El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-13
TWO E PASO FRATERN|T|ES PAY
TRIBUTE To THEIR DEAD BRETHREN
Knights of Pythias Visit the
Cemeteries and Hold
Services at Graves.

Knights of Pythias of Ell PasO lodge
No 50, held memorial services over the
graves Of the departed members of the
cordia cemeteries Sunday afternoon.
A large number of the knights, mem
bers of their families and their friends
attended the impressive ceremonies.
United in the broad, unselfish princi-
pie of brotherhood, recognizing no creed
save that of friendship, charity and
brotherhood, the living members of the
order recalled and extolled the virtues of
the departed.
Two sacred hymns, Nearer My God
to Thee" and Rock Of Ages" were
sung TO organ accompaniment. The i'm
pressive ritual service was then pro-
nounced by officials Of the lodge and
the graves Of the departed brothers
were decorated with white flowers.
L. S. Goen. member of the OrganiZa
ton and an FL Paso attorney, addressed
the brotherhood
ITO US, it is a pround and hOnOred
privilege to be members Of an order
which is founded upon the highest ex-
emplification of friendship known to
man." he said. we may be rich or poor:
learned or ignorant; famous or I'M
known: It recognizes neither caste, class
or social position: it demands neither
greatness, fame nor fortune: it seeks
not TO shape our creeds; therefore the
dogmas of theology and the prOmul-
cation or even discussion of political
doctrines are never permitted to have
place within its temples
These flowers and these ceremonies
are symbolic of the lessons which we
teach. The hopes of youth. the ambi-
tions Of manhood, the ties of natural
love, all are buried in these narrow
cells, but bright in our memories glow
the rnqeunchable sparks that their
living examples have kindled and which
death can never extinguish
From their noble examples it is for
u.s. the living, to gather the strength.
fidelity and courage to carry on the
work our solemn obligations impose;
10 avoid anger and dissension: to work
together in the spirit Of fraternity; to
bring sunshine and gladness to hearts
in gloom.
In the presence of this solemn event
and under a deep sense of our re-
sponsibility to its teachings and obli-
cations. let Us gather the strength 10 I
go forward with our noble work so that !
when we come to that river which !
marks the unknown shore our hands |
may be filled with deeds of charity, the /
golden KEYS that ope to the palace Of /
Rev Caspar S. Wright. pastor of (
Trinity Methodist church, ard a knight /
Of Pythias. addressing the Pythians. |
quickly caught inspiration from the |
tribute of "the quick and the dead"
weaving a pretty garland of eulogy
around the significant word, Brother
hood" the keystone principle Of the
organization. There IS no such thing
as separation in the knights of Pythias
brotherhood" he said, even death can
not separate them. If I were TO choose
l subject for my remarks on this occa-
sion, I would couch 1T in one word.
brotherhood There may be stronger
words in the English language than II,
,ut there is none more expressive.
II have never been superstitiOUS and
am not superstitious now, but as I
ay awake last night thinging Of what
might say to you on this occasion,
Sod revealed himself TO me in my
lreams. as TO the course I should pur-
;ue. He pictured to NE the Two men
who have welded the richest Influence
n my life One of them Is living; ore
9 dead, but the trinity Of love is not
broken. One Of these days as We pass
'ver the river one by one and enter the
astle hall Of heaven, we will unite
nee again and when we have answered
o the roll call We viii seek out some
'letCe me tlL4S anu u"eil Vh 't'0 "40"N
ngs of brotherhood
The departed members Of the lodge
uriad in Concordia cemetery are: L.
. Flood, c. A. Henderson. Peter Nc
mess, J. L. Taylor, August Wind
trand, Thomas Gathright. VIM Chris
lie, James Christie, ". s. Stevens. G.
Y. Dengle, G. NJ. McConaughey, Gus
'aist T. ]. Droff, J. H. Davis Mr.. Scan
on, Patrick NJ. Judge. Mr.. Ross. :
Evergreen cemetery: NJ Jessup, Geo !
sarrett, o. T. Leek, Michael Murphy. ,
amuel Pierscn. John Ranahan, Robert
,ernauer, Edward Kerr y. F. Brossy, ,
has 6 Perry, W. l. Armentage, Chas. ,
;, Jones. Norris Gelsburg, W. H. VIM,
= ". Spencer.
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