The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-06-26
West RiUer TOlUns
TOWNSHEND.
Masonic Sunday >; the Congregational
Church

Church.
There vas not a cloud ia tho sky u
dim the elory II Oh hai, as he rose ou
SUNDAY morning, and sent some u hi'
heams into tho Congregational Church e
touch ~ the poses AMI hydtangeAs, which
had bocn PLACED theIe ia honor oI tbs
day. i,fomplN at II a'rlaek w, II Miles
acting a. marshal, lei thirty meml-rs Of
nlasing star lodge, No, -, y, a A, NJ,
10 their plaees ia the private Pess'
Among thase Ia tho front ranks Nriv
Wonhy Master q, II, Evans, senior
Warden e. ". Cutler, Junior Warden A.
l.. Rand, Senior DEACON Ihnoni iiolhrook,
Junior Dearan T., II, IudwoFsh, senior
Steward ". J., Blood and secretary w
~. Sparks, Alter the singing Of the dok'
ology, Rev, Daniel Mclniym, chaplain d
Blasing Star lodge, read the twelfth chap
Ter oi Eoclcsiasles. The hymn by the
congregation, Love Thy Kingdom
Iori. WAS followed b. the New Tesla
meni lesson. after which Mis-, II. v. Dale
and hen daughter, Mics Alice, rendered
the duet, Ms Faith Lacks Up 10 Thee, IA
A way which made each member al the
congregation their debtor, Mrs, i. l..
osgood, organisl. and Park osgood, Vio'
linisi, PLAYED the oiicnog,
Mr. Mcintyre took for hts text Romans
li.7, For none Of W hyrth 10 himself,
and Eph. i.a5. For Nc afc mcmbcfs one
Of another" saying ~ part; Sell aud ssli'
interest are not IA accond with present
civilization. II j. moi lie 10 be narrowly
bounded by ones own petty affair. To
try 10 lead such life Is 10 Try 20 build
a temple ON the qulcksand. Try 20 Pic
ture for yourselves world IA which each
man lived Tor himself In suclf a world
each man would bc more lonely aud ~
worse condition than was Robinson Cru
soc ON his little island IN the Pacific for
he, al least. still had a heart filled with
human sympaihies aud love. What would
il be to have no friend, no brotherg What
would a church be- like II there Wa no
human sympathy between it, members.
Each man would have TO have a church
OF his own aud be h. own preacher, or
ganisi aud janitor. What kind OF homes
would we have. There would be no
houses, for the skill 10 build came be-
cause the binding together Of people IN
families produced a need Of homes. We
live in and for each other. We cannot be
self cultured. God has endowed us dit
ferently. He has warmed our hearts to-
wards our fellowmcn. and has bound the
whole family OF man together by kindred
needs and wants. Our kinship Is born of
God II has been truly said that one
word grandly expresses religion and civ |
ilization today aud that is the word 10.
gether. When We stand shoulder TO shout. |
der the problems OF religion, politics, edu. |
cation and society will be solved. Broth.
or Masons. the pitfalls and obstacles that |
beset humanity must be removed, the
thorn and briars must be cleared away
and we must have hand in preparing a
high way for our God. ! have been
thinking much on the words of the great
preacher, Jesus, my master, Judge moi"
We too often Judge and are in turn too
often judged by appearances. We say
that seeing is believing but ii we believe
Is we see we would think the earth flat
md that the sky touches the edges. We
tee a man overcome by business reverses
md we say "a failure" but the recording
nigel may be writing in letters OF gold
sublime success" Free Masonry is too
Does it pay to be Masong Does it pay
o be moral, TO relieve distress, to live
emperate lives, to be honest and peace.
lble, to study Gods words and work.
free Masonry teaches all these. Every
nan who lives up to the teachings of
Masonry will become a Christian. IL we
re true Masons we shall become pillars
n the temple of our God.
After the singing of the hymn, Jerusa-
I'm My Happy Home, the congregation
vas dismissed with the benedicton.
among the members of the lodge from
ut of town who were present were Henry q
traitor and Fred Smith of West Towns
end, Frank Dewitt of Newfane, Cliff
ord Holbrook of Brattleboro, w. A. {
Waite of Wardsboro, Albert Sherman q
Ar: Richardson and Frank Willard OF
Villiamsville, Ransom Rand, Frank Rand
}. G. Wright and Earl Davis of New. :
me; and from another lodge Edwin S.
awyer of Hyde Park, Mass.