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infirmities, when we are unahle.to maintain and care fol' ourselves, fully realizing that it' is a very expensive institution to maintain; that we are fully aware and recognize that much valuable time and thoughtful care is given by the Home Committee towards our health, comfort and pleasul路e. Therefore, we f~el it not only a duty. but a pleasure to us, and we do hereb5' express to them our sincere thanks and gratitude for their labor and' Masonic Brotherly kindness. THE CALlFOltNIA DISASTER.
The Grand M;aster reports the telegrams and letters touching the contribution to the CaJ-ifornia sufferers by the earthquake, and the report of the, Grand Secretary shows that the contribution by Lodges and individuals amounted to $10,155.78. PUBLIC CEREMONIES.
An. Emergency Communication wa~ held on' the. 30th of May, 1906, in the City of Elizabeth, for the purpose of laying the found.ation stone of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. There were 500 Masons in attendance.' The Grand Master delivered a fitting Address. An Emergency Communication was held on the 22d of June, 1906, at Orange, for the purpose of ~aying the corner-sto~e of the Orange High School. Here also the Grand Master delivered an Address in which he was pleased to say: We are all workers in t.his busy, hustling world, and it is not living in the world of yesterday, nor in the world 'of tomorrow, but in today's world which count.s. We must know t.he world and the day we are living in, and keep in responsive touch with all t.he great and important events around us, We are all bullders, too. 'Not of material edifices, but of spiritual temples, which, when completed; may be fit dwelling places for that Supreme Being, "before whom all should stand. uncovered,. and bow with that a ~e and adoration which is due from the cl'ea ture to the Creator." Forward. upward and onward to higher, nobler and better thoughts and aspirations and to greater achievements, that the world and mankind may be better and purer and sweeter because you, my Brother, or you, my friends, ' have lived in it, and have demonstrated in your lives the dignit~, the truth and the beauty of those high principles which we, as Masons, teach and should practice in our daily walk and conversation. And to you, my young friend,S, gathered around us toda;}', let me, as one who has lived' In the world and experienced many of its trials, tempt.ations and vicissitudes, say to you in all earnestness, that there is no such thin-g as failure if you will indeed be true to God, to your neighbor and to yourselves. "Failure," says Keats, "is in a sense the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false 'leads us to seel, earnestly after what is true, anl'! every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterward m,Ost carefully avoid." Defeats and fallures have played a great' part in the history of success, and are great developers of character. '.rhousands have! been fOl:ced into greatness by the very severity of the struggle.. I
0n the 27th of OctOber, 1906, the corner-stone of the new Temple of the Scottish Rite Association was laid in Jersey City. Here a soul-stirring Address was delivered by Brother James B. 'bill, which we wish every Brother among us could read, but we are admonished not to make our report "too long."