Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-24

hy he Sccttish male qnartette, re-
mindmg the nOvitiates that all Things
on this earth are finite and mortal, ana
that "a final accounting must be rem
dered at the throne of God
The lesson of Peace was inculcated
in the sixth degree. in fact the Ma
sons were the first universal peace adj
vocates, Salamou Spi2 presided as
/ King Solomon and again the black
lhangings with their symbolic tears,
formed the BACKGROUND for the cere-
monies Unlawful curiosity Of the noN-
ices came near drawing upon them
lccndign punishment but this was
IaVerted by the previous fidelity to
/ their vows The scene was in Galilee,
i i'm the cities given by Solomon to the
King of Tyre John s. Il. Hammitt
{nade an eloquent and most royal
King of Tyre. Arlton S. Kirkpatrick
( was captain of the guard and his
Iscnorous voice rang out clear and
strong. The feature Of the music was
Ia baritone SOLO "Oh. Pray For the
+ Peace Of Jerusalem, by II, J.. Orms-
+ bee, with male chorus
staged by Albuquerque.
The Seventh Degree that OF Provost
land Judge, and one of the most beau
|tiful of the lnenable degrees, was
worked by an Albuquerque team with
/ Sidney ]. Abrahames as venerable
master; Edward d. Sackett, as senior
warden Allen t. Morrissett, junior
warden Henry c. Shelton, master of
ceremonies and Reuben Perry ora
tor The auditorium was glowing in
red light, reflected from the slender
Moorish pillars. sumusing the beauti-
Iful scenery and lending It's hue to the
rich costumes. Six lights, the colder
key with the letter a" and other
symbolic display helped to impress in
dclibly the lesson as the initiates were
given the keys to the temple and Were
taught. Judge not, lest ye yourselves
be judged; for whatsoever ye measure
unto others, the same shall in turr
be measured unto YOU More LoVi
To Thee, O Christ, a swcetly tender
soprano solo by Miss Dora Fischer
was the principal musical feature on
the program for that degree.
The Flu Degrees.
Then came the Flu degrees, Whicf
tell Of the punishment meted out t'
the three traitors who just before th'
completion Of the temple had commit
ted crime of the most atrociou'
character and who i'm fear and trem
INfIllE were llil fFoffA Win NtAN 1At"f
jtv of their wrong doing. White, rec
and black. white to symbolic the pur
NV of the KNIGHTS, red the Nervousness
|of tho crime and black the grief there
.at are the colors Of the Ninth, ovel
which Melvin r. Dunleavy swayed th'
scepter as King Solomon and n
which Charles NJ Stauffer was Kins
Khairom. In the Tenth the black col
.ors rcappeared and the traitors re-
ceived their final punishment Thei
despair was voiced in the bass solo
"Out of the Deep I Call a veritabl'
profundis rendered by Llcweiiyn G.
Hall.
But il was i'm the last degree Of th'
day. that the sublimity Of the Lodg'
Of Perfection reached the climax TIT
entire evening was given to It ana !
was conferred in the sacred vault VIII
. It's long vistas of columns and arches
: and It's profound depths. The color o
: the sagree is red and its emblems arr
the compass, crown. sun and star. In
b regalia includes white aprons Will
j blue border and red flames and tn
emblem painted in the center Charlie
A. Wheelon was the venerable maste
/ and proved himself a most eloquen
+ ruler, r. /. Cooper was senior war
E den, and Edward r. Paul, JUNO
: warden. Marvin @. Yates, master o
ceremonies; G.. A. Gray assistant eN
pert, and George Lougee captain o
the host. We're other members of TN
= degree team 10 whom had been as
signed the task of leading in the cere
. monlal The musical program opene
with an ohertory splendidly RENDERED
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