Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-08-26

concerned in the raising of these
walls OF this Temple of Learning.
Bestow Thy special blessing upon
all who in the days and years to
come shall enter these courts to
learn the great lessons of truth in
all its wonderous and various I'M
Holdings and in its manifold express
sions of wisdom, of righteousness
and OF, service. Inspire them to
the highest duty with the noblest
courage. May they go forth from
these halls from year to year re-
joicing to serve their fellowmen
and glad to lend the influence OF
their lives to the end that honor
and uprightness alone may prevail
among the citizens and people of
this city. this State and this our
great nation.
"Bless those who in these immed-
late days shall be engaged in the
labor of raising these walls. which
even now by faith we behold as in
4 vision splendid. May that vision
inspire them to faithfulness. to skill
and to harmony. that in due time
they may receive their reward.
"And now. Almighty Father. we
invoke thy especial bcnediction upon
this stone. which we are to lay at
the head of the corner in Thy name
as a symbol OF our great hopes.
May it be indeed a foundation stone
of great achievement in the up
building OF humanity. And do Thou
hasten the day when the whole build
ing, fifty framed together, may
arise to a temple acceptable to
Thee.
1--WE ask it for Thy names sake,
who alone art corner stone and
cap stone of all our labors and all
our aspirations. Amen"
A selection by a quartet COM
priscd by w. T. King. DR.. c. F.
Yount. Garry Vyne and Robert X.
Porter followed. VI. B. Hazeltine,
president of the school board of
trustees in delivering his opening
remarks called attention to the for
tunate situation of Americans by
virtue OF the fact that while one
half of the world was engaged in
bitter conflict. Prescott situated on
the other half was able to gather
and participate in such a peaceful
and worthy occupation
Mr.. Fredericks then informed Mr..
Hazeltine of Grand Master Smiths
inability to arrive per schedule and
OF his being deputized to act in
his place. With his staff gathered
about, Mr.. Fredericks commenced
the ceremony which lasted for TWEEN
ty minutes and concluded with a
baptism of wine poured from 4 gold
en- cup. The ceremony was not only
interesting but instructive as well.
The depositing OF two caskcts in the
cornerstone, a procedure unique in
the annals OF Masonic cornerstone
laying activities is believed to have
established a precedent The Ma
sons in retaining the old casket
placed an invaluable estimate upon
it. When the question OF preserving
the casket and its historic contents
arose, the happy idea of re-interning
it in the new buildings cornerstone
was preached and Immediately
adopted by the Masons. When the
present structure. which will rise
over a hundred feet above Gurley
street in its majestic beauty of mar
Bile and granite. is relegated to a
similar fate by the elements and the
flight of time years hence, the Ma
sons OF that generation will reclaim
two caskets, one containing the
story of Prescott and Arizona in
the real old pioneer days and the
other fraught with features of the
prosperous tale OF the city of the
mountains during the infant years