The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-26

ago. we Pythians are comign. Fa-
Their Abraham. almost q million
etrouc
1T was while engaged In this
fr9tricidal strIIa-realiHiug the i'm
portanc" or some Nuited action to-
ward the upiICatIou and better
meut OF mankind. that Justus II.
Rathbone perfected the plans which
had filled his mind and ave to the
world the impulse which moved his
heart and the result of this splendid
inspiration is the mighty host OF al
most one million loyal Pythians. who
this night stand ready TO dare and
to do for the right
We'll. indeed. has the poet asked:
'Breath's there "a man with soul so
dead
Who uc'er TO himself hath said.
This Is my own my native land"
Whose heart hath uc'cr within him
burned.
As home his footsteps he hath
turned
straud?'
where IS tho man whose heart
does not ring truer and whose pulse
beat quicker and thrub with smoother
rythm because of the life and the
splendid works OF RathbCnc. founded
upon the splendid example Of true
friendship as given MS by Pvthias.
The wonderful. but all too seldom
cQualled example of Pythias will ever
continue 20 shine through the distant
ages as the browning virtue Of a noble
life, but shall we be- true 20 our trust
and the principle OF our order ~ we
iall 10 properly honor him whose
brain conceived and suggested ana
whose untirinL lahors made possible
the very order itsplt'
We'll may We. therefore. turn our
thoughts toward him who. while his
memory II not pres rived by shafts OF
granite or tablets OF bronze. ucverthe-
less has craven itself upou our hearts
in characters of love and friendship
which viii constitute for him a living
memory so long as grateful mankind
exists.
And what q wonderful history the
order presents, - tail oak from a 1T
tie acorn grew briefly and effectively
states q principle that might well be-
applied 10 noble order which re
suited from Do splendid seed planted
1y the careful thought Of Justly, Rath-
In only % brief space o. time. as
marked on thr great dial of eternity.
g find every state in tho Union r,p.
resented, aud almost a. million brave
and loyal knights Duli ted under the
Fy'hias banner.
valiant knights iu whose hearts
are imbcddod thc principles Of T. G..
and E In loss than Ia'f "a hundred
years. the mf-hty Igfhian host. in
point Of activity and results ~ not in
numbers. s'ards really first OF an fra
icrnal orders iu orr own native land
what |asplondid record Pa"raphraeing
George ID Prentice. LET me say.
Full dftv years with an their train
Or shadows have zone by.
And mos. HHHLHsH L|La#.H.. 49,.
mains
sound that caunof die.
lIe craven on The htIl the vale
And ON the mountain tan
And speaks in every sounding raie
And roaring waterfall
His dceds arc ours. and through the
That m.ahty name rII over DO.
hgrc manhood banner is uufurIrd.
In" ~Nn'CnvOrd Of fraternity.
Nll HH men turn their anxious owes
Towards TyfHians hopeful sun
i'..- sHuufa VII echo f1 tho skies
NohI" Iythiaa. wen dono''
indeed with This record NJ splep.
dIH achievement aa au admitted fact
.|'. orr 'r| ..w.rI OF almost ono mil
..nn kn..r'a under fnr banner of 900
bravo ready f1 battle Tor tho rirAt.
. '' '-. r0rf fifty years
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'n.. .|a fullest and bose H.rrIrrmar.
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