Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-12-28
L PROGRES OFFICERS
INSTALLED
FOR COMING YEAR

Lodge lie Progress de lOceanie No.
l24, A. & A. S. r.. held its installation
ceremonies in the Masonic Temple Sat
mday evening The newly elected Of.
ficers were installed by the retiring
Master. Ed Towse. assisted. by J. ID.
Tucker 32nd degree. X. c. c. H., as
acting marshal. The installation COM
plete: w. X. harrington, p. NJ, in be.
half OF the lodge presented the retiring
| Worshipiul Master with Past Mas
ters Jewel. Addresses were then made
by George 4. Davis. 32nd degree, and
Clarence VI. White. Past Master. Bro
Davis gave most eloquent and inter.
esting speech on the Future of Mas
onry., Bro. white, speaking on Light
m Masonry" said in part:
Light in Masonry? Query and reply
are familiar to every Mason. But
light is so common. so general, so all.
pervadpg, appropriated by none yet
owned by all. so peaceful in cottage,
so Respondent in palace that its glories
awake slight enthusiasm. Not till
light vanishes forever and sight Is
shrOuded in black night are its tran
scendent value and charm horne in up.
on the hitherto careless understand.
ing. The mission OF light Is Ito shine
, II Is a beautiful principle in physics
! that light goes far beyond the range
of mortal vision, its intensity dimin'
ishing inversely as the square of the
distance increases. The glad sun, the
lambert moon, and the scintiliatinG
stars shed light lavishly pouring floods
| over all without exclusion or discrim
nation. Light that is universally diff
! fused, whether celestial or earthly,
divine or human, Is a blessing. The
Supreme Being never intoAded OBJ
struction to light. The Savior. dis
COuntenancing hiding ones light under
a bushel said. Let your light so shine
before men that they may see your
good works and glorify your Fathe'
which is In Heaven"
| The significance of these words Is
! the keystone Of light in masonry. Light
! Is universal and radiated or diffused In
/ every direction. II has no boundaries
! So Masonic Light Is not circumscribed
/ by the walls Of the Lodge. Fling open
its portals and let the glad food es'
cape, chasing gloom from its paths and
dispensing its serenity everywhere He
who receives this glorious light,
should not receive II opaquely. No, II
should rather glance from him on Its
merry and beneticent course. Light
! in Masonry means simply Light from
a Masonic source. But when That light
/ is diffused It no longer belongs TO the
| lodge: Il belongs to mankind. Masonic
light is not meant for individual az
sorption. It has higher mission tina"
! individual illumination. 1t is an agen'
cy. a power and an influence for good,
unseen yet unfelt. It is a perfume
which escapes from the thrall OF its
beautiful source and like the perfume
OF flowers enchants the sense even
though the source Is hidden.
I fear that many of my brethren re-
gard this light as a Masonic secret, b"'
slowed on them for discreet conceal
ment. To such | would say that this
glad warm light which emanates from
tenets of brotherly love, relief and
charity was never designed for con
fnement. II Is not only illumination
but It is also an influence. Let such
cautious brethren remember that q
lodge extends from east TO west and