Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-06-04
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ored to know the tenets or inner
workings of your order, what pledges
you exact, or what obligations you
subscribe, but I know many of those
who are members Of the order, I know
them to be honest, patriotic. upright
gentlemen, men who know would
not lend themselves to any unmanly
or any unpatriotic purpose, either as
members of an organization or as in
dividual private citizens. Many of
the men here, citizens of this commu-
nifty, who are to join the personnel Of
the organization I have known per-
sonally all of their lives, and some I
think almost all my life, and when
they join hands with you, march un-
der the banner Of your order, have
not the least hesitancy in extending
to you greeting Of welcome.
knights you proclaim yourselves; as
knights I hail you, believing that you
have Knightly purpose and Knight
ly Office to perform.
While not admitted to know the ex-
act plans or workings of your order,
l have faith in your membership and
in the light Of the Christian chari-
ties and patriotic services already
rendered by the organizations, ! be-
lieve you of right assume your place
in the foreranks with those sbodies
Of men who seek by united and or
ganized effort to render that service
in helpfulness and uplift to your
brother men impossible except through
such organization. That good old book
you and / revere (but fear do not read
as much as we should) in its wisdom
gives a test by which we are safe
to Judge, in the main, the tree by the
the virtue of any body or organization
the virture of any body or organization
Of men. "By their fruits ye shall know
them" And by that test this body,
the Knights of Columbus, will be
Judged by the world. Unreasoning
prejudice may hamper and somewhat
retard it, fostering care and favor
from high places may aid it, but the
life of this body and its usefulness
and real power for service is in the
devotion of its membership to the high
ideals of life which faithfully lived and
urged will bring forth fruit which
to all honest men will stand as proof
of the virtue Of the order.
This is an auspicious time for you
to prepare for the work Of the future,
for at the end of the European War,
that great world conflagraton. we
stand as 1t were on the Threshold Of
new world. Your order of the
Knights of Columbus has been very
helpful factor in bringing glorious
victory, and we trust lasting peace.
Your representatives working in uni
son and in harmony with every agency
striving to mitigate the suffering and
relieve the tedium attendant upon war.
have shed glorious lustre upon your
name. The intense fires OF that con-
aagration we trust have burned away
much of the dross that previously had
to do with the relations Of man, many
Of the old ideas and things of the
past. have gone away and though not
all, yet many things will be new,
and we trust that in the same spirit
in which your noble representatives
on foreign fields have in unity with
other organizations Of like purpose and
import, bent their full powers for
the betterment of man, we in times OF
peace may emulate their example.
Religious and denominational pre-
judice, class and cast hatred have for
the time, being been burned away,
and God grant, from their ashes may
arise a new and true Brotherhood of
men, fair fruitage Of Christ's teach
ings and Christ's sacrifice for man.
Believing from the membership Of
hhis organization and the fruitage OF
is works lately shown to the world
that this is the purpose of this great
body of Catholic workers, l, as rep
-esentative of this community. bid you
Welcome to our borders and so far as
this organization shall measure up
to these ideals, heartily wish you
God speed.
Mr.. Dunham was given rousing
ovation upon the conclusion of his adj
dress, the applause lasting several
minutes.
Chicago Attorney in Stirring Address.
James C. O'Brien. assistant states
attorney, of Chicago was the next
speaker and it is doubtful if more
scholarly or eloquent address has ever
been heard in Manchester. He showed
a broad vision in touching upon the
problems of the day and in paying
tribute to the welfare work of the
Knights of Columbus and the Y. M.
C. A. He also declared 1--WE must not
forget the humble but efficient Saliva
tion Army"
Mr.. O'Brien complimented the
knights for the stand they have always
taken against socialism, bolsehevism
and the various "isms" that are prov
ing such menace to the country. He
pointed out the value OF organization