The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-16
MUSICALE FOR
 SIR KNIGHTS
IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS AT MA. SONIC TEMPLE IN EXECUTIVE
 SESSIONS OF BODY.
Ladies Entertained in Afternoon With TsIyho Rides About the Beau tiful Mountain Drives.
 The Program.

The Knights Templar and their wives closed busy day of executive proceedings and social entertainment last evening when, a musicale was giy- en in their honor at the Central Metho. dist church.
 During the day the Knights held conclaves at the Masonic Temple, whore reports of various officers were made, and where general business ses- sions were conducted Today the bus mess will be concluded with an cleo ton of officers and the selection of the next place for holding the con claye Mariana and Pine Bluff farc both contesting for the honor of en- tertaining Sir Knights next year
 The program of the musical was a most excellent one. It was opened with an organ prelude by Miss Pearle Hawley, after Sir Knights in full array had passed to seats reserved for them in the front of the audience. An octette Goodnight" was splendidly rendered by Misses Hazel and Ethel Miller, Lillian Holt Roberta Pate, Blanche Hallman, Mrs Walker, and Miss Pearle Hawley in both vocal and pipe organ accompaniment.
 Song of the Soul" was splendidly rendered by Miss Mary Jane Finley and in response to encore, "The Ro- sary' was presented in equally per feet soprano. Schubert's Serenade," !" in duet, was most excellently render ed by Miss Ellen Anderson and Mir Sykes, after which Miss Pearl Flaw ley offieiated in a pipe organ solo. of the Prayer and Cradle Song" MT. Dahl presented splendid cello solo, For All Eternity" after which Mr. Dahl on cello, Mrs. l. F. Manier on violin, and Miss Pearle Hawley on pipe organ, accompanied Mrs F. M. AL drich Jr to two most beautiful selec- tions in The Last Rose of Summer" and Pose in the Bud
 Rev Sir Knight Percy C. Cross de livered the address of the evening, his subject being The Libation,' which was splendidly received. He said in part:
 Sir Knights, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am sensibly impressed with the hon Or conferred upon me to deliver this address. my unworthiness to measure up to this honor and the solemnity of the occasion Fame is chimeriC. Riches melt One thing abides-char- acter Man is the creature of ques- tions of his own creation What holds the universe from crrmbling into dust? What drives millions of men through the traclless, eternal ether in whirling flight? Whence come the floods of incomprehensible forces that inter play in the abysmal spaces of the eterHities?? Eow does that unseen at- fair dubbed nature call forth the un- numbered forms of life? What of suns, stardust. molecules, atoms and cleo tions that play perfect part in the planetory system spun from the hand of El Gibbon-the One Mighty God! Confronted by such queries. reason is benumbed, the heart goes hungry and want and yearning, grim progeny of stern silence haunt our days and har- ass our nights.
 Sir Knights, for us there be thoughts that transcend even this. Knightly deeds that slay penury and banish in- to oblivion, want, yearning Sacred to the heart of all true knights is the holy cup and ;ts libations. Who has moi been touched by the story of the Holy Grail? What tender thoughts have been aroused by poet and preach CT? How hearts have beat the faster as knight errant in fuil panoply IA caused to pass before HIS In fancy's vision-hour? The quest of the Holy Grail, the urge of high purpose and pure resolve. All of us more or less like mystery, and the weird imagery of our forbears. Who has not seen some stalwart knight awkwardly fond ling that congeries of mysteries-a habyl Listen to the unknown tongues! Here be font of learning, Sir Knights whose llbations are more than free! Drink ye all of itl
 Studying ancient folklore we find deep significance woven into the word cup. The Psalmist says of the un knightly fire and birthstone and burn ing wind shall be the portion of their