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Show Ogden Council No. 777. t District Deputy James H. De Vine l"o1aondfflcerS f this 'U"CH for .! ? Furioay evp,lillS. the Sth inst., n their hall on Washington avenue luT J (?ver ,100 menbors crowded the hall during the ceremonies and enjoyed en-joyed the "smoker" which followed. Grand Knight Dr. Roche delivered an address on the dignitv of ifnio-hn, in the Order of Columbus. The following: follow-ing: are the offieiers tor 1909: Dr F E W. S. OBr.en. F. S.; J. J. O'Connor, treasurer; I. A. Junk, recording secretary; secre-tary; l. W. Dermody, warden; c. A Maguire, chancellor; S. A. Maglnnis' advocate; Leo- Donlin. inner guard-' James F. Shantey. outer guard- s C Bauchman, Phillip Grill, A. P- Lafren-' lere. trustees; Dr. F. C. Doran. lecturer. lec-turer. This is the second time Dr Roche was elected grand knight. On the first occasion being an associate member, his election was not legal but nn alteration of the laws and rule's b'v the national council permits associate, members to be elected grand knight This the newly elected grand knight explained, and addressing the assembly, assem-bly, said: "Brothers, when a. man is freely preferred pre-ferred to office by his fcHcnvmen he is naturally proud of their confidence and good office, but when that office is inseparably in-separably united with a true dignity-redolent dignity-redolent of the practices of our Catholic Catho-lic forefathers, the recipient's noblest sympathies should be excited. Such true dignity is not only the heirlooin of the high office of grand knight, but belongs to every Catholic gentleman admitted to the Knighthood of Columbus. Colum-bus. Why is this so? I answer, because be-cause the dignity of knighthood in our order has the sanction and blessing of God's church, like the glorious knighthoods knight-hoods of the olden times, and hence must carry with it that Indefinable aureola of honor which we associate with these ancient foundations of dignity. dig-nity. "All true dignity must have its primal pri-mal source in the Creator, for what is man that he can of himself lay varX claim Jo that exalted work whi.-h alone begets" dignity and which, indeed, Is the only excuse for Us assumption, "riefore the so-called Reformation tore asm-der asm-der the brotherhend which Christ es tablished on earth and gave ungov-emed" ungov-emed" outlet for the purple pride, foibles foi-bles and passions ot mankind, the high polity of that civili2ed society which Christianity introduced, ordained that all honors should have their primal origin in the Church of Christ, and hence it vas that the head of Christ's church anointed kings and emperors, having regard to their rights as accepted accept-ed leaders of their respective peoples, aid these high personages, in turn, conferred knighthood ana other distinctions dis-tinctions on their subjects, but, and mark the indispensable condition.!., never without the observance of certain cer-tain church discipline and ceremonies. The knight to be prepared for his elevation ele-vation by fasting, prayer, confession and a long night vigil over his armor, and was solemnly consecrated to the service of God and the Virgin Mother, and, in special honor of tne latter, to the service of beauty and virtue fn "women. "Following this high conception of the true" fount from which dignity and honor should spring, the great Catho-fic Catho-fic order of the Knights of Columbus is founded on the same lofty polity of our ancestors and is sent forth on its great mission fortified by ceremonies auj observances approved by the Church of Christ and with the special blessing and good will of its living visible vis-ible head. We are not, strictly spek-ing, spek-ing, a religious order of knighthood, -is were the Templars and others of old, "but we are a "band of Catholic gentlemen gentle-men honored with the confidence of our church, its lay knights, so to speak, even as its bishops and priests are its spiritual knights a brotherhood, in brief, gifted with the true dignity of the knights of bygone days, and obligated obli-gated to carry certain great principles, impressed upon us at our admission tc the order, untarnished through every phase of life. These are some or the reasons, worthy brothers, why I claim that a Knight of Columbus is really gifted with a peculiarly high dignity, his order being, perhaps, the only one now left upon earth so endowed, and these are also the reasons why I am proud to obey the behest of so many good friends and brothers i:i assuming the position of grand knigjit for 19Gt, and in promising to lead this council during my term of office to the best of my ability and strength, and with love and impartiality to all, in the oniy tight we are obligated to engage in. that of right, justice, charity and love." |