The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-02-22
ADDRESS OF ZION. JOHN P. ROSS.
CONTINUED from second page.

ehNy moo place, and discOFd some
times shows it's hideous head; but,
perchance, some knightly soul steps
forth among contsndinR friends and
with the torch Of charity kindles in
their hearts, the fires of fraternal love,
whereby peace is lighted to her right
full throne and reins without 3 rival.
Strange indeed is the nature of man
that he should be tossed about upon
the sea Of life. by the counter currents
Of selfishness and generosity, of heart
lessness and sympathy, of disoordant
strife and brOtherly devotion.
Since the foundation OF the world,
the good that is in man has strlven to
overcome the EVIL, 10 the uneven
contest of this never ending warfare,
the brave and noble have TO contend
against the combined forces Of the
wickedness Of their own heart and
all that is ignObls in the hearts OF their
tellowmen. To the end that right
should triumph over wrong, and truth
prevail againt error, good men and
trus in all ages have bound themselves
in fraternal union and made common
cause in this glorious struggle. Nor
have the labors OF those who have thus
worshipped at the mystic shrine Of
friendship and battled for humanity
been in vain for by their united efforts
grander manhood has blessed the
world.
Thirty.six years ago, at a time
when strife aud riot in our republic
and license leaped from the lap Of war
when the bond Of union between the
states was temporarily sundsr,d, and
the government rsslsd and staggered,
as e drunken man, under the shock
Of an internal revolution which shook
the very foundations OF socIety-the
order knights OF PythiAs was con-
ceived in the heart and born OF the
brain of an American citizen Built
upon the thrice sndnrlnR.prinoiples Of
Friendship, Charity and Benevolence,
its foundations wsrs laid broad enough
and deep enough to withstand all ex-
ternal attacks and internal disssntIon.
Catching the spirit of the land of its
nativity, 1t invited 20 it's affairs ali
brave and honorable men, building its
portals high and wide enough to admit
the easy entrance Of all who believe n
the existence of Supreme being and
walk erect among their fellow men,
without regard to their politics or re-
liRion; but making the doors OF its "a
cred castles altogether toe straigh
and narrow to allow the passage Of
those who are inssnslble to the feel
ings Of friendship,or deaf to the whis-
perinRs OF charity, or blind to the acts
Of beneVolence.
All hail cur knightly ordsrl Estab-
lished smldst the strife Of fellow
country men, its mission was to invoke
the coming Of the white~wiDgsd mss-
senger of peace, its object ia to allevi-
ate the sufferIngo Of humanity, and it's
effect IS to snnoble WHAT 10 base in ma o
add what IN him 10 false to cast out.
Grand in conception and vast In de
sign, It has been glorious in achieve
ment. Here in our great America
where liberty found refuge. labor an
opportunity, domestic virtue a shield,
andshumanity tempIs, this knightly
order has iourished as a gsodly tree
planted by the river Of waters-yea 40
the oedars Of LsbAnon-glving shelter
and protection to thousands rs they
journey, weak and weary, along times