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 . 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 (iolde
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 . 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-. SOME COME FROM NEAR-BY HARBORS. AND SOME FROM LANDS FAR Uoprintid liy Ciiurtcsy i>f Four Track N\-w>.) This wondei ful gate forms the western entranceand exit for the c(unmerce of the Pacific. Two great,gra\ l ocks jut ont into the waves, and between themthe deei) blue tide flows in and out. ally the light fades and mnber shadows begin todrai)e themselves about the rocks. Then night sinksdown upon the waves of the Pacific, but thousands oflights spiijig into l)eing in the city of St. Francis 36 tliat stauds upon tlu sliorc like a hiacon for tlie mar-iners. And to it the wanderer turns liis steiis, hisniiud so full of thoughts of the far-off hinds fromwliicli those shii)s eame sailing that he ahnost forgetstile wonders and lieauties near at liand, and almostoverlooks the fact that San Francisco is a city of thin, high wail of a Chinese titldle rings in his the balcony of a joss-iiouse o]))K)site floats theodor of l)urning sandalwood, like a wandering spiritfrom t
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