The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-26

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The mire of selfish greed
Up to those holy heights
OF pure self sacrifice
Where still is seen
The foot prints of
The loving Nazarene.
How fair this scene.
Behold the circling hills,
The wales, the broad and pleasant fields,
The orchards, waving trees,
The placid lake,
Beyond whose shores one sees
Hundreds of pleasant homes
And spires that rise
Like solemn fingers
Pointing to the skies!
Safe sheltered here,
Nurtured, sustained and blessed
BY the great brotherhood,
Within whose breast
Is kept the record
Of its deeds Of love,
Whose aims are done in secret,
Not for praise.
Here, through the coming days,
Shall Hopes light shine again
On races where despair
Had set it's seal
Here youth shall feel
The trill of high resolve
And noble aims,
And fit itself for
Dutys future claims;
Here shall life's sunset sky
With radiance shine,
And peace divine
Come gently down on silent wings
To close the dimming eyes of age
To sweet repose,
In that last slumber
| Which no walking knows.
Surely the Masters blessing,
Making rich and adding
| Naught of sorrow,
Shall be yours
And your names live
| While the great brotherhood endures,
And when life's work is done
And We are called
Form labor to refreshment,
Still shall stand
This product of your strong
And skillful hand,
A priceless heritage
To those whose feet
Shall follow where you trod
| The rugged path
That leads to Joy complete
And endeth at
The hidden throne of God.
After the reading of the poem John
G.. Root of Hartford made the speech
presenting the flag in most appropriate
| terms
Herbert e. Benton of New Haven
made the speech of acceptance, and his
address was exceedingly patriotic,as he
| told how no man who was not pat
riotic citizen could be good Mason
The large flag was unfurled on the
newly erected flag pole in front of the
orphan asylum, while a song, "Our
Flag is There" was sung to the tune
of "Lauringer Horatius.
A weather vane was presented to the
home by j. X. Coburn of Wooster
lodge, No 70, Judge Deming making
the presentation speech.
The exercises concluded with the play
ing of the "Star Spangled Banner" by
the band while the air was carried by
the audience. The grand lodge then
adjourned to an upper room of the
building and was dismissed, it having
been convened in the morning in the
rooms Of Compass lodge, No. 9,of Wal
lingford.
AND THEN CAME THE BANQUET.
The grand officers and invited guests
then adjourned to the large tent across
the street, where sumptuous lunch
had been spread under the supervision
of John Mccarthy of New Haven. TIC
supply the coffee there were eight
large hogsheads full of the steaming
beverage prepared. The grand officers
formed in line at the flap of the large
tent to let the quests past in first and
then entering themselves, sat down al
the large table which was reserved for
them with Grand Master Warner at the
head of the table, and Senior Grand
Warden Lippit of New London at the
other end The ladies of the WaHing-
ford chaper of the Eastern Star waited
on the tables.
GRAND OFFICERS OF THE EAST
ERN STAR.
After the gentlemen had sat down the
| grand officers of the Eastern Star were
announced, and came in amid a storm
of applause. They were grand matron,
Mrs Mary C. A. Perkins of Bristol;
grand patron, W. NJ. Gage of New Ha-
ven. A G. NJ, Mrs. Annie L. wolcott
of New Haven; G. c., Mrs Ida Fisk OF
Hartford; A. G., P. NJ. C. Cowles OF
Bridgeport: G. T., Mrs. H. C. Halliday
of New Haven; G. Martha, Mrs. Lucin-
ne Powers of Wallingford: G. E. Mrs
Ella Haslan of New Britain: G. c.. Mrs
Antoinette Hamilton of Unionville; G.
O.. Mrs. H. W. G. Cornish of Naubuck
G s., William L. Griswold of New Ha-
ven; P. G. Matron. Mrs. Amelia Leeds
lof New Haven.