Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-31

nary, the curriculum of which is not
usually found in respectable educational
institutions, nor was that "royal road to
learning" Of that character which Masons
arc taught to travel. So Connecticut Lodge,
No. rs, gathered up its altar, Bible, furni-
ture and jewels and removed farther down
j street, between Front and Second, on
the north side, where the old Masonic
Hall, known as the English Block" was
afterward erected, and there the Lodge
met and performed its work, until the Con-
vention was called and assembled on the
18th, 18th and 10Th of April, 1850, organ
lied the Grand Lodge of California with
the following Grand officers: Jonathan d.
Stevenson, NJ. w. Grand Master; John A.
Tut, Z. w. Deputy Grand Master; Caleb
Fenner, r. w. Senior Grand Warden;
Saschel Woods, r. W. Junior Grand
Warden; Bergman Jennings, R.W Grand
Treasurer; John II. Gibson, r. w. Grand
Secretary, and other officers
Connecticut Lodge, No. rs, surrendered
its charter to the Grand Lodge of Califor-
MA and received another under the name
and title of Tehama, No. 3, of which at
present Dr. r. H. Mcdonald is the only
charter member whose name is still upon
the rolls.
The Bible which he presented to that
Lodge was the one used when the Grand
Lodge of California was organized, and it
will be present at the approaching celebra-
tion of the thirty-eighth anniversary of its
organization by the Masonic Veteran AS
ISOLATION of the Pacific Coast and the rep
resentatives of California Lodge, No. l, of
San Francisco; Western Star, No. ,, of
Shasta; Tehama, No. 3, Of Sacramento
and Benicia, No. 5, of Benicia, whose dele
gates organized the Convention which
formed the Grand Lodge of California.
From that historic incident of the pick
ing up that Bible upon the alkali desert of
the Valley of the Humboldt, in Nevada,
until its Judgment upon the altar of Ma
sorry at the Capital of the State of Califor-
MIA, which was the birthplace of our
Grand Lodge, which commenced with only
three Lodges under charter and two under
dispensation which has chartered and
granted dispensations to no less than 200
Lodges in California, Oregon, Nevada, Ari-
iona and the Sandwich Islands; the thou
sands of brethren admitted to our noble
fraternity; the hundreds who have made
their solemn covenants on its sacred pages
borne like the Ark OF the Covenant OF old
in solemn procession of the Craft at the
| laying of corner-stones, dedications of tenn
| pies, and draped in sable covering when
our brethren have been laid to rest, the
Great Light" and silent witness contin-
| ues to give its testimony to the eternal
truth of the declaration of the Supreme
Grand Architect of the Universe, as pre-
| claimed by His prophet Isaiah:
So shall my Word be that goeth forth.
1t shall not return unto me
void, but accomplish that which l please,
and it shall prosper in the things whereto
l sent it. For We shall go out with Joy
and be led forth with peace.
And it shall be to the Lord for a name,
for an everlasting sign that shall not be
cut Off" Respectfully yours,
EDWIN A. SHERMAN,
Secretary of the Masonic Veteran Asso-
| citation of the Pacific Coast.
San Francisco, March "A, 1888.