Evening star., 1915-03-14

doorway and looking upon the great
array of books. he said:
| we hear good deal about the
| brotherhood of man. The word
brotherhood' is so simple that every
| human being understands its meaning
IN some degree. Yet here Is a library
2n the subject. Every book of the
| thousands in there treats in some way
OF the advancement of brotherhood.
For the history of Masonry is the his
tory of the worlds advancement in
Drotherhood. Brother implies that
there must be father. This Father
Is God. the one changeless and eternal.
| ioVlng and merciful. He cannot be
ANYTHING else than the God of Love,
and we, HIS sons, are to be like Him
In brotherhood. That is just about the
composite meaning of this library. If
we were to take the themes of all these
books and reduce the entire collection
TO its primal terms. it would just
amount to that
In addition to the wealth of books,
| there are also many priceless curios.
One of the first objects that strike the
| eye is an ornate Royal Arch apron of
| Gen Joseph Warren, who was grand
| master of the Massachusetts Grand
Lodge when he led the patriots at
| battle Near this apron is another worn
by Gen. Lafayette fifty years later.
June IL, 1875, when he laid the corner
stone of the Bunker Hill Monument.
inen there are the apron and sash of
| his royal highness Prince Frederick
Wilhelm Karl, grand master in the
Netherlands, one of that company of
! kings and princes who have deigned to
leave their thrones just to be men
among men and meet their brothers at
the altar OF a common brotherhood.
, Washington Council. No. 1, Royal and
Select Masters, will have the r. and S.
| NJ degrees at its assembly tomorrow
evening at $50 o'clock.
Editor Thomas A Bynum, junior dea-
con of The New Jerusalem Lodge, No
=, is making pretentious and interesting
tin" The articles are not only of inter-
est to the lodge members. but to the
fraternity at large Here is one of his
clippings in the latest issue:
MAsON'S PETITION.
Teach me that sixty minutes make one
hour, sixteen ounces one pound and one
hundred cents one dollar.
Help me to live SO that 1 can lie down
at night with clear conscience, without
gun under my pillow and unhaunted by
the races of those to whom I have
brought pain.
Grant. beseech Thee. that I may earn
my meal ticket on the square, and in
doing thereof that ] may not stick the
gan where it does not belong.
Deafen me to the Jingle of tainted
money and the rustic OF unholy skirts
Blind me to the faults of the other fell
low, but reveal to me my own.
Guide me so that each day when
look across the dinner table at my wife,
who has been a blessing to me- I will
have nothing to conceal.
Keep me young enough to laugh with
my children and to lose myself in their
play.
And then, when comes the smell of
flowers, and the tread of soft steps, and
the crushing OF the hearse's wheels in the
gravel out in front of my place. make the
ceremony short and the epitaph simple:
here hes man..
Homer Fl. Mckee in Brotherhood"
The Association of worshipful Mas
ters of 1913 held a meeting in Masonic
Iemple Saturday night and elected
officers and arranged for the annual
banquet, which viii take place at the
Hotel Hudson Monday night March 90.
The officers tre-elected) are: Presi-
dent. Bert V. Wolfe: vice president,
lanes II. Windsor; secretary-treasurer.
committee. Charles E. Baldwin and
Harry NJ. Beden. Other members of
the association are W. T. Ballard, F.
h Kramer. F. c. Handy. c. s. Shreve,
9P- I. keely, A B. Douglas. F. NJ.
Cramer. E. S. Wolfe, J. A -Ha-tsock,
G. S. Barnhart. NJ. A. Beckssm. p.
Schureman. P. F. Pollard. G. Myseibert,
H. L. Parkinson, A. H. Pike, o. Ham,
merbacher. H: S. Fisk. H. w. Walther,
. Kerr, Jr., E. A. Swingle and E. A.
NJ. Lawson.
Past Monarch Ed. s. Schmidt of Kallip-
oils Grotto OF the Yelled Prophets. act
ing as deputy grand monarch. by spe-
cial appointment. will institute Koran
Grotto in Philadelphia, Pa, next
Thursday evening. Quite d. number of
local prophets are arranging to act as
his escort on that occasion. 1t is also
rumored that Kallipol.s Grotto Band
and Glee Club, the latter under the di-
rection of Charlie Stevens, viii take
part in the services at the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home next Sunday
afternoon.
The twentieth anniversary of Ia
koma Lodge, No. 20, will be celebrated
May 8. The following committee has
been appointed to arrange for the cele-
D. Lawson and Past Masters William
E. Dyre and Howard S. Fisk.
In the absence of Worshipful Master
Ernest Warren Porter, who is confined
to his home with the grip. the M. NJ.
degree was presented with Senior
Warden Malcolm McCrone heading the
official line at the communication Tues
day nigfN. Past Master William i.
Dyre, Worshipful Master Harry E.
Sengstack of Columbia Lodge, No. 3.
and Past Master Enos S. Harnden of
Takoma Lodge. No. 29, assisted. Re-
freshments followed Among those
present were High Priest Walter F.
Smith and Past High Priest William L.
White of Brightwood Royal Arch
Chapter. No. 8; Worshipful Masters H.
Z. Sengstack ofColumbia Lodge. No.
3: Albert B. Snavely of Naval Lodge,
No. 4. and u. T. Jenkins Of NJ NJ. Parker
Lodge, No. 81: Past Masters W. II.
Cleaver of Beallsville. Pa, Lodge, No
247: George l.. Tarbell. Thomas NJ. F.
| bowling, William f. Dyre. Joseph B.
Simpson. Howard S. Fisk and Enos s.
Marnden of Takoma Lodge, No. 29. The
M NJ. degree will be presented at the
communication March %.
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