The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-06-25
TEMPLE Is
DEDICATED

the presence of a crowd of four nun-
dred composed of members and their
families, the elegant new temple of
Roswell Lodge No. 1s. Ancient, Free
& Accepted Masons, at the corner CT
Pennsylvania avenue and west Fifth
street, was last night dedicated to the
uses of the order and consecrated
to the principles upon which the or
der is founded. II was one of the no
table events in Roswell history. Fur
thermore, it was a brilliant social af-
fair, for the solemn ceremonies were
followed by a supper and reception
that vies with adj similar functions in
the history of Roswell.
The ceremonies Of the dedication
opened at eight O'Clock. when the
Blue Lodge was opened with only the
Masons in attendance. The Grand
Master of New Mexico, Frank Johnson
of San Marcial, n. NJ. was then re-
ceived and a Grand Lodge was opened
with all the officers of the Blue
Lodge acting in their respective Of
fees as Grand Officers, with the ex-
ceptiop of J. 8. Lea. Worshipful Mas
ter, who took seat of honor beside
tae Grand Master. The ladies were
then invited into the lodge room and
the program was opened with a solo
by Mrs. w. S. Murrell. open the
Gates of the Temple" by Knapp. A.
Trube played the flute obligato and
tho piano.
The dedication ceremonies in
charge of the Most Worshipful Grand
Master, were tnen solemnlv carried
out, the dedication odes being sung
all the while by @. NJ. Williams, Sam
Jones, w. Armstrong, j. g. Hamil-
ton and W. s. Murrell, with Mrs. Rose
NJ Bird acco-Epanist. First came the
dedication procession, with the oftic-
ars marching around the altar and the
symbolic representation of the temple
and lodge. bearing the insignia OF Of
fee and elements of dedication. Dur
ing this solemn procession the odes
were sung Then following a prayer
by the Grand Chaplain, Grand Master
Johnson dedicated the building by
pouring IN the symbol the elements.
corn, wine and oil, the corn dedicatins
the building to Masonry, tIe wine u
virtue and the oil to benevolence. Tne
words of dedication were most beau-
tiful, full of pure. lofty thought. The
Pablic Grand Honors were given by
the lodge following the pouring of
each element Following another
prayer by the Grand Chaplain. tae
Grand Master announced that the
building was dedicated to St. John.
With the dedication rover, the Grand
Lodge officers consecrated the house
by the pouring of the same elements,
corn, wine and oil upon the symbol,
which now represented the lodge as
body. The rite was concluded with
PRAYER, and as a close a beautiful
trio was given by Miss Eva Nelson,
violin: Mrs. J. M. Nelson, piano. and
A. 8. Trube, flute. They played Pot
Iourri" from Martha" by Flotow.
Past Master L. o. Fullen then gave
an grafton, stating that he could do
no better on this occasion than to give
in substance, the address of the Hon.
A. A. Freeman, at the dedication OF
the then new Masonic Temple
of Carlsbad. Mr.. Fullen explained
that he had not had time to prepare
an original address for the evening
and that ne could not have done be-
man Is famous in New Mexico Free
masonry and has been published III
pamphlet form. 1t discusses the ORR
gin and purpose of Masonry, tells OIL
some of its beliefs and practices,
showing that while the Bible. as the
book of law. comes as a part OF the
beliefs of the Masons. it Is not c1e
greatest standard OF the lodge. The
square and compasses are the real
tests of Masonry, he said. Truth re-
ccived its true coloring and was
shown TO be the foundation OF Ma
sonry. A truly truthful man cannot
tell a lie. he said. and while there
may be men who belong to the Ma
sonic organization. they are not Ma
sons in fact. On the other land. there
are many Masons who do not know IL