The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-28

! | to be held a religious conference. It!
! objects are to proclaim religious free
, dom, to reafirm the educational uses o
religion. to seek the fraternal uniOr
| OF all men, to set against fanatIcism, IL
proclaim the equality Of the sexes
These may be said to be the identica
objects of Masonry. While Masonry
may not be declared to be religion, il
is religious Every candidate must be
a believer in the Supreme Being and
! there are prayers in the lodge meet
lngs Masonry has always stood for
rIigi0us liberty. Masonry has as an
object the incubation Of benevOIence.
The influence of Masonry is we'll shown
in this age of human progress and
| kindness. Leaders of men in battles
| for liberty have been Masons-Simon
| Bolivar, Marcos BOZZaris, Garcia-aII
| MasOns. Many MasOns have been met
| here during the past few weeks bound
| on a most laudable mission. We see
| at the head Of the government of the
| United States a Mason. We recall
Washington, the Mason. MasOns have
| ed the az mi s We see MaSOnS in pull
| pits Masonry extends a great power
| in the United States In Spain it is
almost eXterminated. One is an en-
lghtened land the other one of ignOr-
ance, intolerance and bigotry. The in
fluence of Masonry is apparent because
it is founded ON the eternal race of
truth and is for the highest good of
man and nation.
Higher MasOnry-BrOther Robertson
Of San Francisco The visitor paid a
high tribute to the MasOns of Homo
lulu. AS inspector he had been asked
some years ago to come to the Islands
or in -i,O I,TT+ III
to do SO. He finds that a year from
now he will be able to come if needed
and if he can be of any service. His
heart had been won by the local Ma
sons. The speaker told of his arrival
in San Francisco thirty years ago. He
became school teacher and now faced
number of his old pupils. He told
OF one who was asked to spell guerilla
and wanted to know if there was
meant southern man or a monkey.
Mr.. Robertson said he was grateful
for the courtesy shown him by Homo
lulu MasCns and that he was Dartic-
ularly glad to meet Paul Neumann
after hearing so much of the gentle
man. Mr. Robertson spoke of the GER
tainty of annexation and said those
who were opposed to it would not find
it so bitter a pill as he-a SOutherner
swallowed years ago. There was ap-
Fi~use for the statement that all was
unity now with the people of the
United States
Mr. Neumann led up to the senti-
men, The Prosperity of the Islands,
by referring to Mr.. B. F. Dillingham;
as the Colossus Of Roads. Mr.. Dilling-
ham responded briefly in his usual
earnest and sanguine style, the while
speaking of Masonry and it's lessons
Mr.. Neumann spoke eIOqUently of
the solid union now to be observed in
the United States, as we'll as the re-
latiOns existing between the United
States and the mother country.
There are Others''-N. e. Gedge, |
Pacific Lodge. The sentiments ex-
pressed by Mr.. Spalding were endorsed !
and seconded. Mr.. Gedge was con-
WINGED that the new union would fur |
ther the interest of all. 1t will be |
seen how pleasant it is for brethren |
to dwell tOgether-in unity and cher |
ishing the principle that the glory Of |
one is the glory of all.
Visitor Robertson, who was in forty |
battles Of the civil war, arose again
to say that Yankee Doodle" was now
Dixie Doodle" and that the country
would be incomplete without Hawaii
1 lie LOdS L1ildSIeI Cdll6u on bGOLD6r
Bulea, of New Jersey, to offer some
hing for the good of the order. The
visitor presented a kindly message
from his state and cOmplimented the
MasOns of Honolulu on their temple
and work and hoped for a Crane
Lodge of Hawaii.
WOrshipful Master Little, of Hawa
ian q, was pleased to welcome Lodge
e Progress to the temple. He hoped !
hat all would cooperate IN assisting
he new members of the house family. |
The Eastern Star (The LADIES'
John Phillips told an amusing anec-
lOte The speaker admitted that he
was late, but that his sentiments were
sound nevertheless. This meeting of
he three lodges marks the fruitiOn of
the lOng-cherished hopes of many
MasOnS.
Mr.. White announced that the form
IL program was at an end. when Mr. |
Phillips proposed the health Of Paul
Neumann, who replied with witty re-
marke. This closed the evening.