The Portland daily press., 1889-08-14

Grand Warden-Russell G. Dyer, Belfast.
Grand Secretary-Joshua Davis, Portland.
Grand Treasurer Stephen r. Dyer, Portland.
Grand esentatives-Freeman L. Merrill,
Portland; George w. Goss, Lewiston.
Grand Marshal-George ID. L0ring, Portland.
Grand Conductor-T. Lloyd Pratt, Auburn.
Grand Chaplaio-Rev. M. Crosley.
Grand Guardian-Ernest L. Lee, Calais.
Grand Herald-W. L. Mansur Bangor.
There was large attendance from all
parts of the State.
GRAND MASTERS REPORT.
From the report of the Grand Master, H.
c. Bagley, we make the following extracts
TO the Grand Lodge, 1. o. o. f.. Of Maine
brothers: Time, which proves all things,
hnds us today, as an order, we'll advanced in
the allotted three score years and ten, which
Is accepted as the span of human life, and
also finds us not growing old and feeble, but
IN the full flush of youth and manly vigor.
congratulate you upon the fact, and call
for an inspection of the report of the grand
secretary to verify the truth of this state
ment.
Since our last session our ranks have been
repeatedly thinned by death, but unto every
man is appointed time to de- and that
which we call death is but being born anew,
and to an existence, the brightness of whose
glory transcends anything of which human
minds can conceive. They are not therefore
lost to us. They simply await our coming.
Reference to the report of the grand secre-
tary will convince you that our apparent
loss by death has been very much overbal-
anced by additions to our membership.
believe that more care is being exercised
than ever before in the examination Of can
didates for membership. The standing to
which the order has attained warrants this,
and in consequence the standard of Odd Eel
loWship is being raised still higher. To US
all 1t is matter of just pride that it is So
while there are of course many things in the
work that could be improved upon in almost
every lodge in the State, yet, on the whole,
being done in very creditable manner,
while the great principles upon which the
order is founded are being carried out in full.
This is as it should be- And while nothing
pleases me more than to SEE, good work done
by the officers Of lodge, yet, were / COM
PEELED to choose between the two, 1 should
say carry out the grand principles upon
which the success of our organization de-
ponds first, and do the best work you can af-
forwards. | am happy. to state, however,
that great majority of the lodges in the
State are doing both.
we have added to our numbers the past
year some fine lodges, second to Zone in the
State, and the condition of the order was
never better than it is today, with an I'M
broken chain of subordinate lodges from one
| TO one hundred and nineteen, and member
ship of more than eighteen thousand; with
ReDecca Degree lodges, counting every num-
| Der from one to twenty-eight, and member
ship. OF over three thousand, with no discord
| or dissension in our midst, and every MEM
Der working in harmony for the accomplish
men, OF common purpose, we may safely
claim that our order Is, to say the least, in a
hourishing condition.
The Grand Secretary then took up in de-
tail the growth of the order for the past year.
GRAND sECRETARY's REPORT.
From this report we learned that during
the past year four subordinate aud one Re-
bekah Degree lodges have been instituted,
viz:
Harrison Lodge, No. Al, located at Harrison,
Hadattah Lodge, No. III, located at Portland.
Daniorth Lodge. No. IFS, located at Danforth.
Triumph Lodge, No. 119, located at Hermon.
Somerset Rebekah Degree Lodge. No. IL, To-
Gated at South Norldgewock.
The following statistics will exhibit the
work Of the order in this jurisdiction for the
past year:
Number of lodges as per last report.... 115
Number OF lodges instituted duriug the