Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-18
STATELY ED|F|CE
DEDICATED TODAY
BY MASONIC BODY
CONTINUED from First Page.)
Of truth. knowledge and loving kind
ness"
Invocation by Grand Primate.


At the close of this address the grand
commander summoned the entire as
semblage to stand and the grand pri-
mate said the opening prayer. Then
followed the sprinkling of the elements
Of conservation in accordance with the
following program: Illustration by wa
ter, lieutenant grand commander; con-
secration of the temple to purity, in
nocence OF act. word and thought:
choral response. Keep 1n M, a.sgd
prior; conservation of the temple to
mutual concession. charitable judgment
and liberation; choral response. Faith,
Hope and Charity" Custance; sprin-
secration Of the temple to- charity.
compassion and sympathy. choral re.
Spouse. Loving Kindness. Pilgrims
Chorus Wagner; sp ri lta,s co with
Grafton Of the temple to justice. right
and truth; choral response, "Ged is a
Spirit" Custance; invocation Of bless
ing on the brotherhood, secretary gem
eral. invocation for the light Of truth.
Light" Rise. o My Soul" Tschai-
kowsky: sprinkling with corn. grand
almoner: conservation Of the temple to
universal benevolence and good will to.
ward men,. choral response. Good Will
with salt, grand master Of ceremonies:
conservation Of the temple to wise
Legislation. good faith, stainless loyalty
Duty" from Verdi; lighting the incense,
sovereign grand commander; symbol
Of gratitude. veneration and love of
God, and pledge of future fidelity and
Performanoe OF s. nuty; ch9 n,s
fish Rite choir. Charles Galloway. 32d
degree. leader; closing address OF the
sovereign grand commander; unfurlfng
of the banner Of the order; grand cho-
choirs and orchestra: fanfare of trum-
pets; unfurling Of the flag of our coun-
try: "Star Spangled aBnner." cho'rs.
orchestra and assemblage. benediction,
grand primate.
Expression Of Thanks to God.
In his closing address Grand Com
mander Moore said. in part:
Dear brethren, we give sincere and
grateful thanks to God, who permitteth
us to call Him Father and in Whose
hand are the issues of life and death,
for that He hath permitted US to live
and work until this day that we might
see this His holy house, duly conse-
Grated and dedicated into the good
purposes and worthy ends of the
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nounce it, as l now pronounce 1t, sane
titled to the cultivation Of all the Ma
sonic virtues and especially devoted to
the diffusion of the great doctrines OF
liberty secured by constitutional law;
equity of rights maintained by public
order; brotherhood, with due and law
full subordination; to the protection of
the widow and the fatherless and to
the Improvement and progress of hu-
mainly.
May guile and deceit. false pretense
and hypocrisy never intrude within
these doors. But let there always stand
as vigilant tilers sincerity and frank
ness. plain dealing and earnestness to
forbid the approach OF any unclean
visitor.
"For the increase Of loving kindness,
which is the soul and spirit Of all true
religion: to be the shrine Of honor and
duty, tnseparable as the Dioscuri: for
the clarifying and magnifying of
truth. which. sown in whatever barren
and rocky soil, springs up and yields
an hundredfold for use and blessing:
for the conquest everywhere of the
hydra of intolerance. hatred and per-
secution: for liberation. to which Ma
sorry erects its affairs garlanded with
flowers, and to aid in establishing
everywhere the dominion of faith in
God and in human nature. Of hope. the
chief blessing bestowed by Providence
on man, and of charity. divinest of all
virtues. this holy House of tho Temple
has been consecrated."
Evening Reception Program.
At the reception to Scottish Rite Ma
sons and distinguished guests this
evening at 8 o'clock the following pro-
| gram will be observed:
Selection, organ. A. r. M. Custance.
thirty-second degree. Duluth; overture,
| "Pique Dame" st. Louis Scottish Rite
orchestra. H. J. Falkenhainer. thirty
second degree. leader: chorus, 1T Is the
Lords Own Day." Louisville Scottish
Rite choir. Karl Schmidt X. c. C. H..
leader. Intermission. Selection. organ.
Charles Galloway. thirtycsecond degree.
st. Louis: Waltz Suite, st. Louis SCOT
| fish Rite choir, H. J. Falkenhainer,
| thirty-second degree, leader. lntermis-
| sion. Selection, organ, Karl Schmidt,
X. C. c. H., Louisville: cornet solo,
| "Stabat Mater" from Rossini. Jacob A.
Hartman, thirty-second degree, st.
Louis; chorus, selected, Louisville Scot
| fish Rite choir. Karl Schmidt. X. C. c.
H.. leader.
Distinguished Guests Present.
Among the many distinguished out
ef-town guests In attendance at the
consecration Of the temple were Sow
sreign Grand Commander BENJAMIN
Allen Of the Supreme Council for tie