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that I was permitted to rank with tn,
brethren.
When the lodge was opened, the mex
lday was there, and met Grand Mas
ter II. r. Butler, who is a regulai
medical doctor and one of the fines
men 1 have ever met He is loved
by the men Of the craft, and 1 don 2
know why they call them Masons mer
of the craft, and don't care, have
fallen in line. The Grand Lodge wa.
duly opened, and the committees APP
pointed.
They handle in the neighborhoOd OF
two hundred thousand dollars every
year and just to think they met on
Tuesday, having had the welcome adj
dresses Monday night, and by 5 o'elOek
Wednesday afternoon they were
through with their business, officers
elected and installed, and ready to
finish up the celebration part, and those
who did not want to- go to Beaufort
on Thursday, went home
Tuesday night was the program for
the jubilee, and wish you could have
heard that great big program. Sol C.
johnson was again in evidence He
gave the history Of the order in Geor-
gia, and it was interesting, and then
heard other men, but the great address
was delivered by DR.. II. R. Butler, the
Grand Master. He is man with a
vision, and it seems that he was Just
born to inspire men, and to have men
love and, follow his lead. He is con
sentative, and above all he Is truly a
Christian leader, and that is worth so
very much to the order. 1 was glad to
be able to shake his hands.
had the pleasure of meeting
Bishop W. d. Johnson, who is to have
charge of the work of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church in Texas,
and who is a great man in his part Of
the world. Then there were others
who shook hands with me, such as
Grand Chancellor Butto, DR.. W. P.
Wrenn, DR.. 7. J. GoOdall, of the First
African Baptist Church, and some
others.
I never heard of men being con
verted in a grand lodge before, but
such is the Christian influence of Grand
Master Butler. He had been advo-
eating home getting during the session.
He had polled the house, so to speak
to see the number of men who had pur-
chased homes, but on that last day,
they opened up in the afternoon, had
one or two songs, and il seemed that
DR.. Butler was seized by the Holy
Spirit, and the FIRE broke out. He
spoke of the earthly homes, and what
they meant to the race, and then he
wanted to know how many had fitted
their souls for the home not made with
hands. How many of them had pro-
vided for the Great Beyond. I wish
you could have seen that host of men
stand, but some did not stand.
Now what happenedi The Grand
Master asked those who were not on
the Rock to stand, and then it was
that men wept like children, and some
even got happy and shouted right out.
For a few minutes the Grand Lodge |
was in an old time revival and special
prayers were offered for those who |
were not converted. L am told that |
some men returned home shouting al
have found Jesus precious to my
soul" Wonderful indeed. I just had |
to look at those men, and want to
the Masons of Georgia
upon having a man like DR.. H. R.
Butler.
They have now started upon an
other half century. They have a fine
orphans home in Americas, and the
children there do not suffer, but are
provided for in great shape They are
ioing some real things. Not talk but
work, and his is the thing that counts
IN a world like this. will have to
bring this letter to a stop.
While there, met Charles Stewart,
md he got a telegram announcing the
ieath of his father, Henry Stewart,
Who died at the Soldiers Home in
Dayton, Ohio, at the age Of nearly SO
rears. He had been slave, q soldier,
. father Of number Of sons and
daughters. am acquainted with John
1. Stewart, Clifton Stewart, and we
n know Charles Stewart, and there
re Julia Morton, whose husband i
iek in Chicago, and Louise Lewis, who
ives in indianapolis. The whole fam
" viii meet in Frankfort, where their
sther win be buried
I hope to be able to 60 to the funeral
Of my love aud respect for
he family. I am going to wire Mss
Eartha z. Williams, Of Frankfort, to
ook out for me. She is one Of the
reat eharateeEs Of our. race. shall
ct have more to say at this time.
COX cut for my next letter.
CHARLES E. STUMP.