Albuquerque morning journal., 1918-04-03

tortured, killed anG driven from all
the countries save Portugal ANA Scot
| land Palestine was abandoned to the
iEfidel, and there was no longer need
| of the order It is thought that the
ancient order of the Thistle was
founded by James the Second in
1857 was a revival of the order.
The ancient order of the Templars
was reorganized in 1914, as a display
degree for Masons outside Of the or
der. Every Sir Knight must believe
iii the religion of Jesus Christ and
practice Christian virtues.
The ancient knight defended the
faith with the sw0fd-you are to de-
fend it with your lives by putting
your souls into the world. You put
your body into the world through
physical labor in your particular
lines of business. You put your
minds into the world through COM
munion with each other and in the
successful carrying on of your bGsi
ness. You all know what that is, but
do you know what it is to put your
souls into the world. That part of you
different from the mind and body
which knows God and has fellowship
with Him through His Son? That
soul which is eternal to which body
and mind are only instruments in
dealing with material things.
1t is this soul which God demands
OF you, not for Himself alone, uut
that you shall inject it into the world.
in order that it may nOurish and
grow in your dealings with the world.
All of you have heard the call. The
question is, have you needed it? Your
body and mind this hour are wide
awake. Is your soul asleep? You
are interested in material things.
in your business and in the growth
of this city. Are you as Interested in
the spiritual things, the acclaims of
God? Are you as anxious to do what
God wants you to do as you are about
food and clothing and business and
pleasure. If you are then YOU truly
believe, and all is well and good for
you, for Christ and for the world.
MANY kings and prophets have de-
sired to see the things you see, but
they have not seen them, and to near
the things you hear, but they have
not heard them"
There is not a thing which hap
pens to you and in the world around
YOU which is not for the developing
of your eternal soul. You, as believ-
| ors, are to bend your lives to the
| great business of struggling against
sin, sin as it is embedded i'm human
life. There is so much suffering in
| the world-the horrors of war, the
blinded, the wounded, the dying and
dead manhood--is enough to make
even his satanic majesty tremble in
! pity There is too much suffering in
| the cities--the awful degradation of
| poverty, the drunkenness which robg
manhood of its sanity, the vice of i'm.
! purity which brings Anfaithfulness
| and treachery to the sacred chambers
! of love, which brings disease upon
/ helpless generations and denies tham
! paternity, the vice of greed among
/ rich and poor alike, each wanting
/ what the other has, and trying to get
! it by fair means or fouf These
| things and such as these are sapping
/ the very springs of the forces that
! make for Righteousness and strength,
! and bringing destruction to human
/ ity in their wake. You, as believers
/ are to carry the spirit of the Master
/ everywhere, so that those who sec
you may think they have seen the
/ Lord, and thus purify the souls of
men through spiritual vision and help
/ tliem to understand the mystery of
Christianity. only thus does faith
stand one in good stead.