Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-28

was his intention to go with them to
see the Savior. He had with him two
very precious jewels which he intended
to give to the Christ child When he
was within few hours travel of the
meeting place, and with no time to
spare if he wished to get there before
the others left, he found a man dying
by the roadside, and the question faced
him of whether it was better for him
to attempt to save the mans life or to
leave him in order to see the Savior.
course, and the time he spent in car
ing for the dying man made him too
late in getting to the meeting point,
and the three wise men left without
him. Greatly disheartened, he gave up
the search for the Christ child, and
with one of the precious stones he pur
chased caravan and spent many
years of his life on the desert, where
! he often did deeds of kindness to
travellers.
Toward the closing days of his life
he learned that Christ was at Jerus-
alem and he at once wendell his way
| towards that city intending to give
him the other precious stone which he
had kept for him all those years Just
/ as he was about to enter the city
young girl who was in the captivity OF
a number of Roman soldiers broke
away and ran to him and fell at his
feet pleading for him to save her from
the soldiers. With the precious stone
still in his possession he bought her
freedom from the soldiers for which
the girl thanked him with all her heart
He then questioned her as TO where
he could find Christ and learned that
at that minute he was being crucified
by the Romans. Stopping to save the
girl from the soldiers had prevented
him from accomplishing his life long
object, the seeing of Jesus, and the
wise man was greatly downcast, so
he returned to his caravan. Mr.. Kan
nally then summed up the results of
the life led by 1.-The other wise men"
and showed that although he had fail
ed to see Jesus. the deeds which he
had done while falling were even more
commendable than the course taken by
the three wise men who did do homage
and that his reward in heaven was
great. The story was wonderfully in
teresting and as Mr.. Kannally is a
pleasing. speaker, it was thoroughly
{ enjoyed.
, ]. J. Maher of Chicago was called
{ upon for a talk on 1.-THE American
/ Citizen" and he responded briefly and
, to the point Mr.. Makers voice was
, affected as the result of his work dur
ing the afternoon in comforting the
; third degree and he asked to be ex
: cused from making long talk. What
he did say in regard to his ideal Amer
, lean citizen, however, met with thu
' approval of his listeners.
ii. l.. wheeIan Heard.
!, H. L. Wheelan of this city CLOSED
r the evening with a short talk on thu
t impressions of the day which he hat
t Invocation-Rev. J. S. Kelley Mo
: line.
5 Song-W. S. Clancy. Davenport.
. History We Have Made"-Jerry B
+ Sullivan, Des Moines.
: Quartet-The Misses Murphy of Mo
: line.
2 1.-The Other Wise Men"-W A
r Kannally, Sterling.
Song-A. A. Burt.
impressions of the Day"-H. L
Wheelan.
Candidates Adopted.
Those who were given the degree
were the following:
Allouez Council, Rock Island
= George l.. Goetzman, Joseph c. Mack
y Edwin S. Schmitt, Carl J. ZwickeI
Felix M. Walheim, Herbert C. Aud, r
. j. Clough. J. s. Laughlin, Matt Archer
L John McGinnis, T. p. EichelsdorfeI
James F. Campbell. William Dunn, Z
L A. Conwell, H. V. Coleman, H. L
/ Wheelan, Frank V. Caufield. George Z
S Caufield Conrad T. Meenan, Edward A
Il WITCH, Harry Weltlin. John l.. Beechel
e William Mccarthy, Jesse J. Greer
e James Wright, Jerome O'Connor, ]. L
5. Garfield.
S Loras Council, Davenport-Henry {
Kohl John Gillen, Thomas F. Kelly
Rev. James Danahey, August clipper
n Rev. Thomas Eipper, Rev. Thomas
=" Mccain. Daniel j. Ryan. William Jos
l. eph Bunk, John NJ. Malfey, p. p. Zel
e fass, S. c. Costello, A. A. McManus
n Harrison F. Ruff. Daniel Foley. j.
l. Mclaughlin, l. J. Hid, John T. Hi
n richs.
el Leo Council, Mathematician .
d Brennan, Thomas e. WEIGH, A. T. Kel
e ping, James Keefe, E. G. Simontol
n John S. True. Thomas Norton. Georg
e S. Fitzgibbon, Rev. R. d. O'LaughliI