The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-02-20

Pleased.
"A very large audienc. gathered in the
Gofr ". f. caurca Sunday morning to
participate in ana enjoy tas morning
worship. BY special arrangement tae
loeal lodge of thu Knights Of Pytaias,
No 80 attended tas service, about
seyenty-dve nj ,mbe-s in all b,ing pres
ent. In addition 10 tns regular music
which was up TO tde usual aigh stand
ard That the choir Of tnis church always
furnishes, Mrs. F. B. Haymaker sang a
beautiful solo. ''Ths Lord Is Ny saep-
herd" oIr-. G. W. Lynch presided az
the organ.
Tne subject of Rev Arbuthnot's SER
mon was @I'ne G6lisn Rule" and tas
trSt was taken from ST. Matt. Z: l2-+
"Therefors whatsoever We would tnat
msn saopld do unto you do ye even 50
70 them.''
Confess2dly this is the very heightn
Of cnrist's teachings. Taers Is only
one way in which weak humanity NAV
even attain to the aieh altituda enjoinel
in the taxt and that is through the love
Of Christ filling a. heart and His prin-
ciples mot, our ownl working out in
our lives. On Friday last in te hall of
statuary a new figure In marble was
added to waat Is really our national
gallery Of fame. II was the figure of
woman-tae frs. feual, figure TO BE-
placed among ti,is illustrious group of
our nations great ONES. This woman
thus highly nonored was Miss Frances
Willard the abls advocate of temper.
anee. One of her sayings waich mas be-
conn provenbial is "Tn, COLLEEN Age can
only BE- brought in wnen men practice
tn, Golden Rule" This gold m age is
coming because men are more and more
prleticine the Golden Rub that Is to
nsaer in the GoIlen Age. wasn Christ
uttered this great sentiment He had no
intention of making our own self love
(which may easily dagcnTate into sci.
ishness the ideal, Il was only to b.
tne massurs of our actions toward our
fellow man. 1t IS one thing to know tae
words Of the Gollcn Rnla. one may even
bear about a symbol of this excellent
rule of conduct but tae Golden Rule can
only be successfully carried out waen
itie spirit of Christ is the basic motive
power. One of the fundamental ten.
ents Of tne order taat worships with us
this morning is TO live up TO the gold
en- rule. Long before tna remarkable
unselfsh friendship that existed between
Damon and Pythias was the even mor-
remarkable friendship Of David and
jonathan and both of tnesa are examples
Of pwe disinterestad friendship. and in
deed every true. pure, wortny, generous
and pious deed finds its cant,r and in
spiration in the Lord Jesus Christ. It
may seem like carrying Goals to New
Castle TO relate briefly the story of
Damon and Pythias in the presence of
this lodge. but as there may b. otaers
Of the audience VINO are not SO familiar
il viii be briefly given.
Dic7ys:s. the tyrant Of Syracuse. had
brought his kingdom to a high degree Of
prosperity, but MS reign was cruel and
oppressive to t6e people whom ne
ground down with an iron heel. His
son, the prince. was iissoluta and often
druhlS>n One day this prince, driving
bis blooded charges recklessly through
the streets endangered tha life of
Pytnias' young son. namd in honor Of
MS fathers friend. Damon. Pythias
darsd to divert the princes chariot out
Of its course to save the life Of his son.
For this act Of indignity ~ to tns
drunken prince he was struck with the
neavy riding whip in the princes Tlani.
Little Damon cried out in fright and
rag, from the blow given mis- father and
was in turn stricken down BY the
drunken prince. Pytaias snraged be-
yond endurance pulled the prince from
ais chariot and adminiStsre,i wsn merit
Cd punishment 10 MS tormentor. finally
throwing him hack into mis- chariot. Tn.
enrasad prince ordered Pyinias bound
and taken to prison. Damon acting the
part Of friend and advisor 10 Pythias'
afiirtsd family. secnres them in a safe
place AMI tnsn upon receiving message
from Pytnias delivered by Plato and
bra ing the mystic triangle with tae
sentiment @Fri7nIsbip Charity and
Bsnevolenes- and the nsmes Of Pythias.
Damon and Plato. hastens 70 his friend.