The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-28
A MASONIC NIGHT
Installation Ceremonies and Ban
QHGt Of No. q.
JEWELS WERE PRESENTED
Paul Neumann was POSTMASTER.
Many Good speeohes-some
Music-Le Progress
JEWELS WERE PRESENTED

lew minutes De1Ore midnight. The
time till $3.50 was occupied in the cere-
monies of the order usual to the trans
ference of chairs from old to new
men. The installing officers was Col.
w. F. Allen, past master, who was
assisted by Andrew Brown, past master
and District Inspector In the course
of the closed session jewels were pre-
scented to Archie Gillian, the retiring
maser and to Walter NJ Giffard, for
ten years, the treasurer. These are
the new officers:
w. M.-Joseph NJ Little.
S. We. 1. Spalding.
]. W.. NJ. Dat.
Treasurer-W. NJ Giffard.
Secretary-H. J. Burniston.
S. DIV. H. Wright
]. D.-F. w. Whitney.
Stewards. A Low, Fred. Goudie.
Tyler-H. Myhre.
All the space of two large ante-rooms
was required for the banquet table.
The dinner was one of the finest ever
given in Honolulu. The decorations
were feature. There was bill of
fare or menu printed and wine list
that was not printed. The courses in
Guided oysters on the half shell, celery
and fine pastries. ]. w. Chapman was
the caterer and he had large corps
of skilled walters. Covers were laid for
10.
Paul Neumann, member of No. q,
was POSTMASTER and made his usual
signal success of the task. He was
introduced at the cigar period by the
new Worshipful Master, J. NJ Little.
POSTMASTER Neumann said that if
there was a generous aggregation was
to be found anywhere in the world it
was in a Hawaiian lodge. All Corners
were welcomed with open arms and
each occasion was a gathering for the
purpose of eating, drinking and max
was always on these festive occasions
a certain amount of mental pabulum to
be served. The POSTMASTER said he
would not make a speech. He believed
a conspiracy had been successfully car
ried out to keep him from making a
speech by placing him as master of
ceremonies. He could not forbear, how
ever, to make a brief mention of the
day. The Masonic patron saint, st.
John, had been wise and sagacious in
sandwiching in his festival day be-
tween Christmas and New Years
when the hearts of all we're in the best
possible condition to awaken and re
spond to the sentiment of Peace on
Earth, Glory to God and good will to-
wards men. This was leading tenet
of Missionary and it was appropriate
that the first toast s4ould be to Mason
ry and that the response should come
from one so capable and so well-be-
loved among Masons as Henry E
Cooper, a brother of Pacific Lodge.
Minister Cooper said that to him
the word Masonry had more signii-
canoe than any other word in the Ian
guage. 1t inspired a belief in the
Diety and a reverence for the Holy
Name. 1t suggested at once the near
ness and dearness of a Supreme guild
ing and ruling Being. 1t brought con-
viction of the idea of charity to ali man
kind From the earliest ages men have
worshipped a Diety. There is evil
dence abundant that belief in a Su-
preme Being has always existed. Al
times in history sects had become
cruel and had resorted to coercion and
even to torture to enforce their especial
beliefs. 1t was at one of these crises
that Masonry established an asylum
where any good man of any form oil
belief would be welcome. From the
inception or establishment of Masonry
there has never yet issued by its auth
GRITTY an edict seeking to control OF
direct the form of worship by which
a man should pay his devotions to the
Supreme Being. The ancient brethren
built temples and dedicated them tC
beneficial purposes and occupied them
as halls of worship. At times the
ceremonies used gave rise to the ac-
cusation that the Masons were idola-
trous. All of the forms followed were
expressions Vi praise VI lHS OuuIpO-
tent God. Solomon dedicated his
temple to Jehovah. The belief in Diety
is comforting and assuring. 1t is q
testimony that the creation is not ar
accident The fact that the belief in
a God is inherent in Masonry may be
accepted rather as evidence that the
Supreme Being rules rather than as {
result of the teaching to which the
Fraternity is sworn. In their obliga
tons the members of the craft arr
made the world over the foes of super
stition, fanaticism, ignorance and kin
bred errors The obligations are de
clarations against oppression, arr
pledges that justice shall be melted ou
to all, are promises to feed the hun
CRY. clothe the naked and bind tht
wounds of the injured. Masonry il
for the exercise of charity not only il
aims, but by the helpful hand extend
ed to the weak and erring. Masonr!