OCT 1913 MASONIC TOKEN. WHEREBY ONE BROTHER MAY KNOW ANOTHER. VOLUME 5. PORTLAND, ME., OCT. 15, 1913. Nq. 26. GRAND ChapteR.—The visiting officers Published quarterly by Stephen Berry Co., Rural, 53, Sidney. Edmund P Williams, m; Clyde G Blake, sw; Charles S Taylor, of the Grand Chapter held their annual con­ No. 37 Plum Street, Portland, Maine. jw; Arthur W Hammond, R F D 7, Au­ ference at Riverton October lst and had an gusta, sec. Twelve cts. per year in advance. instructive and interesting session as well Mt. Abram, 204, Kingfield. Sumner J as a pleasant meeting. Established March, 1867. - - 47th Year. Wyman, m; G Dane Vose, sw; Earl L Wing, jw; Arthur C Woodard, sec. A School of Instruction will be called Advertisements $4.00 per inch, or $3.00 for Asylum, 133, Wayne. Horatio G Foss, some time in November to meet in some cen­ half an inch for one year. in; Thurlow B/Parbox, sw; Albert W Riggs, tral locality, probably in the Kennebec Val­ No advertisement received unless the advertiser, jw; Frederick L Chenery, sec. or some member of the firm, is a Freemason in ley. ___________________ Mount Bigelow, 202, Flagstaff. Maurice good standing. Sampson, Stratton, m; Edward L Dona­ New Lodge. hue, sw; Edgar S Jones, Stratton, jw; Wal­ On October 6th Grand Master Spofford The Day is Done. ter E Hinds, sec. issued a dispensation to 31 brethren for a Nezinscot, 101, Turner. Fred S Irish, The day is done, and the darkness m; Edward L Haskell, sw; Royal W Brad­ new lodge at Rangeley to be called Keman- Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward ford, jw; Donald C Prince, sec. keag Lodge, with the following officers : From an eagle in his flight. Day Spring, 107, West Newfield. John Eugene I. Herrick, Master. I see the lights of the village Smith, m; Oliver F Hammond, sw; Ray G Fred B. Colby, Sen. Warden. Gleam through the rain and the mist, Davis, jw; Harold C Moulton, sec. And a feeling of sadness comes o’er me, Sylvader Hinkley, Jun. Warden. That my soul can not resist. Chapter Elections. Charles L. Harnden, Sec. A feeling of sadness and longing That is not akin to pain. Lebanon, 18, Gardiner. Archie D Buker, And resembles sorrow only FiRE.—A fire in North Anson August As the mist resembles the rain. hp; Austin L Jenks, k; Arthur E Smith, sc; Harry E Larrabee, sec. 19th at 3 A. m., destroyed every store and Come, read to me some poem. Some simple and heartfelt lay, Teconnet, 52, Waterville. Herbert B office building in the village, and some That shall soothe this restless feeling Holland, hp; Everett C Wardwell, k; Ros­ dwellings, 25 buildings in all. Among them And banish the thoughts of day. coe J Bowler, sc; Charles B Davis, sec. was the masonic building owned by North­ Not from the grand old maste.s, Not from the bards sublime; ern Star Lodge, valued at $7,000 and in­ Commandeiy Elections. Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of time; sured for $2,500. The hall and contents Portland, 2, Portland. Fred G Hamil­ For like strains of martial music ton, com; Convers E Leach, gen; David E were burned. The masons lose about $7,000. Their mighty thoughts suggest Moulton, c gen; Frank W. York, rec. The charter was saved in a damaged con­ Life’s endless toil and endeavor; And to-night 1 long for lest. St. Omer, 12, Waterville. John H Bur­ dition. leigh, com; Clarence B Walker, gen; Eu­ Read from some humble poet, Templars. Whose songs gushed from his heart, gene C Herring, c gen; Chas B Davis, rec. As showers from the clouds of summer, St. Alban Commandery left for Canada Or tears from the eyelids start; St. Ainand, 20, Kennebunk. Charles H Lucas, com; George II Tarbox, Kennebunk­ August 29th, and returned September 2d, Who, through long days of labor, port, gen; Frank E Fleming, Sanford, c gen; And nights devoid of ease. very happy. There were about 200 in the Still heard in his soul the music John H Cooper, rec. Of wonderful melodies. party. Such songs have power to quiet Portland Commandery left for Atlantic The restless pulse of care Lodges of Instruction. City and Washington August 30th, and re­ And come like the benediction Will be held That follojvs after prayer. turned September 5th. Then read from the treasured volume At Fresque Isle, Wednesday, October 22, The poem of thy choice, 1913, at 10 o’clock A. m. And lend to the rhyme of the poet Shrine in Canal Zone. The beauty of thy voice. At Guilford, Wednesday, October 29, 1913, J. Putnam Stevens, Imperial Chief Rab- And the nights shall be filled with music. at 10 o’clock A. m. And the cares that infest the day, ban of the Mystic Shrine, gives in the Ex­ Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, At Kennebunk, Wednesday, November 5, press the following items about the August And as silently steal away. 1913, at 10 o’clock A. m. — [Longfellow,} visit of the Shriners to Panama: Instruction will be given at forenoon and At Panama there already exists a Blue MASONRY IN HAINE. afternoon sessions, and in the evening work Lodge under the name of Colon Lodge, with will be performed and the local lodges in­ a very large membership; a Panama Chap­ ter and a Knights Templar Commandery Lodge Elections. spected by their District Deputy Grand now under dispensation, which, without Masters. St. Aspinquid, 198, York Village. Arthur doubt, will be granted a charter at the Tri­ H Baker, m; John W Hodsdon, sw; Ever­ It is expected of every District Deputy ennial Conclave of Knights Templar at Den­ ver in August. ett F Davis, jw; Willie W Cuzner, sec. Grand Master that he shall attend at least It was the writer’s pleasure to attend the Vassalboro, 54, North Vassalboro. Joseph one of these Lodges of Instruction. Easter service of the Canal Zone Command­ Scott, m; C Maurice Wyman, sw; George All Master Masons in good standing are ery at Gatun, Panama, this last Easter, at L Hunt, jw; Melvin E Hutchinson, sec. cordially invited to attend these meetings. which service out of a membership of 73, Oriental Star, 21, Livermore Falls. Ar­ there were present and in full Templar thur E Grose, m; John N Sinnett, sw; Thos. An additional school will be held at Lew­ costume 53 members. R Williams, jw; Fred Raymond, sec. iston, Thursday, November 20th at 10, A. m. Now, the order of the Mystic Shrine is 202 MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1913. no part of Masonry, but the pre-requisite to the sail up the bay is considered very at­ Grand Master Melish’s Address. become a member is either a Knight Tem­ tractive. The address of Grand Master Melish to plar, or a Thirty-second Degree Mason. Frederick L. Huntington, K. T., of Meri­ the Grand Encampment is a substantial On August 23d, a special steamer leaves New Orleans for Christobal, Panama, on den, Conn., favored us with a call August document of 196 pages. In the opening, he which will be Osman Temple of St. Paul, 8 th. said: Minn., with the Imperial Potentate of the Oliver A. Roberts, Assistant Grand Sec­ Order and with one or two other Imperial Brother Knights, our Order of Masonic officers, who go to Panama to hold a cere­ retary of Massachusetts Grand Lodge, made Knighthood is a Christian Order; we stand monial session in Miraflores Lock on Labor a pleasant call on us Aug. 11th. as defenders of the Christian religion; our ideals and standards are found in the words Day, September 1st. We were glad to see the cheerful face of At the canal at the present time are about of Christ. The men who conceived the idea 80 Shriners, members of about 50 different Capt. Charles A. Abbey, of Northport, L. of "The Order of the Temple and of St. temples in the United States, but Osman I., N. Y., retired Revenue Captain, who John of Jerusalem ” and laid down its prin­ ciples caught the heroic note in the call of Temple expects to have a class of from 75 called Aug. 12th. to 80 at its session, September 1st. This the cross. Living in an age when the re­ session will be an international affair and August 15th, Bro. George W. Chester, ligion of Christ was threatened by an ag­ one that can never occur again as it is ex­ Supt. Boston Masonic Temple, with his gressive Mohammedanism, they issued a call to arms in the name of Christ; they sum­ pected that water will be turned into the wife, made a brief call. Canal, October 15, 1913. moned men to active service not to quiet On the 19th of August we had a call from To one who has not seen these locks, submission; they challenged men to enlist their magnitude can not be realized, as they the Rev. Bro. T. Griffeth of Jacksonville, in the cause and follow it, come what may. are each, all made of cement, 1,000 feet Florida. Multitudes of heroic men responded to the long, 210 feet wide and 90 feet deep, the call of the cross, marked themselves with depth being equal to that of the ordinary William M. Staples. the sacred emblem, and under it as a banner seven story building. The gates which fought the good fight. Such is our splendid swing to make the shut-in, operated by Bro.