#2095 - K. of P. Opening Ode / Closing Ode

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• Composer:
  • 1) Justus Henry Rathbone

    • #2094 - K. of P. Initiatory Anthem / Installation Anthem
    • #2095 - K. of P. Opening Ode / Closing Ode

    (1839-1889), c1864
  • 2) Justus Henry Rathbone

    • #2094 - K. of P. Initiatory Anthem / Installation Anthem
    • #2095 - K. of P. Opening Ode / Closing Ode

    (1839-1889), c1864
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• 1) Lyrics:
  God bless our knightly band!
  Firm may it ever stand,
  Thro' storm and night;
  Wen the wild tempests rave,
  Ruler of wind and wave,
  Do thou our order save
  By thy great might.
  
  For this our prayers ascend—
  God bless, protect, defend,
  God guard our rights;
  Thou who art ever nigh,
  Viewing with watchful eye,
  To thee aloud we cry:
  God save the knights!
  
  
  • (unknown)
• 2) Lyrics:
  May our slumbers be all blest,
  When we close our eyes in rest;
  May the holy angels keep
  Vigils o'er us while we sleep.
  
  Sleep tlll rosy morning comes,
  With its light to bless our homes;
  May the angels ever keep
  Vigils o'er us while we sleep.
  
  Goodnight.
  
  
  • (unknown)
• See also:
  • #2094 - K. of P. Initiatory Anthem / Installation Anthem

The Knights of Pythias songbook Odes and Marches of the order of Knights of Pythias contains over a dozen ritualistic songs, almost all written by Justus Henry Rathbone. An alternate melody to the Opening Ode is #14 - America; an alternate melody to the Closing Ode is #36 - Pleyel's Hymn

The Order of Knights of Pythias is an international, non-sectarian fraternal order, established in 1864 in Washington, DC, by Rathbone and was the first fraternal order to be chartered by an Act of Congress.