El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-03
SOLDIERS
FAREWELL CHEER
Masons Say Goodbye to
Members in Local Com
panies Off for Fl. Worth.

panies Off for Fl. Worth.
/ About $50 Freemasons. members
/ Of FL Paso lodge $50. said goodbye
I to the Masons in the First Texas in
/ fantry companies from this city who
/ left Sunday for Fort Worth at a sup
I per in Masonic temple, Saturday
night, which was featured by the at
tendance and oratory of four Of the
leading ministers Of the city, all Ma
sons, each Of whom had a special mes
sage for the men in uniform Wor-
shipfuI master Lyman L. Burgess
presided. Rabbi Martin Zielonka of
I ut. Sinai temple pronounced the in
vocation
Rev. J. F. Williams, pastor Of the
First Baptist church, said We arc
sure our boys from II PasO viii give
a good account Of themselves in the
war and that Old Glory will receive
additional luster at their hands we
believe our army is preparing to fight
for one Of the greatest principles that
have engaged the human mind-to
make the world safe for democracy.
and also TO make democracy safe for
the world It would be the happlest
experience of my life if every sol
der could be known as a soldier OF
ZieIonka Not n Pncinst.
Rabbi Zielonka said: 4 am one OF
those who DO not believe war can be
justified or sanctioned by religion
but I am not a pacifist- either j lay
great hopes for the universal brother
hood of man under the fatherhOOd OF
God, the great dream for which relig-
ion stands, but ] also believe there
are times when wars are absolutely
essential While at present Il looks
sol a
the quicksands, I want real religious
values TO be uppermost in the out
come. Fight your battles nObly. sol
diers of FL PasO, and don't forget the
eternal truths that are Fundamental
TO great advance. Make sure that
States"
Nearly s.HIgh Noon
Rev. Percy r.. knickerbOcker, pas
tor Of Trinity Methodist church. said
This is the wonderful age Of brother
hood. in spite OF the great war. be-
cause the human heart is recognizing
the fatherhOOd Of God as never before.
/ believe the common peOpel OF Ger
many viii come into their own soon
Il is nearly high noon and the " ORD
is about 10 arrive, as did the Scotch
engineers building a celebrated steel
waited for the burning sun at meri-
dian height 10 expand the main CIR
ders for the riyeting. which lacked a
couple Of inches Of meeting. and
which a little patience and scientific
thought brought TO success"
Praises Common People.
Rev Mr.. knickerbOcker recited tEe
poem, THE Irish Tramp" after a trib-
ute TO the Irish strain in the American
people and TO the goodness Of the
common men and women. He said
4 nope next spring or autumn VIII
see the triumphaI entry Of the sol
diers Of the allies into Berlin, and that
this will be the last war, for the good
Of the enemy. as well as ours. Eleven
hundred million people in the world
are under the democratic form OF
government marching toward the
light These boys who are going
away with the cOlors viii run this
country when they get back Evel
the pretty girls with the come hlrher'
ll their eyes VIII surrender when
they see them proudly marching
What the Kaiser VIII Say.
Rev Fuller Swift rector OF St
Clements Episcopal church. said. 1T
seems 10 me Germany viii wake up
one Of these days and that the kaiser
viii eXclaim, like the old negro dea-
con in the amen corner. ct the prayer
ful statement OF his pastor thai the
sky was filled with airplanes flying
500 miles an hour, 'Hells afirer" Rev
the country are making; The world
has never made any progress eNceb
through sacrifice, from the time Of
Graham down TO the present. ont Of
it all. however, viii come tn frit
Of unity which has been str I'd
prayed for for ages" He 81
the movement for unity n
churches all over the world .r-
Of which recently has been IN. pro-
pos2l from the Vatican to authorities
Nv %
Tor the creation Of a commission 10
devise ways and means for closer
unity between the Roman Catholic
church and the AngIcan-American
Episcopal He said that means nat
the powerful churches Of the 80 u
things
Going to ~Do ThInes.-
Capt Colonel Lewis, OF FL Paso. for
merly transportation officer at the
quartermaster's depot, but now in
charge Of a truck train in CamD Ra-
diers. said; The boys who are going
to the front are going for deeds. moi
words"
Led by Rev. Mr.. Swift, the assem-
blaEe sang America" the rector
waving the Stars and Stripes. whscb
he bears with him daily.
Opportunity for Young Men.
r E Thomson. back from Austin
between sessions Of the gu5ernatorial
inquiry said he knew some men in
Austin who might say he would not
be permitted TO sit among four such
distinguished preachers He said
since the sinking Of the Lusitauia.
and the story OF the tragedy told me
by a survivor, there has never been
a doubt in my mind about our getting
into the big war. It Is the great OF
pOrtunity for young men and should
be a satisfaction 10 every one Of ther,,
to 90 forth and do their part as
citizens. not forgetting their Free
masonry"
Rev Mr.. Enickerbocker asked the
benediction, saying that the NIaso9s
Of Fl Paso looked forward to a grand
reunion with their members at the
end Of the struggle
Fried chicken, salad. coffee. pie a Ia
mode and cigars made up the menu
served by the women OF FL Paso
chapter, T. D., Order OF the Eastern
Star.