The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-12

tary's Office OF the statistical table showing
the condition OF the lodges OF the l.. o. Y. Il.
located in San Francisco, compiled from
their annual report for the year ending De-
cember 81, 1890, from which the following
information is cleaned: Number of lodges,
IS; number of members at date of Decem-
Der 81, 1889, $500; number of members at
date of December 81, 1890, 5514, a net gain OF
II; increase for the year, SO; decrease, II;
number Of brothers relieved, 752; number OF
endowed families relieved, ~; number OF
brothers buried, 1903; number OF sisters
buried, II; number of weeks sickness Tor
which benefits were paid, $685.; amount paid
for the relief of brothers, S61,792 30;
amount paid for the relief of widowed
families, S5448 20; amount paid for burying
brothers, 1912; amount paid for burying
sisters, $3.50; amount paid for education
charity, 1921 05; total paid for relief
charity, SS1,17S Is; amount paid Tor
current expenses, S30,675 20. Total ex-
pense, S111,S53 50. Average expense per
member. SO 20; amount of annual receipts,
Sl07,S72 81 average receipts per member,
$40 90; amount of assets. S496,9l5 OIL; aver.
age assets per member, $50 II; number OF
Past Grands, $40; number Of third-degree
members, 4458; number OF second-degre5
members, 10; number of st-degree MEM
berS, 26; number of initiatory members, 6oi
number of representatives, Ill; average age
expended for relief in 1890, as compared with
1856, $685.; increase in amount expended
for current expense in 1890, as compared
with 1889, $685. 81. Total increase IN eX-
penditnreS in 1890, as compared with 1852
1914 81; decrease i'll amount OF receipts Tor
1890. as compared with 1889, SIPS IA. De-
crease in amount of assets for 1890, as COM
pared with 1889, S3S,571 81 fNote-This
decrease is oceasioned by reducing the value
of the stock of the Odd Fellows Hall Ass0-
citation OF San Francisco, owned and here
tofore excessively estimated by q large
s:ockholdiug LODGE Bay City Lodge,
No. II, ranks first in financial
standing, having total of S53,7S7 - assets;
Yerba Buena Lodge, No. Is, ranks first in
membership, having 442 members IN gJod
standing; Templar Lodge, No. II, paid out
the largest amount of money for charity
and current expenses, VIZ S65l3 20 1or the
first item and S2269 70 for the second, total
of SS7S3; Myrtle Lodge, No. 30 stands tue
lowest in financial rank and membership,
having but $50 in assets and membership
OF Sc; the lowest average age OF membership
is in Golden West Lodge, No. 80, 1t being
thirty-one years in membership OF loo )
the largest increase in membership during
the year was by Golden Gate, No. 204, oil
u members, and the greatest decrease in
1erha Buena Lodge, Ne. TO- OF 49,
Perhaps there Is no symbol OF Masonry
more varied in its application than the TIL
angle. 1t is more ancient and com prehenslve
than the cross. Among the Egyptians in the
remotest time the right-angled triangle was
the symbol of universal nature. The base
represented Osiris, or the R;ale principle,
the perpendicular, Isis, or the female prlnci-
pie, and the hypothenuSe, HoruS, their son.
Pythagoras brought it from Egypt into
Greece, where lie had learned its peculiar
properties; that the sum of the squares Of
the two sides is equal to the square of the
longest side. The figure has been adopted
in the third degree OF Masonry, and will be
recognized as the forty-seyenth problem OF
Euclid. The equilateral triangle has long
been used 10 represent the First Great
Cause, the invisible Creator manlfeSting HIM
self in space and time in an Infinite variety
of forms. The Egyptians regarded it as the
most perfect and beautiful OF figures. 1t
may be found scattered all over the Masonic
system. In the Royal Arch it forms the
figure within which the jewels of the
cred delta of the ineffable degrees.
1t plays an important part in the
ceremonies of Ancient Craft Masonry. The
seats of the principal officers are arranged
in the shape of triangle, the three lesser
lights have the same shape and the square
and compasses form by their union on the
greater light two triangies. The triple tn
angle Is familiar to the Knights Templar as
the form of the jewel worn by the Prelate Of
the order, and here more especially repre-
Sents the mystery of the Trinity. In the
Scottish Rite this form of the triangle is
said TO refer TO the triple essence of Deity.
The symbol is made more mystical by using
it to represent the sacred number eighty
one, each side of the three triangleS being
equivalent to nine, when is again the square
oil three. the most sacred number in Free
masonry. In the twrntieth degree, or that
Of Grand Master Of All symbolic Lodges"
it is said that the number eighty-one refers
to the triple covenant Of God as seen by Sol
ONION at the dedication of the Temple.
Throughout the ineffable and philosophical
degrees this symbol is more frequently used
than in Ancient Craft Masonry. The radi-
ated triangle il Masonry represents the
Eternal Light OF Divine Wisdom. 1t is
most likely waf OF the sun-god Of the old
Fabian worship.