The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-18
WITH MASONIC RITES.
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souvenir of the White Ribbon Mission,
published in 1895. giving sketch of its
national and local history; annual
leaflet of the National w. C. T. u,
extracts from petition for incorpor-
alton of the Savannah w. C. T. u. in
1888, and the order of the court FOR
the same; list of petitioners, list of
present membership, names of archi-
tect and builders and copy of invita-
tion circular. The following articles
were contributed by Mr.. w. H. Tar
ver Type written copy of the Column
bus, Ga, Times" Missions for the
Masses" New York Journal, Dec. IA,
1901, Savannah Press, Dec. 3, 1901,
containing President Roosevelt's first
message to Congress; short historical
I sketch of the lives of prominent living
Georgians, including the present Cow
ernor, Hon. A. D. Gambler; small aol-
lection of pictures of famous poets,
statesmen and artists; a picture of
Abraham Lincoln and one of Gen.
Grants tomb, Florida fruits and clip
pings from the Morning News and the
New York Times.
MIR. Stubbs' Address,
MT. w. b. Stubs delivered an elo-
quent address. He said: Man shows
at once his kinship to, and his long,
| ing Tor the divine, in the art of build
Ing. 1t is but his feeble effort to inn
itate the solid foundations on which
the mountain rests. the majestic COL
umns of the mighty forests, and the
blue arch that spans the heavens.
Mans history and the record of his
progress nave been preserved in the
ruins OF the temples he has built. AS
the geologist traces the dim but GER
tam footsteps of the God of creation
| IN the strata of the rocks, so to-day
the man Of science walks among the
ruins OF ancient temples long buried
! under ground, and finds pictures of the
civilization and social and national
ne that marked the period to which
they belonged.
1T is meet and proper that we as
Masons, who trace our origin to the
ancient builders, should assemble to
Jay the cornerstone of this structure.
"iu thus ana IN preserving to posterity
et,s,.i, record OF what we are, and a
surviving to be and do in our day and
generation. Ruthless Time has. like
samson of old, laid his head upon the
| grand structure of Babylon. Greece
ana Rome. and behold mans glory ana
pride reduced to ashes, or a mess ~
ruins. These structures have, SERVED
enelr purposes and returned to mother
Ga TN Our day and time demands
I'll, 70 mat we rear such buildings as
VIII meet our needs and fit us 70 de- o,,1
| work a. "s 10 40 our
4fNot armies, nor the force IF No.
| put the enemies of peace are to-day
the greatest foes of our national snS
social life; and the purpose Of this
| structure Is not to eXalt anv yovtbico,
sou' or TO preserve the name If CIV
hng, put is to stand as a b,,lpya II,
against the foe that is doing naora
sr1h any other to hasten our down
ten' Inc women of our land have
osnqed together to repel the attacks
go el'1 iearIul monster, as with awful
| tread he works his way to the cits5ai
OF our homes. The name Of the invada,
Is 1ntemperance;" and the line 80
| ms march is best described in az
A0iiO"ihs words of another speaker. ;,
The saloon Bar.
Mr.. Stubs quoted a strong address
pS"L ntemperance. from the LATE
blsnop Peck of the Methodist E,nisco,,aI
Church and closed the ouotefion b.,
| loon Bar" Inc ga
"A bar to heaven, a. door To bau
| whoever named it, named II well
/ ~ We'll.
| "A oar TO manliness and wealth
n uoor 10 want and broken health
"A bar to honor, pride and fame
a uoor 10 sin, and grief and shame
"A par to hope. bar to prayer,
"A uoor 10 darkness and despair.
| "A bar to honored, useful life.
door to brawlng, senseless strife
| "A BAR to all that's true and brave
uoor 10 every drunkard's grave.
| "A bar to joys that home imparts
door TO tears and aching hearts.
"A bar to heaven. g. door to hell.
| whoever named it, named ii well. "
The Slaughter by Rum.
War" said Mr.. Stubs, has slain
It's thousands, but intemperance its
tens OF thousands. Following in his
trlumphal march ] see mighty host
pass In review: over 100, 900 drunkards
staggering TO an open grave Of hope
| less darkness. Thousands upon thous-
ands of weeping widows follow behind
with misery, disgrace, poverty and
helplessness written on every feature
and again behind these thousands of
| little children clothed in rags and de-
MED their rightful heritage OF home
and education, and love and usefulness.
drag their weary feet.
| And still further in the rear comes
an army of the unemployed with hun
ger-pinched features and thread bare
raiment, and disconsolate expression.
These are followed by an innumerable
| army OF those whose tear-stained
cheeks and weary steps tell of suffer-
ing too deep to be even whispered in
mortal ears such as the drunkard's
wife and daughter, and his friends and
kinsmen must endure.
ITO rescue these we to-day dedicate
this building. Let none be discourse ed,
for II only one woman be saved from
criminal life, or one man from a
| drunkard's grave, all the money put in
this building would have been we'll
| spent
After quoting an extract TO show
| that criminal instincts are hereditary,
and therefore to government and com
munity more costly than Institutions to
reclaim the criminal, the speaker
closed with a tribute TO the members
Of the w. c. T. u. and their work.
oyer against the attractions Of ignor-
ance." said the speaker, these good
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