The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-16
MASONS IN CHURCH
SERVICES AT INDEPENDENT PRES
BYTERIAN BY REV. DIR. FAIR.
HUNDREDS OF THE CRAFT
GATHERED AT MASONIC TEMPLE
AND MARCHED IN BODY.

Were Joined at Church by Many
MOre-A nditOrium of Church Com
pIeteIy Filled and Galleries Near
ly SO-MusicaI Part of Service a
Special Feature-Address Based
on Symbolism of Order Which
Was Explained and ExempIified.
Fraternity ExhOrted to Build
Their Lives from Designs of Tres
tie Board of Great Master of Uni
verse.
More than 200 Masons gathered at
Masonic Hall last night and in body
marched to the Independent Presbyte-
rian Church, where they attended a
service given especially for them by
Rev. DIR. ]. Y. Fair. There was prob
ably another hundred who joined them
at the church, or who attended serv-
ices with ladies' and therefore did not
sit with the remainder of the frater-
nifty.
The men marched from the hall two
by two, eastward on Liberty street to
Bull street, and then followed that till
formed in double line extending from
the church door out to the street and
occupying the street for probably half
a block. In this position Worshipful
Master w. T. Hopkins of Landrum
Lodge and Past Master John w. Park
er of Solomons Lodge, who had
brought up the rear on the march to
the church, entered the church through
the double lines and were followed by
the remainder of the fraternity, who
fell in two by two from the rear.
Space had been reserved for the
special guests on both sides of the
main aisle, extending almost to the
rear of the building, and it was all
needed for the attendance was even
greater than had been expected. The
remainder of the auditorium and the
greater part of the galleries was filled
with the regular congregation and
such visitors as had been attracted
by the special service.
After the preliminary musical part
of the service, which was eXcellently
sung by the choir consisting of Mrs.
T. P. Wickenberg, soprano; Mrs. L. w.
Dupont, alto; Mr. w. A. Reaves, tenor,
and Mr.. F. H. Opper, bass, DR.. Fair
began his sermon. taking as his text
/ corinthians, 1ll:1O, Let every man
take heed how he buildeth.'
I'VE are all builders" said DIR. Fair.
rearing structure more wonderful than
Michael Angelo ever dreamed. AS OPP
erative masons use tools for the work.
ing of marble and granite: quarries it,
squares it and polisheS it. we as spec
ulativc masons also use tools-ihvisi-
Bile tools of thought, and with them
rear soul structures. mould character
and carve out eternal destiny.
THE old builders turned their art
into a system of morals, a system that
is elIdued with the youth of immortal
ity, that has stood the shock of rev.
olutiors, and has seen empires and re-
ligions pass away. There are two
things true of this art of building, ana
of these the first is, it is the oldest and
most useful of the mechanical arts.
Mans first work is to build a home
above his hearth. and his second to
brild temple"
Later in his address DIR. Fair ex-
planned the symbolism of the square,
the plumb and the 24-inch guage and
eXhorted his hearers to live up to their
teachings. He said that there is an
opinion widely current in these times
that man is right if he be but sin
cere in his belief This, he said, is a
most pernicious doctrine. He advised
his hearers to learn how to build their
lives and characters by consulting
often the trestle board of the Great
Master of the Universe. the Bible.