The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-06-22
KNIGHTS Of PYTHIAS
OBSERVE MEMORIAL DAY
Members Of Garrett Lodge Attend Ser
vice in a Body Sunday Afternoon.
EXCELLENT ADDRESSES MADE.
Service Consisted OF Appropriate
Hymns, Addresses by nembers
the Lodge and By Rev. J. B.
Workman, Pastor OF the NJ. E.
Church.

Silui I'll.
Last Sunday afternoon in accor-
dance with an order issued by the
Grand Lodge Knights of PYthias of
Maryland, the members of the local
lodge assembled at their Castle Hall
on Alder street and marched from
thence to st. Paul's Methodist Epis.
copal church where they participant
ed in appropriate services in memory
of the deceased brethren here and
elsewhere. A like service was held in
every town within The MARYLAND jur-
isdiction where a lodge of Knights of
Pythias is located
In the march from the Castle Hall
to the church there were in line fifty
eight members, which represents
about one-half the numericalstrength
of the organization here.
Arriving at the church the members
occupied the center tier of seats re-
served for their use when the program
arranged for the occasion was carried
out, beginning with the reading of a
paper by Mr.. Samuel Lawton. follow
ed by hymn.
Rev. J. b. Workman, pastor of the
church, led in an appropriate prayer
which was followed by an address by
Mr.. Julius G. Renuinger, Past
ChancellOrSof the lodge, who dwelt at
length upon the beauties of brother
hood linked together as the Knights
are and upon the great lessons of
friendship, charity and beuevoleLce
taught within the lodge as well as the
duty one member owed another. Mr..
Repninger was followed by Mr.. g. S.
Hamill. Jr., who spoke eXtempOrane-
Ously upon the lessons taught by the
order and the work being done by it
in the protection and care of the wild
ow and orphan.
While THE REPUBLICAN would
like to give the speeches in full made
at the gathering that of Mr.. A. Tot
ten Matthews is the only one obtain,
able at this time and follows:
"Choncellor Commander, Brother
knights and FrjendS.:
while | appreciate very much the
privilege of taking part in the ex-
ercises of this afternoon. | fully
realize my inability to add anything
to that which has already been so
beautifully said.
We have met to honor and to
mourn the memory of those of our
band who have been called into the
presence of the Eternal One to answer
for the deeds done in the body, and
while Pythianism would preach the
doctrine that our need of praise, and
our tokens OF love and affection
should not be withheld until our
friends and brothers have Joined the
host on yonder side the dark flood,
but that we should strive to show
our appreciation of their kind deeds
and noble characters at time when
what we say may encourage, and per-
haps inspire, them to the accomplish
ment of still better thing. Still it is
eminently fitting that we should thus
specially honor those who have laid
aside the armor they so worthily
wore, and have left to us the pleasant
duty of disseminating and perpetual
ing the splendid principles of Pyth-
ianism which they loved and which
in their day they helped to make a
powerful influence for good through
out the world.
1T is also peculiarly appropriate,
belieYing,as we do,in the Fatherhood
of God, and the Brotherhood of Man,
having for our chart and log book
the revealed word of God, that this
ceremonial should take place within
these sacred walls.
Our brothers, now no longer with
us, contributed to the building up of
this magificent fabric of fraternal
love with which we are so proud to
be associated; they were Knights in
the true Pythian sense of the word,
and we who have taken up the work
they can here no longer perform make
a mental pilgrimage to their tcmbs
to day, to Law thereon our sincerest
in memory of what, in life,
they were to our order and to us
and to the influence for good that
they, though no longer vibrating
with life, still WELD.
And let us not in seeking to honor
the dead lose sight of the ,essons
which this hour holds for us, who
are still permitted TO plav orr little