Amador ledger., 1900-10-12

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and conduct, in order to ensure happy
Immortality.
Thus we close briefly the first step
our Brother took in Masonry, which
taught him to ''Let no man enter upon
any great or important undertaking
without first invoking the aid of Deity"
Our trust being in God, we go forward
until we are called, as our Brother
Adams, to come up higher.
Let me say-The trust of Mason is
in Cod as basis which can never fail
and rock which can never be shaken.
We open and close our Lodge with
prayer, and no business of any import
ance is conducted without the open
Bible.
The second step Brother Adams took
as Fellow Graft was March 9th. 1888.
He was taught to: Remember that
wherever we are or whatever we do
the All-Seeing Eye is upon us, and
while we continue to act together as
faithful craftsmen, let us never fail to
discharge our duty towards Him with
fervency and zeal. :" Our Brother
Adams lived up to the very letter of
this law.
He took his third step, as Master
Mason, April 10th, 1883. He was then
taught the three principal stages of
human life, viz: Youth, Manhood and
Old Age. In Youth, as Entered Ap-
prentices, we ought industriously to
occupy our minds in the attainment of
useful knowledge. In Manhood. as
Fellow Crafts, we should apply our
knowledge to God, our neighbor and
ourselves. In Old Age, as Master
Masons, we may enjoy the happy re-
Election consequent on well spent life.
and die in the hope of glorious i'm
mortality.
We now find man complete in moral
ity and intelligence, with the stay of
religion added, to insure him of the
protection OF the Deity, and guard him
against ever going astray. These
three degrees thus form perfect and
harmonious whole. In the first de-
gree, we are taught the duties we owe
to God, our neighbor and ourselves.
In the second, we are more thoroughly
inducted into the mysteries of moral
science, and learn to trace the good
ness and majesty of the Creator, by
minutely analyzing His works. The
third degree is the cement of the whole
1t is calculated to bind men together
by mystic points of fellowship, as a
bond of fraternal affection and brother
ly love. A great light in Masonry has
gone out. Dear Brother Adams, fare
3 we'll!
Brother Robert John Adams was
born at Lachute, Quebec, Canada, in
1916. He came to California in 1873.
He was married in 1877 to Miss Annie
Nichols, who survives him. Four
children came into their home to
brighten and bless it; one died in child
hood, the other three, Miss Nellie and
Messrs. John and Robbie Adams are
, left to comfort their mother.
At "a years of age, in the very prime
OF life, Brother Adams was taken from
us. Swift as the lightning's flash came
the stroke of the Death angel to our
I Brother last Saturday afternoon, Oc-
tober 9Th, but though we mourn for
him and regret the accident that hap
pened, yet he died at the post of duty.
Was it not characteristic OF the man?
For the past twenty seven years,
with the exception of eleven months,
Brother Adams has lived in Amador
county, and for nearly fourteen years
he has been resident of Jackson.
To the sorrowing widow, the child
I rem and Brother Adams niece, Miss
Hamilton, let me say: BE faithful and
you will meet your loved one again.
1 He is with the ruler of this Universe
and the All-Seeing Eye is upon us.
e Let us all square our lives by this open
3 Bible and when the compass of time
: shall have swept the circle of our lives
l there will be joyful meeting in the
home above, into which sorrow can
S never come.
Most Excellent Past High Priest OF
+: the Royal Arch, Sutter Chapter No.
+ IL: (here Mr.. f. A. VOORHEES, stood IN
Behold the body of your Most Excel.
v lent High Priest whom you exalted
S June 18th. 1891, now in the casket.
: The Most Excellent Supreme High
: Priest above has called him into the
Holiest OF Holes and now he is singing
S Holiness unto the Lord God of Heaven
I and Earth, as the key stone has been
s put into its place. Companions of the
Priestly order, let US ever keep in mind
Z our promises and our PRAYERS that
Q ever ascend to our God while we pro.
tect His word in circle that cannot be
D broken (by three times three) now that
: your High Priest on earth is gone.
Worshipful Master of the Blue
S Lodge, Amador Lodge 65: (here DR.,
. A. M. Gall stood up)-Behold in the
1 casket all that is mortal of Past
Worshipful Master. The Supreme
Grand Master above has called him to
the Lodge in the Blue Vault of Heaven,
INTO whose hands we leave, with hum
Z BILE submission, the soul OF our departed
brother. ",rhe LORD gave, and the
Lord hath taken him away
Worthy Matron of Golden Star
Chapter, No. 66, Q. E. S.: (here Mrs.
VIM. Penry arose)-;Beheld in the cas-
ket the form of our Worthy Patron.
Guided by the rays of the Eastern Star
he has made his way into the Chapter
Celestial, presided over by the One who
when He came to earth lay in the
mapger at Bethlehem and was there
found by the wise men Of old, guided
by the Eastern Star. The Most Wor-
) thy Patron Of the Chapter Celestial
has called him. 'Take heed therefore,
watch and pray for ye know not when
! the time is; ye know not when the
Master cometh, at eve, at midnight, or
| in the pqraiing." Let us be like our
; Brother Adams, ready.
Brothers and Sisters, our Brother
cannot be raised from the dead. What
shall we do?
Response: ''Let us pray" Here all