The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1893-01-20

Offering places, tf safety and refuge.
Masonry has not only taught these les
sons Of charity and benevo!enco but she
has emphasized her teachings by deeds
Of loving relief and tender care, and it
has been with no niggardly hand that
she has scattered her blessings along
her pathway in the past, and Masons
have no need to blush over the record
she presents to the worlds scrutiny.
| have seen Masons who seemed to
think that they were not appreciated IN
the order, and some who seem 10 think
that the order rested entirely on their
shoulders, but such in time find their
proper places, and still the order exists
and nourishes. Great men, true men,
men who have leaned lovingly against
the world until the motion of their great
hearts jars in It's pulses forever, men
who have been content to labor tor the
good OF humanity, men who do what
they can IN every walk Of life to wipe
away the tear Of sorrow without Il
thought Of reward. these are the men
who will wear tho crowns, but they
never stop to ask il they are appreciate
cd. A true brother, the brother with
genial affections, the brother who is con-
tinually growing taller, lis shoulders
never goes about with darkened visage,
fretling about his place in the order
There is law Of gray ytation here as in
everything else; we swing naturally into
the places which we make ourselves.
"Man who man would be must rule the
empire Of himself, IN it must be supreme,
establishing his throne of vanquished
will, quelling the anarchy Of hopes and
faaro bfSinr n hin, colf alnna ,,
am firm believer IN fraternity and
/ have yet 10 see the man. (or woman
either) who had too much of the genuine
article in their souls. Show me the man
who scofls at the friendship of his fellow
man and | will show you man so sell
fish and untrustworthy as to be utterly
useless to God or man. But the world is
better and brighter tor the existence Of
the man who believes in and practices
fraternity in his daily walk. Kind
words and acts cos, nothing and we can
not tell the burdens they may hit. Like
the flower which opens and expands, SO
mans heart. Let us then cultivate that
friendship which comes from the heart,
! helping and being Helped, showing the
faith that is III us.
81 have heard of II mistic legend,
Once told in the GAYS Of yole.
| OF three who in Soomon's Temple,
Square, level aud plumb line bore.
| The fame Of their strength,
Beauty and wisdom al lands had heard,
And they spake under echoinS arches,
grand omniiic word
/ But the column Of one was broken,
For lie fell at the temple gate,
/ Where his jubilant foes in secret.
For their noble victim wait.
There was sorrow in all the chambers,
EIrfh The trnSt Ia hnarI 1p M 1t
! OF the hand that had wrought its patterns,
With skill that was half divine
They sought him DER hill and valley,
They sought him from east to west:
And they found him beneath an acacia,
Silently laid to rest.
Is there no help for the fallen
His brethren In sorrow cry;
Yes, there is help in the mlg ghty,
For souls that In darkness lle
And oft as sprig Of acacia
Blooms green on our pilgrim way.
| 1t tells us that faith shall raise US,
From night to eternal day
May this hall be the happy resort OF
piety, virtue and beneyolence. May it
be protected from accident and long re-
man rs the home OF free-masonry. May
this lodge continue to flourish, their
union to strengthen and their happiness
to abound; and when we all shall be re-
moved from the labors OF the earthly
lodge, may We be admitted to the brother
hood Of the just in that hall not made
with hands eternal in the heavens.
The grand master concluded mis- ad-
dress by asserting that before his arrival
in Milbank lie had expected to find the
building to be dedicated substanti;
structure, we'll worthy Of the frate nifty,
but he did not expect 10 find building
Of the character which was here present.
ed as a monumen: to masonry, aud pro-
nonnced the lodge room IN beauty and
! finish the most complete il the state, and
o credit not only to the fraternity but to
the city of Milbank The proceedin IS
OF the day were concluded with = ban
quetsat the opera house in the evening,
| followed by grand ball on the first iioc r
Of the new building At the banquet
four tables, the full length OF tho
opera house and completely covering
the floor OF the auditorium were spread ,
and these were not sufficient TO accom-
modate the attendance at first tables,
a large number of guests being compell-
ed to wait for the second table. Owing
to this The banquet was not concluded
until after ten o'clock, when in conse--
quence If the lateness OF the hour auof
the desire Of those who wished to en- 10Y
the dancing, the committee having the
matter in charge deemed it eSpedlent Ia
dispense with the part OF the program
calling tor toas's and responses. ard the