Masonic T oken. W HEREBY O UNTIE BROTHER MLA.Y KNOW ANOTHER, V o l u m e 4. P O R T L A N D , ME., J U L Y 15, 1898. No. 5. Scottish Rite. Dedications. Published quarterly by Stephen Berry, Bangor Chapter of Rose Croix : The new masonic hall of Oriental Star No. 37 Plum Street, Portland, Maine. Master—Wm. C. Mason, 33°. Lodge, at Livermore Falls, was dedicated Twelve cts. per year in advance. Senior Warden—Elmer F. Pember. Junior War.—Augustus B. F’arnham, 33°. by Grand Master Locke, June 24th, in the Established March, 1867. - - 31st Year. Grand Orator—Chas. J. Wardley. presence of 400 masons. The address was Treasurer—Edwin F. Dillingham. by Rev. C. A. Hayden, of Augusta, Grand Secretary—Fred W. Adams. Hospitaler—Hugh R. Chaplin. Chaplain. Advertisements $4.00 per inch, or $3.00 for IVew C h a p te rs. half an inch for one year. Master of Cer.—Thomas W. Burr, 33°. Captain of Guard—Edmund J. Murch. No advertisement received unless the advertiser, In accordance with the action of the Grand or some member of the firm, is a Freemason in Tyler—Augustus E. Pote. Chapter, a dispensation dated May 4th has good standing. Red Cross of CoiiMtnntine. been issued to Searsport Chapter, at Sears­ Sovereign—Millard F. Hicks. port. Edwin H. Durgin, h p ; Albert M. LAVCIVDEK LEAVES. Viceroy—Charles I. Riggs. Ames, k ; James A. Colson, sc ; Charles E. Senior General—Henry P. Merrill. Adams, sec. Stated meeting first Monday. The waving corn was green and gold, Junior General—Albert H. Burroughs. The damask roses blown, Prelate—Joseph B. Shepard. And one dated May 5th, to Pine Tree Chap­ The bees and busy spinning wheel Treasurer—Marquis F. King. ter, Deer Isle. John J. Spofford, h p ; Ed­ Kept up a drowsy drone. Recorder—Samuel F. Bearce. When Mistress Standish, folding down win L. Haswell, k ; Frank A. Gross, s c ; Her linen, white as snow, Prefect—Warren C. King. Between it laid the lavender Herald—Samuel S. Boyden. Elmer P. Spofford, sec. Stated meeting, One summer long ago. Standard Bearer—George M. Stanwood. first Wednesday. Sentinel—Winslow E. Howell. The slender spikes of grayish green, Still moist with morning dew, Prior—Francis E. Chase. St. John’s Day Recalled a garden sweet with box Capt. of the Guard—Frank L. R. Gould. Beyond the ocean’s blue, First Lieutenant—Herbert W. Robinson. was celebrated by Portland and St. Alban An English garden, quaint and old, Verger—Joseph E. Henley. She nevermore might know, Commanderies, 175 strong, making an excur­ And so she dropped a homesick tear Harbinger—George D. Loring. sion to the Isles of Shoals. At Portsmouth Warder—George 11. Owen. That summer long ago. a delegation from DeWitt Clinton Com­ The yellow sheets grew worn and thin, Constitution**. mandery escorted them to the steamer Vik­ And fell in many a shred ; Some went to bind a soldier’s wounds, Grand Master Locke constituted Mount ing. They reached Portland on their return And some to shroud the dead. Olivet Lodge, No. 203, (formerly Hiram Abiff And Mistress Standish rests her soul at 8:05. On their way down town they Where graves their shadows throw Lodge, u. d.) at Washington, .July 15th. halted and serenaded Past Commanders Er- And violets blossom, planted there In summers long ago. He will constitute Mount Bigelow Lodge, mon D. Eastman and Edwin F. Vose. 202, at Flagstaff, Friday afternoon, July But still between the royal rose Dunlap Commandery of Bath went to 29th, at 2 p. m . And lady lily tall Salem, Mass., 75 strong, and were enter­ Springs up the modest lavender The day for the constitution of David A. BesiJe the cottage wall. tained by Winslow Lewis Commandery. The spider spreads her gossamer Hooper Lodge, No. 201, at West Sullivan, is Across it to and fro— On the 25th they went to Middleton and not yet fixed, but it will probably take place The ghost of linen laid to bleach dined there. One summer long ago. very soon. [New England Magazine. Grand Chapter. IVew H a l l . In consequence of the declination of Comp. Hiram Lodge, at South Portland, has con­ tracted for a new masonic hall with C. H. MASONRY IN HAINE. Hugh R. Chaplin, of Bangor, Grand High Priest Albro E. Chase has appointed Chas. Adams, of Norway, the cost to be $37,000. Lodge Election**. W. Jones, of China, District Deputy Grand It will be completed by Nov. 15th. It is to erected on the corner of Main and E streets Nezinscot, 101, Turner. Ilarry W Bur­ High Priest, and to fill the vacancy in office din, m ; E Herbert Cole, sw ; Oliver A of Grand Steward, Edwin S. Vose, of Port­ at Knightville. Sprague, jw; Seth 1) Andrews, sec. land. Hermon Lodge, of Gardiner, has pur­ Oriental Star, 21, Livermore Falls. Ches­ Consolidation. chased the Waite property on which their ter H Thurston, in ; Charles H. Gibbs, sw; In conformity with the vote of Grand burned hall stood, and will erect a new Ernest A Goding, jw ; Geo O Eustis, sec. building upon it. They will also leave a Naval, 184, Ivittery. C Clifford Much- Chapter, Grand High Priest Chase was more, m ; Henry I Durgin, sw ; Frank T present officially at Norway, June 15th, and part of the Reed building, adjoining, and Clarkson, jw ; Levi L Goodrich, sec. effected the consolidation of Oxford Chap­ occupy it for ante-rooms. Bingham, 199, Bingham. Edwin O Vit- ter, No. 29, of Bethel, and Union Chapter, tum, m ; Samuel A Smith, sw ; David G Rooks, Papers, etc. Bean, jw; George C Eames, sec. No. 36, of Norway. The consolidated chap­ ter will be located at Norway under the —Department of Labor, Bulletin 16, for Chapter Election*!. name and number of Oxford Chapter, No. May, discusses the Alaskan gold fields, di Unity, 32, South Berwick. Samuel II 29. The officers of Union Chapter will be gests of the state and foreign reports, etc. Knowland, h p ; Charles M Sleeper, k ; Hor­ the officers until the annual meeting in Oc­ The Alaskan report gives a heap of solid in­ ace A Farnham, sc ; Ed A Chesley, s ec . formation. Washington, 16, Machias. Daniel A Cur­ tober, and the stated meetings will be held tis, h p ; Willis H Allen, k ; Loring F Wild­ on Wednesdays on or before the full moon, — The Cosmopolitan magazine is edited er, sc ; Henry R Taylor, sec. as heretofore in Union Chapter. by John Brisben Walker, and published at 34 MASONIC TOKEN, - - JULY 15, 1898. Irvington, N. Y., monthly. Although it is and language, show conclusively that, ages the true penal sign, silent and awesome. as elegantly illustrated as the four dollar ago, there was at Hawaiki a grand temple Then again, “ Speculative Masonry ” was known as Wharekura, at which temple not advanced or urged, and each one ap­ magazines, and employs the ablest writers, meetings were regularly held, presided over pears to have used his enlightenment for it is only $1 a year, or 10c. a number. The by Tohunga, initiates of a very high order, the purpose of furthering his knowledge paper and presswork costs more than they and wherein was taught and practiced a along those ancient lines which embraced perfect system of masonic principles in an the complete system, offering that fulness charge for it, but by obtaining an enormous esoteric form, with exhaustive and appro­ of happiness granted to mortals who were circulation they evidently count on making priate rituals, also symbols, signs, pass­ enabled to penetrate the very depths of up their loss by the profit on the advertis­ words, and that these were kept and pre­ nature, and by revelling in her mysteries ing. However that may be, the reader will served on tables of stone, which latter were attain the threshold of the divine. deposited in the temple. The ritual and With this outline and brief comparison get a charming magazine for the price of a symbols were entrusted by the Ariki-Rangi 1 will close. newspaper. (divine and supreme head) to the various H enry M. Sto w el l , officers, in order to properly carry out the Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand. Trinity Commandery, of Augusta will ceremonials connected with these meetings, January 7, 1898. whereat only those others who were en­ make the trip to Pittsburgh, via the White titled under the order to be present, had the M aori H ymn to th e Creator. Mountains and Niagara Falls, with a side happiness of listening to the recitals, and of Lord ! whom our wandering fathers bore trip to Gettysburg, and the expense will be observing the uses of the higher symbols. From sea to sea, from shore to shore Regarded from a Maori point of view, Ma­ And sacred manna gave— $63 for each member. sonry is neither more nor less than the rela­ When far upon the trackless main Portland Commandery will make the same tion of “ the main features of the history of They cried aloud to thee, nor vain, trip. Tickets $60. creation and the origin and higher destiny Thou didst their wearying hearts sustain. of man,” which relation was accompanied Oh Rangi! Ilongo! Tane ! Tu ! Brother Joseph A. Locke, M. W. Grand with appropriate symbols. Tane was the Be with us still, however few. Master of the Grand Lodge of Maine, visited G. A. 0. T. U .; he may or may not be iden­ tical with the Chaldean Canes. The lan­ Be with us Lord nor set at naught the Masonic Temple on Thursday, and was The precepts our forefathers taught warmly welcomed by Grand Treasurer guage in which this wisdom-religion was em­ bodied is extremely Archaic, but, thanks to As our inheritance.