Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-06-25

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GRAND MASTER ROBERT WHITE.
Of the ceremony, which was watched
with the deepest interest by the large
assemblage. Grand Master White con-
tinued his remarks as follows
The work of laying the corner stone OF
this Temple, a monument to the zeal and
energy Of your committee, and to the fol
lowship of the Craft, is now performed.
That stone has been tried by the square,
the level and the plumb, and is foUno TO be
well formed. true and trusty. 1t lies in the
corner there, half way between the place
of darkneSs-the NOrJn-and the place OF
light-the East-ever reminding US OF what
progress from darkness into light which
every true Mason makes. It's surface is
square-teaching the purest lessons OF q
moral life. It's form is cuOlcal-emoIemGti
of truth, of strength OF character and firm
ness Of purpose. IL is cemented 10 the
foundation by the finest of mOrtar-re-
mindiug US of that true affection which
SHOULD knit and unite all true MasoDs into
one common Brotherhood. Upon 1t will
stand as its corner, Masonic structure,
which will crumble and fall long before II
will yield TO the onward tread OF time
telling US, my brethren, that although the
earthly house Of our Tabernacle may dis
solve, there is a building OF God, the COR
nernerstOne Of which is a blessed i'm
mortality.
"Men ask:-"Why erect such Temples
10 Mas0nryl Masonry Before that mys-
ticname passions are silenced and feuds
are hushed. IL whispers among the storm
clouds of life, saying: Peace, be still,
and the storm is Gained, and men can but
stop and do it reverence. II is the syno-
MIN Of true brotherhOOd-truth is its CEN
tire, and from it radiate all those virtues
which adOrn true manhood, inspiring
faith in GOD, hope in mortality and chari-
w 10 all. IL has lived through the centu-
ries and ages. In the days Of the prophets
of the Olden time it lived. 1t lived before
the captives sat down by the rivers OF
Babylon and wept, when they hung their
harps on the willows, saving, How shall
we sing tho Lords song in a strange land
The Wisest man was its Grand Master.
John, whose day we commemorate, of
whom the prophet spake, as Of the voice
of one crying in the Wilderness was its
patron, and so, too, was John the beloved
the prophet Of PatmOs. Thrones have
been shattered; empires have decayed;
republics have lived and died; wars
have swept over the lands as with the very
bosom of destruction, but still it lives,
proud monument Of its own inherent
strength. This Temple will decay. Many
a silver cord will be loOsened; many a
golden bowl will be broken; many pitcher
will be broken at the fountain, and
many a wheel broken at the cistern. but il
will live on and on, founded upon the cor
ner stone Of Truth until the day when the
keepers Of the house shall trem6le, and the
strong men shall bow themselves, and the
grinders shall cease because they are few,
and those that look out OF the windows be
darkened.' aud the Heavens shall be rolled
back as a SCROLL and time shall be no
longer
This concluded the ceremony, and
the line was reformed, and the line of
march was taken up for the Simpson
NJ. L. Church. II was originally intend
ed TO have a granite corner stone, it
being ordered when it was designed TO
have the front OF the building OF gran
ite. The granite dorner stone did not
arrive, and a fine block Of Beria stone
was cut and appropriately inscribed,
and will remain the permanent corner
stone Of the building.
AT SIMPSON II. z. CHURCH.
The column reached the site OF the
new church edifce few minutes before
twelve O'Clock, the crowd there being
fully as large as that which assembled
az the new Temple site. The Grand
Lodge officlated as at the Temple, the
only change in the ceremonies being
those made necessary by the fact that
the Church editce was not a Masonic
building. Mr.. Robert Strange read the
list of articles deposited in the corner
stone, they Including a Bible, hymn
book, the Discipline Of the NJ. Z.
Church, copies OF the Bylaws OF the
Grand Lodge and OF the A. f. and A.
NJ. Lodges, cOlored, Of the State, and
lists OF the officers and Committees Of
Simpson Church, these latter being as
follows
Trustees-George McMechen, Samuel
Rice. Nelson Starks, t. w. Wright, n.
L. ballard, E. Jennings, II. B.Ciemens,
r. y. Strange, secretary; and DR.. Il. II.
Stiuyard, president.
Building Committee-T. II. Lewis,
VIM. Jones, Jr., Il. B. Clemens, George
McMechen, B. Il. Stillyard, n. L. Dial
lard.
Finance Committee-H. 3. Clemens,
J. M. Rector, r. \. Strange, George
McMechen, George Walker, William
Jones, Jr., w. Davis, Prof. J. McH.
Jones, DR.. B. H. Stilyard.
Architect NJ. +. Giesey, Contractors
Joseph Bodley, John E. Clater and
Jacob SWitZer.
AT the conclusion of the Masonic
Ceremonies. Prof. j. McH. Jones made
happy address, and was followed by
Rev. D.. A. B. Kicker, of the Fourth
street NJ. E. Church. whose remarks
we're complimentary to the church erect
ing the new building, ard very in
terestiug and time throughout This
concluded the C AQnies, and the
Lodges returned lodge rooms.
where their regali aside and
a