Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-03-31

great epoch in the worlds affairs. the
breaking down of the feudal system.
We have bee ntold that it's overthrow
was made possible by, and was
incident with, influence of the Cru
sades But the breaking down Of the
feudal system was the beginning OF
liberty. equality, freedom of thought,
which in turn was the mother of free
dom of worship, which final became
the mother of necessity that guided
Columbus under the prov. dence OF
God to the Land of the Free and the
Home of the Brave"
Freedom to worship Christ without
molestation was the immediate cause
of the original eight Joining them
selves to Hugo de Paganis. Room to
kneel before his God made the Pur-
itan settler leave the old world,
which was crowded. ostiffling and
with superstition, bigotry and creed,
to find in the new, though infested
with wild beasts and wild men, a
place to raise his altar and place
to love his God.
1t needs no intellectual jugglery to
place these two principles together in
the history of our own land. Here is
jamestown, where the European emf
grants hope to commence new life.
Who were they? The descendants OF
the pride and chivalry of the old
world Here is Plymouth Rock; and
off yonder the Mayfiower swings at
anchor, while the old Puritans in the
cabin are framing a paper that pro-
| claims the right of every man to Wor-
ship God Puritan and Cavalier;
! difference in the cut of their clothes;
some divergence i ntheir interpreter
ton of the Scripture, but go down
deep enough-deeper~ than clothes;
| deeper than credos, deeper still, and
YOU find the same brave red blood,
and heart that throbs at the name
of Jesus; and under His Cross they
announced the three great principles
| of our ountry-Liberty, Equality
paternity.
I should not have gone to the trou-
bic to say THUS much if l had not
wished to say, in the third place
THERE is HISTORY YET TO BE
MADT. The very fact that Knights
| Templars have a history-have made
history-entitles them to place
among history-makers for tomorrow.
Those were great days and great
| hearts when the old Crusaders
marched to rescue the Sepulchre
fro mthe hand of Saracen Infdel,
where once our Savious lay. Some
times one wishes that he too had
worn the colors of ladye faire when
Knighthood was in Flower. But as
one has said, "The Sepulchre of
! Christ is not in Palestine. He rose
from that burial place more than 1890
years ago. He is crucitied wherever
his brethren are slain without pity;
He lives buried wherever man, made
in his makers image, is entombed in
| ignorance lest he should learn the
Divine rights his Master gave him.
The best fighting is yet to be; there
is a war besides which the chivalry
of olden knight will seem paltry and
poor. AS it's end is more sublime,
so must it's warrior be stronger and
better equipped. The Sabbath, with
its sweet rest and devotion; church
with it's holy communion and solemn
vows; the Bible, wit hits eternal
truths; Home, our Palladium of mo-
raj character, modest womanhood
and simple trusting childhood
all attacked by a foe organized and
strong and cunning, swift as the
Arabian steed, keen as Saladin's
steel. knights of the Temple are
needed today to draw their jeweled
| swords in defense of the fountains
| oF tho Wy &c
of the national strength and glory.
| And the same One whose challenge
quickened brave old Thomas to say,
"Let us go with Him"-the same
! One who wake in the Middle Ages a
| spirit of pity and purity and courage,
resulting in the creation of a knightly
/ order,-that One stands before men
today, not with a request, but clear
ringing challenge to all who are
! strong and noble and pure, to fol-
low Him into the thick of human
needs, and share with Him the dan
ger and the love. 1t is not small
heroics nor a mimic hero; that chal-
lenge comes from the sublimest fig
ure in the worlds history, and it is
as though some gigantic Godfrey,
lulO IIlO NChSNA VI Dc'SNAN =
cried, Follow me, who dare!"
And men have dared. Brave men,
good mel, reverencing their concience
as king, have dared to vok them
selves to undying devotion;
ITO break the heather and uphold
the Christ;
To ride abroad redressing human
wrongs;
To speak no SANDER, no; nor listen
to it;
To lead sweet lives in purest chas-
tity;
To love one maiden only; cleave to
her.
And
Not only to keep down the base in
man,
But to teach high thoughts and
amiable words,
And courtliness, and the desire of
fame,
An dlove of truth, and all that makes
man."
And the world in its sanest mo-