Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-12-26

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HAsoN1C INSTALLATION.
Mr.. Corsett's Interesting Paper
The Toasts and Replies.
The Masonic installation ceremony
last week was ono of the greatest events
IN the history of Devils Lake. Tho
large attendance, the excellent supper
at the Benham house, aud the interest.
ing character Of the masters address
and some of the replies TO the toasts
combined to make the occasion one
long to be remembered by all. A mum !.
Der of the visiting MAsons have requsst.
ed tho INTER OCEAN to make . tall e.
port Of the affair, and ALTHOUGH our
space is limited We shall attempt 70 %.
justice to the subject. At the close oSI
the ceremonies in tho hall. Mr.. Corssst,
the master Of the lodge, arose and said:
lAdiss. 0entlsnsn s.d Besthrsa: o. sshaH e
ManswaakaA LOdgs. No. Is. Il y ny Ausy q ~ q
plsaaars y wsieoas yoa here this evening We hAse
for oace opsosl our d0ors aaA Invited ysa - ioeeo
our home. Necessarily cssssoniss have nsss 6.
forest to the the craft than oshen. sss hseo ~
young sraitsman wearing The lanbskia With sEuits.
early manhood. sss the Mason u aid1js NJ, 10
whom years Of iaisor have Givea q a0se thpuRktfai
hsartng - hero alaD bnvsd BY time, sons aasd
."rknsa who have borne Ii. heat .ad bas,ea q Dc
are waiting for their ws8ss 1t tbs hands sAs Mas
A. ~ pause t.ss.her, .hls .,salsK mighty bso.hss
by the nusic u sone old sDsS. fhsn SOD The asa.
ory, winged with Imagination, forth upoa is serssA
At thts m.nent and l..ss. = svey Goed aaa osSht
hold our brsshrsu, tOlinS ~ asrsly 70 eject ths
temples of the s.ss or the csshsdai pss u Esssps
but siso laying 10 sssrna sirsnsth the suadasoa q
Listen, with IN attsudve sas asd yos shall hear u
sounding u their gsvsls 10 the sacsss suastss ~
ringing Of their t.Vwe along the walla. aad thsir
the great temples. Bend .sill closer aad ~ sSsl
hear upon their lps - they knssl 10 ther dsvosieas
nos the aanss Of hundred heather tsidss. ~ u
inesabls name of Him vhuss prophses ITO JsdaAS
harp attuned." the nams Of the oas God Jehovahl
From then until this hour th~rS has bsss 10 their =.
vutiOns no other nae upoa ther altar oshse wor.
ship To that sublime oonce,ioa Of ths sesrpai sx.
htence and unity OF the godhsad puils yva q sklD
time to the grand central thought srvund which ~
wolves the vast system u shroushsus ths
world. have slluds % their dsvotivs " sschtse.
we'll speculative ma.oury II hes been s.id that sAs
spirit of nn ago IL embodied Ii IL architecture II
tho simple uniswn altar which appear amid the Sra
m-nt Of human lntsgsnce and the gsrms Of rslxioss
Thought. The sltArs u scripture tbs Celtic Dolasss
Cromochs and the tunul Of the western ssvsSss ali
age s. reared i,a symtlic monuuieats revealing ia
conception of tile lutmias, exooN plssiA thu Anc.us
rersians, whu worshiprod without alta temple and
whv~s faith ~s the pursst systsm Of snrevssl.d
liglon the worli has soen. The temples u lsis
and Unris BY their colo siss tvpy vssi cosospsoas
The = rtsnon Ut Athsns. over whoss fsultlsss mag.
ninc~nce presided Minerva, bsntsed we'll ths snss u
classic art while tho PanthvOa at Rome, shrine Of Ill
saints and altar of Al gods" symbol ssd the Lust and
i0war "f the Imperial City. And thus trscs tue
progress VI arch lecture from the rudst structures 70
tho cath'sral Of civilization. but smonE all sncisat
Inonuacnts We ust reckon tho chief the temple Of
SOlOman. Travelcrs inforn. W. thst II w 70 70
Jerusalem aud stand upon Mount Nortah not 4 trsos
of the s.rseoa. tvpls ..t ". erected 10 sis r.sa
uf first most excellent grand can b. sesu
except few massive stonss II the wall Of the outer
court, which now help to form the barrier wIshis
which ths n.mque Of Ou,ar s,aads. But II We d.
scond beneath the nurisco Uf the earth enter the
very quarius where the stones for the temple wore
hewn squared aud numbered. before they raised
aud hnd there not "nly lprtons VI tho nfnished wort,
but even traces of the tools aud machinery by which
they were raised u tho surface.
II We 90 to the forests of Lebanon aud the vsys
cut Ia the rocks down which the timiers wsss cOe.
veyed 10 III In these rocky pathways the dust
and nus~es VI alnost tree thousand ysxs hxvs xsa.
erred. aud strong ceara are now standing; yes shsss.
-nc Of he toll Of our hra brethren. Al Jsrusaisn,
Joppu, at Tyre, and in tho mountains u L.bsnos
We md to this day the f"otprint. Of those who aidsd
of .tisut labor during which time did not r.s 10
the daytime. and without the souud u A. hanasr OF
any to Of Iron, tho temple was s last completed IL
crown upou Morishs brow, and heavens sunlight 6ll
in full glory upon Then assembled fur its dsdics.
ton the three grand masters, the three thousand thrss
hundred over,s.r.. tho eighty thousand fslIo.er..
chossn priesthood and people VI (srzsl. This was The
nrst grnud ssssmblase Of Masons.
1t would bs pleasing tssk. did time sad oseasIou
dyrfui career Of our sue!snt order from that ans y
the present Al along ths stormy pathway of history
ws ~ glinpsss os
Which none but craftsmen ever sAw."
To the uninitssei the Mssonic record must Of ns-
cnssty apIsar almost blank but 70 the nisd Of shs
intelligent Mason is lines laid 10 light A. ths
scientist rsss In tho rock the history VI the sntsdss
Wan world and the trained warrior up,A the
troddsn herbsxs tho soprnts Of bis fellows % tks
and token. In word aud In Legend the landmarks Of
venerable antiquity. All history anterior u the IL.
vsnon Of printing Ia Of nocessty lsss isdis.
tnct yet al through tho middle ages Va ~ the NJ.
soulc order exertnE wonderful Sd nsnes shrs uxhos,
Europe II tok almost solo direction of architecture
aud In great part Of general seisnee kurs tha. any
other inhusace 1t prepared the mind II eos.inestsi
Europe fyr that sst0nishng moral aud intellectual
vIva Of which the invention of printing wss both
suit and mighty agent 1t Il u tho NasOnie frasss
nifty that the world u indebted fr those spscilaeps u
architectural grandeur and psfectioa which wsts
reared throughout Europe from the dth the siGh
tsenh Centuries. and which sIs scattered from, ths
Baltic 70 tho Medtsrraneaa and from the Orknsys u
the Bo.phorus The Cathedral Of strssbary. ssd u b.
the most perfect specimen u gothic srcLitscauu II
the world wss founded A. D. 5O4 les chief s.rhitec.
was FIRST grand muster u the grsnd lodge which result
sprs. fAultess mossl of airy iishtneu aud bssuty
4Gd feet above the pavement being the lost a..
hciai structure on tho globe, except the pyranid u
Ch-Ops aud the Washington monument and beias
thirty three feet higher than ST. Peters Il Roos
After lapse OF 1870 ayesrs 1t stands almost perfect
At the day of its completion. The Cathedral *.
style, was founded in 1850 and compl-s.d Ia 1855 IL
magnificent scu, L4ures and paintings have bosn 6os
centuries the wonder sal admiration Of the world
IT. southern tower. =. striving 70 touch shs very
threshold Of heaven, ts A graceful proportions .i
feet into the air.
But IL with Gre.. Britain. the hoaorsd prosspisos
Of American Frsemasonry, and the foultAin froa
wh.ncs nows the bu.d Of our rsee and ths spirit e
free Institutions that We must familiar. Whas
her errors faults, OF her crimes VI civil sdan.
traton fsrvently bless her for thai glSsivas herr.
tAxs which American 6reemAsons we have Eecs ssd
from her hands The Mssons u Eagiaud ~ers fsr ths
first time convened In general asesDly q York L. D.
9L6. by Prince Edwin, the brother Of King Eshsseoa
After the establishment Of the grand dgs II Eagssd.
tue King, II he were Mas'u, waA slwsys graa1 n.s
ter and the Prince Of Wales today grAod naesr ol
England. When King Henry tbs 5evsath ssignsd -
King Henry the seventh, toward the eastern sod Of
W.stnstsr abbey, was erected e. his nsas. H. Pssrs
csthsdraI. of Lontu, w.s dssiSped b, Sir Chrisse.
vher wrsn. who wA for thirty yssss grsnd nAssse e
Al 0fhrk All @1nus
King of Tyre. In l7z3 the grand lodss u .aslasd
granted charter for the svrsassi,n Of Lsles g