Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-24


the Tan of Its Gayel is Hearc
A.o,,,,+ba WARTS Iovv Masonr,
DfTeFS from O''sf
The wear 1907. in which Rising Sur
I,4.. M r was born vas no mean
war The world was moving then and
MANY. an event took place Of marked sig
nife4ncs. Nauplecn was the lorj OF
E.uTo.a and wa, fast aYpruaching hi.
zenith. u was il 1877 that he fought
the raltig, OF EyIau and Friedland and
nut the prl -iaa- and Eu,sia.- TO fight.
securing hv these victories the peace Of
TiIsit.
II was n this same year that the Eng-
lish tlu 1a-+gd Copenhagen and carried
off line Danish feet. that the ROYAL family
of Portugal acG to Brazil and the British
pqrl.a,,.nt u..sed an act for the suUDres-
sion Of the slave trade. In the Cnued
States. Fulton was making his first trios
ON mis- -r.a,,,hoat 1i and down the Fud-
son: aaron Burr wa, het.g tired for tres
SON and the nation was aroused hy the
tirino oft Ia Epriish sti,, Leonard uron
the Ch,sareale, one of our war vessels
chat could make no efeotaaI resistance.
Tai, wear, also. saw the birth of two
great men Garibaidi. the lbsrator of
Italy. and our own loved yoyt. LongfaI-
low. 1t was in the beautiful nouth of
October Of this eventfui wear that the
Most Worsbipful Grand Lodge Of Yer
mont convened at Windsor granted a
charter to several brethren who had petit
toned for lodge TO be established at
Royalton. 1t is this last mentioned event
of the memorable wear 1897 that we are
the most interested in and that has
brought Us together TODAY from various
parts of our loved Vermont and other
states.
was verv much pleased when
learned that proper and adeuuate stems
were being taken bv the brethren of Ris-
ing Sun to celebrate the hundredth ami
versarv Of their life as a lodge. 1t was
De ToquevilIe. the eminent French
scholar who made such thorough studv
of our American life. who once said
some of the greatest dangers To modern
democracy is its contemnt for the mast >,
That SURELY cannot he said of Masonry a.
an institution and hope it cannot be said
of many Masons as individuals. II sure-
" cannot be said of the Masons of ROval-
ton and because of this glad occasion
when we are taking time 70 loot, hack
over a hundred evpntfuI wears we ara TO
he all the better for if.
You are not forgetfuI of the sources
from which YOU draw vour nresent mos
peritv. For truly, IAN that we are all
that we know. has come from, the mighty
past.u Great examines. THRILLING events
DhiIOsDDhv. art. all the gIories Of man
kind snring from the soil of history
The wonderful life flowing beneath the
centuries is one which carries us forward
to- destiny we can only di,nIv draan,
about If * enDohlino To stand e+iII opd
tpde As we do this we haboId Frsarno-
sonrv enarging frnr, din, ori,ins for
down the nafb 0f fine and stnodiIr 3D.
vancing with increasing mower
A hundred vears ago we nod on +ba
continent of North America some ~
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Nasons bf7t TO-DAY we Lo,,o o,,ar -
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that the career If orr I,,,,,7 l,r,7- b., ,.
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