The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-11-12

Tributes to Masonry as an organ.
ization which through the centurie.
had ever stood for the building Of
magnificent temples and likewise fol
the development of good character
were paid by Attorney Clifford E
Randall, a Past Master of the Ke.
nosha Lodge of Masons, and Rev
George R. Cady, present chaplain OF
the Kenosha Lodge of Masons, in the
addresses which they delivered on
Saturday afternoon at the dedication
of the new Masonic temple of the
Kenosha Lodge of Masons, overlook
ing Library Park at the corner of
South Chicago street and Deming
street.
These two dedicatory addresses
praised not only the present members
of the Kenosha orders of Masonry,
who have completed the work of
building the temple but also those
Masons here in the past who did much
to inculcate in the membership of the
order the principles which have come
to their fruition in the building of the
temple. Both also urged that the new
temple should stand as a symbol for
the building Of character.
Is a Great Achievement.
Attorney Randall, who spoke first at
the dedication, said as follows:
"By the simple ceremonies lin which
we have just participated, we have
dedicated this beautiful building to
the usages of Free Masonry. Need
less to say this is day of rejoicing
for the members of Kenosha Lodge
and their friends. The erection of
this le-architecturally perfect
and lavishly furnished-is a great
achievement which in its glorious con-
summation causes the heart of every
Mason to swell with pride. Proud of
the history and antiquity of Masonry,
consecrated to its teachings and prin-
ciples and dedicated to service to
others, the members of Kenosha
Lodge, were set afame with desire
to bring, as it were, their gifts of
frankincense and myrrh to this al
tar of Free Masonry, that its censor
might never die out but forever per-
fume and ennoble the air of the
world. And how great is this temple!
How striking! How inspiring for
those who look upon its completion
and for those who SHALL mark it here
after. May we not feel sure that no
matter how civilization may advance
or how prosperous our descendants
may be, or how devoted they may
be to the principles of Free Masonry
that they will say this building was
worthy triumph for the age in which
we live.
Praises Those Who Helped.
fMay I not in the name and in be-
half of this great assemblage extend
congratulations to those whose eff
forts, devotion and sacrifice have made
possible the realization of our hopes
and dreams? We pay tribute to their
vision, their heroic endeavors and to
their spirit of sacrifice. But on this
day of rejoicing, of thanksgiving, and
of triumph, it is fitting that we pause
a moment and gaze into the past. We
see those who dreamed dreams that
we realize today, we see in memory S
eye those Masons and officers who
marshalled and led the craft and
guarded our treasures; we recount
their sacrifices and efforts; we appre-
ciate the example they set; we ac-
knowledge our indebtedness to them;
we pay tribute to their skill as la
borers in the quarries of Masonry.
They were Masons who stood four
square to all the winds that blow To
them we offer the tribute Of eternal
gratitude. In the name of this great
order we salute their memory.
Points Lesson of Temple.
Gas we recount their virtues and
illustrious deeds we are forcibly re-
minded that we too have duties to
perform. Inspired by the zeal and
the courage of those Masons of other
years; inspired by the symmetry and
beauty of the temple we have just
dedicated, we should dedicate our
selves again to the faithful observ-
ance of the teachings of Masonry. AS
this building is the finished product
of the architects skill and has been
wrought with the greatest care, so we
should remember that
"All are architects of fate
Working in these walls of time,
Some with massive deeds and great
Some with ornaments of rhyme.
Nothing useless is, or low;
Each thing in its place is best;
And what seems but idle show
Strengthens and supports the rest.
"For the structure that we raise,
Time is with materials filed;
Our todays and yesterdays
Are the blocks with which we
build"
'This great structure, emblem of Sc
much, example of so much, built up