Evening star., 1923-08-03
Presidents Last Speech Plea
For Christ and Brotherhood

, the HOLY Grail went forth to battle
| to the death with the Saracens for
! the restoration of the Holy Land and
it's shrines to Christian hands and to
| send it on a pilgrimage to the tenn
pies of the latter-day Christian
knights to reawaken or reanimate
their faith and devotion. The repro
duced beauseant will not encounter
the storm. the fanaticism and the ro-
mances Of knghthood which attend
ed the original banner. but ] trust its
Journeys will encounter no less Of
conscience and no less of noble pur-
pose"
Appeal for Brotherhood.
After tracing the history of the
beauseant down through the ages.
II am sure the mission of the
beauseant will be failure if its trav-
els are made simply a matter of SYM
bolism and pageantry. 1t bears en-
Not unto US. Lord. not unto us; but
unto Thy Name be the Glory
I'VE should glorify the Holy Name.
not by words, not by praise, not by
service in behalf of human brother
hood. Christ, the great exemplar OF
our order, repeatedly urged this truth
upon his hearers. There was nothing
mythical or mystical in the code OF
living preached by Jesus Christ. The
lessons He taught were so simple and
plain. so fashioned to be marked by
the humblest among men, that they
appealed to the reason and emotions
of all His words to the fishermen
bore conviction to the learned men
of the Roman bench.
"All of His teachings were based
upon the broad ground of fraternal-
ism, and justice, and understanding,
from which flows always peace. A
new commandment I give unto you
that ye love one another Surely in
this was all the law and the gospels
I make bold to say. in reflective De
liberation there is nothing in Templar
Knighthood, nothing in obligation,
lecture or mplification, nothing in
practice where obligation is kept.
which could not be openly, and with
equal simplicity, proclaimed to the
world.
"I am a confirmed optimist as to
the growth of the spirit of brother
hood. Science and genius are lend
ing their aid to the removal of the
obstacles to intercourse and attend
ing understanding among the peo-
pies of the world. We do rise to
heights, at times, when we look Tor
the good rather than the evil IN
others, and give consideration to the
views of all. The inherent love. or
| fellowship is banding men together
| and when envy and suspicion are
! vanquished. fraternity records
| triumph, and brotherhood brlneS ne"
| blessings TO men anu 10 peoPiSS ia
the larger sense.
Because / am holding temporarily
\ position of official prominence I
| have been privileged in being invited
| into association with many Of our
| so-called secret fraternal societies.
/ find that each of them has as Its
foundation and the reason for its
existence the furtherance of brother
| hood and the Christian virtues of
charity mercy. justice and brotherly
( love. Moreover. the practice of these
virtues has been suggested by the
ways of happiness in the daily lives
of men. For example-and | am sure
| il will be no breach of faith to relate
/ it was admitted into fraternity
of Alaskan pioneers and I was obli-
gated never to kick a dog or to work
! a horse with sore back or shoulder.
Now that was a simple thing that
| Christ himself would have urged; IL
was an expression of mercy and af-
| lection by these pioneers for ths
brutes who could not speak protest.
of considerate concern for a life OF
service. On the whole l am well
| persuaded that many tenders of fell
! lowship have come to me because men
wish to have practiced in official life
! the teachings of brotherhood and
friendship and sympathy which have
| lsweetened their own pathways"