Evening star., 1923-11-01

OF stress and storm we have dem
onstrated our fidelity by supporting
the government and by giving the
best that we have for the main
tenance Of its avowed principles. We
are not insular, and surely no one
will charge us with being fnsolent.
We are American to the core and we
are unwilling to brook any interfer-
ence from within or without that
threatens our institutions or teopar-
dies our life as a republic.
THE need today for a more marked
demonstration Of this loyalty in every
Relationship of life Is imperatively
demanded of every man who has as
sumed the obligations of our fraterni-
ty. In this conception of citizenship,
the sanctions of religion have their
large and conspicuous part While
our fraternity gives to every man
the unchallenged rght of private
judgment as ii relates to the form
his religious expression shall take,
we, nevertheless, demand of every
loyal son of our order that he shall
give his wholehearted allegiance to
the God and Father Of us all, in whose
hands, we believe, are the Issues of
life. This we hold as a basic prin-
ciple. and this we believe guarantees
to US our security and perpetuity as
a fraternity and as a nation Coupled
with this and Immediately related to
1t is our belief in those human obli-
cations that make for and contribute
| to equity and fair play as between
| man and man. In this avowal of our
high purpose Is to be found that
which constitutes in itself the in
| spiration not only of our fraternity
but OF the nation of which we are
|! citizens.
Here within the confines of this
great republic, the processes that af-
feet the solidarity of our national life
have at length welded into a compact
whole forty-eight sovereign states
and today we witness a Union OF
states one and inseparable. Hetero-
geneous and polyglot as our population
grown among US that today we are
forgetting racial and social differ
ences and coming more and more to
assume our just obligations to every
| type and class within our body cor
porate. True. the processes of as
| similation have not as yet developed
here in America all that we could de-
| sire. The one influence that stays the
| progress of this assimilation and the
| larger federating of our common in
! would create class hatreds, or pro-
woke strife in our industrial order or
| would seek to incorporate in our sys-
/ tenn of government things alien and
| repugnant to our highest interests
| and Institutions.
| Spirit of Jesus.
mot until the world has been per-
| mes eated with that spirit of fraternity
for which our ancient order stands
! and of which the Man of Galilee Is
! the supreme exemplar. shall the world
go free from the awful curse of war
and all its attending circumstances
| This Is no time for clamorously main
! tanning our position of proud Isolation
| as regards fellowship with those who
| are Immediately related to US here al
home or with those in other lands
who. with US. share the responsibility
| Of restoring the worlds po!se and
| equilibrium.
| ION such an occasion as this we
do well to reflect seriously and SOL
| emnly upon the dangers that threaten
US from our unhappy divisions. Any
! group of men within. our body cor
! porate, no matter what their place
| or station may be, who are unwilling
! to subordinate self-interests in : the
! interests of their fellows and for the
/ common veal of all, are unworthy
! of the protection of our flage or the
privileges of our free government
The very building we rear here to
the memory of one of our greatest
sons will ultimately crumble and fall
unless 1t has for its security the un-