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and to find that several temples have been erected to its service , and others projected ; he Avas proud in stating , that most of the Lodges in that jurisdiction were in a prosperous condition . The glorious and glad Avork of charity thus begun Avas still on its onward march , and Avill triumph so long as the duties inculcated Avere adhered to ; and little fear need be entertained but that the principles of the institution AA'ill remain pure and unsulliedso long as the Brethren abide bits
, y peculiar discipline ; and the hopes that such Avill always be should animate them to persevere in the path , to Avhich it leads and instructs . The G . M . recommended that steps be taken in regard to the education of Masons' children : " The sister Grand Lodges , as Avell as Lodges in Europe" ( he said ) , " Avere engaged Avith much attention on this very important subject . In the charity and universal benevolence they professAve have a responsibilitto perform to the rising
genera-, y tion ; and living in the utilitarian age as Ave do , Ave should reduce the professions Ave make to practical usefulness , and adopt some measure Avhereby education can be disseminated and inculcated in this state , and bestoAved upon those whose position toAvards us demands it . " The Committee on Correspondence alluded to a paragraph in the address of the M . W . G . M . of Missouri , at the opening of the Grand
Lodge of that state , in May , 1850 . In speaking of California , he states , " I received a communication from a Master Mason in that distant land , AVIIO informed me , as a friend , that the ties of Masonry even appeared to him to have lost much of their binding force in California ; that gold , and the thirst for gold , had dried up the fountains of Brotherly love and Relief in that country . That such a case is not astonishing ; Avherever the raging thirst for Mammon seizes a fellow-being here Avith useventhe channels of fraternal feeling
, , become dry , the finer sensibilities of the heart become diseased , and at length cease to operate on his conduct . " The Committee , hoAvever , repel this statement as overdraAvn . They say , " that hoAvever true these deductions may be from the premises , they can assure their M . W . Brother they did not , and do not , apply to the character of the Fraternity here ; and Avhoever his correspondent may he , they can further assure him , that whatever may have been the
appearance to that Master Mason , it is their opinion that during the terrible Avinter of 1849-50 , the feAv Lodges then in California , and individual members of the Fraternity , expended more money in relieving the sick and destitute than was expended during the same period of time in any other ten states in the Union . Such Avholesale denunciations of Masons in a country Avhere one man can knoAv so little of the mass of the Fraternity , should be regarded Avith suspicion , to say the least of it . "
The folloAving is the return of the subordinate Lodges in California : — San Francisco . . . California Lodge , No . 1 . „ . . David Crocket Lodge , No . 7 . Strasta City . . . Western Star Lodge , No . 2 . Sacramento City . . Tehama Lodge , No . 3 . „ . . Jennings Lodge , No . 4 . „ . . Sutter Lodge , No . 6 . Benicia .... Benicia Lodge , No . 5 .
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and to find that several temples have been erected to its service , and others projected ; he Avas proud in stating , that most of the Lodges in that jurisdiction were in a prosperous condition . The glorious and glad Avork of charity thus begun Avas still on its onward march , and Avill triumph so long as the duties inculcated Avere adhered to ; and little fear need be entertained but that the principles of the institution AA'ill remain pure and unsulliedso long as the Brethren abide bits
, y peculiar discipline ; and the hopes that such Avill always be should animate them to persevere in the path , to Avhich it leads and instructs . The G . M . recommended that steps be taken in regard to the education of Masons' children : " The sister Grand Lodges , as Avell as Lodges in Europe" ( he said ) , " Avere engaged Avith much attention on this very important subject . In the charity and universal benevolence they professAve have a responsibilitto perform to the rising
genera-, y tion ; and living in the utilitarian age as Ave do , Ave should reduce the professions Ave make to practical usefulness , and adopt some measure Avhereby education can be disseminated and inculcated in this state , and bestoAved upon those whose position toAvards us demands it . " The Committee on Correspondence alluded to a paragraph in the address of the M . W . G . M . of Missouri , at the opening of the Grand
Lodge of that state , in May , 1850 . In speaking of California , he states , " I received a communication from a Master Mason in that distant land , AVIIO informed me , as a friend , that the ties of Masonry even appeared to him to have lost much of their binding force in California ; that gold , and the thirst for gold , had dried up the fountains of Brotherly love and Relief in that country . That such a case is not astonishing ; Avherever the raging thirst for Mammon seizes a fellow-being here Avith useventhe channels of fraternal feeling
, , become dry , the finer sensibilities of the heart become diseased , and at length cease to operate on his conduct . " The Committee , hoAvever , repel this statement as overdraAvn . They say , " that hoAvever true these deductions may be from the premises , they can assure their M . W . Brother they did not , and do not , apply to the character of the Fraternity here ; and Avhoever his correspondent may he , they can further assure him , that whatever may have been the
appearance to that Master Mason , it is their opinion that during the terrible Avinter of 1849-50 , the feAv Lodges then in California , and individual members of the Fraternity , expended more money in relieving the sick and destitute than was expended during the same period of time in any other ten states in the Union . Such Avholesale denunciations of Masons in a country Avhere one man can knoAv so little of the mass of the Fraternity , should be regarded Avith suspicion , to say the least of it . "
The folloAving is the return of the subordinate Lodges in California : — San Francisco . . . California Lodge , No . 1 . „ . . David Crocket Lodge , No . 7 . Strasta City . . . Western Star Lodge , No . 2 . Sacramento City . . Tehama Lodge , No . 3 . „ . . Jennings Lodge , No . 4 . „ . . Sutter Lodge , No . 6 . Benicia .... Benicia Lodge , No . 5 .