Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-09-20

sNhA SO ~ JAIL VIC SyC Va oil AACu, Sc /
crets that cannot be divulged, AMI !
which have never been found out; but |
these secrets are lawful and homo
able, and not repugnant to the laws |
OF God or man. They were intrusted IL ,
peace and honor, to the Masons Of |
c1cient times, and having been fait l. |
!! lily transmitted to us, it is our duty !
- convey them unimpaired to the |
latest posterity. Unless our Craft were |
good and our calling honorable, We
should not have lasted for SO many
,nturies, nor should We have been
/ onored with the patronage of so
many illustrious men in all ages, who
have ever shown themselves ready to
promote our interests and defend us
from all adversaries. We are assem-
bed here today in the face. of you all,
to build a house.. which we pray God
may deserve to prosper, by becoming
a place-of concourse of good men, good
women and good children, and finally,
my brethren, may our fraternity con
Khue to promote harmony, and bro
therly love throughout the world till
| time shall be no more"
Grand Orator Samuel Platt then
spoke, in part as follows:
"MCst Worshipful Grand Master,
Brethren, Ladies and Gentlemen:--
Today, with these appropriate sur
roundings it is has been our privilege
to have witnessed the, unfeigned tri-
butte Of Symbolic Masonry to the God
given trade that inspired its birth, and
in solemnizing this gracious union Of
the representative and the real, let
us extend the hand OF Masonic friend
ship to the fraternity that builds upon
foundations of the stone and rears Its
material structures for the good of
the world and happiness of the world )
people 1t is a spectacle that appeals
to the hearts of all true Masons, to see
these houses of substance towering
to the sky. The earth that supports
them; the roof that covers them and
the elements that assail them are all
the life giving stimulants of Symbolic
Masonry whose inspiration is Go.i
and whose very existence is founded
upon his works. To US, whose instruc'
lions in the arts of free masonry en-.
! ables a sincere appreciation Of the
; combined handiwork of man and his
Creator, this edifice of State shall for
ever stand as the tangible emblem Of
2 human life, depicting mans earthl,
r career from birth to death,-from thu
f day of his creation till he shall crum
? BILE. to dust and live no more.
How wonderful the analogy be
2 tween the man who builds and the re
: suits Of his toll. How mysterious tn!
:, dividing line that parts flesh an,
: blood from stone ana earth and ye
z hides it's face from human gaze. How
= inconceivable these achievements y
|. Nature that cause plant and ANNA
}. and fire and water and bird and beas.
# and fish and foul, to hold their allotte'
L places within this earthly creation an
!; yet with an unseen chain of mystery
# unites them all, builds one from tn
!, other, and makes those things dissin
IS liar, but the component parts of on
great indissoluble whole. II that whic
d the mind of man has ever conceive
3 must certainly, in point Of fact hav
e existed, then the thought of the syi
st thetic philosopher uniting the imagi,
g. alive with the true, in turn combine
Id speculative with operative Masonr
r joins the keystone of the arch wit
Il the character of the man, and SUCCESS
u that the corner stone of his shelte
1t ing structure is but the repository
ne mans good deeds and the supporti7
'r- pedestal Of mans inner conscience.
o IF the good that men do shall Ii
at after them, you, the honored rep
h sentative of State, will enjoy the D
ferred blessings of Him On high f
ell the human wisdom that conceiv
Re, | this childrens' home and extend t
nd nand Of charity to the fatherless a
IS. lnotherless the weak and forsakel
OF Then the Grand Orator gave the
by terestihg history Of the Orpha,
er, Home of Nevada: among other {
IN tails bringing out the interesting fs
he that Nevada was the first State in
he Union Of States to establish a Sta
Id Orphans Home.
Grand Orator Plat concluded
FL. follows;
lre These monumental blocks Of 70,
to cut and carved by master hands, a
cd joined together in all strength a
en- beauty wait with patience their 10
INT and laborous task This corner stol
Ter the mouthpiece Of this foundati
Tor structure, will, in centuries to con
OBJ speak to posterity and divulge the
In tory of this solemn day. There, 1