Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-01-06

other lodges to visit old Hawaii.
an.
Bro. w. III. Hoogs here gave
fine tenor song, and had t. add
more before the audience let him
go.
"The Square and Compass
principal emblems of masonry"
was the next proposal.
Bro. T.. /. Spalding in response
spoke to the following effect: OF
the various emblems which have
been selected by the Masonic
Fraternity, none have more con-
slant use or more important sig
nifcance in the ceremonies of the
Lodge than the square and com
passes. The use of those i'm
plements, or representations of
the same as symbols, is of great
antiquity, and not confined to
Missionary alone. La the ancient
Egyptian the compasses stood for
the letter "F," and in the oldest
Chaldean the square and COM
passes united represented the
letter 81" In speculative Ma.
sonry these em5lems arrest the
attention at every step to suggest
some valuable moral and masonic
duty. The square denotes Truth
and Morality, aud admonishes US
to act upon the square to all man
kind. The compasses enjoin dis
cretion, temperance and modera.
ton in all our acts and dealings
with our fellow man. How fit
ting therefore that these emblems
should be held in such high
esteem by Masons aud also
how appropriate that the
square and compasses should be
worn by Masons as emblems IF
those noble principles we all pro-
foundly respect, if, in our frail
humanity, we do not always strict.
ly observe. Noicjng the senti-
ments of our w. NJ. of Hawaiian
| will say to you brethren of Paci.
tic, may we always work together
on the square and within the
bounds Of the compasses in con
tributing our efforts to erect that
mighty Masonic Temple, founded
on Brotherly Love, Relief and
Truth, bounded by the four corners
of the earth, covered by the blue
vault of heaven, and within whose
wide portals the weary and dis
tressed may ever find shelter.
"Our Visiting brethren" was
coupled with the name of Bro.
Umpson of Excelsior Lodge, San
Francisco. He deemed it an hon
or to respond, but he had never
spoken to toast at home. He
had often thought what a magni-
fcent structure masonry ls. Scat
tered all over the world, dissemin
ating light and truth. The ad-
vantage it was to a stranger in a
foreign land, its care for the sick
and distressed, its burial of the
dead, were referred to by the
speaker, and he said if the princi-
Piles of masonry were lived up to
be believed one needed no other
creed for his salvation. One of
their lodges in California had
nearly reached the limit of 500,
at which it would stop. Another
was a close second with 400, and
the average was about $50. Sever
al OF the lodges projected build.
ings as homes of their own.
Bro. Wright favored the com.
pany with Hawaiian song well
rendered.
Pacific Lodge" was proposed,
the chairman regretting his own
retirement from its headship but
rejoicing that the office had fallen
into such able hands.
r.. w. M. Phillips replied in
substance as follows: For the
very glowing account which our
worthy master has given you
about his satisfaction in leaving
the lodge in my hands perhaps
you will expect something. Paci-
fic lodge has very little history. 1t
cannot look back fifty years, being
only one year and a half old, but
during that year and q half we have
worked and, considering the place
weNare in, l think we have worked
faithfully and built up a
pretty good sized lodge. But as
compliments are somewhat in
order, / cannot but give praise to
our Past Master, Bro. Cooper. If
it were not for the hard work he