Arizona republican., 1914-04-27

us as Knights of Pythias to speak a kindly word or cheering sentence but we are admonished by the teach ings and principles of our order that it is as much our duty to refrain from speaking ill of our fellows Re member that many a good life and true has struggled and gone down. poisoned by the islanders, that have followed them through all their days.
 Tt is but human nature, when we hear ill spoken of another to lend encoura cement to it by at least giv- ing cOuntenance or confidence in it, and often might perform a good ser vice by expressing in no uncertain terms our disbelief in tic i'll spoken words. It is often d fault with us tc accept the mere spoken charge proof of guilt, when they pass the judgment of an evil thinking mind. How much better it would be for us to express confidence in the friend and thus relieve d burdened heart, or discouraged and disconsolate soul How often my brother my sister. have you felt that if someone would only express confidence in you that the load would be lifted Could we but pause often enough to ask ourselves the question. what do l want most. what am l hungerng for what do l long for most what would most enrich me. and then frankly admit to ourselves that We want the trust. the confidence, the encourage ment and the approval of those about us, then We could better real ize that what we want. others want, what we need. others need. what we hunger for. others hunger for. what most enriches us. cnriches them. When we have reached this point. then We are better qualified to min ister to our fellow man.
 Whenever you observe the goo.i. the true, the noble and the yirtuous in and the worth of others tell them If it. When sorrow is the lot of an other, speak the word of cheer and consolation or of brotherly love to them. while they yet live and do not | delay until they are gone. to say 1 ; to them would have been a blessing and 9 benediction indeed
 l 'PostInortcm kindnesses cheer no 1 heart on the lonely way Beautiful flowers on the cold grave. while they speak sympathy and love to the liv- | ing of those that have gone before. shed no light or beam upon the path of those whose memory we cherish. Refrain from discussing or talking about those things you think you sec l in the lives of others that may in your erring judgment. may seeSl wrong. untrue. unmanlY or un- womanly. Remembering always that l what may to your dim eyes seem q scar or blot upon the fair escutcheon of another but in Gods clear light prove scar won on some hard and yield
 We should not be content with merely refraining from speaking i'll of others. It is merely the exempli | fications of the teachings of our be- loved order to cultivate the spirit of speaking well and encourag gingly of our fellows. not only of them but to l 'dispclling the clouds that gather
 about and darken the lives of all men. and in making the world brighter and better, and in brngina sunshine and gladness to hearts in gloom and in bringing about the universal brotherhood of all man kind and in hasteninG the time wh.r nations shall no longer go to wal against nations, and man made dis
 functions between man and man. na- tion and nation. shall cease forever. l Whit better time or occasion. my brothers. my sisters, could we select
 to pledge ourselves to fill our live.
 and thoughts than the coming veal
 with more of the Pythan spirit o kindness, gentlenesa. friendship char ity and benevolence. love of hom, and country, than now. while We ar,
 surrounding the altar of our order
 draped in memory of those of oui
 membership that have been called D,
 the ruler of us all to that eterna
 home that is not builded with hands
 Those friends whose memories WI
 now cherish and whose virtues WI
 would emulate. so that when w
 come to answer tho summons tha
 must come to all of us it can be sai,
 or us.
 ' He lived to bless mankind
 ' And his hands are filled with gold
 en deeds,
 1 The keys that ope the palace o
 eternity"
 The services were brought to clos by Chancellor Commander Ice who re
 peated these words of the ritual:
 Brothers. as we return to our homes
 let us carry this thought. It is fittini
 hat we should honor those we loY
 and who have passed beyond our morta ken. but there is also q duty to the liv ing. The time to praise a brother
 noble deeds is while he lives No soun,
 can reach beyond the shoreless sea, an
 words of cheer. voiced all too late, di
 on our lips, unheard by him who's
 life perchance had less of joy for lacl
 of human sympathy
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