The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1883-01-03

\ To be a good Mason one must be a good citizen
Again on behalf Of His Majesty and family, l
tliark you most sincerely. loud applause.)
Brother Dayton next proposed the Supreme
Council Of the Grand Lodge Of France, The
/ Brethren gave the Royal Honors and the Band
playcd l. Marsellaise.
BEorHER J. o. domino
beng called upon by the Orator, responded to
the toast in the following words;
". NJ, oFFIcxEs AND BRETHREN In the
name Of the Grand Body, the Supreme Council
o! France under whose authority we act and meet
| here tonight, thank YOU for this remembrance
and recognition of your distant, though none the
less vatchful and indulgen; parent, who claims
/ with some degree Of masonic pride, the honor Of
having organized the first masonic lodge in the
Pacific. You are all perhaps acquainted with
| the beginning Of masonry in the Pacific. How
Brother l. Teller whom but few beside my
| self rtmsmborl French navigator and mason,
during his several voyages 10 the Pacific; stop
| ping to recruit at these islands, here met with
| other brother masons, partly brother navigAtors
| from his own and other lands, partly masonic
waits from every cline whom life's curTsnts had
waited hither. There was then no temple in the
J Islands IN which to gather no altar al which TO
kneel, and the sound Of the garel was not heard
/ calling the brethren to order. On his returning
to France, on application to the Grand Body OF
| that country, hc obtained authority 10 institute
lodges in the Pacific and revisiting these islands
IN lSiS, this lodge lie Progres de l0ceanie, was
the first fruit Of that far-seeng and enterprising
brother. From that day onward, the Grand
! Body Of France has always treated its distant
daughter with marked consideration and kind
ness, and well deserves this tribute Of recogni-
/ ton at your hands. Among the numerous
Masonic Grand bodies which dot the world in
every direction, exerting, through their subord-
| mate lodges their SILENT but patent influences
| upon the culture os mankind, expanding and
| elucidating the principles Of Broiherly Love,
Relief and Truth the Grand Body to which We
owe allegiance as Masons, stands conspicuous
and honored amongst its fellows and by none
more so, than by the NJ. w. c.. Lodge Of
| California, whose subordinate lodge, Hawaiian,
No. p. sister lodge and fellow worker on these
islands, has this night honored us by accepting
onr invitation in that true and fraternal spirit
which We and they so often inculoate of who can
best work and agree in the fulflment of the
objects Of masonry As personal illustration
Of that good will and high consideration which
these two Grand Bodies entertain for each other,
/ cannot but most feelingy refer TO the very
courteous may say distinguished, reception,
met with from members Of the California q.
Lodge aud from individual lodges under its
jurisdiction when last visited San Francisco.
Long may that harmony exist and l know that
cur worthy Orator will not forget great an
ally, good friend. And now, for our own
venerable mother, the Supreme Council Of
France, whom you have Just rendered honors be-
fitting the occasion, / thank you.
The third toast announced by the Orator WIS
- The Grand Lodge Of California, to which
royal honors were also accorded and the band
played the " Star spangled Banner"
BROTHER FoESASDm,
upon being called upon by the Orator to respond
to this toast, said;
MosT WoEsHHFUL OFFICERS AND BEEIHHEN:
On behalf Of the Most Worthy Grand Lodge Of
California and its Grand Master, whom YOU
have honored with the compliment Of ths toast
Just offered, it becomes my pleasant duty TO re-
| spond as best I NAV / merely wish that that
NJ. W. Body could have had on this occasion a
better, a more gifted and a moro fluent interpre-
ter Of its good wishes towards the Progres del'
Oceanic Lodge, that oldest organization of
Masonry in the Pacific at whose brotheIly and
festive board you now have the honor TO be
assembled. During the 30 years that l have
been connected with Masonry, and during many
! Of which / had the honor Of being in rather
intimate correspondence with successive officers
Of the Grand Lodge of California, 1 have learned
enough Of the sentiment Of that Grand Body 10
express with full confidence the high appreciation
and kindly, brotheriy regard which it entertains
towards the Progres de rOceanie Lodge.
i That sentiment has been exercised, on several
occasions, by the warm and respectful reception
. visiting brethren, and what l may call repre-
sentative members OF " lie Progres der0ceanie -
Lodge have met with in the subordinate Lodges
| OF that Grand Lodge in California; and on this
occasion my voice is but feeble echo Of that
sentiment; sentiment, however, which one day
I in the not far distant future, when Puck or Mr..
q c. o. Berger shall have put his girdle round
,1s I f,rorsI TnI1 "a
California, itself, may be able TO transmit in
stanter without proxy. Once more / thank
e You on behalf of the NJ. W. Grand Lodge of Cali
= fornia and its NJ. W. Grand Master.
The Orator then gave as the next toast
'' The Presiding Officers of the Lodges, which
was responded to by Worshipful Bro. Howe il
the following terms:
In behalf of my Bro. Master and myself whom
You have twice elected and twice instaqedas Mas
ters Of Masonic Lodges, we take this opportunity
!, TO express our sincere thanks for the honon
n You have so kindly conferred upon us. We have
been chosen Ito fill the highest office which {
Blue Lodge can bestow. You have twice in
= stalled Us as your Masters to place the novitiat,
& upon the first step in Masonry, to impart thos,
# mysterious secrets which are supported by thl
tenets Of brotherly love, relief and truth. W,
have been chosen to rule and govern with thu
regularity Of the planets; TO extend our hand il
o token of friendship and brotherly love to giy'
I words of comfort and perform deeds of charity
!, Masonry, supported by its beautiful tenets, ha'
not been impaired through succession Of ages
The Master has directed the Craftsmen, VIII,
e have performed and obeyed, and when we paus'
.r and think of the vast amount of labor and ma
terial which have been expended, are i'm
pressed with the highest admiration for the de
signs Of the Master and the workmanship of the
craft. BY our lessons in daily life We are taugh
= that the operative Mason erects his building
agreeably to the rules and designs Of the Master
5 and We as Free aud Accepted Masons are taught
il to erect our spiritual building agreeably to thu
v rules and designs as drawn by the Master from
,e that great book of nature and revelation whicl
2 Is our spiritual. moral, and Masonic trestle