MASONIC GRAND LODGE.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16209, 11 May 1918, Page 8

MASONIC GRAND LODGE.

M.W. BRO. A. L. HERDMAN'S

address

I In his address after his instnllatioi , as Grand minster of the Masonic Own?' . Midge of New Zealand, in the Walir n L^ 1 Mw T °n n H ? n> OD 3gT > M.W. Bro. A. L. Hcrdman jmpn^S upon the brethren that in those dS''' i of tragedy una anxiety * ware specially palled upon fai Bffit, before the world the influence of principles of their craft.' 'iVeemaaJrfS was not a benevolent (social body for the cultivation of 'tia# social virtues, especially those virtual#]' which tended tp piake them look fjffifl lundly and generous eyes upon • iKS weaknesses of their fellow-nion "wflU those who were in need of help.'A®!! all, hp eraphasise4 ino fact ;yfap§ Masonry was a loyal institutinn—ffr|Ell loyalty tp the sovereign a»d oheiimß ' ™ tlc ]an ' s wero amongst' ifar pnjsjgp Iho conditions existing in tfie wpWifill day called for tho practice of principles more than ever before— ed for loyalty to flip Cfcrow&W rigid obedience ,to tho lajyp. observation was that tho Freemasons of New Zealand oAiMtet|§| in their daily Jives adherence principles of the craft, biifc'he Ins hearers against some jess types who were occasionally to with, notabjy the person who idjww ed his Masonry by Jho Masonic jewels ho" displayed wißfebS day hfa. No man, he declnredpHnvffi any right to parade his roembershinlfi&l the craft. Lately he had read a. atjSSsw ment that "a u'ell-opcjpj-od Masonasfe Lodge is a source of strength to +mHI community It fppussep all thatltandP rnu r lO gQOC ? pf tj;e lhat'must be so, for every member Mffll the craft had had to pass a test, he -was a competitor in the dispensivtipn of charity in in S.of kipdly actions to hip fpUo^-m^B^K nT^°r ni 5 s ? pf '$©. M-W. Bro. Herdman urged that njan in tlio cqmmunity must aqbnmfß two leaders of the natjon (p of poljcy -with all his strength Hntilm they were demonstrably shown to :^'wM wrong. Ho was not at all certain thftllf the war was Fhflliy evil—that not evoked in country signs dfiw® growing strength tjmj;' migljt nqt come otherwise. Ave were,. qq a, wWgPp oiumty, growing in -wisapm and ian«Mß|| once. Our young men left for iwn® fiont with smijes. iipoji their fflcias ( Mp^ even when they returned broken'tfiKgS stnile was still thpre, irnd cq^cbmK was in their hearts. In "the oqme stprios bp told to the;|pp» our of the mcniery of tjipso yourig-aMaaE who had been prepared to everything in order that thpir might livo and their nation mighfr^lota^ suffer. It behoved every Masb^^|H| the terrible struggle y-ns ond^ favour, to cfimloit himself accoFq&i^®to tho principles t'augjit in his lyMffiiSajp to behave in such a way thai thpsdOT^K side tho institution would spy, ,( T|)jp§;, man is indeed a, worthv and »n *&p||||' right citizen, and .f worthy Mason.''vS|j|;