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=== MEMORIALS ===
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==== JOSHUA FOSTER 1766-1858 ====
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* Captain Joshua Foster
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* MM 1854, [masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StarBethlehem Star of Bethlehem]
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''From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XVII, No. 7, May 1859, Page 223:''
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''From the Boston Evening Gazette, April 3.''
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On Sunday last the remains of Captain Joshua Foster, of Chelsea, were buried at Woodlawn, with Masonic honors by the Star of Bethlehem Lodge, of which he was a member. He was the first of the Lodge that had died during a period of fifteen years, and as it was a special request of the deceased that his Brethren should attend his funeral as a Lodge, they turned out in regalia, eighty strong, and made the most impressive and interesting pageant that has ever been seen in the streets of that suburban city. Out-door displays of this kind are, as they should be, rare, but this was a special case, and the general compliance with the wishes of their departed associate, overcoming strong prejudices in many against display, was a beautiful testimonial in favor of their institution and evidence of that brotherly regard that loses not its hold even with the death of its object.
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The day was bright and clear, and the Freemasons formed an escort for the solemn cortege that followed their Brother's remains to their last resting place at Woodlawn, walking the entire distance. They arrived just as the sun was sinking, and the tops of the trees were red with the fading light. Everything was delightfully tranquil. A robin on a distant tree was singing its evening hymn, that through the solemnity of the season seemed to take a more pensive tone No other sound broke the stillness. The open casket containing the body stood in the centre of the mourning group of personal friends and neighbors, and encircling these stood the fraternity. The beautiful ritual of the Order was read by the chaplain, and the responses were given by the Brethren, when they passed around the circle, singing a dirge, each depositing his sprig of acacia, as he took his last look upon the familiar face, and alter the prayer that the great Master raise their Brother in the celestial Lodge above, the procession took its way back among the walks of busy life again, better, it is hoped, for the momentary lesson of mortality they had received.
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Revision as of 02:37, 2 August 2013

STAR OF BETHLEHEM LODGE

Location: Chelsea; Wakefield (1978)

Chartered By: Augustus Peabody

Charter Date: 06/11/1845 IV-740

Precedence Date: 12/08/1843

Current Status: Active. Note that this was the first lodge to petition for a charter following the anti-Masonic period and was the beginning of the renewed growth of the Masonic fraternity in Massachusetts.

PAST MASTERS

  • Horace G. Barrus, 1843-1846
  • William Knapp, 1847-1850
  • John Low, 1851, 1852
  • Eben W. Lothrop, 1853-1857, 1859
  • John F. Fellows, 1858
  • Tracy P. Cheever, 1860 RW
  • William A. Williams, 1861
  • Henry W. Bowen, 1862
  • John Walter, 1863
  • Charles F. Haynes, 1864-1866
  • Charles T. Gay, 1867, 1868
  • George W. Vose, 1869, 1870
  • James Tent, 1871
  • William D. Seely, 1872, 1873
  • Philip G. Ilsley, 1874, 1875
  • Charles S. Beatley, 1876, 1877
  • Frederick L. Cutting, 1878, 1879
  • Eugene E. Endicott, 1880, 1881; Mem
  • John P. Payson, 1882
  • Alonzo R. James, 1883
  • Sylvester R. Adams, 1884-1886
  • W. Frederick Kimball, 1887, 1888
  • Calvin W. Sawyer, 1889
  • Edward G. Tutein, 1890, 1891
  • Henry Spavin, 1892, 1893; SN
  • T. Henry Mayo, 1894, 1895
  • Charles J. Foye, 1896, 1897
  • Charles B. Burleigh, 1898, 1899
  • F. Warren Kimball, 1900, 1901
  • Herbert C. Ilsley, 1902, 1903
  • James Gould, 1904, 1905 RW
  • Algernon H. Magune, 1906, 1907
  • George H. Eaton, 1908, 1909
  • Allen H. Legg, 1910, 1911
  • Alfred W. Martin, 1912, 1913
  • Charles W. Gould, 1914, 1915; SN
  • Frank E. DeLano, 1916, 1917
  • Allison W. Stone, 1918
  • Charles H. Grantman, 1919, 1920
  • George H. McIntire, 1921, 1922; N
  • Ralph K. Hope, 1923, 1924; Mem
  • Silas P. Gates, 1925
  • Arthur H. Reed, 1926, 1927; N
  • John Guy, 1928, 1929
  • George L.P. Cromwell, 1930, 1931
  • Harry W. Dingwell, 1932, 1933
  • Seymour H. Fracker, 1934, 1935
  • George O. Lake, 1936
  • Jesse Gould, 1937
  • Walter A. Wipperman, 1938, 1939
  • Bertram G. Clarke, 1940, 1941
  • Edgar H. Patterson, Jr., 1942
  • Stewart P. Sloane, 1943, 1944; SN
  • Reginald F. Goldsworthy, 1945, 1946; N
  • Walter C. Lake, 1947, 1948
  • C. Maxwell French, 1949, 1950
  • Charles W. Holzwarth, 1951, 1952
  • Charles W. Pearson, 1953, 1954
  • Ernest H. Becker, 1955, 1956
  • William C. Smith, 1957, 1958
  • George V. Bartlett, 1959
  • Frank E. Milley, 1960, 1961
  • Paul N. Howell, 1962
  • James LeGrow, 1963; SN
  • John D. Manning, 1964, 1965
  • Kenneth M. Smith, 1966, 1967
  • William A. Trickett, 1968, 1969
  • Edmund J. Carafa, 1970
  • Robert D. Howard, 1971, 1972
  • Paul H. Podlesny, 1973, 1974
  • James A. Carabineris, 1975, 1976
  • Andrew T. Fish, 1977, 1978
  • George R. Fallstich, Jr., 1979, 1980; 1985; N
  • John H. Carabineris, 1981, 1982
  • Hugh Vaughey, 1983
  • John A. Manning, 1984; N
  • Robert E. Stephenson, 1986, 1987, 1993
  • Joseph C. Fuchs, 1988
  • Raymond A. Dembkoski, 1990-1992, 2001-2002, 2004; PDDGM
  • George W. Izzett, 1994, 1995
  • Ernest L. Foss, 1995
  • Maurice R. Granville, 1996, 1997
  • Kevin G. Misuraca, 1999
  • Eben Hutchinson, Jr., 2002, 2003
  • John E. Kelley, Jr., 2005, 2006
  • William G. Ball, 2007
  • Paul E. Kelley, 2008, 2009, 2012
  • Sergio M. Jaramillo, 2010, 2011, 2013

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Dispensation: 1843
  • Petition for Charter: 1845
  • Consolidation Petition (with Winthrop Lodge): 1995

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1893 (50th Anniversary)
  • 1903 (60th Anniversary)
  • 1943 (Centenary)
  • 1968 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1869 1870 1882 1883 1891 1894 1907 1913 1922 1925 1927 1940 1958 1976 1979 1980 2006

HISTORY

  • 1943 (Centenary History, 1943-148)
  • 1968 (125th Anniversary History, 1968-258)
  • 1993 (150th Anniversary History, 1993-98)

OTHER

  • 1843 (Mention of a dispensation for a lodge in Chelsea in GM's Address, IV-668)
  • 1844 (Extension of dispensation, IV-740)
  • 1845 (Petition for the loan of jewels granted, V-35; petition to be constituted in Boston granted, V-45)
  • 1897 (Participation in Revere corner stone laying, 1897-241)
  • 1898 (Participation in Chelsea corner stone laying, 1898-102)
  • 1909 (Participation in Chelsea corner stone laying, 1909-73)
  • 1912 (Participation in Chelsea Masonic Hall dedication, 1912-1)
  • 1978 (Amendment of charter to remove to Wakefield, 1978-131)

EVENTS

INSTALLATION, JANUARY 1847

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. VI, No. 5, March 1847, page 133:

STAR OF BETHLEHEM LODGE, CHELSEA. The officers of the above Lodge were publicly installed by the Grand Master, assisted by his Wardens, on the 27th January, in the presence of a large and very respectable audience of ladies and gentlemen,—among whom were Brethren of all the different Orders of Masonry, with their appropriate regalia,—presenting a rich and varied display. The introductory prayer by the Rev. Br. McLeish, Chaplain of the Lodge, was appropriate and fervent. This was followed by the beautiful Chant from Br. Power's "Masonic Melodies," beginning—

" Rejoice, all ye that are assembled in the Lord."

And we were pleased to see that the committee of arrangements were regardful enough of the author's rights, to give him credit for it All committees are not equally careful in this respect.

After the ceremonies of installation, the following Ode, written for the occasion by W. Br. Horace G. Barrus, was sung by an excellent choir:

Oh, how delightful is the work,
To bring the poor relief;
To comfort them 'mid scenes of woe,
And mitigate their grief!

To dry the mourning widow's tear,
And soothe her troubled heart;
To cause a ray of cheering hope
Across the soul to dart.

To make the cheerless orphans feel,
Wlule all around is drear,
That there is sympathy tor them,
And succor ever near.

These are the duties that we teach;
In which we take delight;
And to this work we consecrate
Ourselves anew this night.

Receive the offering, O God,
Which on thine altar lies ;
With gratitude we place it there:
Accept the sacrifice.

This was followed by an interesting address by W. Br. Geo. G. Smith. The closing prayer was by Rev. Br. Francis, one of the Chaplains of the Lodge. The following Ode, written for the occasion by Br. Win. E. P. Haskell, was then sung:

Author of light and life! Supreme
Grand Architect above !
Wilt thou our Star of Bethlehem deem
An object of thy love.

Though altars where our fathers bowed,
With them have passed away,
Yet still we trust thy hallowed cloud
Will guide us on our way.

Let Wisdom. Strength and Beauty, too—
The Sacred Three—unite,
To raise a temple firm and true,
And lovely in thy sight.

A glorious temple of the soul,
Framed by the Master's art,
Whose noble, beauteous, compact whole,
May show each perfect part.

A temple where the widow's prayer
May find a listening ear—
The orphan seek a father's care,
And meek distress appear.

Then grant us. Lord, unwavering Faith,
Weil grounded Hope in Thee;
And on our hearts impress, till death,
Long suffering Charity.

A benediction by the venerable and Rev. Br. Dr. Asa Eaton, closed the ceremonies. The arrangements were all well made, and admirably executed. The following are the officers for the current year:—

  • William Knapp, W. M.
  • David W. Smith, S. W.
  • John Low, J. W.
  • John Bridge, Treas.
  • Horace G. Barrus, Sec'ry
  • David U. Pratt, S. D.
  • Stephen D. Massey, J. D.
  • John H. Pierce, S. S.
  • Gilman Sargent, J. S.
  • Rev. J. M'Leish, Rev. Eben Francis, Chaplains
  • Wm. D. Peters, I. Sent
  • Wm. E. P. Haskell, Marshal.

HALL DEDICATION, MARCH 1874

See Chelsea Hall Dedication

MEMORIALS

JOSHUA FOSTER 1766-1858

  • Captain Joshua Foster
  • MM 1854, [masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StarBethlehem Star of Bethlehem]

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XVII, No. 7, May 1859, Page 223:

From the Boston Evening Gazette, April 3.

On Sunday last the remains of Captain Joshua Foster, of Chelsea, were buried at Woodlawn, with Masonic honors by the Star of Bethlehem Lodge, of which he was a member. He was the first of the Lodge that had died during a period of fifteen years, and as it was a special request of the deceased that his Brethren should attend his funeral as a Lodge, they turned out in regalia, eighty strong, and made the most impressive and interesting pageant that has ever been seen in the streets of that suburban city. Out-door displays of this kind are, as they should be, rare, but this was a special case, and the general compliance with the wishes of their departed associate, overcoming strong prejudices in many against display, was a beautiful testimonial in favor of their institution and evidence of that brotherly regard that loses not its hold even with the death of its object.

The day was bright and clear, and the Freemasons formed an escort for the solemn cortege that followed their Brother's remains to their last resting place at Woodlawn, walking the entire distance. They arrived just as the sun was sinking, and the tops of the trees were red with the fading light. Everything was delightfully tranquil. A robin on a distant tree was singing its evening hymn, that through the solemnity of the season seemed to take a more pensive tone No other sound broke the stillness. The open casket containing the body stood in the centre of the mourning group of personal friends and neighbors, and encircling these stood the fraternity. The beautiful ritual of the Order was read by the chaplain, and the responses were given by the Brethren, when they passed around the circle, singing a dirge, each depositing his sprig of acacia, as he took his last look upon the familiar face, and alter the prayer that the great Master raise their Brother in the celestial Lodge above, the procession took its way back among the walks of busy life again, better, it is hoped, for the momentary lesson of mortality they had received.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

DISTRICTS

1844: District 1

1849: District 1

1857: District 11

1867: District 2 (Charlestown)

1883: District 3 (East Boston)

1911: District 3 (East Boston)

1927: District 3 (Chelsea)

2003: District 13

LINKS

Lodge web site

Constitution of Lodge, 1845

Dedicatory Address, 1874

Massachusetts Lodges

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