The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-01

l An Fair Haven union Gemetery-A Fer
 feet Day for the Notable OccRsIon-
 The MOnument-Ded cation Cere-
 monies by Grand Officers of Grand
 Lodge-EIOquent Address by Mir.
 IOuntrymnD.
 The dedication of the monument erected on the lot owned by Adclphi lodge, No. 63, A. F. and A. M., took place in Fair Haven cemetery yesterday at D. i'll. The weather i Was well night perfect and the occasion was 1 one of very great interest. The monument 1 is erected on Avenue (, few feet north of i the Memorial chapel. The lot has been own cd by the lodge Tor fifty years, but this Is 1 the first time it has been marked. The bod i ies of d few MasOns, residents of OtheF places, are buried therein.
 The monument is finished dark granite ashler, 5E feet in height, feet square, pol ished on the four sides and top and suitably inScrib&d. The cost, about $4OO, has been provided by, AdelDhi lodge.
 Beneath the square and compass and on both sides of the monument is this inscrip- 1 tiOn:
 ''Adelphi Lodge, No. G3, A. r. and A. NJ" ! The monument is finely polished and is very handsome memorial for the d:ad 1 Tie lodge and many members from the city and out of town lodges, with the grand l officers, marched from Masonic hall ill the Crawford building on Grand avenue at $ [ o'clock, to the cemetery. The Second reg. l iment band furnished music. The local lodge escorted the grand lodge and visiting bretn- eren. Wilfred T. Thompson was marshal. Nearly 2O0 MasOns were in the line Oi i march.
 Arriving at the cemetery the Masons form. cd about the Masonic lot in the center of which stood the yelled monument. There were also assembled fully 1000 people to witness the interesting and impressive eX- prpiSpS The nrOprnmO1p aS follows.
 i'> ''' - ' W. N. Burton L. Futile 1 Reception of grand officers, 2;30 p. m. 1 Procession to cemetery.
 I Dedication ceremonies by the grand officers 1 of the NJ: ". Grand Lodge of Connecticut, l w. NJ. Leon M. WoOdford, Grand Master. Prayer by the acting grand chaplain, Rev. 1 r. Countryman.
 selcctlon-"Remember Now Thy cre9tor,' Hymn-"Guide M: Q Thou Great Je6oTah' seccton-"Lost Chord ...j. C, IHi Gould ] Accompaniment by See6nd Regiment Band. Oration-Ret. Worshibfu Brother Frank
 The Hon. \. b. Sperty was called on for remarks and made q most excellent address in which he made an earnest plea for love of God and adherence to the tenets of the i order.
 Hymn-"Blcst be the Tie That Binds"
 Led by the band Benediction.
 The monument committee was: Worship ful Brother Adam Sattlg, chairman; Wor shipful Brother Robert ". Juniyer, Secre- tary; Worshlpful Brother William G. New 1 ton, jr., treasurer.
 Officers of Adclphl lodge, A. L., 903; Bur ton L. Tuttlc W. M. Charles ". Eycrtz, S. w.; Herbert L. Hayden, J, w.; Adam Sattig, treasurer; William $. Rowe, score tary; William F. Hassc. ST, P; Walter s. x II,nry II HrHdlpV. ,Ir s.: Frederick L. Hawkins, chaplain; Wilfred IT. Thompson marshal; Edward x. Holaday, tyler.
 Officers of the M. w. Grand lodge of Con necticut, A. F. and A. NJ.
 NJ. w. Leon NJ. Woodford, grand master; R. w. George E. Parsons, deputy grand master t. ". Asa r, Fitch, grand senior warden R. W. Benjamin F; Turner, grand grana TaSaf Ftasarcr TnFaSR w Gf 5uhn M M SGw GSS grand secretary; R. W. Andrew j. Hallock, grand senior deacon; R. W. Edward E, Full CT, grand junior deacon; Rev. Frederick b. Buckley, grand chaplain; w. Weston ti. Grannis, grand marshall w. Frederick A. Verplanck, grand senior steward; w. Ran. dolph B. Chapman, grand junior steward; Brother Charles A. Jones' grand tyler.
 The exercises over, the procession march' ed back to the hall and was dismissed The dedication was successful In every particu- lar. Aledphi lodge has about 100 members. and is in d most prosperous condition.
 The oration was delivered by the Rev. Franklin Countryman and was Il thoughtful and most interesting orNtion. Mr Country. man is pastor of the North Branf0rd Con gregatiOnal church, master of COrinthiau lodge and q prominent Mason. The address is given below.
 | After eloquent remarks regarding the GUS tom dating back to tim9 immemorial of raising monuments to honor loved ones. great men, heroic deeds, and national events and after speaking of the prOprirty of thia desire to symbolize our appreciation, the speaker alluded to the Grand monument and other famous tributes. In song, and story, also most fttingly, ure great deeds cOmmemOrated.
 And thus it is that we are met to-day to dedicate monument which shall not only commemorate the dead who lie in their s- lent resting places, but also do honor to the l virtues which they eXempliied and in thus doing honor to them we are looking forward in the spirit of hope to what is to come. For 1 in our thought we do not leave our friends | and brethren in the graye we follow them in our faith to their dwelling place in tho presence of God. Our memorial, therefore, does not merely suggest the past, but it 1 calls upon us to look forward For every monument erected in honor of our dead. or raised to commemorate, achievements has 1 reference to the future, because it suggests I certain deathlCSS principles upon which we | love to dwell.
 ! No one then here to-day belonging to the order and participating in these ceremonies of dedication can fail to rejoice in tine fact ] that the brotherhood of men, this fraterni- 1 ty lays so much stress upon a belief in God and acknowledges Him in all living This can best influence men who come in contact l with the brothers of the order, and who see l it's ceremonial rites. Here to-day is the dec l laration of our belief, and in the dedication | of this monument we roaffirm our devotion | to God, and His righteousness. We may de- 1 clare our adhesion to His preccpts and com | mandments. What He declares we accept. | What He lays down as divine commands we receive as imposing obligation upon us all. l A most beautiful declaration is this funda- mental principal, which Masonry lays down 1 when it makes a statement of it's belief in l God But it accepts that which follows when it believes in the immortality. of the | soul We would not be here to-day l verify l belief were 1t not that we rejoice to accept and to make part of our daily living.a be- lief in immortality. Life seems indeed dark and forbidding without the thought of another world into which we are all one day l to enter From the very earliest times men ! have realized this great truth of immortali- l ty. More dimly sometimes than we could wish and yet that they could realize it at all is a wonderful thing. But they have realized it more and more as the centuries have passed and it holds dominant place in mans religious life. That it holds such an unlifting and prominent place in Mason " is exceedingly helpful to all within it's | hounds and to those even who are outside