New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-19
MORE or OLD LODGE HISTORY.

MORE or OLD LODGE HISTORY.
AN EXTRACT FROM AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BY
r. W. JOHN r. ANDERSON AT A REGULAR
COMMUNICATION OF OLIVE BRANCH
LODGE NO. 50 IN 1868
The theme 10 which have alluded in our brief
eulogium to our dead naturally suggests a passing
tribute OF respect to those OF our aged and ven
cradle brethren stu living and. God be praised.
with US tonight We hail and thrice welcome you
upon this annual reunion. with your trembling
STATS and bent forms, with the frosts white as
Alpine SHOWS Of three and four years daz-
zllng and adding lustre TO your venerable brows
and men OF expression In YOUR presence that
demands and receives our respect and alteration
You have come down 10 Moses came down
from Mount Sinai. laden with the accumulated
wealth OF many eventful years. What the tables
Of stone" TO the wandering Israelites In 4
desert land. may the admonitoas and counseis
which your past lives have furnished be to US
guide. and lead Us in paths we have not known
that we may the better countenance in spirit and
action your virtues. which have distinguished and
made bright in frution yoUr life's records
You have withstood the adverse storms and vi
cis STUDIES OF years than are usually allotted
TO man. You have seen our country In its weak
ness-you behold ii in its untrammeed great
ness. When you came here from New-Ensland. Inc
fertile in the State. were an unbroken wilderness
but the Eden Of Genesee County, and you
to-day the sovereigns Of these more than Arcadan
lands OF its ned valley. You have fought lis
battles, suffered Imprisonment, prvations and want
| for the SUPP emacy and honor In vindcation or It's
| triune Gag; you have been obedent and subser-
! Went to the constitutional laws of the land in
| which you reside" You have seen your children
and your childrens children gather alike, as
branches of olive around your tables to bless
| and hallow your memories. You have seen Ma
scnry. when there in this region OF
! country from the Genesee River TO the shores OF
! Lake Ontario to vndicate its name or virtues. or
sparse in numbers that II had no voice 10 speak
outside of Olive Branch Lodge. save for those that
were with you when you eleven entered into "a
| covenant and formed that solemn compact in
| writing agreeing under the solemnity OF obga-
! ton that you would meet month. open and
close the lodge for the purpose Of preserving the
! work and lectures and 10 maintain your Masonic
| standing"
| For all this yoI have reason to be justly proud
| but hundred-fod more SO. for the legacy
you have left U.S. and for which should keep
your and heroism in perpetual remem-
| brance The trials. disaprointmcnts and con-
tumacy which those anti-Masonic times produced
| have chastened your spirits and caused you to
| drink deeply from the wells Of reflection" and
taught you. as believe TO comprehend the breT-
| i;y of life and the evanescent nature of earthly
grandeur.
As we upon YOU; bearing youT golden
| bems of your own and our mutabity with
| so many unmstakahle evidences OF approaching
veneration take possession OF our hearts and we
would gather in the echoes Of your reeedins foot.
| faith in Gods love to dwell with Him In the final
| We cannot forget you. for well remember and
are familiar with your past Masonic history, when
craft and the whirlwind Of bigotry and fanaticism
| laid in waste hundreds Of our beautiful temples,
from one end Of the land to the other swept
away grass before the scythe Of the mower; in
| that terrific, mercless gale, you stood as frm a.
| Gibraltars rock. and received unscathed the re-
eehder t By the general vo, Without shadow
Of prctence by the em.ssarics OF the anti-MaSonlc
TO your devotion and zeal to the principles Of
brohery love belief and truth and Z, fealt w., OF
honored charter. granted in 1872 1873 by me Most
Worshpfql Grand Lqage Of the STATE Of MY; Ny
and its rude but unbroken records for more than
hs enr 10 n YS we cnr a Ph's
| lights. and make ,execrabie and odious its cool
did the noble Greeks of Thermopy@. to encourage
and impel our shattered forces to stand their
sashsd to Ta h@ e or Ware from
SS s 9.RG of Of Tsfn KSq nS
| slew the Goliath OF anmosty. Your covenant
NOT not soT among S% yo@ durns the
conficIa solid impregnable c9mpaStmuusunsd On IN
verance came and the priepss Of MaSGnry were
v!ndcat"d. In the enforcement OF TBS iesoIu,ion
make IT the law for your government to a,tain lh,s
waOu pon 1SSn eons and n
crossed and suitably framed With your sgnasUreS
This resolution was adopted June "a. 81. John
Olive Oh B Hascs P P9y at No M W5 @
and located in the garret OF the mouse oi blo'.Sa
E 95 c6n Of N YOU me wo were the eleven
| members-a distinguished remnant and the only
survivors that dared 10 own that they We're Masohs
! in Genesce County /; is a sad story Of what YOU
SUSTAINED in being deprived Of your social ana pom, ,
! the Church and severed. as You were. from your
business relations with the community. that ha1
! hitherto given you their patronage mat parsIyzon
and destroyed your business Physicians merchants
ard lawyers and mi and
public opinion that had Is se9S f9Tce IN lie K6 5,
Y9g quaed n2 but STve ne m was 81 from
| batavia 10 bethany. from bethany 10 IL Roy ana
| bire. wyoming County. and from there TO Atiica
and from Atica back 10 lie Roy ne ARK OF , on
iss Where it today rests secure and your
| children have been gathered about you 10
| bless you and fold about you the Diue banner
OF broherly love. and turn py animad S 10
Of hch to q ba, neHe ber s
| written 10 relieve us Of those bonds that have 80
oT s US and I'd y S g 1 Of Fre. Masonry The
days and years OF persecution which bore 80 heaeg
p pon yG away. peace and PROSPERITY dwell in our
borders--you have lived to see, as we nave s.in
dispersion Of It's enemies and the rcesahlishment OF
! Masonry In every portion Of our great state. The
| temple. which you have been go long striving 10
| erect In your hearts nearly completed Tired
| and weary you have laid aside the implements o,
labor to await the peaceful comm" OF your Lord
[ and Master. $500 ,,.a
! Won 10 your lifes end. and gather you 10 dwell
with Him beyond the portals OF the grove. where all
is peace and happiness to the pure In heart
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ROYAL ARCH NOTES.
Union chap,er reconyened Saturday night; E.
| Robert ". Clark the High Priest. welcomed the