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WHEREBY ONE BROTHER MAY KNOW ANOTHER.

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Schools of Instruction. Published quarterly by Stephen Berry Co., Bond, m; J Harold Mitchell, sw; Eugene E Libby, jw; Harold C Moulton, sec. Two Schools of Instruction for lodge work No. 37 Plum Street, Portland, Maine Wilton, 150, Wilton. Charles W Shar­ have been held, one at Newport, Oct. 5th, Twelve cts. per year in advance. key, m; Charles A Comins, sw; William L and one at Bridgton, Oct. l2th. Hopp, jw; Fred E Trefethen, sec. The third will be held at Augusta, Wed., Established March, 1867. - - 49th Year. Whitney, 167, Canton. Caleb E Men- dall, m; Almon L Poland, sw; George M Oct. 20th, under the eye of the Grand Mas­ Advertisements $4.00 per inch, or $3.00 for Rose, jw; Alphonso F Russell, Jr., sec. ter. half an inch for one year. Vassalboro, 54, North Vassalboro. Geo The chapter school or schools have not No advertisement received unless the advertiser, L Hunt, m; Merle R Wyman, sw; Elton B yet been appointed, but may soon be ex- or some member of the firm, is a Freemason in Ayer, jw; James T Staples, sec. good standing. pected. Chapter Elections. Rt. Rev. Bishop Robert Codman was Gr. When the Tide is Low. Teconnet,52, Waterville. Roscoe J Bow­ Chaplain of the Gr. Lodge of Maine in ler, hp; Herbert M Fuller, k; S Parker 1900. Some time at eve, when the tide is low, Foss, sc; Charles B Davis, sec. I shall slip my moorings and sail away, Cushnoc, 43, Augusta. Albert M Pin­ Castine Masonic Club. With no response to a friendly hail gree, hp; Louville W Whitten, k; Alfred C Of kindred craft in a busy bay, A Masonic Club has been organized at In the silent hush of the twilight pale, Turner, sc; Charles R Chase, sec. When the night stoops down to embrace the day, Castine, with a charter membership of And the voices call in the waters’ flow— Commandery Elections. Some time at eve, when the tide is low, twenty-five. This Club is open to all Mas­ I shall slip my mooring and sail away Portland, 2, Portland. Convers E Leach, ter Masons in good standing. The Club Through purple shadows that darkly trail com; David E Moulton, geno; Edwin F O’er the ebbing tide of the unknown sea. has engaged quarters in one of the main I shall fare me away, with a dip of sail, Hillman, cgen; Frank W York, rec. And a ripple of waters to tell the tale buildings of the business section of the Of a lonely voyage, sailing away To mystic isles, where at anchor lay Corner-Stone. town, and plan to have a comfortable place The craft of those who have sailed before, O’er the unknown sea to the unknown shore, A special communication oe the Grand for the reception of all Masons who may A few who havfl watched me sail away chance to visit Castine. The officers are as Will miss my craft from the busy bay; Lodge will be held at Thomaston, Saturday, Some friendly barks that were anchored near, October 16th, for the purpose of laying the follows: William A. Walker, President; Some loving souls that my heart held dear, In silent sorrow will drop a tear; corner-stone of the new Municipal Building; brank Hooper, Treasurer; Arthur W. Pat­ But I shall have peacefully furled my sail In moorings sheltered from storm and gale, meeting at 10 o’clock; ceremony at 11. terson, Secretary; Trustees, George E. Par­ And greeted the friends who have sailed before ' sons, Clarence Wheeler, William J. Patter­ O’er the unknowh sea to the unknown shore. The proceedings of the Grand Chapter of son. Maine, O. E. S., for May 25 and 26, 1915, MASONRY IN PIAINE. A Masonic Club has been organized in were received from Mrs. Annette H. Hoop­ Portland which will occupy the whole fifth er, Grand Secretary, Biddeford, Oct. lst. Lodge Elections. story of the Masonic Temple. The rooms We wonder if the members of the Eastern are nearly ready, but need some more fur­ Mount Bigelow, 202, Flagstaff. Charles Star realize what an admirable and efficient Daggett, Dead River, m; Edward L Don­ nishings, and it is hoped to get under way ahue, sw; Mahlon L Sampson, Dead River, Grand Secretary they have, or if they will very soon. jw; Walter E Hines, sec. wait until they lose her to find it out. Atlantic, 81, Portland. William K Herr­ Grand Commander Littlefield has gone to mann, in; Arthur Manchester, sw; Herbert New Chapter. California where he will remain until the I Low, jw; Almon L Johnson, sec. The officers of the new chapter at Bing­ first week in December, and during his ab­ Rural, 53, Sidney. Clyde G Blake, m; ham are Wallace W. Stoddard, hp; Harold sence Deputy Grand Commander Edmund Charles S Taylor, sw; William P Marble, jw; Arthur W Hammond, R F D 7, Au­ A. Coleman, k; Samuel A. Smith, sc; Clar­ B. Mallet of Freeport will attend to the gusta, sec. ence W. Dutton, sec. duties of Grand Commander. St. Aspinquid, 198, York Village. Ed­ ------ward C Cook, m; Everett F Davis, sw; John The visiting officers of the Grand Chapter Books, Papers, etc. D Keene, jw; Samuel H Junkins, sec. met at Riverton Sept. 25th, and had an in­ The Inter-State Freemason is a very at­ Davis, 191 Strong. Charles E Richard­ structive session with the Grand Lecturer. tractive 16 page quarto, monthly, §1.50, son, m; William I Smith, sw; J Hammond published at Kansas City, Mo., by H. H. Richardson, jw; Charles B Richardson, sec. Nineteen were present, including Past Gr. Vogts. The first number begins with Sep­ Temple, 25, Winthrop. Levi D French, Officers. m; G Chase Adams, sw; Willis A French, tember like the Hebrew New Year. jw; Levi E Jones, sec. Fire. We have received from the Rotary Club Mount Abram, 204, Kingfield. Earl L On June 17th, fire destroyed the hall of of Portland, the Address of Rear-Admiral Wing, m; F Raymond Phillips, sw; Phil S Winter Harbor Lodge, and they lost every­ Robert E. Peary before that body. A most Huse, jw; Arthur C Woodard, sec. thing but their records and charter, and interesting and valuable paper. It also Asylum, 133, Wayne. Thurlow B Tar­ box, m; Frederick L Chenery, Jr., sw; Al­ those were badly damaged. Loss $1,700, contains an address by Warren C. Jefferds bert W Riggs, jw; Fred’k L Chenery, sec. insurance §400. We heard nothing of it of the Associated Press, and press com­ Day Spring, 107, West Newfield. Thos until a letter of July 26th informed us. ments. 266 MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1915.

Ciphers. rred until they reached the holy hill. When Says Grand Master Urbach, according to "We come, 0 Lord, with willing mind, theyt reached the " plot of ground that had tthe Hamburger Logenblatt: That knowledge to display; been rendered sacred ” they partook of that "At the last session of the Grand Lodge Enlighten us, by nature blind, quality of sacredness. Then to have touched cof Hamburg we were in hopes that the ter­ And glad we will obey.” them with iron would have been to defile irible war would be ended by this session. Frequently my attention has been called them.t ]But alas, up to the present time the terrible to the use of unauthorized ciphers by the Why? In general, because ritual religion tstruggle is still on. The almost endless officers and members of the craft. In some is. a conservative force and preserves old imasses of the enemy, especially in the East, cases officers maka a practice of purchasing practices and ideas long after the rest of the tagain and again seem to threaten our be­ these key-books and of furnishing them to c community has dropped them. So it kept 1loved Fatherland. Fortunately for us the candidates. This is a deplorable offence, this idea of iron being an unsacred thing, ireports have proven that the German fight­ and under no circumstances should it at any which dated back to the days when iron was ingi spirit has not been weakened. Our time be permitted. The use of ciphers is so a "new-fangled” material, that is, to some

certainly the school of builders 6,000 years George J. Roskhuge, Grand Secretary MASONIC . TOKEN, ago was well organized and very competent. of Arizona, although over 70 years old, won It even included sculptors, for statues of PORTLAND, MAINE. the cup for rifle shooting at 200 and 300 that time are of finer work than of any later yards, in Nogaldb July 5th. He made an STEPHEN BERRY CO., PUBLISHERS. work of Egypt. One of the most remark­ average of 47 out of a possible 50 at 200 able is a wooden statue, called now the yards, and 49 at 300. Ten Years in a Volume. wooden Man of Boulak, and by the natives the Sheikh-il-Bellid, because they think it We wonder what;becomes of all the mailed ESTABLISHED MARCH, 1867. looks like the Village Chief. It looks like parcels which never arrive at their destina­ 49th Yeae. a man of the people, yet it was found with tion though properly addressed. There must Volume 5 commenced July 15, 1907. the statues of royalty. It seems to fit our be a mountain of them accumulated some­ idea of Hiram Abiff who lived 3,000 years where, judging from the number of ours missing. Even an 8 x 11 inch envelope with MAINE MASONIC TEXT BOOK. later “ Though poor he was, with Kings he trod.” address printed in type % of an inch high By Josiah H. Dkummond, P. G. M. Was he a chief architect, and a prototype and paid full letter postage, will go astray and never be found. Sixth Edition, of Hiram? Or does the legend hark back to an earlier day than that of Solomon? Revised by HERBERT HarRis, P. S. G. W. German Grand Lodges have severed re­ But the most significant thing connected lations with Italian Masonry on account of with Memphis is that their supreme god A new edition, bringing the decisions up to their attitude towards Germany. 1910, and incorporating them in the Digest. was Ptah, the father of the gods, and the The first part is unchanged, but all after "Architect of the World.” Can we realize The General Grand Council page 252 has been reset, including the in­ that 6,000 years ago the builders were as held its 12th Triennial Assembly at San dex, so that it is the most convenient way skillful and better organized than to-day, Francisco Sept, lst, and Maine was repre­ to study the law. and that they worshiped the Supreme Arch- sented by Grand Master Charles B. Davis, In leather tuck, $1.50 tect of the Universe? and Wallace N. Price (G. H. P.) In cloth for library, 1.40 The following officers were elected: General Grand Lodge. Edward W. Wellington, Ellsworth, Kansas, Sent postpaid on receipt of price. Fifty years ago Maine was the great Gen. Gr. Master. champion of a General Grand Lodge, the George A. Newell, Medina, N. Y., Gen. Gr. STEPHEN BERRY CO., Publishers, Deputy Master. Rev. Cyril Pearl, Chairman of the Commit­ 37 Plum Street, Portland, Maine. William F. Cleveland, Harlan, Iowa, Gen. tee on Foreign Correspondence, giving much Gr. P. C. of Work. space to arguing for it. But Bro. Drum­ Thomas E. Shears, Denver, Col., Gen. Gr. Any lodge officer or member of the Grand mond quickly and wisely changed all that Treasurer. Lodge can obtain a copy of the Constitution Henry W. Mordhurst, Fort Wayne, Ind., when he took his place at the round table. Gen. Gr. Recorder. by remitting the postage, a three cent stamp, The restraints put upon us by the Grand Fay Hempstead, Little Rock, Ark., Gen. to the Grand Secretary. Encampment have shown us what we should Gr. Capt. of Guard. Joseph C. Greenfield,' Atlanta, Ga., Gen. Any member of the Grand Chapter, Coun- have to submit to if we had sacrificed our Gr. Conductor of Council. cil or Commandery can obtain the Constitu­ independence to a General Grand Lodge, Bert S. Lee, Springfield, Mo., Gen. Gr. tions of those bodies in the same way. and we think Maine will ever refuse to be­ Marshal. O. Frank Hart, Columbia, S. C., Gen. Gr. come a subordinate. To have a central gov­ Steward. 2^="Secretaries should instantly report ernment there must always be sacrifices and The 13th Triennial will be held in Wash­ the election of officers, if they have not only the necessity of mutual defence war­ ington, D. C., in 1918, the time to be fixed done so, that communications, &c., may rants it. by the General Grand Officers. be sent to the proper addresses. Past Grand Master Edmund B. Mallet General Grund Chapter. Suprcme Architect. must have a fine collection of asters in his The 36th Triennial was held in San Fran­ One of the oldest cities of the world was garden at Freeport, for h’e brought us to cisco Sept, lst, and Maine was represented Memphis, whose foundations were laid by ornament the Grand Lodge office Sept. 4th, by G. H. P. Wallace N. Price and P. G. H. Mena, the first King of Egypt, 6000 years a beautiful bouquet of many colors. P. Charles B. Davis. ago. There were skilled architects in those We do not find from the published re­ We judge that Isaac Cutter, Grand Sec­ days as is testified by their work, and the ports that any business of importance was retary, of Illinois, is a grandfather, from a nobles of the highest position entered their transacted except the election of officers, card received announcing the arrival of ranks. When the great pyramid was built which was as follows : Mary Catherine Boger at his home August by Khufu we can be assured that an experi­ George E. Corson, Washington, D. C., Gen. 13th. We congratulate him. enced body of builders were employed in Gr. High Priest. Frederick W. Craig, Des Moines, Iowa, addition to the thousands of common la­ St. John’s Day in Kentucky netted $8,000 Dep. Gen. Gr. High Priest. borers, for the planning and placing of the for the Masonic Home. The cynical remark William F. Kuhn, Kansas City, Mo., Gen. Gr. King. pyramid required great skill, the construc­ of a New York lawyer that in this country Bestor G. Brown, Topeka, Kansas, Gen. tion and fitting an almost equal knowledge, a man can get all the justice he is able to Gr. Scribe. and the quarrying and polishing of the hard pay for, will apply to Masonry in those Thomas J. Shryock, Baltimore, Md., Gen. granite covering much manual skill. We states where there is a Masonic Home. Gr. Treasurer. Charles A. Conover, Coldwater, Mich., Gen. know that builders of great skill flourished They can get all the Masonry they are able Gr. Secretary. in ancient days for it has long been the to pay for. Charles N. Rix, Hot Springs, Ark., Gen. wonder of travelers how stones of such size Gr. Captain of Host. as are found at Baalhec and elsewhere Imperial Potentate J. Putnam Stevens J. Albert Blake, Boston, Mass., Gen. Gr. Prin. Sojourner. could have been raised and placed. Whether visited the Shrine in Saginaw, Mich., Sept. Henry Banks, La. Grange, Ga., Gen. Gr. they antedated Memphis is not known, but 17th, and had a great reception there. Royal Arch Captain. MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1915. 269

Henry DeWitt Hamilton, New York, N. Y., own Grand Officers when they need them. Lodge for forty years, had held many im­ Gen. Gr. Master 3d Vail. A man in another state wishing to trace portant positions, and was Gr. Represent­ Charles C. Davis, Centralia, Ill., Gen. Gr. Master 2d Vail. a man thinks he may have been a mason ative of Michigan. Leon T. Leach, Indianapolis, la., Gen. Gr. and has no hesitation in asking us to find if In the Gr. Chapter be was Gr. Represent­ Master 1st Vail. he ever belonged to any Maine lodge. As ative of Nebraska. G. G. H. P. Corson is a native of Maine we have 205 lodges this would cost us $200 In the Gr. Council be was Gr. Master in and an able and excellent officer. and perhaps his fee would gain him $25. 1877 and 1878, and was Gr. Representative The 37th Triennial will be held in Wash­ The beggars for free service are the most of New Hampshire. ington, D. C., in 1918, at a time to be fixed unblusning of all, but the tribe is numerous. He was a permanent member of the Gr. by the Grand Officers. Commandery as the Senior Past Command­ Five thousand dollars were voted to the The Northern Supreme Couneil er of Lewiston Commandery, and was Gr. War Relief. met in Boston Sept. 21st, 22d and 23d, Bar­ Representative of Oregon. Obituaries. ton Smith of Toledo, Ohio, Sov. Gr. Com., In the Scottish Rite he received the 33d JoiiN Y. Murry, Grand Master of Missis­ presiding. degree in 1894. sippi in, 1876 and 1877, died in Ripley July The principal officers were re-elected. He was buried from his home on Oct. 12th, aged 86. He was born in Tennessee The next meeting will be at Pittsburg. 10th, by the Grand Lodge, Grand Master May 6, 1829, and was a physician. He was 6,454 had received the 32° during the Thomas H. Bodge officiating, with many of a Captain in the Confederate Army, and year, and the total membership is 82,773. tbe Grand Officers present. The procession later held several civil offices. Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, who was escorted by Lewiston Commandery. MaRtiN Wm. Kales, P. G. M. and P. G. is an active member from Indiana, was H. P. of Arizona, died in Oakland, Cal., present. Summer Visitors. July 14th. Born in Coventry, N. Y., June 79 candidates received the 33°. Bro. William Ross from Philadelphia is 6, 1845. Grand Representative of the Gr. Thursday afternoon there was an excur­ spending some summer days in Portland, Lodge of Maine. sion down the bay and a shore dinner at where he is always welcomed. Nantasket at which 650 were present. FraNCis A. Shaw, P. G. M. and P. G. The genial Templar Correspondent and The candidates from Maine who received H. P. of Arizona, died in Phoenix April Grand Secretary of New Jersey, Dr. Peter the 33° were Harry W. Libbey and Geo. W. 10th. Born in Tennessee April 27, 1832. McGill, called July 24tb, having come with Freeland of Bangor, and Ralph W. Crock­ Charles J. Phelps, P. G. M., P. G. H. the Naval Reserve in the Vixen on a cruise. ett of Lewiston. P. and P. G. M. of Gr. Council of Nebraska, He says the U. S. Marine Hospital at Port­ Frederick W. Plaisted of Augusta and died in Schuyler Aug. 24th. Born in West land ranks high. Harry R. Virgin of Portland were elected Hartford, Conn., Sept. 13, 1839. to receive the degree next year. Don A. Stone of Burlington, Vt., P. G. William H. MuNGER, P. H. P. of Ne­ H. P., etc., called Aug. 10th. He was on braska, died in Omaha Aug. 11th. Born an automobile trip and went hence to Po­ KeNtucky WORK. The Grand Master of in Bergen, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1845. Kentucky complains that many varieties of land Springs. Albert W. Chites, P. G. M. and P. G. work are used in that jurisdiction. Sixty Bro. Charles P. Sparkman, 33°, of Patter­ H. P. of Nebraska, died in Chadron Aug. years ago Rob Morris got up the Conserva­ son, N. J., called, with his wife, Sept. 17th. 23d. Born in Waterford, Wis., May 12, tor’s Society to introduce the Kentucky He was on his way to the meeting of the 1848. Work into all Grand Lodges, and got soundly Supreme Council. George F. LodeR, Gr. Com. of N. York abused for proposing a secret association for George B. Wheeler of Eau Claire, Wis., in 1891, died in Rochester Aug. 8th. Born such a purpose. That work was said to be called Sept. 27th. He was a graduate of in Irondequoit Sept. 21, 1842. the Vermont ritual and to be very pure and Bowdoin, was in the Portland Advertiser correct. It is strange that Kentucky, hav­ Charles W. Mead, Gr. Master of New office 35 years ago, and is now President of York in 1900, died at Albany Sept. 28th, ing so good a thing, should not be able to a bank in Eau Claire, and Representative aged 71. keep it. of the Grand Lodge of Maine.

Receivers. The Masonic Relief Association of the U. The Sleepy Song. The receiver thinks that on account of his S. and Canada at Indianapolis Oct. 5th, were guests of the Grand Lodge and of the exceeding beauty he should receive free any­ As soon as the fire burns red and low, thing be asks for. He never encloses stamps local Relief Association. And the house up-stairs is still, She sings me a queer little sleepy song, for postage or reply. He thinks the priv­ Of sheep that go over the hill.

ilege of supplying him is worth the expense A great gathering Oct. 6th in New York The good little sheep run quick and soft, of transportation. Lodge Libraries have, celebrated the anniversary of Edward M. L. Their colors are gray and white; They follow their leader nose to tail, perhaps, the best excuse for begging, and Ehlers, Grand Secretary’s connection with For they must be home by night.

the late Bro. Upton of Washington, the the craft. And one slips over and one comes next, champion of Negro Masonry, said that if And one runs after behind, Fessenden Irving Day, The gray one’s nose at the white one’s tail, the lodge put in the shelving the least the The top of the hill they find. Grand Master in 1883 and 1884, died in Lew- Grand Secretaries could do would "be to fill And when they get to the top of the hill them. If that were admitted Grand Lodges iston Oct. 6tb, aged 78 years. For half a They quietly slip away, But one runs over and one comes next, would have to get out extra editions of ten century he had been a successful business Their colors are white and gray. thousand copies to supply the American man in Lewiston, and was an honored and And over they go and over they go lodges at a cost of $5,000 a year. valued citizen. And over the top of the hill, The good little sheep run quick and soft, When a Grand Lecturer suggests that on He was born in Durham Nov. 26, 1837, And the house up-stairs is still. account of his position he should be pleased and served his City of Lewiston as Alder­ And one slips‘over and one comes next, to receive a copy of our Monitor, we tell man. He left a wife, two sons and two The good little, gray little sheep! I watch how the fire burns red and low, him that on receipt of $1.50 we shall be daughters. And she says that I fall asleep. —[Josephine Dodge Daskam.} pleased to send one, just as we do to our He had been a useful member of the Gr. 270 MASONIC TOKEN OCT. 15, 1915.

September. “A Good Rule.’’ love and law might be embodied in our char- By G. L. Morrill. racter of word, thought and speech. This Walter Scott describes an enthusiastic it is which dignifies childhood, ennobles The door upon its hinges swings: antiquarian cleaning out and making new Across its portal, summer brings womanhood, gladdens and makes godly The last of all its train. the faded inscriptions of tombstones which The ripened harvests gathered in, manhood. The same yesterday, to-day and The fields lie bare where late have been the hurrying feet of business men and pleas­ The shocks of golden grain. forever. He has taught us God’s Father­ ure-seekers had defaced. It is time we get hood, and man’s Brotherhood, freed the And where the long lush meadow grass on our knees to decipher and deepen the Bent low to let the wild winds pass slave, elevated woman, purified morals, In maddest revelry, obscure letters of Christ’s name in history’s Now, stript of all its raiment green, created liberty and made humanity a grow­ No more the waving field is seen highway, though we be jostled and jeered at ing force in private, civil and political life. A deep and billowy sea. by people who are applying earthly theories Jesus is God’s ideal of a man and He not Wild asters gem the meadow land, instead of heaven’s law for human conduct. Afar, by lonely breezes fanned only shows us the example of a good life In some forgotten dell. The dark of heathenism and dawn of Ju- but gives us the power to become sons and The goldenrod with plumes so bright, daism gave way to the day of Christianity Swaying and swinging in the light, daughters of the heavenly family. Good­ To summer waves farewell. when the Sun of Righteousness rose with ness works from within outwardly. The Queen of the months! In royal dress healing in its beams. In Jesus the human only cure for the sin, shame and scandal of Fit type of Nature’s plenteousness and divine were in conjunction like two Thy flaming banners fling. private and public life is an individual The rusting corn, the noddling grain planets and shed a blended splendor upon Have echoed long the same refrain “ clean heart.” And all thy praises sing. our world. —[Isabelle G. Mabey.\ There is an old legend that the Sirens His character by friend and foe alike is sang so sweetly that all who sailed near attested to be sinless. His course proves Premiums.—Any brother who will pro­ their shore were drawn upon the rocks and him to be the center of all mental, moral cure subscribers for us, remitting not less destroyed. Some of the sailors tried to get and material development. Candid, critical than $1 at a time, may retain one-fourth of by the enchanted spot by putting wax in study of Christ has led the world to conclude the money for his services. Those who their ears so they might be deaf to the luring that He is matchless on earth and unsur­ wish to assist us, without caring for the strains. When Orpheus came he betterdid* passed in heaven. He came when the world premium, can gratify some indigent brother by making music of bis own which was so was "effete with the drunkenness of crime.” by sending him a paper free. It is better much sweeter than the song of the Sirens He broke the faces of the Roman lictors, to take subscriptions for two years. that their seductive strains were powerless closed the doors of Grecian philosophy and over him and his companions. with His pierced palms lifted earth towards The best way to break the charm of this frj^The following lodges pay $1, $2 or $4 heaven. a year, receiving 11, 22 and 44 copies of the world’s sinful music is not to attempt to Socrates argued, Plato philosophized and shut it out by stopping up our ears but to Token respectively, to distribute to the mem­ the world’s great men dreamed that mental have our hearts so full of the sweeter music bers who are promptest in attendance: processes and laws could save humanity. Copie of Christian joy that everything else is dis­ But Jesus came to save us from the evil St. Andrew’s, Bangor, 22 tracted discord.—[Masonic Observer.'] Temple, Westbrook, 11 that dwells in us and in this unexplored Hancock, Castine, 11 field His mission to earth was new and The Craft in India. Ira Berry, Bluehill, 22 alone. “Four years ago,” says a writer in the Rising Virtue, Bangor, 22 Kenduskeag, Kenduskeag, 11 The sublimity of Christ’s career is meas­ Masonic Review, " I was the honored guest Ira Berry Chapter, Pittsfield, 22 ured by the nature and depth of human of a Masonic Lodge meeting in the third Pioneer Lodge, Ashland, 11 weakness and guilt. Jesus lived, spoke and degree in the great Temple at Calcutta. Lincoln Lodge, Wiscasset, 44 died that the world might reach towards a St. Aspinquid Lodge, York Village, 11 There were about 150 Masons present, men Olive Branch Lodge, Charleston, 11 perfection of purity, peace and praise. The of almost every nationality and creed. The Hiram Lodge, South Portland, 11 only thing which can transform character, M. M. was conferred on three Fellow Crafts Casco Lodge, Yarmouth, 11 sweeten society and lighten labor’s burden Somerset Lodge. Skowhegan, 11 before the same altar. One was a Christian, McKinley Lodge, McKinley, 11 is the love of the father translated to us who took his obligation on the Bible; one through the life of his Son. What lodge shall be next added ? was a Mohammedan, who took his obligation No new or adequate thing can be said of on the Koran; the other a Hindoo, who took this highest crowned teacher of God to man. Chaplain Smith Given Farewell Re­ it on the Shastros. The oath was adminis­ ception. The historian, poet, artist, composer and tered by an English Lord, a Judge of the orator have vainly tried to portray His hu­ At the meeting of Hiram Lodge of Masons Supreme Court, and he was assisted by the man face and divine life. of South Portland Oct. 12th, an informal re­ Grand Secretary, my friend, a Parsee and In Jesus is found not only antiquity, ception was tendered Chaplain Samuel J. follower of Zoroaster. There Masonry is greatness, beauty and grande ur but match­ Smith of the Portland coast defences, who seen and felt. There it is now what it was leaves Oct. 14th for his new station in Flor­ less and exbaustless help for man’s daily in Europe during the dark ages. There no ida. William A. Seaford, on behalf of the need' in business, society and pleasure. one thinks it trifling or useless. lodge, presented to Chaplain--Smith a beau­ Christ is not one of many Saviours, but These men in India are the learned, the tiful chaplain’s jewel, and an original poem "the way, the truth, the life.” He is to be influential men. They do not renounce accepted not simply historically as born was read by Josiah F. Cobb. Chaplain their religions, but they meet before the Smith was deeply touched by the presenta­ twenty centuries ago; theologically, as the masonic altar on bended knee, before the tion and in response gave to the lodge the teacher of jnew doctrine; sentimentally, as great Architect of the Universe, and hand shield and spears of a Moro bandit captured bringing "sweetness and light” to poetry, in hand they walk about in their quiet, in the Philippines while he was stationed music, painting, architecture and ritualistic daily avocations, among Asia’a teeming mil­ there. There was a pleasing program of worship; but savingly, as One who can free lions, sowing the seed and setting the ex­ vocal and instrumental music, Henry Jack- us from the power and practice of sin here ample, from high to low, of masonic teach­ son of Portland Lodge being the soloist, and with reward of heaven hereafter. ings and masonic lives. Who can calculate a delicious luncheon was served.—[Press.] Christ came to earth that heaven’s life, its influence. MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1915. 271

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