Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-31

no nave passed over DeNonus 10 WHOM
our thoughts turn back in loving rerpeIp-
brance. OF some Of them We must speak.
Brother Sumner D. Chillson, How well
we remember that unassuming, simple
hammered faithful soul. He was worship
full master Of Rising sun lodge in 1892
and again in 1894. The last Masonic
gathering he ever attended was q con-
claye OF Vermont COmmandery, No. Of
Knights Templar at Windsor.
II was there while in the asylum Of the
Commandery that he was stricken with
the attack Of spoplexy from which he
never entirely recovered, though he lived
about q year and half He was buried
with Masonic honors at East Bethel, VT,
March %, 1897.
Brother Joseph W. Waldo. ID. How
well we remember him, Big Of heart
and Of frame, rugged. strenuous, forceful,
a human dynamo in action, But there
were many tender spots in that great rug
ged heart. He loved Masonry and be
loved the order Of the Eastern star. He
was worthy patron OF Rising sun chapter.
o. r. =, at the time OF his death. and
some Of Us well remember bow he vas q
constant attendant at the conversations Of
the chapter, even after his sight was
dimmed and his towering frame trem-
bling with sickness. He was buried with
Masonic honors Dec. 10. 1901. Two Of
his sons and a son-in-lRw are nov MEM
bers Of Rising sun lodge.
Edmund r. skinner reycrently and
lovingly We remember him, He II vas
who, a. worshipful master pro tempore
in George Washington lodge, raised my
venerable father TO the sublime degree Of
a Master Mason more than forty years
ago. He il was from whom during my
carly Masonic years I drew much OF in
spiration and instruction, not from pre-
cepts alone, but from the stegdiastness.
purity and simplicity Of his beautiful life
and character. To me his face always
seemed like a benediction. In speaking
OF him am reminded Of these words Of
Homer, He lived in house by the side
Of the road and he was a friend TO man"
With these words for text another poet
exclaimed,
Let me live 10 N, house by the side . the road
They are so1d. t'ey are bad. they are weak. they
III, are strong wise ipDil.h.--so am
Then Why should ! at n the scorne.'s seat %
Let me- live Ia my house by the side q the road
and De a friend % man"
presume our sanity old Brother Skin
ner never heard these words, but he lived
them every day of his life. lie was a
friend to man, and men we're better be
cause he lived among them. He was
buried with Masonic honors 81 Tun-
bridge, on March %, 1908. At his per
sonal request, expressed TO me only d
short time before he died, / reformed
the last rites of Masonry over his re-
mains. Today his son and grandson are
both honored members OF Rising sun
lodge.
We are justly proud that Rising sun
lodge las survived the storms and yicissi-
tudes Of hundred years and j. today
strong and prosperous; but. brethren. let
is remember that the true glory OF Ma
'onry or of Masonic lodge is not in it,
antiquity but in truths and their beau
les.
We love the memory of our fathers. not
because they are old but because of the
and purity of their lives.
md because of their labors and their sac
'ifices for US.
'Det US then draw from this thought a
esson-lust this:-Antiquity. regalia.
onnrous titles, gold lace and fine feathers
nay appeal for time to the Imagination
Il the light-thinking, but to those whose
opinions are worth most-to the thought
al, the true and the good of this and of
oming gensrations-we may best com
mend ourselves by the purity Of our Ma
onic lives and the honor Of our Masonic
work.
Our lives are albums, written through
Wiih good or III. with false or true.
And A. the blessed angels turn
The pages u our years.
Cod grant they read the good with smiles.
ANA dot the at vita tearr''