Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-03-08
AN ADDRESS.
Delivered by Grand Master James
W. KinggoId, Dpc' n,ber, 22nd, A.
D. 1883. A. L.. 5kkJ.

Delivered by Grand Master lame
W. KinggoId, Decs n,ber, .2nd, A
ID. 1858, A. l.. 1888,
| Al the annual communication of tn
Most wOrshipiui IarmpnyGrand L"dg
of Free and Accepted Ancient Y0ri
Masons for the State Of Delaware, work
ing under the jurisdiction Of the Nos
WoIshipful National Grand Lodge, o
tn" United States Of North America.
| Right WorshiptuI Grand officers, rep
reseuiativrs, delegates a.id brethren oI
the Most Worship,ul Harmony Grand
Lodge If FIRE.. and Accepted Ancient
York MasOns for the State of Delaware
and Jurisdiction ihereunto belong.
ing -
am happy to meet ,on in the mys.
tic circle on iris our annual cnmmu-
nication. take great pleasure in ex-
tending TO you my hand in token of
teen, and give to ION my warncst
fratrrnal valuations. With grateful
hearts let us bow around the sacred
shrine acknowledging the goodness of
God by the power of whose OmnipOtent
voice darkness was scattered and the
light brought forth, and the hidden
mysteries Of nature have and still CON
time to be revealed TO men Truly the
mysteries Of God are uusearchable, and
his ways are pa finding out, besides
We are the rrcip tnts of unnumbered
blessings and h"neiits; they come to ns
fresh each morning, preparing Us for
the engagements and duties Of the day
and the service Of God and such OF our
worthy and distressed brothers, their
widows aud orphans, wheresOever
they may be found and we are also re-
minded that we should not be forgetfui
Of the first lesson taught us, that we
should be good and true men.
The year has not been so pleasant az
would liked it to have been, for
there has been great confusion through
out the craft for the last three years on
account of this great union question, or
rather the question of throwing down
our Warrant and going over to the State
Right party, as they term themselves,
n party Of men claiming to be wOrKing
by the authority Of Grand Lodge at
ChillicOthe, Ohio. But as the leader of
the great confusion has left ami taken
his host with him, hope that the
minds of the brethren are retracingl
back to the regular land marks Of
Since your humble servant
has filled the station as your Grand |
Master, sCme have murmured and have
'aid that we have no Grand Master, we
have no Grand Lodge, &c. While we
have been emerging through this sor.
'owful aud trying conflict, they have
Hen like the children Of Israel when
hey were on their march from the land
If Egypt to the lard Of Canaan, when,
hey saw the Red Sea in front Of them
md the mountains on either side of
hem, and pharoah and his host in
heir rear in pursuit OF them, they mar.
nnred and said, why bring ~ here
o PERISH were there no, graves enough I
II Egypt to bury Ms - but what did
Noses say unto them, stand still and
ee the salvation Of God," and we
hought it best TO stand still! in this l.
truggie, and today We behold the sal.
alton OF God Pharoah and his host,
r rather Colwell and his host, who
we're in pursuit Of this Grand Lodge I
Warrant, are now drowning in the sea {
{ disobedienGe. IC
One great reason why the brethren of =
ur craft are 80 much unsettled and /
d astray, Is because the fundamental {
rinciples and the legality ofthe Order
as not been taught as much as it
houd be in our midst, of which shall
ndeavOr % give a few outlines before | l
lose. We shall now soon enter In to '
he election of officers for the next en-
ming term, and hope the brethren will a
rake good selection, it matters not
'hether man is fully equipped for
ne office, and can deal out the laws to
on verbatim aditeratim 30 that he il /
man of sound principles. a man with Il
Ood morals, a man that will not betray d
is trust. l will now proceed to give r
on the introduction Of masonry
Inong the colorcd men Of the United IE
states of North america Is
Prince Hall and Twelve other colored
zen were initiated, passed and raised on b
10 9th of March 1915, in what was
allied n Travelling Lodge connected b
nth General Cages army, which was $
zen stationed at Boston, and that in p
le year 1884 Frederick Charles, Duke b
Cumberland, who was acting Most /
" Orshipful Grand Master OF the Grand v
.odge OF England, granted warrant t
nd styled them African Lodge No. 459, d
it'll Prince Hail AZ Worshipful Mas u
n, and he established a lodge In Provi-
On CO and another in Pm ladtlphia, and
l the year 1900 Prince Hall died, and
ohm 7. Hilton was elected his success n
)r az WOrshipful Master of African II
odge No. 459. This il admitted to be II
true statement of the manner of intro NJ
nction of MasOns among the colored o.
en- in this country, but what became IL
the aforesaid John T. Hilton, the IL
10 legal successor of Prince Hall, the OF
rst Worshipful Master of African y
Ddge, No. 459, Colored Masons of al
merica? Let us SEQ Nv
In the year lS47, John Y. Hilton, of u'
Dst0n. Mass, called a convention, u
meet in Boston on June oath, st. ~
,hn y day, A. ID. 1847, A. L. 5847, for al
oolored Masons In America, for the 10
,rpOse of forming more perfect W
lion among them. They were then Ia
ting independent of each other, one lo
.rty claiming to be working under
Otcil rite, the other under the Grand
"k0 VI IAub ihuuJ anu hhoouUi i'ohJ
by the authority of a Grand Lodge
Chillicothe, Ohic. On the Oath of
me, 1s47, pursuant to the call, they
1t In the city of Boston, constituted ga
3 Most Worshipful National Grand bu
dge Of the United States Of North wa
nerica, and the same John T. Hilton, ye
10 was the legal successor of Prince thu
Ill, was elected and installed the
,st WOrshipful Grand Master of the St;
,st Worshipful National Grand Pc
dge of the United States Of North ito
nerioa. ais
Each State Grand Lodge then re- VIC
we'd Warrant from said Most
orshipful National Grand Lodge In an
,ordance with tho articles Of their Oh
reement, and thus they continued to Ne
rk up to the year 1S49, when the are
'ited Grand Lodge for the State of a =
W York was expelled for acts of re- ley
lion against the authority of the Z
ut WOrshipful Northumberland Lodge, &