The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10
Members OF Clinton Com
mandery Attend Ascen-
sion Day Services
BISHOP DUMOULIN
GIVES FINE SERMON
Splendid Music Furnished By
The Choir Of Kenyon
College

MeHlDeIS OI Clinton COlIlIllaTUery,
No. 8, Knights Templars, attended AS
cension Day services on Thursday
evening in the Church of the Holy
Spirit at Gambler, the sermon being
given by the 1t. Rev. Frank j. Du-
Moulin, bishop-coadjutor of Ohio. A
large number Of sir knights, with
members of their families and other
members of the Masonic fraternity,
and friends, went to Gambler to at
tend the service.
Bishop DuMouln preached a strong,
forceful, scholarly and spiritually edi-
flying DISCOURSE, taking for his text
John 17:19-"And for their sakes |
sancitfy myself, that they also might
be sanctfied through the truth"
In giving direction to the thought
of his congregation, Bishop DuMoulin
said he deemed 1t unnecessary to dis.
course upon the history, works or
practices of the Knights Templars, of
which he assumed that they are bet
ter informed than he; neither did he
deem it suitable to discuss before
them the basic elements of the Chris
tian faith. He assumed them as
Knights Templars to be religious
men, men who believe and practice a
particular form of religion, the Chris
tian religion. This same Christian re-
ligion, he declared, is not mere the
ory or code--it is q life, personal
ity, the mighty power of the risen
Christ. He said he would seek to
recreate the atmosphere of that up.
per room at Jerusalem that preceded
the cross. where Jesus uttered the
words of that niatchless prayer just
before His crucifixion, of which the
words of the text are part.
With this explanation, he took up
and developed the theme OF his dis.
course. He first called attention that
in the history of human life from time
to time there has been placed an en-
phasis upon the individual and an
other emphasis upon society. At times
one would be in the ascendency and
at others the other has dominated. In
every age and nation there has been
n disposition to emphasize one of
these at the expense of the other.
In illustration Bishop DuMoulin Of
fered concrete examples. OF the un-
due emphasis placed upon the indi-
vidual he cited ancient Athens at the
time Of her most glorious period, the
age of Pericles This age saw mar
equalled since. There were great sol
dlers. statesmen, orators, sculptors.
artists, singers. Because of this en-
pEasis placed upon the individual, the
result was a brilliancy never before
attained, but attended by Erevity
that was tragic.
In Illustration of the same emphasis
placed upon society, the speaker men
TONED Egypt and China, more espec'
tally the latter. They are instances
Of that stagnation and monotony pro-
ducing II dull, dead level OF life and
character, The result Of such undue
emphasis on society was found to be
permanency and stagnation.
We ara living in time, Bishop Du
Moulin explained, that places an en-
phasis both upon the individual and
upon society. The signs of the times
show that America, which is now the
only nation in all tho world really
able to lift a hand, has resolved there
shall not be despotism of a selec
few of royalty, nor shall there be ,
, wild, uncontrolled despotism of I
, proletariat.
This determination the right rev
, erend speaker found to be based up
, on the essential principles taught b,
Christ in his sermons and prayers
placing equal emphasis upon the in
: dividual and upon society. He In
: stanced baptism as being for the in
D dividual, while the sacrament OF tn
: holy communion Is for the who'll
: church, The creed combines bot
these thoughts.
3 In the final words of his sermon
a Bishop DuMoulin warned against a
ecclesiasticlsm that crushes the col
science of the individual and relii
ion so individual that 1t tears
d pieces and destroys the religion {
Jesus Christ.
As the knights marched from 4.
sanctuary the Kenyon college chol
sang "Onward Christian Soldiers"
\ Later upon the lawn before th