The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-04-04
SERMON is INSPIRING
Minister Sounds New Call to Christian
Knighthood 49, Other Devotions Are
Equally Impressive Music
Is Noteworthy.

Easter devotions in Kenosha reached
a splendid elimination on Sunday even
ing when the local commandery of the
Knights Templar attended an inspiring
Resurrection Day Service at st. Mat
thew's Episcopal Church. Decorations
of roses, ferns, and lilies, furnished a
springtime background for the rites
and suggested the renewed life in nat
ure so indicative of immortality in the
lives and souls of men and women.
The entrance Of the Knights was
highly impressive. Led by crucitix
and the Stars and Stripes they march
ed down the aisle to the martial music
of Coward Christian Soldiers" and
solemnly took the seats reserved for
them in the forward pews of the church.
Appropriate music by st. Matthew
choir preceded the sermon of the even
ing, a scholarly and inspiring discourse
delivered by the Rev. William F. B.
jackson. Carrying the Easter message
in anthems of haunting sweetness and
compelling power the vested singers
did much to make the service paean
Of hope, religion, and Immortality.
The Rev. Mr.. jackson s sermon pre-
sented an interesting and moving story
of the rise of Christian knighthood.
Beginning with the pilgrims who wound
their toilsome way to the Holy Sepul-
chre, the minister presented the bril-
liant history of all the men who had
followed in their train, the Crusaders
the knights of st. John, and more re-
Gently the Knights Templar with chap
ters in every country Of modern Christ
endom. Especially effective were the
gripping illusions to the knighthood of
Christ, who, obedi emit to the Great Com
mander, met and conquered foe that
no one else has ever vanquished.
"Christian Knights of today" de-
clared the Rev. Mr.. jackson, "are
bound to remember the Captain of the
Lord of Hosts. They are tied to Him
by specific acts. They are bound to
Him by specific cords. They grasp, or
ought to grasp if any do, the truth
of the Incarnation and express it
in lives of righteousness and Christian
service. "
CT greet you Sir Knights" he con-
cluded in stirring peroration, 'Fand
you also, my brothers who are gath
cred here this Easter Day. You have
in these Knights great resource. The
day may rot, be- far distant when from
foreigl lands will come contributions
of atheists, anarchists, communists, and
vile characters we may not name, who
Will, when opportunity offers, be at
our houses at the midnight hour as
assassins; be at our homes to desc.
crate them with all the vileness of the
French Revolution.
"We shall need you, sir Knights, and
shall expect you not simply to do as
you do today-draw your swords in
pledge of being ready to defend the
faith of Jesus Christ-but to make that
symbol an act of reality, when you
take arms to protect our fair land and
the glorious flag that waves above it
TO protect them from outrage, wrong
and abasement.' =
An inspiring rendition of 'tThe Star
Spangled Banner" followed by the usu-
al occasional and benediction, conclud-
ed the ceremonies of one of the
most impressive services in the his
tory of the local commandery of
Knights Templar.
At other churches Easter was cele-
brated with equally inspiring rites At
st. Georges special music by an or
chestra under the direction of w. H.
Schroeder, made the Easter carols and
prayers doubly impressive, while an ar
tistic rendition of Hammond's etMes-
siah Victorious" by a choir under the
direction of Warren L. Stone signaliz-
ed the Vesper Hour at the Congrega-
tional Church. At the First Baptist
Church Judge Joseph R. Clarkson
thrilled his hearers with sermon on
"The Dawning Day.
All of the meetings were character
lied by a spirit well expressed in the
Interpretation of ''The Daughter of
,Jairus" at the Park Avenue Methodist
Church-a spirit that realized the ira
gedy of the Crucifxion and even more
the promise of the Resurrection.