MASONIC TOKEN.

WHEREBY ONE BROTHER MAY KNOW ANOTHER.

VOLUME 6. PORTLAND, ME., OCT. 15, 1917. No. 2.

Published quarterly by Stephen Berry Co., M Littlefield, m; William M Richardson, years. The arrangement was made possible sw; Claude W Cox, jw; Frank L Lowell, by the fact that Grand Lecturer Sleeper No. 37 Plum Street, Portland, Maine. sec. held a School of Instruction in the Lodge Twelve cts. per year in advance. Chapter Elections. at Presque Isle on October 3d, and the Established March, 1867. - - 51st Year. Somerset, 15, Skowhegan. Clarence Man- two so close together in date and loca­ tor, hp; Charles W Sheaff, k; Harry E tion should have called a large attendance Smith, sc; John H Lancaster, sec. Advertisements $4.00 per inch, or $3.00 for at both. half an inch for one year. Teconnet, 52, Waterville. S Parker Foss, hp; Horace J Cook, k; Irvin E Thomas, sc; All Royal Arch Masons in good standing No advertisement received unless the advertiser, or some member of the firm, is a Freemason in Eugene C Herring, sec. were cordially invited to attend. good standing. Cushnoc, 43, Augusta. Alfred C Turner, hp; Henry D Evans, k; Danforth L Nash, The following poem written about the The Days That Are No More. sc; Charles R Chase, sec. time of the Civil War is particularly ap­ Commandery Elections. propriate at this time: Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean. Camden, 23, Camden. Edwin F Burkett, The Knitting of the Socks. Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart and gather to the eyes com; William F Rankin, gen; Louis C Saw­ In looking on the happy autumn fields yer, cgen; Leslie D Ames, rec. The Winter is upon us; we have passed the And thinking of the days that are no more. Equinox; St. Omer, 12, Waterville. Lester M An­ Call the maids and wives and widows to the knit­ Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail drews, Oakland, com; Henry W Abbott, ting of the socks! That brings our friends up from the underworld, Sad as the last which reddens over one gen; Ralph J Patterson, cgen; Eugene C By the Potomac River the wind is blowing cold; That sinks with all we love below the verge— Herring, rec. The frostnip rusts the maple and dims the mari­ So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more. gold. Ah, sad and strange as in dark summer dawns Constitution. And on Missouri’s borders are waving to and fro The earliest pipe of half awakened birds The pine trees and the dry reeds that beckon to To dying ears when unto dying eyes Orchard Lodge, No. 215, at Old Orchard, the snow. The casement slowly grows a glimmering square— was constituted Monday afternoon, Sept. So sad, so strange, the days that are no more. And the seaboard is rebounding to the surging of i 24th, by Grand Master Pettengill, assisted the main rDo* as rtme: .bered kisses after death As the fogbells and the lightships ring and rock And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feigned oy Deputy Grana Master Adams, Senior in hurricane, On lips that are for others; deep as love, Deep as first love and wild with all regret— Grand Warden Witherell, Junior Grand O ! a voice comes through the tempest ringing Oh, death in life, the days that are no more! Warden Smith, Grand Treasurer Chase, clear like crystal bell —[Alfred Tennyson.] “All’s Well I ” adown the windgust, from the pac­ Grand Secretary Davis, Cor. Grand Secre­ ing sentinel. tary Leach, D. D. G. Ms. Burbank of the And in the lull of nightblasts between the swirls MASONRY IN HAINE. of sleet, 17th District and Rand of the 23d, Grand Comes the stamp, stamp of the sentinel, for cold, cold are his feet. Marshal Eaton, Grand Steward Burbank, Lodge Elections. Fifty thousand maids and matrons and widows a and Grand Tyler Howell with other mem­ hundredscore Bingham, 199, Bingham. Arlie A Dins­ bers. Up! Up! and ply your needles, let our soldiers more, m; Pearl A Woodard, sw; Lee C freeze no more ! The officers were installed. A supper Smith, jw; Harold A Coleman, sec. And sweet music to your hearts will steal as each Somerset, 34, Skowhegan. George L H was served at 6:30. pacing sentinel I Feels the sentiment he utters in his baritone, Smith, m; Harvey A McGuire, sw; Walter “All’s Well! ” P Ordway, jw; William T Seekins, sec. The Grand Lodges of Instruction have Ho ! buxom wife and widow and maid with glossy Rural, 53, Sidney. Charles S Taylor, m; been called for— locks Dimon A Sawtelle, sw; Ernest C Wyman, At Fort Fairfield, Wednesday, October Draw round the loyal hearthstone to the Knitting jw; Arthur W Hammond, R F D 7, Au­ of the Socks. 3, 1917, at 10 o’clock a. m. —[ Vanity Fair, November 23, 1861.] gusta, sec. At Norway, Friday, October 19, 1917, at Atlantic, 81, Portland. Arthur Manches­ Northern Supreme Council. 10 o’clock A. M. ter, in; Herbert I Lowe, sw; Merrill C The Northern Supreme Council held its Manning, jw; Almon L Johnson, sec. At Bangor, Friday, October 26, 1917, at annual meeting in New York, Sept. 18th to Temple, 25, Winthrop. G Chase Adams, 10 o’clock A. M. 20th. The 33° was conferred upon Fred. m; Linwood B Jones, sw; G E Kimball, Instruction will be given at forenoon and jw; L Elwood Jones, sec. W. Plaisted of Augusta and Thomas H. An­ afternoon sessions and in the evening work Davis, 191, Strong. J Hammond Rich­ derson of Portland. Four from Maine were will be performed and the local lodges in­ ardson, m; Lionel F Allen, sw; Raymond elected to receive it, viz: William N. Howe A Starbird, jw; Charles B Richardson, sec. spected by their District Deputy Grand of Portland, Warren C. Philbrook of Water­ Monmouth, 110, Monmouth. Eugene Masters. ville, Charles H. Adams of Bangor, and Andrews, m; Edgar D Baird, sw; Carroll T Bragdon, jw; Otis G Randall, sec. The Grand Chapter held a School of In­ Robert J. Aley of Orono, (President of the Asylum, 133, Wayne. Frederick L Chen­ struction at Caribou, October 2d. University of Maine.) In conformity with ery, Jr., m; John H Bamford, sw; Fred N This School of Instruction was arranged the recommendation of Grand Commander Parcher, jw; Frederick L Chenery, sec. especially for the benefit of the chapters in Barton Smith, the Supreme Council voted Star in the East, 60, Old Town. George the northern part of the state who have one hundred thousand dollars to be placed E Harding, m; Howard A Lancaster, sw- Leslie R Lord, jw; Edward A Merrill, sec.’ rightly felt that the distance was too great in the hands of the M. P. Sovereign Grand Ancient Brothers’, 178, Auburn. John for them to attend schools held in past Commander to be used at his discretion. It 10 MASONIC TOKEN, - - OCT. 15, 1917.

was also suggested that the Scottish Rite It has a power concealed in its folds, and Is it not worth while to pause and con­ raise one million dollars for the use of suf­ scatters abroad an influence from its flutter- sider, and, if possible, to discover what is fering humanity. ings. That power and influence mean that the one thing, or the several things, the un­ in due time, slowly and by force of law, yet derlying principle, it may be, that has en­ The Flag. (By Dr. Frank Crane.) surely as the footsteps of God, the last an­ abled Masonry to survive these thousands When you see the Stars and Stripes dis­ cient fraud shall be smitten, the last un­ of years, not only to survive, but ever to be played, son, stand up and take off your hat! earned privilege removed, the last irregu­ in the van of the army of progress, civiliza­ Somebody may titter. It is in our English larity set right, the last man shall have a tion and enlightenment; that has caused blood to deride all expressions of noble sen­ place to work and a living wage, the last men, real men, virile men, whose names timent. You may blaspheme in the street woman shall have all her rights of person will be remembered and honored as long as and stagger drunken in public places, and and citizenship, and the last and least of history is read or tradition heard to be vo­ the bystanders will not pay much attention; children shall be sheltered and trained and taries at her shrine; and that has suffered but if you should get down on your knees equipped by the sovereign state, and so have her to endure more vicious and virulent in the street and pray to Almighty God, or their right to live. abuse, calumny and anathemas from igno­ if you should go bareheaded while a com­ Don’t be ashamed when your throat rance, superstition and blind hatred than pany of old soldiers marched by with their chokes and the tears come as you see it fly­ any other institution, save one, of which flag to the breeze, people will think you are ing from the mast of a ship in the bay of the world’s annals tell, and yet gloriously showing off. But don’t you mind! When Gibraltar or the port of Singapore. You triumph? will never have a worthier emotion. Old Glory comes along salute and let them The fact that it is esoteric has no doubt That Flag is the cream of all religions, think what they please. When you hear been conducive to its longevity, though that the concentrated essence of the best im­ the band playing " The Star-Spangled Ban­ would not suffice, and certainly could not ner,” while you are in a restaurant or a pulses of the human race; reverence it as explain its remarkable influence and power, hotel dining room, get up, even if you rise you would reverence the signature of the because other fraternal orders innumerable alone; stand there, and don’t be ashamed Deity.—[Masonic Tribune.] have had their secret signs, emblems and of it, either. words and miserably perished. Some have For of all the signs and symbols since the ' Many of our brethren who belong to other adopted this outward manifestation of Ma­ world began there is never another so full societies cannot divest themselves of the sonry, and others that, which did not avail of meaning as the Flag of this country. I idea but that a xMasonic Lodge should turn to resist the dreadful onslaught of time- That piece of red, white and blue bunting I out in public with other societies in a sub­ The soul of Masonry they did not find; its means 5,000 years of struggle upward. It ordinate position. For instance, if a cor­ ideals they did not grasp. Whatever stands is the full-blown flower of ages of fighting ner-stone is to be laid, or a burial to take the attrition and test of time is grounded on for liberty. It is the century plant of hu­ place under the auspices of another society, the immutable principles of right and truth- man hope in bloom. It means answered they cannot understand why the Masons The history of Masonry is the history of prayers of generations of slaves, of the He­ should not join in it. The reason should the search for light and truth. Every step be plain enough, viz: Freemasonry should lots of Greece, of the human chattels of of the candidate from the time he first seeks Rome, of the vassals of feudalism, of the never seek public notoriety in any way, for admission until he beholds the last solemn serfs of Russia, of the blacks of America, of J she never seeks candidates; hence to turn scene is strewn with fragrant flowers of all who, whipped and cursed, have crawled out on any occasion which is not peculiarly truth. It has been sought at times with pa­ from the cradle to the grave through all her own, is to make a publication of rivalry, tient zeal, and again with the feverish and time. Your Flag stands for humanity, for the very idea of which must be abhorrent fanatical enthusiasm with which the ancient an equal opportunity to all sons of men. Of to every intelligent member of the Frater­ alchemists pursued the philosopher’s stone, nity. For Freemasons who belong to any course, we haven’t arrived yet at that goal; the universal solvent and the elixir of life. there are many injustices yet among us, i other society to turn out with such on a And to what end? To teach men to know public occasion as a member of that other many senseless and cruel customs of the God and to love the good, the pure and the past still clinging to us, but the only hope society is perfectly right and proper, but for true. Masonry is non-sectarian, but no of righting the wrongs ot men lies in the a Masonic Lodge to join in any public cere­ atheist can become a Mason; it points to mony in which our institution is not the sole feelings produced in our bosoms by the the Supreme Being, and teaches the immor­ and supreme actor, is wrong in principle and sight of that Flag. tality of the soul, and he who profits by the degrading to the ancient name of " Freema­ It stands for no race. It is not like an precepts and spirit of Masonry must be a sonry.” In declining to do this she casts English, French or German Flag. It stands reverent man. for men, men of any blood who will come no reflection upon any other society and ex­ Masonry is, too, a system of morality, the and live with us under its protection. It is hibits no opposition to the purposes of such truths of which are veiled in allegory and the only banner that means mankind. society; she only vindicates her right to be illustrated by symbols. Her purpose is to It stands for the only great nation on the first and oldest of them all.—[Missouri develop character, which, like an unseen earth free from the curse and burden of Freemason.] garment woven about our souls with invis­ militarism and devoted to the arts of peace. Masonry and its Ideals. ible fingers from materials of imperishable It means the richest, happiest, youngest beauty, sparkling with the light of every people on the globe. By Hon. Elbert Johnson. virtue, guards us from all dangers and per­ Other Flags mean a glorious past; this "Masonry and its Ideals,” that is the mits us to stand unabashed and unawed in Flag means a glorious future. It is not so subject, too vast and too profound to be the presence of the forms clothed with the much the Flag of our fathers as it is the more than indicated on an occasion of this spotless robes of holiness, and to light and Flag of our children, and of our children’s kind. The ideals of Masonry are co-exten- show the way of the struggling brother. children yet unborn. It is the Flag of to­ sive with the aspirations of men. Whatever "Morality is her foundation, Truth and morrow. It is the signal of the " Good is good, whatever is true, whatever is noble, Virtue are her pillars, and Brotherly Love is Time Coming.” It is not the Flag of your whatever is manly, this appeals to one who the high priest that ministers at her altars.” King; it is the Flag of yourself and of all has caught the vision of the spirit of Ma­ Her basic principle is the Fatherhood of your neighbors. sonry. MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1917. 11

God and the Brotherhood of Man.—[The Rite Masonry and Masonry in general. They Our Masonic Exchanges. New Age,] observe the forms, the ceremonies, the em­ Builder, The, Anamosa, Iowa, mo.. $2. blems and the jewels, and they hear the Crescent, The, St. Paul, Minn., mo., $1.50. Myths of the Temple lectures and charges, but fail to discern the Delaware Masonic Index, Wilmington. Del., In Masonry the Temple of Solomon has ethics and philosophy thereof. They hear monthly, $1.50. played a most important part. Time was the enunciation, " Freemasonry is a science Duluth Masonic Calender, Duluth, Minn., when every Masonic writer subscribed with of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated monthly, octavo, 20 pp. unhesitating faith to the theory that Ma­ by symbols,” but do not fathom its mean­ Eastern Star, Indianapolis, Ind., mo., $1. sonry was there first organized, that there ing, and consequently do not solve the alle­ Freemason, The, Toronto, Ont., Canada, monthly, 50 cents. 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During must be searched for, diligently and faith­ Masonic News, Peoria, Ill., monthly, $1. the long period in which the hypothesis was fully, if they shall be found and employed. Masonic Observer, Minneapolis, w’kly, $1. accepted as a fact its influence was being Oh, that all the Craft would realize this fact Masonic Review,Tacoma, Wash., quarterly. accepted in molding the masonic organiza­ and act accordingly, as thus they would be Masonic Standard, New York, N. Y., wky, $2. tions into a form closely connected with all better panoplied with truth, better animated Masonic Sun, Toronto, Ont., monthly, $1. the events and characteristics of the Solo­ with faith, hope and charity, and better Masonic Tidings, Milwaukee, Wis., mo. $1. monic Temple. So that now almost all the build the Temple of the Soul.—[Scottish Masonic Voice-Review, Chicago, Ill., mo., symbolism of Freemasonry rests upon or is Rite Bulletin.'] $1.50. derived from the "House of the Lord” at Masonic World, Kansas City, Mo., mo., $1. Jerusalem. So closely are the two connect­ New England Craftsman, Boston, Mass., Studious Masons. ed that an attempt to separate the one from monthly, $2. Studious Masons are comparatively rare. the other would be fatal to the further exist­ Scottish Rite Bulletin, Louisville, Kentucky, And yet, there is a vast amount of rich monthly, 50 cents. ence of Masonry. Each lodge is and must learning in Masonry. Examine well its Scottish Rite Herald, Dallas, Tex., mo. 50c. be a symbol of the Jewish Temple; each symbols and learn what they teach. There South Western Freemason, Los Angeles, Master in the chair a representative of the is not a symbol in Masonry that is not al­ Cal., monthly, $1. Jewish King, and every Mason a persona­ most a volume in itself, and yet how few Square and Compass, Denver, Col., mo., $1. tion of the Jewish workmen. there are who can tell what they mean or Square and Compasses, New Orleans, La., Thus must it ever be while Masonry en­ monthly, $1. what lesson they are intended to teacn. dures. We must receive the myths and Tennessee Mason, Nashville, Tenn., mo.,$l. There is absolutely no value whatsoever legends that connect it with the Temple, Texas Freemason, San Antonio, Texas, in memorizing the ritual and going no fur­ not indeed as historic facts, but as allegories; monthly, $1. ther. The memorized word can do no good not as events that have really’ transpired, but The Temple Bulletin Co., St. Louis, Mo., until we have mastered its meaning and the weekly, $1. as symbols, and must accept these allego­ inspiration born of that meaning has steered Trestle Board, San Francisco, Cal., mo., $1. ries and these symbols for what their inven­ us to nobler and better lives. To this end Tyler-Keystone, Owosso, Mich., mo., $1. tors really meant that they should be—the our obligation should be well learned and Virginia Masonic Journal, Richmond, Vir­ foundation of a science of morality.—[Iowa thoroughly explained, as this is the keynote ginia, monthly, $1. of all true knowledge of the ritual of Ma­ What Cheer Trestleboard, Providence, R I., monthly, 50 cents. Fail to See. sonry. Thousands of persons tread the earth and Masonic secrets are soul secrets; the rit­ A Very Comforting Statement. behold the sky without discerning any of the ual is merely an allegorical and symbolic set This life is only a part of life. We may beauty or wisdom they display. They look' of directions as to how to go about discov­ not have positive proof of this, as a fact in upon a landscape, beautifully ornamented ering the secrets for one’s self. They point nature, nor may we dogmatize upon any of with trees, shrubs, plants and flowers, but the way to where the key is hidden. But the experiences of any other life. But rea­ receive no definite impression of ary part of they are secrets.—[Fraternal Record.] son and conscience both proclaim that God it, and could not name or describe any ob­ is just and nature is kind, and, if these de­ ject thereon. They behold the starry canopy The Grand Lodge of New Zealand is mak­ ductions are true, then those who have not above them, but see there no constellations, ing special preparations to support those of become proficient here must have oppor­ no planets, and no movements indicating its members who will come back from the tunity elsewhere, and those who have com­ the wisdom, the power and the glory of the war wounded and without resources, also pleted the work here must have greater the families of those brethren killed in the opportunities somewhere else; because none Grand Architect of the Universe. So it is of us has yet achieved the ideal.—[Oriental with many who are admitted into Scottish conflict.—[Masonic Monthly.] Consistory Bulletin.] 12 MASONIC TOKEN, OCT 15, 1917.

the approach of Autumn was indicated by closest to his heart, and that many of his MASONIC . TOKEN, the turning leaves, but the war did not likes and dislikes are gauged very largely affect the fare and they came away like from his financial relations with those about PORTLAND, MAINE. Charles Lamb, all full inside. him. The ties of Freemasonry are not strong STEPHEN BERRY CO., PUBLISHERS. enough to hold two Masons together when Charles I. Riggs, there is the slightest suspicion that one of Ten Years in a Volume. Past Commander of Portland Commandery, them may have taken advantage of another. died very suddenly August 30th. He was Many times this condition is wholly imag­ ESTABLISHED MARCH, 1867. born in Deering, September 16, 1855, and inary. One Mason may enter into a busi­ 51st YeaR. was therefore 62 years old. He was the ness company with another. If the company Paying Teller of the Fidelity Trust Com­ fails, then the blame must be placed on pany, and was a very efficient and reliable somebody and usually the Masonic brother MAINE MASONIC TEXT BOOK. official. He had been at the head of the has to take the brunt of it, because he is Chapter, Council, Commandery and Yates By Josiah H. Drummond, P. G. M. • looked upon in the light of an imposter, and Lodge of Perfection, and was a 33°. His the idea held that he should have protected Sixth Edition, funeral was from Masonic Temple, Septem­ his brother in the fraternity. The man who Revised by HehbeRt Harris, P. S. G. W. ber 2d, and was well attended. buys oil stock, gold mines and other busi­ ness bunk, never thinks of charging his mis­ A new edition, bringing the decisions up to Obituaries. fortune to his own lack of judgment, but if 1910, and incorporating them in the Digest. HeNRy KNOX Field, Grand Master of the brother who sold him the gold brick The first part is unchanged, but all after the Grand Lodge of Virginia, died at his happens to be a Mason, he is the one who page 252 has been reset, including the in- home in Alexandria, July 31st. He was comes in for much of the censure. The dex, so that it is the most convenient way born in Alexandria and lived his whole life man peddling the wares may have honestly to study the law. there, and since early life had been engaged believed in the stability of the things that In leather tuck, $1.50 in the lumber business. He was elected he offered, yet from the fact that he hap­ In cloth for library, 1.40 Grand Master February 15, 1917. pened to sell them to a member of the fra­ Will H. Whyte, of Montreal, Grand ternity, he is branded as one unfit to mingle Sent postpaid on receipt of price. Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, in good Masonic society. Fraternity is a STEPHEN BERRY CO., Publishers, the Grand Chapter of Quebec, and Grand great and wonderful thing, but we will 37 Plum Street, Portland, Maine. Chancellor of the Grand Priory of Canada, never reach the age of genuine fraternity Knights Templar, died suddenly September until each individual advances in his evolu­ Any lodge officer or member of the Grand 19th, at Winnipeg, Man., whither he had tion to that point where he can see his own Lodge can obtain a copy of the Constitution gone to attend the annual session of the faults and weaknesses, and is willing to by remitting the postage, a three cent stamp, Grand Preceptory. He was one of the most charge to himself those shortcomings which to the Grand Secretary. prominent Masons in the Dominion of Can­ rightfully belong to him, rather than seek ada. He had presided over all the Grand .some other element of human society on Any member of the Grand Chapter, Coun­ Bodies of the York Rite except the Grand whom to vent his wrath.—[Illinois Free­ cil or Commandery can obtain the Constitu­ Council and was Past Deputy Grand Mas­ mason. ] tions of those bodies in the same way. ter in that, and for seventeen years has been Victories of Freemasonry. ^^Secretaries should instantly report recording officer. He was also prominent the election of officers, if they have not in A. & A. S. Rite. In 1910, at Chicago, What are the true victories of Freema­ he was made an Honorary Member of the done so, that communications, &c., may sonry? They are unlike the battles of the Grand Encampment of the United States, be sent to the proper addresses. warrior or of the miser. The real tactics are an honor accorded to only a few. laid down in that great Light of Masonry > which is the chart of a true Mason’s faith. The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts has HowaRd R. FreNCh, Grand Secretary of When a Mason learns the real meaning of recognized the Grand Lodge of Panama. the Grand Chapter and Grand Recorder of As the Isthmus lodges have been under the Grand Council of Kentucky, died at his the symbolic code, and drinks in the spirit Massachusetts that settles it. home in Mt. Sterling, September 11th. He of the teachings of Freemasonry, he will was born in Virginia, August 15, 1847, and find no objection to any demand. The se­ The Grand Master of the Templars has was a lawyer by profession. He was Grand verest critic can find no fault when he be­ called upon the fratres to contribute one Master of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky in comes acquainted with the objects and mis­ dollar each to a fund to be used for him for 1883, and Grand High Priest of the Grand sion of the Order. No reigionist whose sudden calls by the Red Cross or other pa­ Chapter in 1882. He was elected Grand creed contains the edict, “ Thou shalt love triotic needs. It is not a large contribu­ Secretary and Recorder in 1912. thy neighbor as thyself,” can find any fault tion, but it will make a great fund and with it. The battle to be fought and the enable him to do much good. Masonry and Business. victory to be gained in Freemasonry is on It doesn’t make any difference how friend­ the priceless and triumphant battleground The air ambulance has proved a success. ly two Masons may have been, nor how cor­ of humanity. And each member is to place It suggests the Homeric tales of kind deities dially they may have treated one another in himself at the door of his heart as a tyler taking wounded heroes out of the tumult their various Masonic affiliations, just the to shut out evil thoughts.—[London Free­ of battle to a place of safety where their moment that one suspects the other of hav­ mason.} wounds could be dressed. ing taken a little advantage of him in a bus­ iness deal, the friendship is off, and the of­ The Only Woman Freemason. The annual meeting of the Grand Chap­ fending party branded as a liar, hypocrite, The recent announcement that King ter visiting officers was held at Riverton, false friend, and all the other epithets that George is to open the doors of chivalry to Sept. 15th, and was, as usual, very pleasant an inventive mind can conjure up. It has women is another sign that the ancient bar­ and instructive. It was a fair day although often been said that a man’s pocketbook is riers of prejudice are rapidly breaking down. MASONIC TOKEN, - - OCT. 15, 1917. 13

Apropos of women’s presence in orders What is Truth ? has perished from the earth. I see a world which have formerly been restricted to The question asked by Pilate—What is without a slave. Man at last is free. Na­ men, one recalls the Hon. Mrs. Aidworth, Truth?—has been asked by men throughout ture’s forces have by science been enslaved. the only woman Free Mason. At Done­ the ages. Some have asked with a sneer, Lightning and light, wind and wave, frost raile, a beautiful country seat of Ireland, some have asked with fear and trembling, and flame, and all the secret subtle powers where Sir William St. Leger, Lord Presi­ some have asked with hope in their hearts, of earth and air are the tireless toilers for dent of Munster, in the reign of Elizabeth, some have asked with faith; but, all of these the human race. held his court, a meeting of Free Masons have asked in vain. I see a world at peace adorned with every was once to take place, so the story goes. Truth may be apprehended but cannot be form of art, with music’s myriad voices Mistress Betty St. Leger, afterwards the discovered, nor can it be found by those who thrilled, while lips are rich with words of Hon. Mrs. Aldworth, being carried away by do not put forth the individual effort, need­ love and truth; a world in which no exile feminine curiosity concerning the proceed­ ful, "by adding to faith virtue; and to vir­ sighs, no prisoner mourns; a world in which ings, hid herself in an adjoining room, tue knowledge; and to knowledge temper­ the gibbet’s shadow does not fall; a world where, with a pair of scissors, she drilled a ance; and to temperance patience; and to where labor reaps its full reward; where hole in the wall and saw and heard the first patience godliness; and to godliness broth­ work and worth go hand in hand; where two degrees in Masonry worked. Merely erly kindness; and to brotherly kindness the poor girl in trying to win bread with the for the purpose of safeguarding their se­ charity.” needle—the needle that has been called " the crets, the Masons initiated this lady into the Truth is the Cornerstone of Character. asp for the breast of the poor”—is not degrees she had seen and heard, and for Truth is that Vital Principle in Nature op­ driven to the desperate choice of crime or many years she was a respected, active posed to Error. Truth is the enduring, death, of suicide or shame. member. — [Christian Science Monitor.] eternal foundation upon which all Construc­ I see a world without the beggar’s out­ tive Superstructures must be built. Truth stretched palm, the miser’s heartless, stony Loyalty to Country. is the one unchangeable Standard of Com­ stare, the piteous wail of want, the livid lips Loyalty to country in sentiment and ser­ parison to which everything must be brought of lies, the cruel eyes of scorn. vice seems to us so natural that it is almost for trial, test and proof. Truth is man’s I see a race without disease of flesh or impossible to believe that any who enjoy its conception of the eternal verities. brain—shapely and fair, the married har­ protection can feel or act otherwise, asserts Only those who Hope that Truth is a mony of form and function—and, as I look, the New England Craftsman. In ordinary reality, who have Faith, or a Reasonable life lengthens, joy deepens, love canopies times and with peaceable surroundings the Expectation that IT may be apprehended, the earth; and over all in the great dome, world moves so smoothly that we do not who Ask and Seek and Do, making the in­ shines the eternal star of human hope. stop to think whether or not we are loyal to dividual effort, who live the life fraternal, —[Robert G. Ingersoll.] our country any more than when we are in who do as they would be done by; only health do we inquire if our heart is beating these may find Truth.—[Tomahawk.] Is Freemasonry Declining? regularly; but when our country is assault­ ed and the life and liberty of its people en­ Practicing the Habit of Duty. There are those who tell us that Masonry dangered then the case is different and every When King Philip of Spain tried to bribe is on the wane; that it has about fulfilled man who has a spark of honor in his soul Prince William of Orange, the Prince sent its mission, and is now adapted to the needs responds at once to the call for service. back this message: "Not for life nor wife and conditions of modern life. There are We have always advocated the principle nor children nor land would I mix in my others who say that the character of the of peaceful association of mankind; we still cup one drop of the poison of treason!” Institution has been impaired by changes of believe that in no other way can the human The King of Spain then hired an assassin to system and of administration—by innova­ family achieve its highest usefulness. A kill him. But his name and character live tions that ought not to have been allowed, large portion of the world has not yet on forever. Another example of devotion and which surely involve a loss both of reached this standard and still believes that to country is found in a soldier of the French strength and utility. And still another class might makes right. Nations controlled by army in the war of 1750. He had wandered tell us that there is not now any such attach­ this principle respect the rights of those only into the woods for a stroll, when he was am­ ment to the Craft as formerly existed, and who are inferior in martial strength. bushed by the enemy. Instantly a hundred on this allegation they formulate their pes­ Some time, it may be centuries hence, bayonets pricked his breast, and a voice simistic theories of Masonic deterioration, this principle will be replaced by sentiments whispered: " Make the least noise, and you decay and death. We take no stock in of love and good will. Men and nations are a dead man.” Without a second’s hesi­ these gloomy prophecies. Our belief is that will learn what Freemasonry has always tation he cried: "The enemy is here!” Freemasonry was never in a condition of so proclaimed that "the whole human species He fell lifeless to the ground, but twenty- much strength and prosperity as now. To­ is one family who are to aid, support and five thousand of the French army were day it gathers to itself more of the incre­ protect each other.” What comfort would saved. Devotion to duty had become so ments of power than in any former period come to the world if this truth was accept­ strong a habit that he never thought of par­ of its history, and exercises a broader and ed,—if all would believe in the "Father­ leying or pleading for his life. more potent ministry of blessing than ever hood of God and the Brotherhood of Man.” Giving one’s self to truth and righteous- betore.—[The Freemason.] Until the dawn of that glorious day we ness, whether it be in the direction of na­ must protect our rights by a united front. If tional preservation, social benefit, moral re­ Masons in Russia. forced to fight we will face the foe with "un­ form, or the salvation of mankind, makes Under the regime of the Czar no secret doubted courage and compassion joined” heroic characters that will never die. societies of any sort were permitted to exist and trusting in the righteousness of our own —[Christian Herald.] and lodge night was a pleasure unknown to cause, without desire for vengeance, but Russians. It has developed there are some with a firm purpose to win the right, each “ Poetry of my Faith.” 10,000 Masons in Russia who held lodge will pledge himself anew to serve and save The future rises before me—I see a world meetings behind guarded doors. Steps are our country’s cause.—[Masonic Voice-lie, where thrones have crumbled and where being taken to form a national organization. view.] kings are dust. The aristocracy of idleness —[Masonic Monthly.] 14 MASONIC TOKEN OCT. 15, 1917.

The Place Called Home. which meant the destruction of all Amer­ be the means of world-wide peace and unity ican institutions. and a revelation of the work of the Great

Where burns the lov’d hearth brightest, When we finally recognized that Germany Universal Master Builder.” Cheering the social breast? was waging war upon us we had seen more Thus writes a brother from Minneapolis, Where beats the fond heart lightest, Its humble hopes possess’d? than 225 Americans, among them many who sees in this " new Masonry” to be an Where is the smile of sadness. Of meek-eyed Patience born, women and children, killed by German sub­ emphasis of man’s duty to man above all Worth more than those of gladness other earthly things. Which Mirth’s bright cheek adorn— marines; hospital ships had been sunk and Pleasure is marked by fleetness, unfortified towns bad been bombed and No, brother, we are not surprised that To those whoever roam; While grief itself has sweetness bombarded. Medals had been struck in you have found it. We only wonder and At Home—dear Home. —[John Howard Payne.} honor of the sinking of the Lusitania, the keep on wondering why so few search for murderous act by which so many of our it. It’s easy to find from the directions Premiums.—Any brother who will pro­ men, women and children, lost their lives. given. But aren’t you a bit excited over cure subscribers for us, remitting not less German officials had treated the United what you suppose to be a "new Freema­ than $1 at a time, may retain one-fourth of States, a neutral nation, as an enemy. sonry? ” Look again and you will discover the money for his services. Those who Strikes were organized in this country, not a new Freemasonry, but the old Free­ wish to assist us, without caring for the plants were blown up, pro-German publica­ masonry from which the cobwebs have been premium, can gratify some indigent brother tions were founded and subsidized, and ha­ brushed and the rubbish removed. It has by sending him a paper free. It is better tred of America was systematically sought always been there for us to see—if we to take subscriptions for two years. to be inculcated among our foreign-born in­ would. It just looks new to you because habitants. Every effort was made to in­ you found that key like Pythagoras. •J^^The following lodges pay $1, $2 or $4 volve us in trouble with Japan and Mexico. —[Light.] a year, receiving 11, 22 and 44 copies of the Our repeated protests were met with prom­ Token respectively, to distribute to the mem­ ises and explanations which were little bet­ In a recent issue of the Masonic Chron­ bers who are promptest in attendance: ter than insults. icler is the statement that Masons constitute Copies more than 80 per cent, of the Thirteenth St. Andrew’s, Bangor, 22 The Imperial German Government finally Temple, Westbrook, 11 proclaimed the unrestricted destruction of Engineers’ Corps, which left Chicago re­ Hancock, Castine, 11 neutral ships upon the high seas. It was cently and has arrived in France. Captain Ira Berry, Bluehill, 22 the notification to the United States that Walsh and his Illinois Central Company of Rising Virtue, Bangor, 22 Memphis boys are in this corps, and a large Kenduskeag, Kenduskeag, 11 our people were no longer sovereign, and Ira Berry Chapter, Pittsfield, 22 that if they would sail the seas in safety we number of the Memphians are Masons. The Pioneer Lodge, Ashland, 11 must conform to conditions laid down by a Chronicler says: "This is but further evi­ Lincoln Lodge, Wiscasset, 44 dence of the readiness of members of the St. Aspinquid Lodge, York Village, 11 Government that defied international law, Olive Branch Lodge, Charleston, 11 humanity, and elemental morality. craft to voluntarily enlist in the service of Hiram Lodge, South Portland, 11 A policy of terrorism has been systemat­ their country. The corps is composed large­ Casco Lodge, Yarmouth, 11 ly of recruits from the working forces of McKinley Lodge, McKinley, 11 ically applied by the Imperial German Gov­ Somerset, Skowhegan, 11 ernment since the outbreak of the European four great railroads entering Chicago, and this splendid body of stalwart men has set What lodge shall be next added ? war. Treaties that stood in the way of Ger­ man militaristic plans have been disregarded, a mark for others. Their getaway was Masonry may be rightly defined as the women and children have been treated with marked by an ovation that well showed science of right living, and right living indescribable brutality, the noblest works of Chicago’s appreciation. This contingent of means service to God and your fellow men. art have been destroyed, and prisoners have the American army contains so many Ma­ Already the world is beginning to recover been abused and maltreated and civilian sons that efforts are being made to obtain from its money-mad craze. Men are com­ populations massacred and deported. permission to form a military lodge, which mencing to realize that the possession of This is why America has gone into this will permit of the degrees being conferred great wealth does not bring that content­ war in defense of ilmerican honor and in France upon brethren who may have been ment and peace of mind which is the great­ American rights. To. have done anything elected in their home jurisdiction.”—[Ma­ est fortune any man can possess. Man’s else would have been to surrender our sov­ sonic Monthly.] mission upon earth is one of service. This ereignty, and we would have been forced is the lesson that Freemasonry has been try­ in the end to fight a conscienceless and ra­ Charity. ing to impress through all these years. The pacious military autocracy—an autocracy Charity is the brightest jewel in the Ma­ true Mason will so live that when he reaches which is in this war avowedly for indem­ sonic crown. Charity is the Corinthian the summit of live he is happy in the reflec­ nities, aggrandizement, and the control of pillar, the entablature that adds strength, tion of a life well spent and the knowledge the world. Our success means that our grace and beauty to the fabric. Charity is that he has done his duty to his God, his children and our children’s children will be a radiant spark emanating from God, inex­ family, his neighbor and himself.—[Illinois able to enjoy peace. haustible love; if we attempt to eulogize its Freemason.] Buy a Liberty Bond, get behind your charms, the cooler powers of life melt into Government, and shorten this war. This ecstasy. The heart is its empire and every Why We Are At War is your fight. Our men are giving their discordant passion bows before its lenient Germany has forced America, as it has lives; you are only asked to lend your sovereignty—not the charity circumscribed forced practically the entire world, to de­ money. There should be at least one Lib­ by the narrow limits of feeding the hungry, fend itself by arms. We are fighting this erty Bond in every home. There is no bet­ clothing the naked, binding up the wounds war because Germany made war upon us. ter test of your Americanism. of the afflicted, but the grander, broader, America is a peaceful Nation; we have no nobler charity that regards all men as lust for conquest, no desire for annexation Another Brother Finds the Key. brothers; the charity that is swift of foot, of territory; we are defending ourselves "You may be surprised at my statement ready of hand in the cause of common hu­ against Germany because the Imperial Ger­ that the Lost Key is found which opens the manity; that charity that writes a brother’s man Government entered upon a program door of the new Freemasonry, which will vices in water and his virtues in enduring MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1917. 15

brass; the charity of which He who spake The press of the country seems to think In a brother’s fall we suiter loss. Let us as never man spake, was the illustrious ex­ that the unanimous approval given to the never forget if we see a brother err, our first ample.—[Edward M. S. Ehlers, 33°.] bill by the lower House of Congress is thor­ and holiest duty is to remind him of his oughly representative of the feeling of the fault, in the most tender manner, not to Our Thanks. whole country. bring charges; and endeavor to aid his re­ Iowa.—Grand Lodge June 12, 1917, from Secretary McAdoo’s comment was as fol­ turn, not to humiliate or harden him in Newton R. Parvin, Grand Secretary. John lows: vice; lift him up and throw around him the W. Barney, Cedar Rapids, Grand Master. " The unanimous passage by the House defensive armor of unobtrusive but invin­ of Representatives of the bill for the com­ cible sympathy. If our endeavors to aid KeNtucky.—Grand Commandery May- pensation and insurance of our soldiers and his return be commensurate with the im­ 16, 1917, from Alfred H. Bryant, Grand sailors is a distinct triumph for justice and portance of saving a brother, and with our Recorder. Arthur N. Richardson, Ashland, humanity. It is the most conspicuous and power and duty in the premises, the cases Grand Commander. advanced step ever taken by any nation for will be very rare in which the sad duty of Massachusetts.—Grand Council October the protection of its soldiers and sailors and expulsion will ever arise. Let us never for­ 21, 1916, from J. Gilman Waite, Grand their dependents. The prompt passage of get that the chief glory of our institution Recorder. William H. L. Odell, Dorch­ this bill by the Senate will satisfy the heart lies not in the perfection of the ritual, in ester, Grand Master. and conscience of uplifted America.” the magnificence of our temples or the cost­ MiNnesota.—Proceedings of the Masonic liness of our regalia; it lies rather and in­ Veteran Association, Alonzo J. Birming­ Short History of the First Liberty finitely more in an exalted and perfected ham, Assistant Secretary. Loan. manhood; in those unseen temples of the hu­ Grand Commandery May 16, 1917, from On the 6th day of April, 1917, a state of man heart, garnished with the solid splendors John Fishel, Grand Recorder. Alfred C. war was declared as existing between the of divine virtues, lighted and warmed with Page, Grand Commander. United States and Germany. Secretary of an unquenchable love.—[Missouri Freema­ MissouRi.—Grand Commandery May 22, the Treasury McAdoo immediately advised son.] Congress of the financial necessities of the 1917, from Robert F. Stevenson, Grand Re­ The Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine country, and on the 24th of April the great­ corder. William K. Davis, Grand Coin- has decided that one who is a member of est bond bill in the history of the United mander. either a Commandery of Knights Templar States and one of the greatest of the world NeuRaska.—Grand Lodge June 5, 6, or of a Consistory of the Scottish Rite and was passed by a practically unanimous vote 1917, from Francis E. White, Grand Secre­ permits himself to be deprived of his mem­ by both Houses of Congress. The law au­ tary. Frederick L. Temple, Lexington, bership by non-payment of dues or other thorized the issue of §5,000,000,000 in bonds Grand Master. act on his part, is not, by becoming a mem­ and §2,000,000,000 in certificates of indebt­ North Dakota.—Grand Lodge, June 19, ber of the other body, eligible to mem ber- edness. On the 2d day of May it was an­ 20, 1917, from Walter L. Stockwell, Grand ship in the Mystic Shrine.—[Virginia Ma­ nounced that the first bond issue was to be Secretary. William J. Reynolds, West­ sonic Journal.] for §2,000,000,000 and the entire issue was hope, Grand Master. named the Liberty Loan of 1917. On the After you believe you are quite sure that PENNSYLVANIA—Grand Lodge December 14th day of May the details of the bonds you are right, keep in mind the possibility 6, 1916, from Julius F. Sachse, Grand Li­ were made public and subscriptions formally that you may be proved wrong.—[Albany brarian. Louis A. Watres, Grand Master. invited. The campaign opened on the 15th Journal.] United States. Mystic Shrine. June day of May and closed on the 15th day of The Grand Lodge of Louisiana will issue 26, 27, 1917, at Minneapolis, Minn. Pro­ June with the result that over 4,000,000 war service cards, free of cost, to all Master ceedings with Constitution and By-Laws, American citizens of every section, race, Masons of that state called to the front. from Benjamin W. Rowell, Boston, Imp. class, and condition subscribed to Liberty The cards are issued through the secretaries Recorder. Charles E. Ovenshire, Minne­ Loan Bonds and the aggregate amount of of the local lodges. This attitude on the part of the Grand Lodge is indeed com­ apolis, Imp. Potentate. their subscriptions was well over §3,000,- mendable. 000,000. GRAND Imperial Council, Red Cross No good Mason will take the name of God The four great outstanding features of the of Constantine, from George W. Warvelle, in vain, neither will he use violent or abu­ Chicago, Ill., Grand Recorder. Judson first Liberty Loan have been said to be the sive language. Brenner, Youngston, Ohio, Grand Sov­ promptness with which the issue was ar­ DIED. ereign. ranged and disposed of, the patriotism, earnestness and efficiency which marked CHARLES I. RIGGS, in Portland, Aug. 30, aged Sol

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