Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-30
MASONIC RITES AS
REV. OR. MORGAN
BIDS FLOCK AD|EU
After l4-Year Service, Pastor
of Central M. E. Church
Goes Abroad.

The service at the Central Methodist
Episcopal Church last night was
doubly notable, in that it was entirely
Masonic in character, and also a fare
well to the Rev. DR.. William H. Nor
gan, the pastor, who, with other Essex
folk, will sail next Saturday for an ex-
tended trip through southern Europe.
DR.. Morgan has been presented by his
parishioners with a handsome travelling
bag and field glasses, partly as a fare
we'll gift and partly in recognition OF
his long service at the Central Church.
He has had the charge fourteen years,
that period being the longest pastorate
held by any Methodist minister in the
State.
The service last night was attended
by a large delegation from St. Cecile
Lodge No. 1893, +. n A. M, of which
DIR. Morgan is a member. The orchestra
was composed entirely of Masons, led
by a Mason, and the soloist was also a
Mason.
The subject of DR.. Morgan's sermon
was "Jochin and Boaz," the names of
two pillars In Solomon's Temple. In
part the sermon was as follows:
"Solomon's Temple is one of the most
perfect examples of architecture among
the Jews of the golden age. 1t is q
fitting expression of loyalty and de-
votion of Israel's kings and people to
their God. One of the most striking
things In the temple was a pair of
great brazen pillars, twenty-seven feet
In height and eighteen feet In diane
ter, with capitals seven and a half feet
high, modelled after the open lotus
blossom, surrounded by 200 pensile
pomegranatos crowned with a tablet
on which was carved beautiful lily
work.
Meaning OF the Pillars.
These pillars were situated in the
porch, one on the right hand, n on
the left. Their meaning is given us IN
the Word of God. Jochin means estab-
lishment; Boaz means strength; the
pomegranates signify good work, and
the lilies, beauty. The combined mean
ing is God shall establish his people in
strength, beauty n h~elpfulness.'
This introduces me to the chief busi-
ness of life, viz, the production of
character. Sometimes we are told this
is a material age. ard everything must
be judged from the standpoint of ma
terial success"
Along with DR.. Morgan on his trip
will be a number of Newarkers.
Among them are Mr.. and Mrs. John
S. Bennett, Mr.. and Mrs. Coykendall,
J.. Wesley Day and Miss Sadie T. Day.
of East Newark; the Rev. P. H. Muir
dick, of South Orange; Mrs. I. M.
Sherwood, Miss Bertha M. Titus and
Miss Helen Wilson.
A series of lectures is to be given or
the trip, of which DR.. Morgan will give
one. His subject will be Athens, the
Acropolis and Mars HILL"
VIII Make Twenty stops Abroad.
The trip in detail includes twenty
principal stops in Europe and scores of
side trips. The principal stops are
Funchal, Cadiz, Seville, Gibraltar,
A1giers, Valetta, Phaleron Bay
(Athensl, Constantinople, Smyrna.
Caifa, Jaffa, ancient Troy, the Holy
Land, Alexandra, Naples, Rome, Pom
peii, Nice, Liverpool, Queenstown and
New York. April Is is the date on
which the party is expected to return
to New York, after having covered
nearly fourteen thousand miles.