The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-05
There are loving hearts to eneF!sn
While the days are going py.

We Of the order OF knights Of Pythias need
not wait to be directed; we know what are
our duties. The first word when we learh
In the order is friendship. The nrst pfinelple
of the order is friendship The strohses.
virtue of the order Is friendship. 10 you
konw the fun meaning of the word lrlepd-
Shin If not then turn 10 your urst lesson
in Pythiarism; II Will come stealing INTO
your heart and mind your very soul as sweet
and l1vios as a mother KISS as son dnu
beautiful as the music Of the growing plaue
OF grass, as mild and gentle as the ialllnS
dew upon the wlthered Hover
The story OF Damon ana Pythias revealing
such remarkable fidelity. such nnbouoded
faith and such unparalleled friendship. VIII
appear to you as a beacon iight radlauhE
/ from behind the prison walls Of ancient syria
cusc bCaming down through the centuries
| and shedding It's golden rays far out upon your
| pathway, to guide you on through NE Jour
ney.
Blessed is he who can say brother. but
| Thrice blessed indeed Is he VINO can truth
! fully fay friend. Friendship is the everlast'
! ing fountain OF perpetual youth.
! The colo blast of many winters may silver
/ DER your locks, the burden OF years may
bend and weaken your aged form, and the
\ luster Of your eyes may fade away; but your
i mind aud heart may always be Kept tresh
and young by the magic waters oil true
Il friendship
The mission OF the order OF knights Of
Pythia5 is something more than TO leacn
friendehip-it Is also TO strengthen manhooC
and protect the virtue OF woman lis icach'
ings are a paragon of all the Christian vlr'
tues a boon to all within its ranks
4. Whel we gaze out upon the vast throne
> marching through this weary life, we too
frequently behold the thoughuess wayiarer
unsolicited. unguarded aimlessly drifting to
5 ward the deceptive shadows OF the awiu
. brink Of destruction. Then II Is tnat tru
d Pythian Knight, remembering his duty, eX
tends helping hand OF friendship an
N guides the wanderer TO a haven OF safety
sI To he devoted to such a mission OF mercy
= to administer 10 the wants 10 the needs o
- friend who may be vaiuly struggling with
resistless power Of oppression; To cause sun
shine and gadness to How INTO the lives an
: hearts of those In gloom TO warn ana smell
- friend from impending danger TO protec
- the hotIc and loved ones OF friend. Ihcs
- are some of the duties OF .Pythian knlgh
80 They should be the duties OF every mar
y Oh friendship. friendship, what BLESSING
Z what a boon to the heart Of man
- Friendship is the substratum OF phlan
!" thropy the main pillar Of earthly Felicity
l, the brightest star In the Christian diaden
= the connecting link in the golden chain thi
! reaches from earth to heaven. IT spurns III
y scrcfula OF en-eyed jealousy the canker
L seli-tormeutng envy, the typhoid OF boihu
~ revenge. the cholera oi daiaa.ug iaSratitud
= Friendship. friendship! The voices OF Il
" dim past cry aloud for friendship. a voi'
ID from thu hallowed graves around US toda
Is cries out for friendship.
ut Ana may the voice rcsound tn the ears ar
10 hearts OF an people, until the great gil
be- shout. Of all tribes and all nations living sna
An be Friendship friendship, forever more.