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SAMPLES SENT UPON REQUEST. Emblematic Cards resile jOonrii CONTENTS FOR AUGUST, 1904 American Patriotism The Century's Legacy Hallowed by Love An Old Grand Master’s Address Good of the Order The Unseen Cord Three Bulwarks Masonic Mysteries Study for Expressiveness True Masonry California Faith in Masonry A Signer of the Declaration of Independence Good Sense Es Selamu Aleikum Exact Equality . , Perfect Ashlars of Masonic Thought Editors’ Corner Desire for Official Station Then and Now Talking Out of Lodge Over the Burning Sands The Black Ball A Bad Practice How Many Degrees? The Templar in Life The Three Tenets A Defender of the Truth Strength Not Always in Numbers A Persian Proverb Masonry a Picture of Life The Wrong Smell Dr. George C. Pardee, Governor of California The Approaching Conclave The Time to Speak Good Books Next to Good Friends Crests of Masonic Opinion Charity The Religion of Free Masonry Our Conclave Number Chips from the Stone Quarries Comer Stone Laid Golden Jubilee at Eureka A New Magazine Visits of the Grand Master The Craft in General California in Particular Will Keep Open House Ideal Home Life Book Shelf 43 40 47 10 51 53 "4 54 55 50 57 GO 01 02 03 64 04 04 65 05 G6 07 OS 60 70 70 71 71. 7° 72 73 74 79 79 SO 50 51 SI SI SI 51 52 SO 52 53 S3 PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY trestle Board CCompantj 102-104 Second St San Francisco , Cal. Edited by James Wright Anderson Walter N. Brunt, and Edmund Mansfield Atkinson. Business Manager. Subscription Price, Ji.oo a Year; Single Copies, io Cents. Entered at the Post Office at San Francisco, California, as second-class matter. Liberal commission to active agents. Correspondence solicited from every locality, jurisdiction and country on subjects pertaining to every Rite and Branch of Masonry. THE TRESTLE BOARD Notice to Subscribers. The addressing label on copies of the Trestle Boarjd mailed to subscribers outside of San Francisco indicates the time of expiration of subscription. It will be ob- served that the dates have been extended to cover the period of lapse of publication. This month re- minders ” are also enclosed in the Magazine and the publishers will be exceedingly obliged for prompt returns The distribution of the Trestle Board in San Francisco is conducted by a direct carrier system which appears to be satisfactory. Bills for subscription, within the city, are delivered this month, attention to which is hereby directed. IN EVENING CLOTHES FOR IMMEDIATE USE WE STAND PRE-EMINENT (jjlja ss. 3ipilus & (S«i uoior ©“'I )irrs. 132 Jftrnrrtp Slrrrl, jSjnu Jj*!rnnrio ro . Masonic Calendar. SAN FRANCISCO AND ALAMEDA GOUNTI&S. Stated Meetings. MONDAY ist *Occidental Lodge, No. 22. rst *Hermann Lodge, No. 127. ist fKing Solomon’s Lodge, No. 260. ist & 3d *San Francisco R. A. Chapter, No. 1. ist & 3d JGolden Gate Commandery, No. 16. 2d &4th gBeulah Chapter, No. 99, O. E. S. 2d & 4th fff Olive Branch Chapter, No. 169 O. E. S. every ***Oakland Scottish Rite Bodies, ist & 3d fffSan Francisco Chapter, No. 196, O. E. S. last ****Fruitvale Lodge, No. 336. TUESDAY ist *Golden Gate Lodge, No. 30. ist ^Oriental Lodge, No. 144. ♦♦Sail Francisco Lodge, U. D. ist ft Brooklyn Lodge, No. 225. ist & 3d *California Chapter, No. 5. R. A. M. ist & 3d **Starr King Chapter, O. E. S., No. 204. ist ffOakland Commandery, No 11. 2d & 4th jlvy chapter, No 27, O. E. S. 2d &4th ||f Unity Chapter, No. 65, O. E. S. ist & 3d Berkeley Chapter, O. K. S., Berkeley. WEDNESDAY ist *Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 44. ist *Crc ckett Lodge, No. 139. ist *Excelsior Lodge, No. 166. ! ist ^Mission Lodge, No. 169. ist& 3d ffOakland Chapter, No. 36, R. A. M. ist *California Council, No. 2, R. & S. M. 2d Jlslam Temple, A. A. O. N. M.S. 2d&4th ggCarita Chapter, No. 115, O. E. S. ist& 3d fKing Solomon’s Chapter, No. 170, O. E S. THURSDAY ist **Starr King Lodge, 344 ist *California Lodge, No. 1. ist *Fidelity Lodge, No. 120. ist gSouth San Francisco Lodge, No. 212. ist *Doric Lodge, No. 216. ist ^Mission R. A. Chapter, No. 79. ist || || Alcatraz Lodge, No. 244. 2d ggOak Grove Lodge, No. 215. ist *Yerba Buena Lodge of Perfection, No. 1 , S. R At Call *Yerba Buena Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 1 At Call *Godfrey de St. Omar Council, No. 1. At Call *San Francisco Consistory, No. 1. 5th ffOakland Council, No. 12, R. & $ . M. At Call *Pacific Coast Masonic Veteran Association. 2d & 4th JHarmony Chapter, No. 124, O. E S. 2d & 4th ffOak Leaf Chapter, No. 8, O. E. S. ist & 3d ffOakland Chapter, No. 140, O. E. S. ist & 3d f California Chapter, No. 183, O. E. S. ist ftt Presidio Lodge, No. 354. FRIDAY ist *Pacific Lodge, No. 136. ist *Loge La Parfaite Union, No. 17. ist ff Live Oak Lodge, No. 61. ist IfflDurant Lodge, No. 268. every *California Commandery, No. 1. ist & 3d JGolden Gate Chapter, No. 1, O. E. S. ist *Loggi Esperanza Italiana, No. 219. 2d & 4th J Crescent Court, No. 3, R. & A. D. SATURDAY IfMission Lodge, No. 169. ist ffOakland Lodge, No. 188. 2d ggAlameda Chapter, No. 70, R. A. M. every Masonic Board of Relief, Emma Spreckels Bldg., 927 Market St., Room 604. last *Past Masters’ Association. 2d & 4th ^Mission Chapter, No. 155. O. E. S. ist & 3d X Aloha Chapter, O. E. S., No. 2(6. * Masonic Temple, Corner Post and Montgomery Sts. f Franklin Hall, Fillmore, bet. Sutter and Bush Sts. t Golden Gate Commandery Hall, 629 Sutter St. \ Masonic Hall, Railroad Ave., South San Francisco. || B’nai B’rith Hall 121 Eddy St. ^ Masonic Hall, 2668 Mission St., bet. 22d and 23d Sts. ff Masonic Temple, 12th & Washington Sts., Oakland fj E. 14th St., East Oakland. Ill Peralta St. near 7th St., West Oakland. Masonic Temple, Park St., Alameda. iHf Masonic Hall. Berkeley Station. ♦♦♦Scottish Rite Cathedral, 14th & Webster Sts., Oakland f ff 223 Sutter St. ♦♦Devisadero Hall, 317 Devisadero St. ♦♦♦♦East 14th St. and Fruitvale ave., Fruitvale, tfjOctavia and Union Streets. Voi. xvn AUGUST, 19C4. No. 2 American Patriotism. The following address was delivered on Bunker Hill Day at Los Gatos, by Edward H. Hart, Past Grand Orator, and present Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of California: Bunker Hill Day, which we here and now celebrate, commemorates the first im- portant battle of the Revolutionary War, where American patriotism cemented with its blood the first foundation stone of the Republic. It commemorates the event by which op- position to encroachments of the British crown was raised to the high character of a mighty revolution ; by this event resist- ance ceased to be the action of indi- viduals — leaders of patriotic thought — and became the action of an aroused and united people. It commemorates the event by which the colonists, in their march toward inde- pendence, burned behind them the bridges of reconciliation; from this point there could be no faltering, no turning back- ward — only onward lay the course to tragedy or triumph. Bunker Hill Day commemorates the event from which followed, as a necessary sequence the immortal Declaration of: In- dependence, and the appearance in the firmament of nations of the brighest star that has ever shed its radiance upon the pathway of the human race. Shakespeare, the greatest poet and phil- osopher the world has ever produced, en- dowed with the most wonderful intellect ever given to a human being, and gifted with a vocabulary of boundless and amaz- ing richness, does not once, in all his marvelous writings, use the word ‘‘patriot- ism/’ — yet this word, which the greatest master of the English language did not know, expresses the sentiment that has brought us here to-day. the sentiment that is inborn with every child of the* Republic, the sentiment that has moved our country- men, not only at Bunker Hill, but upon countless other battlefields. to deeds of transcendent valor, and the sentiment that, at all times, will rise paramount in moments of threatened peril to our coun- try, to save untarnished the glorious em- blem of the Union. Patriotism is not limited to America — other people have love of country, as is il- lustrated by the sublime spirit and des- perate courage manifested at the present moment by the Japanese, in their mighty struggle for preservation, but American patriotism is the highest order of patriot- 44 THE TRESTLE BOARD. ism in the worlds the deepest and most enduring, because it is enlightened, and because, also, it is founded upon a princi- ple that is mankind’s dearest and most valued possession. The principle which led our ancestors to seek inhospitable shores, that nerved them to battle with the craft and cruelty of the painted savages; the principle which kindled the souls of the Continental heroes, while their blood- stained footprints in the snows of Valley Forge told their torture ; the principle which lies at the foundation of this gov- ernment, enters into every portion of its fabric, and which has animated every patriot from Plymouth Rock to the pres- ent moment ; the principle upon which the flag of the Republic, wherever it floats, is planted, and which national expansion, no matter how broad, will never subvert or destroy ; the principle which rules now and ever will rule, wherever the sovereignty of the Stars and Stripes is recognized, and before which the whole world must finally stand aside to let it pass, is the principle of civil political and religious liberty ; upon this our patriotism is founded. Our American ideals are born of a great belief — failure is born of unbelief. Belief by our fellow countrymen in themselves, belief by them in the latent good that re- sides in humanity, belief in their own and in their country’s high and mighty des- tiny. Our American conception recog- nizes that there is no darkness, no vice, save ignorance; and as was said by the great Webster, at the laying of the corner- stone of Bunker Hill monument seventy- nine years ago to-day, that “Knowledge is the Great Sun in the firmament.” Such, my friends, are the men and women of America, such the enduring foundation upon which the great republic of the world is builded. Do we despair of America, its mission or its destiny? Never! To despair of America would be to despair of humanity. Do we join with those, who in the contem- plation of the economic strifes of the pres- ent day in our country, of the combina- tions of capital and privilege on one hand, and of skill and labor on the other, see the destruction of liberty and the downfall of our cherished institutions ? Never! That there are unsolved problems, it is true; that from the dawn of history down to the present hour man has ever been confronted with unsolved problems, is also true, and that he will never cease to be thus con- fronted, may we not devoutly hope and pray? May we not thank God that all the problems have not yet been solved? Growth and progress simply mean the overcoming of obstacles, the unraveling of difficulties, the solution of problems, and when these tasks cease to confront man- kind, mankind will cease to grow. Heaven itself cannot be a place or a condition of happiness save that it presents problems to solve and permits everlasting growth. Eternal calm is not eternal happiness. America in the more than century and a quarter of its existence as a nation, has met and wisely solved many grave and portentous questions. No task was ever placed upon the republic for which the re- public was not adequate, and no responsi- bility will ever come to America as a na- tion that will be beyond the measure of its powers and capabilities. From the so- cial and economic difficulties which beset the times, our country with constant and lofty patriotism and intelligence will arise with augmented grandeur to higher levels. In this great republic are fused the sound- ness and courage of the West with the wisdom and experience of the East. The history of the past is the history of Europe; the history of the future will be the recorded achievements of America — out of the long past of Europe arises the long, unmeasured, glorious future of America. May we not justly regard our country as the crown which time has placed upon the nations of the earth, a crown of bril- THE TRESTLE BOARD. 4 :> liant gems, each gem a state shining in the luster of its own heroic and resplendent history ? Thus we have South Carolina and Massachusetts, sister States of the original thirteen, foremost in resisting encroach- ments upon their liberties. Pinckney and Rutledge, Laurens and Marian, of South Carolina, ‘'brave names, ” matching in their dauntless spirit and lofty courage the names of Adams and Otis, Quincy and Warren, of Massachusetts. The “Old Dominion*’ home of Wash- ington, of Madison and of Monroe, mother of presidents, mother of the indomitable hero and patriot, Patrick Henry, birth- place of the brave and spotless “Stonewall*'* Jackson, a State rich in history and achievement. The “Empire State.” imperial in re- sources, mighty in its citizenship. Pennsylvania, keystone of the original arch of independence, the State whence was promulgated the immortal Declara- tion of Independence, and the State where- in was drafted the Constitution of our country, the greatest charter ever evolved by the wisdom of man. Ohio, one of the most magnificent mem- bers of the Federal Union, possessing al- most unbounded natural resources, which have been expanded and developed to a marvelous degree by the energy and intel- ligence of her people: a State which has adorned our annals with the names of so many brilliant and able sons, and a State which shines to-day in unsurpassed luster in the diadem of the Union. But. my friends, there is another por- tion of this vast country of which we have not spoken. There may be the historic old State of Massachusetts with its Con- cord and its Lexington, its Bunker Hill and its Boston, with its immortal old South Church and North Church and Common: there may be the mighty com- monwealths of New York and Pennsylva- nia. with their seemingly boundless re- sources; there may be the great Mate of Ohio, which has given taour country such illustrious names as Wade and G hidings. Grant and Garfield, the Sherman* and William McKinley — but upon the western border of our continent, upon whose hills the glories of the setting sun are last to rest, as sinking into the shining sea, it drops upon the earth the curtain of the closing day — here sits the Empire of the Golden West, only beginning to awaken under the magic touch of American genius: an empire grander, more wonder- ful in its latent resources, and more mar- velous in its possibilities than any other spot upon the footstool of the Almighty ! At its northern portal, Shasta, lifting its chaste and mighty crest nearly fifteen thousand feet above the sea level, and at the south Whitney, with its ever glisten- ing pinnacles of snow, stand as sentinels of the Almighty over this paradise on earth regained. The most magnificent scenery on earth is said to be found within its borders. The Sierra Nevada moun- tains, bold, defiant and picturesque: the Yosemite Valley, famed throughout the world as the most marvelous work of na- ture: the magnificent lakes and river can- yons, all planned on a scale so grand that in their contemplation we halt in awe and reverence. From the four quarters of the earth have been brought contributions to the soil of California to spring into abun- dant fruitage; from Attica the olive, fa- bled in the ancient world as the greatest gift of the Goddess Athena to the Greeks : from Syria the fig, and from France and Italy, Spain and Sicily, and all the islands of the sea, offerings have come. What was spoken as a figure by one of the great- est orators of the last century in his triubute to the memory of his brother, that were every one to whom he had done a kindness to bring a blossom to his grave, he would sleep beneath a wilderness of flowers, might be spoken literally of Cali- fornia, where we live and move and breathe 46 THE TRESTLE BOARD . amid a bewildering wilderness of bloom and fragrance. Incomparable, however, as is the scenery, gracions as is the climate and beautiful as are the flowers, they are not so incomparably gracious and beautiful as the peerless California woman, into whose character and disposition are woven the matchless purity of the air and sky and the never failing sunshine; the fairest, loveliest, noblest and best of all her sex, the acme of perfection, the brightest gem in the State's coronet of splendor ! But, ladies and gentlemen, the crown- ing glory of California has not yet been named, that which constitutes its crown- ing glory, and that which constitutes the crowning glory of every State in this broad land, whether it he California or Florida, Michigan or Texas, is that it forms an integral part of an indissoluble Union, a part of the greatest nation that has ever existed beneath the stars, a nation of aggressive, progressive, thinking peo- ple, where freedom of thought, of speech, of press are guaranteed, and where under such circumstances, right, though often struggling through error, must in all cases in the end prevail — a nation whose flag, wherever it floats, whether on the hills or in the valleys of our land, or on the dis- tant shores of the frozen ocean, or in the islands of the tropical seas, typifies now, and always will typify, peace and progress, liberty and freedom. The church member who attends church only to hear the singing is no better a Christian than is the Mason who attends his lodge only to partake of a banquet a true Mason . — Gilbert Patten Brown. The cock crew when Peter sinned. There are human beings who rejoice when an- other falls, and their relative value is that of a rooster to a man. Delays are never dangerous when we are angry. The Century’s Legacy. Professor Dolliver, of Tuft's College, is the author of the following compendium of what the Nineteenth Century received as bequests, and what it is going to turn over to the Twentieth Century as a leg- acy: This century received from its predeces- sors the horse; we bequeath the bicycle, the locomotive and the automobile. We received the goosequill; we bequeath the typewriter. We received the scythe; we bequeath the mowing machine. We received the sickle ; we bequeath the harvester. We received the hand printing machine ; we bequeath the perfecting press. We received the Johnson dictionary; we bequeath a dozen lasting analyses of the entire language. We received the painted canvas; we be- queath lithography, photography and col- or photography. We received the hand loom; we be- queath the factory. We received gunpowder; we bequeath nitro-glycerine. We received the tallow dip ; we bequeath the electric light and the Standard Oil Company. We received the flint-locks; we bequeath the automatic Maxims.. We received the galvanic battery; we bequeath the dynamo. We received the sailing ship; we be- queath the steamship. We received the battleship Constitu- tion ; we bequeath the Oregon. We received the beacon signal fires; we bequeath the telephone and the wireless telegraphy. We received wood and stone for struc- tures; we bequeath twenty-storied build- ings with supports of steel. We received ordinary light ; we bequeath the Poentgen ray. THE TRESTLE BOARD. 47 H allowed by Love. Have ye heard the tradition the rabbins have told Of the site whereon stood the famed Temple of old? Long ere stone had been laid how ’twas hal- lowed by love, And grew precious in sight of the Master above. ’Twas aforetime possessed by two brothers, ’tis said, One of whom lived alone, while the other was wed. In a primitive way they had planted their field, By uniting their labors and sharing the yield ; When the wheat had transmuted the gold of the sun, It was stacked near each home, and the har- vest was done. When the elder had finished his evening repast, A fond glance toward his wife and his children he cast. As he mused o’er the blessings kind heaven had sent, What endearments were his, aye, what blissful content. Then he thought of his brother, uncheered in his life By the presence of children and sweet-loving wife. For his desolate lot he would recompense make — And thus pondered what kindness to do for his sake : “From my sheaves I will secretly add to his own, For his comforts are few who thus dwelleth alone.” As the shadows grew deep and the day-star de- clined, In his home sat the younger, these thoughts in his mind : “I have none to provide for, my wants they are few, And I roam where I will when my labors are through ; Careless, hapnv and free as the bird of the air, For I’ve none of the burdens my brother must bear. What a pleasure ’twould be, now the harvest is o’er, Could I stealthily aid him in basket and store: He has many to feed, and is harassed by cares — I will add to his sheaves while he sleeps, un- awares.” In the gray of the dawn each was tilled with surprise, As his stack undiminished confronted his eyes. In the darkness once more their good deeds they repeat, In the morn, lo ! what marvel — their stacks still complete. The third night on love’s errand they venture again, Both resolved, on returning, strict watch to maintain. A dim figure approaching, each brother per- ceives, Then the twain come together both bearing their sheaves. In an instant they’re locked in each other's embrace, With the look of a seraph o’erspreading each face. On the spot where thus met those two brothers of old, Rose the Temple, resplendent with cedar and gold. While love’s spirit still lingered, its spell over all, From the workman in quarry to builder on wall ; And thus linked loving hearts in a brotherhood vast, Which hath silently threaded the centuried past. ’Mid the splendor of kingdoms or ione desert waste, Where the battle shout rose or where vines interlaced, Where the mount kissed the sky or in caverns of earth, Holding priceless the truth it received at its birth. Bearing succor to those in the direst distress, Bearing balm for their wounds, bearing bounty to bless. Bearing food for the hungry and shelter from storm, Bearing brightness to cheer, bearing raiment to warm. Bearing comfort to those who are sadly bereft. What its right hand may do never knoweth the left. Ever bearing some good, ever heeding come cry. For by love, only love, can we mount to the sky. When the perfect day comes and true light each receives. May it fall on us all while we’re bearing our sheaves. — Laurence X. Greenleaf. in Square and Coni pass, Colorado. 48 THE TRESTLE BOARD, Courtesy of the Sunset Magazine . a jolly picnic crowd near^paso robles, California. THE TRESTLE BOARD. TJ An Old Grand Master’s Address. (FROM "the AMERICAX TYLER.") Brother George P. Hupp, librarian of the Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, sends us an original printed copy of an interest- ing and eloquent old address, delivered by John Crawford, M. D., who was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Maryland a century ago. The address was read before the Pennsylvania Grand Lodge, and was evidently deemed to be of such merit as to warrant its wide dissemination by that Grand Lodge. Brother Rupp has sent us one of the two hundred printed copies ordered to be issued by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania at an adjourned quarterly communication held in Phila- delphia, October 20, 1806. We reproduce the original as nearly as possible: ADDRESS OF JOHN CRAWFORD, M. D. RIGHT WORSHIPFUL GRAND MAS- TER OF MASONS IN MARYLAND. PREVIOUS TO HIS RESIGNING THE CHAIR. Printed by order of the Grand Lodge, tchen in Convention , May Ilf, 1806 , — A. L. 5806 . My Much Respected axd Highly Es- teemed Brothers: Having for nearly six years been hon- ored with the superintendence of this dis- tinguished society, I cannot take my leave of you without expressing my warmest thanks for the ample support you have at all times afforded me. When I undertook the important office, conscious of the great responsibility at- tached to the situation, and of my inca- pacity to perform the duties that must devolve upon me, in an adequate manner, I solicited your indulgence for errors that might result from want of knowledge ; but assured you I should not fail in exer- tions, sensible of being animated with the warmest zeal to supply every deficiency to the utmost of my power. I am well convinced that in many respects I have fallen much short of the object 1 aimed at; but never from a moment *of indiffer- ence, or a lessening of that ardor by which I was actuated on my coming into office. My heart's best affections have been unre- mittingly devoted to the prosperity of the order, connected, as I well know it is, with every thing dear to man. My private avocations will no longer suffer me to continue in this Chair, as the duties of it require more time and atten- tion than are compatible with interests that must not be neglected. Hence it be- comes necessary that you should turn your thoughts to the selection of one whose virtues and knowledge render him worthy of so eminent a station. Such a character may certainly be found, and such a character merits your undivided suffrage. You cannot, indeed, too seriously occupy your minds with a choice on which ever}’ valuable thing in Masonry must very much depend. The respectability of the order is intimately connected with the propriety of conduct of those who are placed at its head. I have been long endeavoring to prove that the object of our labors has ever had directly in view a commemoration of the will of God as revealed to man either as contained in holy writ, or handed down to us by tradition, and I hope in a short time, to adduce irresistible evidence, that were it not for the revelation so made, we should never have formed a conception of any of the arts and sciences, conceived any idea of the existence of a God, or con- sequently, of our having any relation to Him whatsoever. It is a truth of which I am firmly persuaded, that in our having had thus imparted to us these important doctrines, we are chiefly distinguishable from the inferior animals. There is not an individual amongst us who can doubt that Masonry has been uniformly strenu- 50 THE TRESTLE BOARD . ous in enforcing a strict observance of the laws contained in holy writ, although he might hesitate in admitting the authen- ticity of their origin. Those then who have the chief direction of our affairs should give conspicuous proofs of their belief of the religious de- signs they are enjoined to inculcate. It is assuredly obvious, that in proportion to our solicitude in promoting these de- signs, the purposes of Masonry must be more or less perfectly fulfilled. It is one of our firmly established rules that discussions on religion or politics should never be admitted within the walls of our temple ; certainly an excellent rule ! There are no subjects more likely to stir up the angry passions, or to be subversive of that harmony which was from the be- ginning one great aim of our institution. But from thence, it does not follow that we are to exclude every consideration of religion or policy. Without the first, we should have no means of restraining tur- bulence; were it not for the last, we should be devoid of form, and degenerate into confusion. The injunction against the admission of religious and political questions could never have obtained had not such discus- sions been usual, nor would it have been adopted if the agitation of such questions had not proved injurious. But as all our charges, and every progressive step we take in Masonry refer to revelation, or to tradition most evidently derived from the same source. We cannot preserve even a semblance of consistency, and deny a gift of the Almighty, which constitutes one of the most essential characteristics of our species. It will not be hazarding too much to assert that our institution will never recover its ancient splendor until the members of it become open and un- qualified believers. Then, and not till then, may we repeat, at the closing of our Lodges, with becoming propriety — “That we have not labored in vain, nor spent our strength in naught, for our work is with the Lord, and our recompense with our God.” Nor can we, until this gener- ally prevails, hope to be freed from that obloquy which has so long attached to us, an obloquy which commenced with the opinion that Masonry professed only the religion of nature, and, in violation of common sense, and evidences, incapable of being misunderstood by the most lim- ited understanding, that it was, in no re- spect, connected with divine revelation. The mistaken conceptions of the exist- ence of a religion of nature, that is of a religion coeval with the formation of the human system, with the construction of the organs of sense, have been the most injurious that ever entered into the mind of man. Such a religion is unconnected with responsibility for any of our actions, and by giving no credibility to the laws of God, it flatters the mind with a per- suasion that crimes are alone cognizable by the civil power. Take away law and there can be no sin. It will not be diffi- cult to prove that this mode of reasoning is a perversion of the understanding, and leads to consequences more ruinous than ever entered into the thoughts of those by whom it was suggested. Such a religion as has been already in- sisted upon, is opposed by everything that engages the attention of the Mason. Let him apply himself diligently, with a can- did mind, to understand the obvious de- sign of all his operations, he will then be convinced that in every instance a religion of nature is unconnected with all his pur- suits, is altogether delusive and visionary. No man, however good he may be in other respects, can be guilty of a greater ab- surdity than in occupying his time with objects that have wholly in view a com- memoration of the injunctions of the Deity, and notwithstanding professes that he does not believe any such injunctions were ever uttered. To direct our thoughts to this scrutiny, THE TRESTLE BOARD. 51 to explain the sense in which all our workings should be understood, has long claimed my solicitous care. I shall pur- sue it with diligence, and flatter myself with a hope of being able, in a short time, to demonstrate that the dearest interests of religion are our unvarying aim, and that he must ever be the best Mason who is most scrupulously governed by what it inculcates. These hints will, I trust, have some influence on your minds in the choice of Grand Officers you are about to make. May the Great Architect and Supreme Governor of the universe so di- rect your thoughts on this momentous occasion, and in every thing connected with our supreme order that all the ad- vantages may be secured to you which equally respect time and eternity ! Permit me, my dear and highly esteem- ed brethren, to renew my heart-felt thanks for the distinguished honors you have so repeatedly conferred upon me, for the kind and liberal support I have uniformly received from you, and to entreat you may firmly believe that your dearest in- terests shall ever have possession of my heart. True Copy. Attest, SAMUEL COLE. G. Secretary. Good of the Order. The Masonic Chronicle wisely says: “Sorry it is that when the ‘good of the order* section of the business has arrived in most lodges — yes, in the greatest ma- jority of them — that so few members have anything to present. One great reason is that so few members read anything about the Order, either in books or the periodicals printed in its behalf. “Having been admitted to membership and advanced through the several grades sufficiently to be permitted to attend the meetings is sufficient for the majority of such members ; they have reached the end of their desire and ambitions — unless the ‘office bee* gets the better of the indi- vidual, then a new ambition marks the future. Some are adepts at memorizing and glib of tongue, and become ‘marked for future honors.* “But what of the ‘good of the order?* “Of this they know little and desire less. Its history, traditions and litera- ture are to them a sealed book, and only when an occasional grand officer, or a well informed visitor drops in, or is solicited to address the Lodge, do they get their ears above the surface of selfishness and ignorance, and absorb new ideas.** What is wanted in our Lodges is more enlightenment on the aims and historic features of Masonry and less ambition for office only. The brethren would find such enlightenment better for the Craft gen- erally than the desire only of the office- seeker, because eventually the seeker after office, in many cases, after he has gained the goal of his ambition, becomes the driftwood of Masonry . — Masonic Sun. We do not judge our friends by their failures. A purse is the most common poultice for the conscience. An inspiration is mightier than an ar- gument. There is no science without the super- natural. Have no thoughts you dare not put in deeds. It is love for men that lifts a man above men. 52 THE TRESTLE BOARD. The Unseen Cord. There is an unseen cord that binds The whole wide world together: Through every human life it winds — This one mysterious tether. It links all races and all lands Throughout their span allotted. And death alone unties the strands Which God himself has knotted. However humble be your lot, Howe’er your hands are fettered, You cannot think a noble thought But all the world is bettered. With every impulse, deed, or word Wherein love blends with duty, A message speeds along the cord That gives the earth more beauty. Your unkind thought, your selfish deed, Is felt in farthest places; There are no solitudes where greed And wrong can hide their faces; There are no separate lives; the chain, Too subtle for our seeing, 'Unites us all upon the plane Of universal being. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Three Bulwarks. In his sermon delivered in connection with the celebration of the one hundred and fortieth anniversary of Zion Lodge No. 1, of Detroit, Mich., the Rev. Warne Wilson told of the three great bulwarks of Masonry, and said : Without these three bulwarks, this Or- der, whose early history is clouded in the haze of centuries, would be powerless to- day; its ritualism would be a farce and its mysteries meaningless. These three bulwarks make Masonry the magnificent institution it is to-day and mark it as a power for good. The bulwarks that I speak of are our duty to God, to our neighbor and to ourselves. These are to Masonry what Jerusalem was to Israel. I have heard men say that the Lodge is their church. Those that say this are unin- structed Masons, because the Order is founded on the principles of religion. Ma- sonry is a strong enduring power of de- fense against atheism and irreverence and stands forever as a protest against scepti- cism and unbelief. Throughout the steps that mark the progress of the candidate are taught the principles of reverence for the Creator, the brotherhood of man and proper temperance and restraint in all our' actions. So long as the Craft remains true to these old-time principles, so long will peace remain within her walls. We should not see so many faults in our fellow-men if we did not look for them. The praise of the multitude cannot give peace to the heart that has been false to itself. THE TRESTLE BOARD .03 Masonic Mysteries. Bro. Col. J. C. Tucker, former United States Minister at Martinique, relates a strange story of a race of people living in an underground city in Central America. Col. Tucker some time ago received in- formation about a race who live in cities cut out of the rocks in the mountains of Central America, in an out-of-the-way place, and which no stranger had visited before him and returned alive. He de- cided to investigate. After reaching a certain point. Col. Tucker had to travel 300 miles through wild jungles, carrying his provisions on a pack mule and endur- ing many hardships on the way. As he neared the hidden city his every movement was watched and reported to the high priest of the tribe dwelling there, but no harm was offered him. When he shot a pair of lions in the jungles which had been killing the natives he did an act that turned out to be the very thing that gave him their friendship and protection. He was welcomed by the high priest, who spoke good English, and was shown through their wonderful city, hewn out of the solid granite rocks in the mountain side. To the uninitiated the surface of the mountain gave no clue to the city con- cealed within it. It was entered by secret passages, cunningly concealed by nature's handiwork, and which led to large, com- modious rooms, handsomely furnished, mostly in old mahogany. Passages led to hundreds of rooms and to a large hall, in which the strange people met and held their meetings, while smaller openings for ventilation went upward, ending among the rocks and jungles above, so arranged that the rain could not enter. The tradition among these curious peo- ple was that they originally came from a country far away, and their mission was to outwit their enemies, which, in the be- ginning, pursued them. At all the en- trances there are side rooms, from which, at a moment’s notice, deadly gases could be let loose upon any hostile invaders who might enter, and which would kill them instantly, while by sliding doors of stone the gas would be kept from entering the city. The light of the sun, moon or stars never enters their underground city except through certain openings, by which they study the mysteries of the night skies, but they use electricity for lighting purposes, a science they have learned by keeping in touch with the outer world through their young men. The Colonel says he was an attendant at their meetings, and was surprised to find they were going through Masonic rit- uals, which he, being a Mason of high degree, understood. This was an inheri- tance of theirs from their ancestors of the unknown past. Bro. Col. Tucker has written many chapters about these people and their city. He has done so because he wishes to pre- serve the knowledge. He freely shows them to his friends, and has as yet made no effort to publish them. The proprietor of a well-known magazine, who visited the City of Mexico, and who was given the privilege of reading the manuscripts, with the proviso that he would not publish their contents, offered Col. Tucker first $5,000, and then double that amount, if the Col- onel would pilot him to the city in the rocks. And he may yet do so. Bro. Col. Tucker believes these people are a part of- the lost tribes of Israel. He has many old parchments they gave him which he has been unable to find any one to decipher for him, but which he hopes to have read by some one of the great scholars of the world, when the mysteries they contain in their time-stained hiero- glyphics will be made plain, thus revealing to the world perhaps the strangest story that ever linked the dim past with the living present . — Chicago Chronicle. 54 THE TRESTLE BOARD . Study for Expressiveness. The experience secured in the confer- ring of Masonic degrees is often the first road that leads a Mason to appreciate the beauties of the symbolism of the Craft. No brother can better prepare himself for a full appreciation of its impressive les- sons than by zealously and conscientiously performing each duty that is allotted to him, no matter how minor it may appeal to his ambitions. Many brethren never fully realize the grandeur and sublimity of the Masonic system until it is personally brought to their hearts and consciences by a study of the ritual, that they may take a part in the ceremonies, and the more impor- tant the part and the more carefully they Study it, the more deeply the finer in- stincts of their souls are stirred into ac- tivity, opening to their wondering gaze a new and beautiful world of which they never before had the faintest conception, and stirring their hearts with a flood of marvelous light. Under the impressive symbolism of the Craft lie its gems of de- licious knowledge, as the luscious fruit lies beneath the foliage of the plant. The human heart is a “mysterious quantity,” to be stirred into activity by some trivial word when expressed under proper con- ditions, and many times momentous re- sults follow that may influence the des- tinies of not only individuals, but of nations as well. The innermost recesses of our beings and the most secret cham- bers of our hearts may be reached and flooded with sentiment by a tiny ray of light that was thought to be valueless and lost in the immensity of the universe ; yet in God’s economy it had its part, and his plan would be incomplete without it. Even the tiniest ripple on the ocean’s placid surface serves a purpose, if our knowl- edge is great enough to follow it to its consummation. In the make-up of every son of humanity there is a holy of holies, into which no pageant of earthly greatness can enter, yet it may be unlocked and its beauties thrown open to delight and im- prove the world if the right means be employed to reach it. A human soul may be trembling and quivering in the bal- ance to-day, my brother, and it may be assigned to you to utter the word that means its weal or woe. Are you prepar- ing yourself to say it so as to build up character and manhood, or by indifference and slothfulness to let it die for want of the light that is yours to furnish? — Ma- sonic Chronicler. True Masonry, Nebraska can lay claim to one of the most remarkable incidents of true Ma- sonic charity that has ever come to our notice. Some time ago one of the mem- bers of a certain Lodge in this State strayed from the path of Masonic influ- ences and became a defaulter to the amount of over two thousand dollars. The matter became public and the brother confessed his guilt. He was a bright, promising young man, and his actions were a great shock to his many friends. The Lodge took the matter up and the members made good the defalcation with- out a murmur, thus saving a brother from a penitentiary sentence, and then expelled him from the Fraternity. If there is a particle of manhood or Masonry left in the young man, the action of his Lodge should so stimulate his future actions as to make it unnecessary for suspicion to again cross his pathway . — The Acacia. Remember that happiness, when it comes at all, usually comes to those who do not go in search of it. The more a man knows himself the less he says about it. THE TRESTLE BOARD. 55 Courtesy of the Sunset Magazine. UNDER THE OAKS, NEAR PASO ROBLES, CALIFORNIA. California. (AX EXCERPT FROM AX ADDRESS BEFORE THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY IX 1S63. BY THE REV. THOMAS STARR KIXG.) “Suppose we were called upon to name on all the globe, to-day, the community of four hundred thousand persons most favorably placed, so far as domain, and prosperity, and prospects are concerned. Let a man turn the globe with compasses in his hand, and hold them suspended, and deliberate as long as he may, I defy him to fix the point at any other place than Sacramento — right here at Agricul- tural Hall — so that the sweep shall in- clude the four hundred thousand souls within the jurisdiction of this society. What other portion of the earth, held by one organization of less than half a mil- lion, will compare in privilege, resources and hopes with the young beloved Benja- min of American States, whose autumn sack is now stuffed with grain, while the mouth of it contains a cup of gold? A line on the Atlantic Coast, representing the length of our State, would run from Boston below Chesapeake Bay. below Cape Hatteras, below the batteries of Gilmore on Cummings Point, to the harbor of Port Royal. And nearly the whole of the area, with this vast water front, is one symmet- rical domain by reason of the mountains that uprear their five hundred miles of jagged whiteness in its background : the 56 THE TRESTLE BOARD. rivers that flow from the northward and the southward,, fed from those snowy springs, to unite in the center of the State ; and the bay that receives their volume, rivaling in its conformation the Bay of Naples. ' Where else has the Almighty delivered to half a million of people such a line of eternal snow, looking down upon such opulent plains? Where else such a fellowship of temperate and tropic climes ? Where else such rainless summers which turn drouths into harvests? Where else gold in the rocks, and, bending o’er the mills that crush them, peaches that mock the apples of gold in the garden of Hes- perides ? Where else such sweeps of wheat such armies of noble cattle on a thousand hills, such bloom of vineyards, and, be- neath all, such variety of mineral wealth, which only centuries to come can tap and drain? Where else has the Almighty connected such social blessings with ma- terial good — freedom, intelligence, schools, multiplying churches and loyalty — delib- erate-principled, unconditional, invincible loyalty to the government and the policy, the freest, the noblest, the worthiest be- neath the sun ? I do not say this in boast- ing. It is only the honest generalization of the map of California and of the facts which your exhibition presents to our eyes this week. In privileges of position, and in regard to resources and the future, the State of California, in the American re- public, is the most favored spot which the globe turns to the sun.” Could the gifted orator now behold the progress made in the forty years since this address was delivered, how changed would be the panorama of beauty and prosperity that would meet his delighted vision! Truly, California is raised to heaven in point of privilege and opportunity. “Ah! what caution must men use with those who look not at the deed alone, hut spy into the thoughts with subtile skill.” Faith in Masonry. In the darkness of the past, brute force and might of sword and spear subjected labor to bonded slavery. The feudal church and state repressed the grosser violence, and in their turn coerced the toil of man into their servitude. The builder met in secret. The tiled Lodge never died; the noble principles of lib- erty and equality were taught within the guarded walls with the emphasis of mys- tery, and received with all the zeal of devo- tion. From the lives of the members, the lessons learned, passed into the liter- ature and sentiment of the day. The re- sult was a free church and religious equal- ity; a free state and political equality. To- day, the market rules and compels the mind and hand of man to its caprice. We have faith in the persistency of Masonry. With confidence, we believe the day will surely come when the intellect, the culture, the conscience of the race freed from the market’s power, will relegate the acquisi- tion of wealth to the menial spirits of the age, while they move onward in their royal course, enriching earth with novelty and uplifting life upon the heights of lov- ing emulation . — James S. Gilliam, Ne- braska. Don’t let your troubles down you. If you stop to consider you will perceive that none of them ever killed you. Troubles past are probably as tough as troubles you’ve got. Remember the sage exulta- tion of the darky patriarch: “Boss, I’se gwine live de res’ ob de yeah! Eh? How know ? Why ! I’se done libbed pas’ de Fo’f ob Mahch; an’ I’se always noticed dat when I libs froo de Fo’f of Mahch I libs de res’ ob de yeah !” “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick,” and it hath the same effect upon the bank account. A girl never gets over the shock of en- couraging a man who proposes but once. THE TRESTLE BOARD. .)/ GENERAL WILLIAM WHIPPLE. (From an old and rare picture.) A Signer of the Declaration of Independence. (Made a Freemason in Colonial Times.) WRITTEN FOR THE “TRESTLE BOARD"” BY BRO. GILBERT PATTEN BROWN. AMERICAN MASONIC WRITER.* The king and despot have rilled the old world, while the patriot and the inventor have and will continue to rule the new. Xew England is proud of its colonial fathers, whose lives stand as examples for future generations. The cultured, rural and beauteous town of Kittery, Maine, has many interesting traditions, and upon that soil where once trod the warlike red man now stands the United States navy yard, also many dwellings of renowned citizens. There, on the 14th day of Janu- ary, 1730, was born a gentleman of dis- tinction, and in the modest person of William Whipple, son of Captain William and Mary (Cutt) Whipple, and the fifth in line from Matthew Whipple of Rocking, Essex county, England. His great-great- great-grandfather, Elder John Whipple, was one of the deacons in the "First *Author of “Memories of Martinique,” “The Kennebec,” “Lydia of Hadley,” etc., etc. Church” of quaint Ipswich, Mass., early in colonial days. The maternal grand- mother of the subject of this sketch was Dorcas, daughter of Major Joseph Ham- mond, whose father had been an ardent adherent of Oliver Cromwell, left his na- tive land on the death of the Protector, came to the Xew World, and settled in the then wild Kittery; they were a family of marked distinction, and their stem worth was shown in that part of the ‘‘Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bay.” The great-grandfather of William Whip- ple on his maternal side was Robt. Cutt, Sr., whose brother was at one time Presi- dent of the Xew Hampshire Colony. We find his ancestry on both lines those of merit and stern worth. During his child- hood days old Kittery was a scene of great commercial activity. In 1652 his great- Monk of St. Pierre,” “Colonial Days on the 58 THE TRESTLE BOARD . grandfather, Robert Cutt, had established a ship yard, and later that ship-bnilding enterprise was the property of Sir Wil- liam Pepper ell, a contemporary of Capt. William Whipple, his father. His educa- tion was obtained in the school of his na- tive town. It was as early as 1741 that old Kittery afforded a grammar school, and bashful William Whipple drank freely from that little and unique fountain of learning. At an early age he took to the life of a sailor, and before arriving at 21 commanded a large ship engaged in Eu- ropean, West Indian and African trade. He soon proved to be a very popular, as well as a successful, man in the cloth of a merchant marine-man,, and not more than once a year would he arrive in his home port. In Portsmouth, H. H., there was estab- lished in 1736, “St. 'John’s Lodge Ho. 1,” of Freemasons, whose membership consist- ed of the elite of that historic and re- nowned town. For years past it had been the desire of Capt. Whipple to become a member of the Masonic Institution. The records of the old Lodge are dimmed with age. However, he is there termed a “go- ing man.” The following the writer has copied from those unique records: “Jan. 2, 1752. William Whipple pro- pounded and by dispensation balloted for, and unanimously voted to be made a member of this society.” It is quite probable that his application was proposed by Colonel John Tufton Ma- son. He was there given the Entered Ap- prentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason’s degrees, and among the large gathering that evening at the shrine of old “St. John’s” were the leading divines and mer- chants of thrifty Portsmouth. Little dreamed those eminent gentlemen of the King’s faithful that in a few years those most prominent in the Lodge would be en- gaged in war with the land of their fore- fathers, or that their newly made brother would swing the sword of human justice on great fields of battle. In the year 1759 Captain Whipple aban- doned the sea and entered into commercial life in Portsmouth with his brother. He married his cousin, Miss Catherine Moffart, daughter of John and Catherine (Cutt) Moffart. A few years previous to his marriage he had proposed to another cousin (Miss Mehitable Odiorne), who made extensive preparations to marry the noted sea captain, but on the evening of the wedding changed her mind. He owned two slaves he had brought from Africa while in the slave trade; they were “Prince” and “Cuffee.” When the dark cloud of the Revolution hovered over the American Colonies, Wil- liam Whipple took a firm stand for the liberties of his people. (He would have, in the author’s opinion, made an excellent naval officer.) His firmness to the “rebel cause” attracted the attention of many of his contemporaries. In January, 1775, he was chosen a representative of Portsmouth to the Provincial Congress, held in the rural town of Exeter, that State, for the purpose of choosing delegates to the Gen- eral Congress, which was to meet on the 10th of the following May at Philadel- phia. Here the “deep water sailor” proved to be an important factor in the affairs of state. At the close of that year the people of the Hew Hampshire Colony established a form of government, and on the 6th of January, 1776, Captain Whipple was chosen a member of the Council, and on the 23d following was elected a delegate to the Continental Congress. He took his seat in that distinguished body on the 29th of February following. Among that gathering were many eminent Freemasons — one, President John Han- cock, of Massachusetts; another, Dr. Mat- thew Thornton, of his own colony. Here he figured prominently, and continued to be elected to that trusted position in the years 1777, 1778 and 1779. It was in THE TRESTLE BOARD. 5U September of the latter year that he final- ly retired from Congress. He had there endeared himself to his patriot compeers and brethren of the Masonic fraternity. At that time a distant relative of his, Com- modore Abraham Whipple (another Free- mason), of Providence, R. I., was busily engaged in driving from these waters the King's ships. One delegate remarked: “Captain Whipple, how would you like to try the Continental navy? You shall have a commission if you wish it." His reply was : “I fear I could not get near enough to slaughter enough Britishers ; would rather fight as a private with Washing- ton." Soon the sailor from Portsmouth was appointed and commissioned a Brig- adier- General to serve under Washington in the Continental army. The state of Yew Hampshire had formed the whole militia of the State into two brigades, giv- ing the command of the first to William Whipple and of the second to John Stark (another member of the Masonic fratern- ity.) Many were surprised and much talk was made among those of the patriot side about a sailor being made a General in the army. One old lady in Kittery, who favored the British, said: “What! Salt Bill Whipple a General ! Lord Howe will drive him into the sea." Upon General Whipple's starting for Saratoga, then the seat of war, his negro servant. Prince, became dilatory, and upon his master speaking to him, the slave replied: “Master, you are going to fight for your liberty, but I have none to fight for." The sailor-general said no more, but Prince did his duty and fought bravely in several hard battles to establish American liberty. General Whipple's first military service was in the expedition to stop the progress of the enemy on our western frontiers. It was not a soft task for Yew Hampshire militia to face the veteran corps of the King, composed of the best troops of Brit- ain and Germany, but the stout-hearted sailor feared not. After taking command, General Whipple lost no time in joining General Gates, and at the battles of Still- water and Saratoga, the once proud sea captain fought bravely and gained no small amount of the share of honor due the American army at that most critical moment. In 1778, when Gen. John Sul- livan, LL. D. (another member of the St. John's Lodge at Portsmouth), had been sent to retake Rhode Island from the King's forces. General Whipple, in com- mand of Yew Hampshire militia, was also sent to take part in that most arduous campaign. The planning of the expedi- tion proved unsuccessful and the Ameri- can forces had to retreat. General Whip- ple did not aid in the least in planning that ill-fated scheme. Throughout the entire war he received nothing but praise from his patriot su- periors. On the 29th of June, 1782, he was appointed a Judge of the Superior Court of Judicature, it being unusual at that period to fill offices with those not educated in the profession of law. Gen- eral Whipple was warmly received, his honesty was unquestioned, and his many virtues proved him to be a popular man in the cloth of the most honored station. At the close of the Revolution no man in busy Portsmouth was more highly respect- ed than the “tar" who took the field of battle rather than a ship in the then proud “Continental navy." Blushing girls and old people of his native town had upon several occasions traveled some distance to, as one ancient maiden termed it, “see Salt Bill Whipple in a General's uni- form." Previous to the battle of Saratoga, a noted Tory of Kittery said to one of his neighbors favoring the American side : “And that old sailor. Bill Whipple, has been made a General by your rebel chief. Duke Washington. I will see that after this little trouble is over the King hangs him." 60 THE TRESTLE BOARD . On the 25th of December, 1784, General Whipple was appointed a Justice of the Peace and quorum throughout the State of Hew Hampshire, under the new Consti- tution. In the autumn of 1785 he was taken sick and obliged to leave court and return to his home. The salt food of his sea-going days had affected his stomach, and the hardships of war, with the cares of state, had worn out the old and faith- ful Anglo-Saxon. He died the death of a Christian on the 28th of November that year. His funeral was largely attended. Among the company were many members of the old Lodge, but few of them were members at the time the General was given Masonic light. As the curious tourist visits old and ro- mantic Portsmouth, his attention is at- tracted to a little village of the dead. It is just up from the city square. Most of the stones are of slate. There, in the northeast corner of that hallowed spot (most appropriate for the last resting place of such an honored Mason), sleeps all that is earthly of the daring seaman who signed that American document, the Declaration of Independence, as a Bible for the rights of mankind forever. The unceasing wrecks of time have worn the stone that bears the following and touch- ing epitaph : Here are deposited the remains of the Honorable William Whipple, who departed this life on the 28th day of November, 1785, in the fifty-fifth year of his age. He was often elected and thrice attended the Con- tinental Congress for the State of New Hampshire, particularly in that memorable year in which America declared itself inde- pendent of Great Britain. He was also, at the time of his decease, a Judge of the Su- preme Court of Judicature. In him a firm and ardent patriotism was united with uni- versal benevolence and every social virtue. Under his skull was no small amount of mental aristocracy; in his veins flowed patrician blood, and in his breast beat a heart true to all. Not only is it the duty of a young New England writer, but it is with pride and pleasure that he at this time wields his busy pen, that the name of William Whipple be kept green before generations yet to be born. Kittery is one of Maine’s most fashion- able summer resorts. The visitor is met by the school boy, who is proud to show his stranger friend the spot where the sailor General of the American Revolution first saw the light of day. Good Sense. Labor is health — the life that is not busy is not wholesome — idleness saps the power of aspiration, attempt and achieve- ment, and causes them to atrophy and rot. Get busy — something to do puts you on good terms with yourself and the world. Habitual leisure is inherent lazi- ness, and a source of evil, always. Inac- tivity means stagnation, and stagnation means decay. Optimism is life; pessimism slow sui- cide. Smile and take your medicine; don’t get grouchy; it might have been a heap worse; and, anyway, you’ll get well. Cheerfulness is contagious and makes for happiness. Misery loves company — cheerful company. There are those who wouldn’t recognize the word enjoyment if they met it in the road — who scowl at fate and are miserable from preference, to whom a smile may bring a message of good cheer. Be a beaming sun, and shine. Never lose your temper. Anger is a wrecker of nerves and a breeder of insan- ity. Worry is lost motion — anger a dis- ease which, after a time, becomes chronic and incurable. “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he,” is more than a biblical proverb — it is a great truth . — Sagebrush Philosophy . Being admired by the wrong man al- ways makes a woman mad at him for not being the other one. It is just as important to know how to wisely expend your money as to know how to earn it. THE TRESTLE BOARD. til U -JT ■ Courtesy of Sunset Magazine. FLORAL VENDERS, SAN FRANCISCO. Es iSelamu AleiKum, Fun and frolic, when kept within the limits of gentlemanly propriety, may not reasonably be condemned. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine are noted for enjoyment of both of these attributes. But their enjoy- ment of fun and frolic on what some have termed “the play-ground of Masonry,” does not cause them to forget their duties as men and Masons. In the year 1902 there was reported to the Imperial Coun- cil the sum of over $10,000 by twenty Temples of the Order, or an average of over $500 from each of the twenty Tem- ples. This sum was simply in response to a special call from the Imperial Poten- tate on behalf of the sick, the destitute and the unemployed, and is but a small part of the benefactions of this great so- cial Order. Each of the uinety-one Tem- ples attends with brotherly care to the ne- cessities of its own membership, not alone in the dispensing of monetary aid. The widow, the orphan, the destitute, are greeted with such care as open-hearted and open-handed Nobles well know how to ex- tend. The members of the Shrine are not in the habit of proclaiming from the housetops the administrations of their charities. With them the left hand has no right to inquire or to know what the right hand doeth. The action of the Temples is an object lesson to all, whether Masons 62 THE TRESTLE BOARD . or others, who decry the Shrine as an in- strument of harm. Charity in its truest and broadest sense, is a characteristic of the Nobles, Justice and Charity are among the main teachings of the Order, and these attributes are not obscured or forgotten amid the cheer and sunshine enjoyed by those fortunate enough to have their names enrolled among the Nobility. The writer desires to make it known that Nobles of the Mystic Shrine do not claim, and have never claimed, that the Shrine is any part of the great Fraternity of Masonry. Its only connection with Masonry in any department thereof is the simple fact that the qualification of ad- mission to the Shrine is membership in certain collateral branches of Masonry. “Only this and nothing more." Exact Equality. In Masonry, as in no other organiza- tion or government, every brother stands upon an exact equality. His right to say who shall be admitted to membership in his lodge is absolute and unqualified. If he abuses that right no human power can prevent it. It is, therefore, not only a right, but carries with it the supremest obligation to use this power, not for any selfish purpose, to gratify his own person- al dislikes or animosities against the can- didate or his friends, but calmly and ju- dicially to exercise this sovereign right solely with reference to the good of the Craft. We sometimes hear of candidates being rejected who, so far as personally known, are without objection, and yet some other brother may have had oppor- tunities of discovering something in the character or conduct of the candidate which leads him to the conclusion that he would not be a good and true Mason. It is, therefore, necessary for us, my brethren, to exercise toward our brethren that same charity which we ask for ourselves; and if, perchance, some of those whom we have deemed unexceptionable should have the cube cast against them, we must assume that the reasons were good and sufficient. To do otherwise would be to engender bickerings and strife, and we should soon destroy that peace and harmony which are absolutely necessary to our existence. There is no test that so surely deter- mines a maffis character as a Mason as the use of the ballot. The secrets locked in his own breast may be transmitted to the ballot box, and the world grow none the wiser, whether his action is prompted by the highest or the basest motive. Masonry has no room for that man who is so lost to the high and noble principles of the Order as to carry into the lodge room his business, social, political, or religious dif- ferences with his brethren. Within the lodge he is only a man and a Mason, and his every act and thought should be in- spired alone by the good of the Craft. In no other way, my brethren, can this frat- ernity of friendship and brotherly love be perpetuated. It is the very heart and soul of our Masonic life .— Grand Master, West Virginia . The institution of Masonry is older than the creeds of man. At its liberal shrine have knelt the most illustrious men of all ages, races and sects. Therefore, the time- honored Craft should at all times and under all circumstances hold the most exalted position . — Gilbert Patten Brown. Reading the lives of great men, one is led to believe that in order to become great one should begin life a peaked- headed, gawky, green, wabbly- jointed boy with just enough sense to last him from breakfast to dinner. Men refuse to profit by the experience of others, seeking rather to learn for them- selves. However, this results beneficially, since it leads man from the beaten paths and takes him to hitherto undiscovered things. THE TRESTLE BOARD. b3 Perfect Ashlars of if Masonic Thought. if If I were a sculptor, I would chisel into exquisite and enduring marble the colossal figure of a perfect woman. I would put tjie light of kindness in her eyes, the smile of heaven on her lips, and the warmth of sympathy in her cheeks. I would cut into her shining face the sympathy of a thousand hearts, and with an artist's touch I would give her the mien and caste of Sovereign Love. In her great, her gen- tle, her protecting arms, I would have her, in symbolic figure encircling the heavy laden of the earth, and drawing the down- cast in tenderness to her heaving bosom. On the pedestal of that grand symbol, 1 would bum in the chaste marble, in let- ters of living fire, this word which has been familiar to all ages, and which now encircles the cycles of time. — ^Freema- sonry /* — John J. Sullivan. Our Masonry, to be worth anything to ourselves and others, must be of that kind which bears fruit in its season. Me shall have learned its great lessons to no pur- pose unless we can put them into practi- cal operation in every-day life. Me must live it in all that we do, and by so doing we shall but demonstrate to others its good effects by the transformation it has wrought in our lives and conduct. That which is the greatest thing in the world, and which wields the mightiest of all in- fluences, we claim as the cement which binds us together as a band of brethren, willing to go in the humblest manner, and out of our way, if by such means wq have the slightest assurance that we can be of service to a worthy distressed brother. That cement is love — love to the common brotherhood, love to every human being; and, when we are possessed of this charity to that degree which duty demands at our hands, then will we regard a brother’s welfare as our own . — Andrew II. Barkley, Mississippi. Mealth, station and rank yet rule the world. A friendship which cares nothing for these vain distinctions cannot survive by the laws which govern the multitude. For this reason Masonry creates a secret, sacred and holy friendship of its own, con- trolled and directed by this moral law, which is written upon the tablets of eter- nity. Such a friendship, closely inter- woven with its twin-sister. Charity, as in Masonry, with humble step approaches the lowly habitation of the sorrowing, and ad- ministers comfort. It knocks at the lowly and disconsolate heart and speaks words of encouragement and cheer. It fills the mind with pure and holy contentment, which all the wealth of the Indies could not bestow . — Judge Alfred Sample, Illi- nois. Masonry teaches us that the best for- tunes of life lie in the direction of the dis- charge of our duties toward God and our fellow men; and that the most fragrant flowers that can adorn our bier are those the seeds of which are sown by ourselves in the hearts of our fellow men, matured by our own hands, watered by our own sympathetic tears, and developed by the sunshine of our presence . — John IF. Mc- Grath, P. G. M., Michigan. Freemasonry is not a shield for the po- litical expert, nor does it foster race pre- judice and as a rule the creed egoist does not make a good Freemason. — Gilbert Patten Brown. 64 TEE TRESTLE BOARD. EDITORS* CORNER. JAMES WRIGHT ANDERSON, EDMUND MANSFIELD ATKINSON, Editors Desire for There is no evil in onr Official Lodges more productive Station. 0 f harm than inordi- nate desire for official station therein. It seems, too, to be a growing evil, and it is one for which there seeems to be no pre- ventive or remedy. Nor is the evil con- fined to our subordinate lodges. It is not infrequently the case that brothers ,on their very first appearance in the Grand Lodge begin to lay their plans for ad- vancement and to carry these plans out much after the style of the pothouse poli- tician. Whether in subordinate or Grand Lodge, brethren should be willing to occupy the lower seat in the synagogue of Masonry until by service they make it manifest that they are capable and worthy to occupy a higher. It is not an uncommon thing for brethren to exhibit a higher estimate of their own qualifications than that formed thereof by their confreres; and it is equally uncommon to find such persons very agreeable companions in our lodges. Often, if disappointed in their aspirations, they become positive agents of inharmony and evil, showing rebellious dissatisfaction on finding that their brethren are not in- clined to estimate them by the measure that they themselves have adopted. Ma- sonry requires that the officers of lodges should be men of unexceptionable charac- ter, and possessed of attainments sufficient to enable them to discharge efficiently all the duties that in any emergency may de- volve upon them. The character and standing of the membership of the lodge is very properly judged by that of the of- ficers. It should be the constant care of the members of the lodge to select for offi- cial position, and especially for the higher positions, those who have been approved both as to character and attainments. The qualifications which characterize the good man and the good Mason should be care- fully observed in the selection of those who are to hold such positions. If the brethren select their officers, and especially their Masters, from among those who stand well in the community, they will strengthen their lodges, and, incidentally, themselves. Set aside those who are con- tinually seeking their own advancement. There is perhaps no Trier* arid better index of the Now. prosperity that has characterized the commonwealth of Cali- fornia than the growth of the Masonic Fraternity in this State. In June, 1860, the corner-stone of the present Masonic Temple in this city was laid. It required three years subsequent to that time to make it ready for the meeting therein of the Grand Lodge. The Temple was then regarded as the finest and most perfect building on the Pacific Coast, and the most beautiful, if not the most expensive Masonic Temple in America. It was a noble monument of the energy and liber- ality of the brethren. To erect such a build- ing at that time was a hurculean task. There were then about 6000 Master Ma- sons in California, and the Temple cost nearly $200,000. There are now nearly five times as many Master Masons ; indeed, the increase has been phenomenal. 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