knights
and Visitors: Our meeting here to-
night has a twofold purpose, in the
! first place we are about to present to
| those past Chancellors who, having
| passed through the several offices per-
| tanning to the lodge successfully and
| having received the highest honor that
| the lodge can bestOw upon them, have
| been invited here tonight to receive a
| further testimonial of the appreciation
| of the lodge for the service that they
have rendered, and after receiving the
badge that will be presented to them
| tonight, we sincerely hope that it will
have a tendency of arousing some of
| these who once were found among the
! workers of the lodge from that leth-
| argy into which they have fallen. ana
| that once more they may be found
taking an active interest in the affairs
| of the lodge.
In the second place, we believe IN
!
in the Garden of Eden. 1t is not good
| for man to be alone so tonight we
have invited the ladies to be present
with us, and enjoy q social hour, and
| to hear and see something of tla teach
| ings of that great order OF which we
| form part The brethren of our sis
| ter lodges have been invited to he with
US tonight that we may show that we
! t,,,~
that great principle that stands para
mount to all others, the principle of
| Friendship.
Some thirty-siX years ago when
this country had passed through one
of the greatest calamities that can be-
fall any country, the heroes of civil
war. "Justus Rathbone," a scholar
and philosopher then residing in
Washington. D. c., cast about to dis
cover some means that would help in
| alleviating pain, sorrow and bitterness,
that was caused by the strife. through
which the country had just passed and
where, let me ask is there a more fit
| ing subject from which to draw a les
son that would appeal to the hearts
and minds of those for whom It was
intended, than from that Grecian
scene that has been presented to all
those that are enrolled under the ban
ner of Pythian knighthOod.
THAT bond of friendship, dearer
than life itself, that was displayed by
Pythias for Damon, on that memorable
| occasion, when Damon, who had been
| sentenced to death by the tyrant
Dionysius, pleaded for a respite, that
he may visit his loved ones onca before
| his execution, and being refused, Py-
thias, his friend. steps to the front end
offers himself a hostage for Damon's
return, what a lesson is here taught
us, and left for us to emulate, that
not even death itself should not turn
us aside from eXemplifyirg that grand
and noble principle of friendship.
Brethren. are you and I living up
to the obligations that we have taken,
are we practicing as well as preach
ing this noble principle, are We helping
to make the world better for having
| lived in it, If we are carry the noble
work on, if not commence at once for
| remember that no man lives for him
self alone. We either make the world
| better or worse for having lived IN ii.
"Then again it is a patriotic order
| IL Is lOudy lne OHly OlueT III lne Ollll-
| ed States working under a charter
granted by congress. starting as it did
at the time when men were hostile to
each other, its growth was somewhat
retarded, but when men began to real
ize what the principles meant to
them, as set forth by Justus Rath-
bone, it's success became assured, and
| starting from a mere nothing it has
| grown until today we have within our
ranks five hundred thousand mem
bers, and numbers among it's mem
hers some of the greatest men Of our
country, among whom there is none
more loyal than William Mckinley
president of the United States.
"Of its loyalty to our flag there is
| no doubt, for we find at the charge
of San Juan hill many a gallant mem
ber of our order who stood ready and
willing to give their life's blood if
needs be for that starry banner of
| freedom and today in the far off ISL
ands OF the Philippines some Of the
bravest that have sacrificed their lives
there for the principle of freedom and
friendship were hOnored members of
our noble order.
Brothers, let those of us that are
here tonight resolve that we will do
our part in extending the noble prin-