Pythanism

 
What Pythianism Means

 

Pythianism means a beautiful ritual, radiant with golden truths, bright with the silver threads of Divine principles, and studded with the living jewels of great illustrations drawn from Scripture, history and literature.

 

Pythianism means the social atmosphere of the lodge room, where sincerity looks into face of sympathy and where great universal thoughts reign in every heart.

 

Pythianism means the brotherhood of man, the exemplification of the Golden Rule, the advancement of morality, the elevation of citizenship, and the building up of higher ideals of life.

 

Pythianism means a voluntary system of social service, with no hope of reward other than the joy of a good deed well done and the perfume which sweetens the soul when the flowers of memory begin to bloom. Pythianism means an organized force in the body politic, standing for the preservation of every Christian virtue.

 

Pythianism means a genius for friendship, pledged in secrecy, tested in trial, manifested in the sick room, made known in the hour of death-a friendship which a thoughtful man may trustfully leave as a legacy to his wife and children.

 

Pythianism means a true circle of genuine mourners in the hour of death, to close the eyelids of the weary, brush away the tears of the bereaved, place a rose on the grave of the departed, and returning to the home and haunts of loneliness, seeing to it that a loaf is provided for the hungry and protection guaranteed for those who deserve the guardianship of love.  In summary, Pythianism is one of the sweetest flowers ever planted in the human heart, to grow and enrich human life by its mellowing influence.

 

WHAT PYTHIANISM TEACHES

 

Pythianism teaches the great principle of life. It teaches courtesy, kindness, natural sympathy and helpfulness in the trials and difficulties incident to human life, and the love of fair dealing between man and man.

 

Pythianism teaches patriotism and real Americanism  of the most exalted type. It teaches us to be interested in public affairs-national, state and local; to be eager for the social betterment of the communities in which we live; to be honorable and just in business; to be loyal to home and fireside; to respect the law of

our land; to love our flag, and to uphold our government. It teaches us to have faith in God and faith in our fellows; to live lives of moral purity; to be just and generous; to forgive the mistakes of our fellows; to lift up the fallen; in short, to “Do noble things-not dream them all day long.”

 

True Pythianism enjoins upon the strong that they help the weak, and upon educated that they help those who lack the opportunities for education.

 

Pythianism teaches the neophyte to cultivate a friendship for his fellowman, so that he will not only be his friend when he basks in the sunlight of prosperity, but a friendship which will make him charitable in criticizing his shortcomings and staunch in defending him against unjust censure; a friendship; which will urge him to say the kind words and to do the generous deeds today, for tomorrow it may be too late.

 

Pythianism teaches us to be gland when our brothers are prosperous and happy; to rejoice in their successes; to cheer for their victories; to be compassionate and helpful when they are distressed and miserable; to grieve over their failures; and to help them in their troubles.

 

Pythianism teaches the highest duty which we owe to our families, ourselves, our neighbors, our friends, our community, and our country.

 

WHAT PYTHIANISM OFFERS

 

Pythianism offers a happy field for exchange of social fellowship necessary to a successful life. Men cannot live for self alone with paying the price-and price is too great.

 

Pythianism offers, particularly to young men, an opportunity to meet upon an equal footing the highest class of our citizenship, and to cultivate friendship long-lasting.

 

Pythianism offers a liberal education to any man in the art of speaking in public and absorbing by actual use ideas as fine, expressed in words as beautiful, as were penned in the English language.

 

Pythianism offers, through its ritual, lessons so impressive they will never be forgotten, and be used in our daily lives.

 

Pythianism offers unlimited opportunities for unselfish service to man.

 

Pythianism offers companionship and fellowship with an organization who great heart beats with the vibrant pulse of love, whose members are imbued with the principles of friendship, charity and benevolence, and its influence to make a better husband, better father and a better citizen.