Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-18

tmpsstng and InferestiRx Exerctses
af trace Hospital.

sooNhn st~SEs
tmpsstnx and Interessimx EYercises
sf Grace Hospital
Yesterday afternoon ST. Johns and
Eureka Lodges Of Masonry, acting un-
der dispsnsation from the Grand
Lodge Of Washington Territory, laid
the corner stone sf Grace Hospital.
Past Grand Master Colonel G. D. Hal
Ter conducting the ceremonies Of dedi-
cation.
FORMING N LINE
At hslf-past O'Clock in the afternoon
the procession formed in front Of the
Masonic Hall, the members of st.
Johns and Eareka Lodges and the
Graod Lodge, wearing the reRaiis of
the order and the insignia Of the rank.
and taking the lead, followed by the
Seattle Cornet Band. and invited guests
and citizens IN carriages and on foot.
10 the procession were noticed Chief
Justice Greene, ex Chief Justice Jecobs.
sx Mayor Leary. Dean Watson, j. Fnrth
and many other prominent eitlzsus out
side of tbs members of the order having
AlE CACAItrEb aA GA&AkC- nut SO0l-
menced TO move shortly after 2:S0, and
by o'clock had reached tae hospital
grounds, where the members of the
lodges opened ranks, and allowed the
band and invited guests TO pass through
and under the triumphal arch of ever
green.
THE HOSPITAL.
Arriving at the bniiding, two or three
hundred persons, principally ladies aud
children. were found in waiting for the
exercises to commence. The building,
which is all framed and in position, is
In the shape Of cross, and fronts
toward the west. overlooking the Sound
and Lake Union. Ii Is located on an
elevated plateau, on what will be
Twelfth and Pike streets, when the lat
ter street is extended through to the
fermer. The main building is 36x40
feet, two stories high, (eaeh story beisg
fourteen feet in the clear. with wings
on the nortb, south and east. The
north and south wings are each 24x45
feet, and the one on the east is 2sxi4
feet. porch. eight feet wide, extends
around the entire building. Tae corner
stone, which was cut from sandstone by
Wm. Carkeek, rested upon foundation
of brick. and the northeast corner of
the msin bailding had been raiss1 by
jsckscrews to admit of the stone being
placed in position by the Mssons, after
having received the articles arranged to
be placed in the recess made in the up
per end Of the stone. i
THE EXERCISES.
Seats had been arranged around on
the porches for the members OF the
oheir and the ladies and officers.
Acting Grand Master q. .. Haller
announced that the exercises wsuld be
opened by music by the choir. Prof.
U. Z. Lee read the hymn, Hail Mys-
terions, Hail Glorious Masonry, that
Makes Es Ever Great and Free" after
which the choir sang the words to the
tuae OF Rule Britannia" in q most
acceptable manner. Tue following per
sons composed the choir: Sopranos
Mrs. A. b. Stewart, Miss Mcpherson,
Miss Hoyt, Miss Ferry and Miss Gaines;
altos-Miss Tiliie Atwood and Mrs.
Ward; tenors-Messrs. Bowman and
Lsck; bassos-Prof. D. p. Lee, VIM.
Carkeek, l. J. Colmsn and Rev II. l..
Bates.
Granville o. Haller, Acting Grand
Master, then made the following
OPENING REMARKS
My brethren and friends will now 90 me
to order. We have assembled here, this
afternoon, to Law the foundation stone
for this capscions building, agreeable
to ancient Masonic usage.
We are invited to do so by oor Rev.
friend Watson, Dean Of Triaity Church.
on behalf of the members of his Rec
tory, who have undertaken this durable
enterprise.
The object for which this edifice 10
being erectea--aR eieemosynsry hos
pitai-aecords 50 perfectly With Mason
10 charity, that We esteem 1t a pleasure.
as well as duty. to contribute our mo-
raj. IL not peeuniary, aid in rearing and
maintaining this building.
Oar very ancient Masonic Brother
hood were purely operative Masons-they
erected stone edifices chiefly. some Of
which, today, are the admiration of
mankind. Bat, the lapse of time. the
ruthless hand Of ignorance, and the de
vastatisn of man" have laid waste and
destroyed many valuable monuments of
their genius.
IL has been the custom Of our anoisnt
brotherhood from time immemoriai-
for 30 many loci years that "The men,
ory OF man runnesh not to the con
trary, ito place the foundation stone
Of their edifices at the northeast corner
We should even now. but as Free
and Accepted Masons our forefathers
enlarged the boundaries Of Masonry,
and We now work in beth operative and
speculative Masonry. II is Of less i'm
portance to Masons now, as to where
the foundation stone is laid, il, only,
we have q corner in our hearts, on
which is founded loyalty to Masonic
principles aud Masonic charity. which
iacludes the support OF eleemosynary
institutions.
Our L Episcopal friends have buiided
better than they knew" By their
works. We shall know them We find
them both operative and speculative
laborers in this mundane vineyard
as q fraternity, We find them very close
ly related TO the Masonie-only they
have Q stumbling block" in their
midst; bot, in truth and in fact, they
only succeed where the ladies cooper
ate ia their institations- And, in pa
renthesis, let me ask. Why will not
Washington Territory be q success.
since female suffrage has been added?
Bot this Is q depression.
Woht Il ut6afta W uAoW ~ taE
Iarity of the Masonic and Episcopal
fra,ernities. The head Of their church
exclaimed " Destroy this temple and in
three days will raise it," Their church
recognizes our frail bodies as temples,
ard they are erecting this building for
q workshop, which, soon. will be pro-
videded with skilled operatives TO bind
up and repair frail and tottering TEN
ples. And their speculative isbors. like
those of Ereemasonry, are for a more
noble and glorious purpose; they deal
With mankind a. living stones 10 be
fitted for "thst house not made with
hands, eternal In the heavens"
Grand Master G. y. hailer then called
upon N. S. Porter. Senior Grand
Warden, w. Z Boone, Acting Depaty
Grand Master, and A. G. Campbell.
Junior 8rand Warden. to go With him
to test the stone and see il the vorkmea
had prepared IL properly. After IL bad
been measured and examined is was
pronounced all right. when the band
played lively air. Mr.. Boone placed
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