The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-20
| eEssIvE CEREMONIES PERFORMED

,....sss Were Made by Rev. Nor
-, ereoory and Mayor Gilbert
Hunt This Afternoon.
: .bo nrasence of a large audi
This afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
4. oorrarstone for the new Chris
+.r church. which is to be erected on
ns,onso street. was laid. The cere-
morios we're conducted under the
snsnicaS of the Masonic Grand lodge
/ ~ washington. They were impressive
and consisted of the regulation rit-
roIistic exercises of the order. Those
rbo ofciated as acting officers Of
t,o Grand lodge We're the following:
Acting grand master. DR.. Yancy G.
palock. deputy acting grand master,
Jrdgp William H. Upton. acting grand
senior warden. John L. Jones; acting
y,,m Junior warden. Thomas S.
3StS, acting grand chaplain, Rev.
4 NJ Gregory: acting grand orator,
| ,avor Gilbert Hunt; acting grand
marshal State Senator Fred M.
NJ Pauly
Masonic Procession.
Al , o'clock the members of the
Masonic lodges in Walla Walla as
senbled at their temple and forming
procession marched to the site of
The new church. The exercises were
rened with a song by the church
chor after which Rev. Gregory Of
fT5d an invocation. Another eselec-
ton was given by the choir, when the
cornerstone was placed in position
a1l the Masonic ritualistic services
were performed by Acting Grand
Master Blaock and the other Off
GERS The choir rendered another
hymn, when Rev. Morton Gregory
deiyered the following address:
Re" Gregory's Address.
AoSl NorShpful Grand Master of the
Ilahd Lodge of Free and Accepted
NaSohS OF the State of Washington:
Some thirty centuries since, the idea
"'S conceived in the heart of David,
ana actuaIzed by Solomon. his son,
Oalu 10 the living God a temple
aO'Uy OF His name, To the ancestors
YOUR honorable body belongs the
,I''uoh OF having built that first
- aoS' magnificent edifice. From
Na' udy 10 this there has been an un-
,OA5a nne of Masonic history. Innu-
umes you have been called
YYN 10 set the corner stone for build
- uedlcated to religious. charitable
44 puonc purposes. It is especially
Nv s ua' We should request you to
l., 1'S corner stone. In behalf of
1VNuaI Christian church I desire
,r'A sAp'eSS our appreciation of the
presence 'l 40 ny Soui
Aor UO"dlhg Of this church calls
H., 2'e for the consideration of
ir,., Segregation but affects alike the
r.7S.S of the entire community
! \. ,r ''e Ialthfulness and forcefulness
\, ", work depends the prosperity of
5.r. wy and upon ideals of the resi-
hsrr, ~, U'e perpetuity of it's purity
|srs,;. we SAFETY of the state and
buy OF the home. The history
b -bo .9Ith t,, has been. and ever SHALL
+ 4's "a. history of civilization.
|k8r, - ,sis"Ihcant and worthy of re-
sras,er nut no subject is receiving
Iho5sr y, consideration among thinkers
b.. ,n., mah the place and prospects of
h a. 'rH' VI, IN a recent book DR.. Hen
|j0yb-r ne styles this an "age of
|sorl1 true estimate of our time
|tjrga % oe taat it is a time when all
kon for 't oeing searched with a pas
hs ana y u.h' Men are not dissect-
|logb- b,,a "a.alEzing things because they
fositivar ,., oecause they are demanding
b. cbn,, cbr,l'ld-truth. It is well that
kcalpsI '..n na Is receiving it's share of
| 0ee8s,and 5 and microscope.
|ton.. nr,.,.as.lonally an nninforn,od oro
i dscIin," i,uE"ard to say that the CHURCH
[NOnd ~ ana losing its hold on the
fhe statarl sie Is a grain Of verify in
halt tbo ba'.nent' .' and yet it holds but
Eonceptior"a "uln' The fact is that old
b and aS Az OF what the church should
fsopslv ~, w. are dying, while simulta-
ieals fl, % oelng born new and larger
b otbaU Or her. For the church as in
tructior nme' ' this is a day of recon-
Pay il ha anu reformation. No longer
fom Hfa Salu the church is apart
Ftsef The organized church finds
hrobbinpp' p'I! IT. and parcel of growing
notons . me Of large ideals, new
o' being ru M more poiseful outlook,
past ara :, l her, the mistakes of the
fsater f,tus rT stepping stones to the
Fast the sure. cs We are fast learning
the wo,,5 uich must lead-not follow
Rions. progress, its dreams and
ecome 50 ;. eady our national life has
TIE cbp,ohl IIp1regnated with the ideals
ae that ~ ~ mat it has come to rea-
'sjn ana must furnish not alone
EOo5s to ~ implements and household
Oh after ne :, World, but it is ours to
% morsI;t. eir honor-truth-ideals
nsihle. ~ NY The church is indis-
-. al =, does not live by bread
can teos ives by what his inner
Vth 'wbI. upon. Life were no,
oaghts W Ne but for these sublime
we no church there