The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-04

sire OF the fraternity that at should be now dedicated
according 10 ancieint form and usage
The Symbolic Lodge which had been placed
East OF the Altar was then uncovered. and the
Acting Grand Body forming in procession marched
once around the Hall.
The Acting Junior Grand Warden then ap-
preached the Acting Grand Master. bearing q sill
yer vessel OF corn. and addressed him saying:
Most worshipful Sir: At the Dedication Of Masonic
balls Il hath been me sSs'0n II s-aSoI ~ nosrshmsnt
IN accordance with ancient usage.
The Acting Grand Master then approached the
Lodge and pouring the corn upon it said: In the
name Of the Great jehovah, to whom be all honor
and glory. 1 do solemnly dedicate this Hall to
Masonry.
The procession again passed aroHnd the Hall,
and the Acting Senior Grand Warden, bearing q
silver vessel OF wine, approached the Acting Grand
Master and said:
Most worshiPful: Wine, the emblem Of refreshmenta
was used by our ancient Brethren in the conservation and
dedication Of their Halls. 1 therefore present this YES
sci Of wine 10 you to be used according to ancient Mason
ic custom.
The Ac ing Grand Master again approaching the
Lodge, poured the wine upou it, saying: In the
name OF the Holy Saints John I do solemrly dedi-
cate this Hall to virtue.
The procession moved around the Hall for the
third time, when the Acting Deputy Grand Master
bearing a silver vessel of oil, approached and
said:
Most worshipfuI Grand Master: l present you. to be
emblem Of that joy which should animate every bosom
on the completion Of every important undertaking.
Pouring the oil upon the Lodge the Acting
Grand Master said-In the name OF the whole
fraternity 1 do solemnly dedicate this Hall to
Universal Benevolence.
After each act OF dedication the Brethren present
all joined in giving the Public Grand Honors.
A solemn invocation was made to the Great
Architect Oi the Universe by Acting Grand Chap
lain Mcintosh, and an appropriate anthem sung by
the choir.
The lodge being then covered, the Acting Grand
Master introduced p. M. A. F. Judd, the orator
for the occasion, who spoke as follows
Mosr WoRsH1PFUL GRAND MASTER, AND BRErH-
REN.-At the opening Of this year we met on this
spot to lay the corner stone of this Temple. The
year has not closed, and we are again assembled to
dedicate our work to its appropriate use. Upon the
dead level we beheld when last we met. here, the solid
perpendiculars have been raised. Skillful hands
have adjusted the rude materials supplied from our
Mother Earth growing daily by the faithful contri-
button of labor, the ediice has ct last arisen, finished
and adapted in every part for the purpose for which
The building. situated on the principal thorough
fare of this city, symmetrical in its proportions, ia an
ornament to the Capital of this kingdom.
Called by the partiality of Hawaiian Lodge a sec
ond time to speak in its behalf, Worshipful Sir, 1
again extend TO you our congratulations on the final
completion of our Masonic home. Our thanks are
due to all who have been engaged in this work. but
especially to the building committee whose labors
have been irksome and difficult, but they have at
length accomplished their work and now on putting
of their harness, we ask them to receive our thanks
for their zeal, patience and fidelity, all Of which vir-
tues have had opportunities for exercise in the pro-
gress of this enterprise.
Sir, the building was not the result of accident.
1t shows intelligent design in every part. AS it pro-
gressed from day to day the master workman direct
ing it resorted to the designs laid down on the trestle
board by the Architect. If this had not been done
there would have been confusion and failure. IF
each craftsman had pursued his own design we
would have seen resulting, chaos instead of symme-
try. So also, in order to the development of the
highest and best character, it is equally essential
that there be high and pure motive as the governing
principle. We are not, as men, the mere develop
ment of what we were when born. Nor are we the
accidental results of the circumstances that environ
US. We are what we design and strive to be. Let
each one ask himself. tonight, what am l aiming
at?-What am 1 striving to be2 What is my an
swer' Is the handspring Of my life the mere desire
for happiness.
Happiness, our beings end and aim
That something still which prompts the eternal sigh.
For which we bear to live, or dare to die.
Happiness cannot be obtained when it is the direct
object of pursuit. When the physical enjoyments of
life are sought for, and obtained with the sacrifice of
purity-the cup turns into gall when it is raised to
the lips.
The struggle for wealth, when unscrupulous or
dishonest means are employed, brings no ease-for
the unquiet conscience and remorseless memory
remain.
And wealth even if it be acquired honorably and
Justly, when sought for for its own sake, brings no
peace, for the increased responsibility in its pre-
servation and management bring with it, to most
natures, an overwhelming weight of anxiety and
care.
Even when lives of charity and self denial are
lived merely that the soul may find rest and happi-
ness-no happiness comes-for no one who lives for
himself can purchase peace, however heroic his
ooor;6,ao rnau ha m foroof eo1f and o. do ona,.
whole duty to God and man-this alone can bring
lasting happiness |! In performing our duty, our
conciences, enlightened by constant looking to God
for direction, must unvaryingly be obeyed, The con-
seriousness Of doing what is right, even when what
men call disaster and sorrow comes, alone preserves
the inward peace.
Too often in every form of human society. these is
won't to be engendered strifes, chickering's, traducings
of character and motives, and the spirit of " har-
mony which should be the strength of all institu-
tions " takes to itself wings and flies away.
To this the fraternity of which we are members,
forms u~nhappily no exception. To preserve har-
mony no rule of human philosophy can ~supplant the
precept of the Great Apostle, SIN honor preferring
one another"
duty is 20 We are all referred to the ''Great Light
ever spread open in all our Lodges-the Guide Of
our fifth and practice. This Masonic Trestle Board
whereupon the great Architect of the Universe has
laid down the designs which each one must follow if
be rears his moral fabric Alright. no one ever con-
suited, with q sincere desire to Ind the light, but
found it.
If we study this book we shall find the first pre-
cept of duty is "Thou shall love the Lord thy God
with all thy soul and all thy mind and all thy
strength, - and the second precept is the one adopt
ed by Masons, " and thy ~neighbor as myself"
These two cannot be divorced, for on them both
together, not on each one discovered from the other,
" hang oil the law and the prophets"
Let us adopt as Masons both of these precepts.
This Noble Hall in which we are convened, COM
fortably furnished aud well ventilated invites all the
members of our Body TO gather in its ample space,
for mutual improvement and pleasant fraternal
intercourse.
But in order to excite and preserve the interest of
the membership in these gatherings, there should be
furnished for the entertainment of the craft some
thing more than the accustomed eeremonisis and the
old routine of business.
There is nothing auti-mssonic, as L read the law,
in having carefully prepared lectures or essays de-
liverei at stafei times nv those who are nuali6ed