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

known TO have assem- 1led at Holy
road and other places in Scotland
in the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries. Minutes of proceedings
began to be preserved in the fif-
teenth, but all lodges did not keep
minutes. The transition from
operative to speculative masonry
was of course gradual. In the
early days the grand master had
great power, including that of
naming his wardens. The first
grand master was elected in 1876,
when the number of lodges 10
Scotland was about one hundred.
Thirty 80 three of these sent dele.
gates to the grand lodge. Sir VIM.
st. Clair took the meeting by sur.
prise by reading his resignation
as operative grand master and
Judge, the title having come to
him by heredity from the incep.
ton of masonry. The Scottish
Grand Lodge today stood among
the foremost of grand lodges, this
Pacific Lodge of Honolulu as one
of the latest organized being num-
Der 800. He would close by pro-
posing the toast:
Operative and Speculative Ma
sonry," calling upon the Depute
Master to respond.
Bro. Ripley in opening said it
was important that they should
regard speculative masonry as
originating in the practical indus
try of the operative form. He
drew parallel Of the correspond.
ing characteristics of both forms
of masonry, starting with the as
sertion that, as the operative be e.
gan with laying sure foundations,
so the speculative laid its fouuda-
tious deep down III the principles
of truth from the word of God.
Proceeding, he in glowing ina
gerry pictured the moral signiti-
canoe of every part of a noble
structure, the counterparts of
which in speculative masonry
were its lights that dispelled dark
ness, its shelter from distress and
oppression, and its defenses
against history and wrong. Ma
sorry was bringing the world to
the time when war shall be no
more, and its glorious record was
being made where the fight was
against wrong and oppression.
"Our Senior Lodge in this City
Lodge lie Progress de rOceanie
| Bro. Davis being called upon
to respond began with a warm
tribute to the Frenchman who in
1S43 braved the storms of the At
lantic and rounded Cape Horn to
plant the standard of masonry in
these islands. He gave a sketch
of the history of lie Progress and
eulogised King Kalakaua, who
once presided over it, as the man
who by negotiating the reciprocity
treaty with the United States had
done more for the prosperity of
these islands than anyone else
who ever lived. The speaker re
ferred to the failure Of recent
anti masonic congress in Austria,
the only country il the world that
could be found today to harbor
such thing. In conclusion Bro.
Davis praised the devotion of the
presiding officers elected for the
current year by the different
lodges. His speech was an elo-
quent effort.
p. NJ. Brown Of Hawaiian
Lodge answered SO we'll to the
call for q song that the company
must have another one. Bro.
Ashley accompanied him on the
piano, as he did the other vocalists
OF the evening.
Hawaiian Lodge" was pro
posed and honored as the parent
of Pacific.
W. NJ. Gilfillan replied, saying
he had listened to the statements
of the antiquity of the Scottish
and the York rites, but-pointing
to the stars and stripes behind
him--he spoke of that flag as be.
ing his stimulus to enthusiasm on
the occasion. "Breathes there
man with soul so dead, who never
to himself hath said-This is my
own, my native land" 1t was the
flag over the Grand Lodge of
California under which Hawaiian
was organized, and his lodge had
never any reason to complain of
the treatment it received from its