Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-06-18
LoDGEMEN HOLD
MEMORIAL SERVICES
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true knight knows that there are
battles to fight in days of peace as
we'll as in time of war. He will set
his face against dishonesty in poll
| tics; against thieves and liars;
against those who exploit the poor
and needy or conspire against the
| rights and liberties of their fellow
men. No matter what the wrong
may be, your true knight, having
the real spirit of chivalry in his
heart, will be in the forefront of the
battle.
1t is the old fight that began back
in Eden and has gone on, battle af-
| ter battle, even to the moment in
which we are now living and every
man serving his fellows is a soldier
| on the right side.
Knighthood is still in flower
wherever a man is trying to put
| light in the place of darkness and
make the place in which he lives a
better and more wholesome place in
which to live.
Often evil prevails because the
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| definite program, and know exactly
what they want to do. On the other
| hand the forces which should be
waging the battles of peace are dis
organized, are not sure what they
want, and not very interested in get
| ting even what they think they want.
! II you are going to fight effectively
! for anything, no matter what it may
! be, one of the essential conditions
/ of success is union And that means
that the people who have a prefer
ence for light and right il ever they
are to accomplish anything in the
way of reformation and betterment
must set together.
Here it is that our organization in
this town or in any other can be of
| the utmost value to the community.
The town is very like a great office
building. 1t should be kept clean, it
must have good light and air, it's
sanitation should be excellent and
there must be good transportation
In addition to all this it should be
an attractive place to live ina place
of flowers and fountains which shall
be at once a pleasure to the eye and
a satisfaction to the mind. All this
is very properly the work of the
modern knight. Any town that has
a body of its men banded together
in lodge like this can have these
things if only the ideals of the order
are earnestly carried out in practice.
The knights of old had for their OBJ
ject the protection of the Holy City
but to our twentieth century
thought every city is holy city and
it is for us to see that our ideals
are carried out into reality.
The supreme test of an effective
membership is a good strong hatred
of evil, and every man or brother,
heart and soul, Joined in the COM
mon cause of making the commun-
ity better. How shall this be brought
about? How shall the lodge become
more effective and useful? 1t is
plain that the beginning will be
made just as soon as you and | begin
to translate our ideals into reality.
And the lodge will be power in the
community just in proportion as we
make our ideals real in our own
lives and help the men and women
of our acquaintance to become more
knightly. In other words, as we be-
come more enthusiastic, more zeal
Gus for good works: more faithful
in the service of those who need US,
we shall be making realities out of
our ideals.
1t is idle to hope for any real up
lift of any community except that
uplift begin with Individuals In
any place where one man cares there
is hope for better things, for good
example is contagious and God
makes great use of .minorities. A
good cause begins in the heart of
one and presently he has followers.
The knights whom we remember
today were good knights in proper
ton as the ideals of the order were
carried out into realities in their in
dividual lives, and we best honor
their memory by making the ideals
of the order real among ourselves
and in our relations to all men. To
make our good town a better and
| cleaner town; to make it a place of
equal opportunity and justice; a
place where the privileged shares
with the unprivileged and the adver-
sity of one is felt to be the adversely
of all-that is the purpose of true
knighthood and it must begin with
ourselves, each for himself and so
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