The history of pilgrimage of Washington Commandery, No1, Knights Templar, Hartford, Connto the twenty-ninth Triennial Conclave of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America, held in the city of San Francisco, California, September fourth to September tenth, nineteen hundred and four . c-^v of The Four ) We look westward and try to realize the wonder— a city with a golden gate! a great majestic gatewaythrough which the ships come sailing. Some come 35 fi-oin ii(;irl)>- liarhors, and some from lands far awav,so far that tlicy seem to licioiio- to anot
The history of pilgrimage of Washington Commandery, No1, Knights Templar, Hartford, Connto the twenty-ninth Triennial Conclave of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America, held in the city of San Francisco, California, September fourth to September tenth, nineteen hundred and four . c-^v of The Four ) We look westward and try to realize the wonder— a city with a golden gate! a great majestic gatewaythrough which the ships come sailing. Some come 35 fi-oin ii(;irl)>- liarhors, and some from lands far awav,so far that tlicy seem to licioiio- to another ships Ih(. Oi iiiit, laden with a rich car-lio around wliirli still dinos the odor of myrrli. Andwhitc-winucd craft conic from lonely isles far ont inthe Pacitic, and ^;\\ little jiieasnre steamers fromsnnny sonthern ports wheie life is like a ))oats tliere are from the cold, bleak Northland,with men on board who ])raved the iee and snow, thetoil and nameless snfferin lica\ \ with bulging sails. All these sail through the shining foam that lieslike glittering gold-dust on the waxes that sw(>e])through the (iolden (iate in the liarlxn- of San l>ut with the evening comes a change. Then itis as if the philosophers stone had touched the re-gion and turnc(l it into gold. First a few low-drift-ing clouds are changed to shining fleece, then therocks become bui nished, and then an ocean of moltengold sweei)s through the (iolden (iate. AVe look with awe into the glowing splendor thatseems not the light of the sinking sun, but the dawnof another brighter world .just out of reach. (Iradu-
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