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Page 31 - Statutes of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America...
Page 65 - O Lord, Thy will be done." When tyrant feet are trampling Upon the common weal, Thou dost not bid us bend and writhe Beneath the iron heel; In Thy name we assert our right By sword, or tongue, or pen, And e'en the headsman's axe may flash Thy message unto men.
Page 64 - tis good to think of them, When we are troubled sore! Thanks be to God that such have been, Although they are no more! More home-like seems the vast unknown, Since they have entered there; To follow them were not so hard, Wherever they may fare; They cannot be where God is not, On any sea or shore; Whate'er betides, Thy love abides, Our God, for evermore.
Page 64 - It singeth low in every heart, We hear it each and all — A song of those who answer not, However we may call ; They throng the silence of the breast...
Page 22 - Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of the United States of America at the Conclave held in New Orleans.
Page 65 - NOT in dumb resignation We lift our hands on high, Not like the nerveless fatalist, Content to trust and die. Our faith springs like the eagle Who soars to meet the sun, And cries exulting unto Thee, O Lord, Thy Will be done!

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