The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
News of the Knights.

The following circular has been issued officially from the office of Grand Chan cellor Alex NJ. Garber at Talladega, and will be read with interest by Knights: ITO the Subordinate Lodges. Knights of
 Pythias, Grand Domain of Alabama:
 My Brother Knights-Permit me to call your attention to the Pythian Calendar, which prescribes the observance of an an- nual Memorial Day in honor of our dead. Division VII. Part l., Chapter IT., of the Supreme Statutes, reads as follows:
 The Tuesday following the second Sunday in June, of each year. is hereby set apart and established as the Memo rial Day of the Order of Knights of Pythias, and all bodies of the Order are hereby authorized and requested to meet in their respective localities, upon said day in each year, whenever practicable and convenient, for the purpose of en- gazing in such services and exercises as may be appropriate to the occasion; pro- vided, that a Subordinate Lodge may select a different day for such services when the circumstances render 1t desira- ble.
 Therefore. during this gracious season, when all nature smiles in the iuxuriant growth of foliage and bloom and life is buoyant in the human heart that enjoys Heavens blessings of health and happi- ness, aS STdnu SEhnCSltOT OA LnlS OO- main, call upon you to observe in a ft- ting manner this day. The beautiful custom of paying honor to the dead Is not new in the history of the world; 1t springs from the highest type of Christian civili- ZatIon and the greatest faith in God, and Is a proper recognition of the gratitude and love we owe to those valiant Knights who. after a manly fight and an honora- ble career. have laid down the burden and heat of the day and are now at rest
 Tt is good sometimes to revert to the sacred memories of the sad past, for sym pathy never fails to soften the heart. and fond admiration makes 1t more lofty and more tender, and calls to mind the short ness of human life. Cowper, with poetic force and beauty, exclalms:
 "'we, Alas! Earth's naughty Kings.
 We. that promise mighty things,
 Loosing soon life's happy prime,
 Droop and fade in little time.
 Spring returns, but not our bloom,
 Still 'tis winter in the tomb
 Although our noble dead have vanish ed from the cheerful light of day and have gone down into the darkness of the tomb, wherein the voice of no sad fare we'll can reach them, let us show by the observance of this tender memorial that they have not gone down into forgetful- ness, but are enshrined in our hearts for all time.
 Tn obedience. then, to a holy sentiment of veneration and love for our deathless dead assemble in your Castle Halls or Churches in reverential spirit and com memorate the virtues, the noble acts and good deeds of our -chivalric brothers who have fallen on eternal sleep" and with softened hearts lay garlands on their honored graves and shed a tear not wholly selfish to the memory of all you have cherished and who have gone before. Time turns the page the past Is gone. And naught restores the vanished days. Pay this tribute to our departed brothers, and over their ashes may you gather the noble impulse of their lives and fresh inspiration for greater human excellence. Faithfully, Alex M. Garber, | Attest: Grand Chancellor. | e. c. Miles. G. K. R. s. No arrangements have been made by the lodges of Montgomery to soIomenizs