The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-22

ington No. l, Wednesday, 25th.
Ancient and Acccptcd Scottish Rbe.-Sanctu-
airy, 1907 G. street-Robert De Bruce Council of
kadosh, Tuesday oath.
Hope Lodge No. 20 will confer the first degree
Friday evening.
Acacia Lodge No. IS will confer the third de-
gree Tuesday evening.
st. Johns Lodge No II will confer the third
degree Friday evening.
Arminius Lodge No. 25 will confer the first
degree Monday evening.
Dawson Lodge No 16 will confer the second
degree Monday evening.
Harmony Lodge No. Il will confer the third
degree Thursday evening.
1t is expected that Federal Lodge No. will
confer the second degree Tuesday evening.
New Jerusalem Lodge No will confer the
first and second degrees Thursday evening.
Stansbury Lodge No. "a will confer either the
second or the third degree Monday evening.
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La Fayette Chapter No. 5 will hold special
convocation on Tuesday, June "a, for the Past
and Most Excellent degrees.
Washington Commandery No will confer
the Order of the "Red Cross Wednesday even
ing on a large class of candidates.
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\ meeting of the Savings Association of Co
lumbia Commandery No. was held last Fri
day evening and important business relative to
the Denver trip transacted.
Mount Vernon Chapter No will confer the
Royal Arch degree Monday evening. In case,
however, it should be found necessary to post
pone this degree the Mark will be substituted.
Potomac Royal Arch Chapter No 5 have dis
pensed with the regular convocation of next
Tuesday evening on account Of the celebration
of st. Johns day. At the first couvocation in
July the Royal Arch degree will be worked.
De Molay Commandery No. 4 will probably
postpone all degree work on Tuesday evening
as it is expected that the delegation from Chas-
seur Corinthian Commandery, of Philadelphia,
who were unable to attend the last conclave, as
previously announced, will in all probability be
present next Tuesday evening, and if such is the
case the entire evening will be devoted to the
proper entertainment of the guests.
Twenty new lockers have been built in the
ante-room of the asylum at Masonic Temple,
and, as each locker will accommodate two Sir
Knights, they will prove of great benefit and
supply a long-felt want. They have been dis
tributed as follows: Washington No. /, seven:
Columbia No. 2, seven; De Molay No + six,
The lockers are sold at SO apiece, and can be
utilized by forty of the Templars who wish to
leave their uniforms and accoutrements at the
temple.
The services at the Dunbarton-street Meth
odst Church on Tuesday evening lSt. Johns
Day) bid fair to be attended by a very large
gathering of Knights Templar, and if the
weather is cool and pleasant will rival any OF
the later Templar events. The Rev. Sir Knight
DR.. Price, pastor of the church, is one of the
- most thorough and conscientious Masons in The
\eity, besides being very eminent in his profes
v. His address on this occasion will un
Ntedly be one of the most interesting and
Nnt discourses which the several com
Sies have had the pleasure of listening to
an Ne Sir Knights who fail to attend the
sery. Will miss very instructive lecture.
Dimly Srough the arched windows of thu
cathedral uttered the soft and subdued light il
many lich-toned colOrs, and from within stole
out on the quiet Of the night faint bursts o
some enhancing Eastern melody, harmoniZing
beautifully with the plantive call of the katy
dds and Illuminating the tiny lanterns of th
lightning bugs with the many-hued radiance o
the lustre of the Shrine. Such was the cX
terror appearance of the cathedral last MOnda
evening; but what facile pen can describe tn
magnificent scene of Oriental pageantry whcl
was being enacted within? Rich hangings
brought from Eastern lands; luxurious divans
whose soft seductive cushions seemed fit to re
cline the very God of Sleep; towering palm
and Towering plants, amid the romantic foliag
of which minstrels with the lutte and reed sen
forth those beautiful symphonies which tn
concealed choir loft the mellow-toned old organ
pealed forth those delightful cadences il
answer to the weird and clashng music of tn
cymbal and the muflled drum, while above til
galleries, rising majesticallY nearly 10 tn
yauted arch of the roof, stood the Shrine, be
fore which in reYerent posture knelt the ne
ophytes of the night. Not again until mex
October will Almas Temple meet for simila
purpose, and this fact was probably the csus
for one Of the largest attendances known in tn
history of the temple last Monday evening
The description Of the ''Mosque of Omar,
which follows, is taken from the writings of al
eminent Masonic authority and throughou
will be of interest TO Masons in general. ''Thi
splendid editice on Mount Moriah covers a poi
ton of the space once occupied by the NOR
brilliant Temple of Solomon. 1t is believed L
have been commenced by the Caliph Omar tn
first of that name and the father-in-aw o
Mahomet between the years G3S and GA, an
very much enlarged, beauti6ed, and enriched
in fact, quite rebuilt by the Caliph ABIDE
Meek in 6s6. 1t was seven years in building
the Moslems believed il to stand over the roc
on which Jacob was sleeping when he saw th
vision Of the heavenly ladder but il is still MOI
sacred TO them, as TO US, from having been I'll
sacred rock beneath the altar Of Solomon
Temple whereon the daily sacrifice was oifereC
During the time of the Latin kingdom in Jer
salem this mosque became Christian cathedra