The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-04-01
SERVICE
FOR SIR KNIGHTS
THEY ATTEND IN A BODY AMP w
FULL UNIFORM AT lMMAN.
UEL LUTHERAN CHURCH.
STORY or KN|CHTHOOD
EloquentIy Told BY Rev. chas. n.
Armstrong--Full Text OF Sermon
Delivered Last Night.

In accordance with It's custom OF
years past, Cairo Commandery No
e. Knights Templar. attended reig-
ions services last night. The Knights
are no UNCONVENTIONAL and have had
their Easter services at different
churches, but during the last Two
years they have attended at the Luth.
c.an church. Rev. Chas. II, Arm
strong, pastor OF this church, Is Sir
Knight and delivered a sermon es.
pecially suited 10 the occasion The
attendance was large, the knights at
tending in full uniform. The full text
OF Rev. Armstrong; sermon follows:
Esteemer fraters, in behalf OF my
congregation, .and personally. wei.
come you to this service commend.
ratiye al the victory Of Jesus Christ
over that last dread foe. You are
representatives of AN institution
founded upon abe Christian Religion
and the practice of the Christian yir
tues, and as such it is most fitting
that YOU observe-as a bOdy-ihe
Festival Of the Resurrection. During
the Crusades, when the Crescent OPP
posed the onward march OF the Cross.
The Templars were highly regarded
for their honesty, charity, bravery,
fidelity. Sworn Christians, no truer
or drawer men than the Knights Of
the Temple ever donned coat of mail,
or welded sword Their glory en-
dufes while time shall last
You-as modern Templars have
your work to do as they had theirs
Deeds of prowess and might, where
rolls the red tide Of warfare, may not
emblazon your names on flames
dcathless pages. Your glitteing
swords are but symbols of the purity
81 your intentions. The bood.red
Cross, upon your banner, is an EN-
plem Of your Faith, given by the
Prince Of Peace. and teaches thai
those who hear the cross shall wear
The crown DO not forget. Sir
Knights, that peace hath her vic
tosies no less renowned than war"
and that you have ample oDportuni
ties, in your practice of the Christian
virtues" and in your allegiance 10 the
Christian religion" to gain victories
as great as those Of your medieval
prototypes
Behold in vision an endless cara
hD NJ N
brief period of births mysterious
dawn and the ghostly twilight of death
moving along the causeway of time.
dimly outlined against youths hori
zon, faint shadows on the hillsides
sloping towards the west
One by one, as the clock of destiny
relentlessly ticks the seconds OF
times cycle, these weary pilgrims
stop by the wayside to rest. whore
they soon fall into the waiting arms
of death. The solemn drge. earth
to EARTH being sung by the comrades
left behind the tegument of clay is
placed beneath the mold, and they re-
sumo their inevitable march towards
tnt III AHA vi llG iOluQIiONSs iSAs
nor without hope, these earlh-born
travellers advance iato the mists of
that untried future.
Forever clearly and sweetly sound
ing across the centuries gone, is that
refrain of angel warders. Not here.
but risen. chanted at he pertal OF
a Syrian tomb. This paean. byI
voiced. floating across
she age.worn hills of old Judaea,
eternally shall awaken hope and faith
vibrations within the unexplored, |
mysterious depths of the human soul |
The riddle of the ages. that mar
veous Interrogation point of God. |
called man, has ever sought to
answer the question of questions. fall |
ing from the tremulous pain.drawn
lips of the patriarch of Uz, IF a man
die, shall he live again." Always AMI 1
ever, as he CROPPED through the fog
~ prehistoric centuries emerging at
last from the mists of primal thought
10 begin his long, long journey to
wards higher and better ideals, man
hoped and longed for life beyond