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MIZPAH LODGE

Location: Cambridge

Chartered By: Charles C. Dame

Charter Date: 09/09/1868 VII-248

Precedence Date: 09/12/1867

Current Status: merged with Faith Lodge to form Mizpah-Faith Lodge, 06/23/1981.


PAST MASTERS

  • Henry Endicott, 1867-1869
  • George H. Folger, 1870, 1871
  • George P. Carter, 1872, 1873
  • George E. Ryder, 1874, 1875
  • Samuel L. Montague, 1876, 1877
  • John S. Sawyer, 1878, 1879
  • J. Frank Mitchell, 1880, 1881
  • John G. Thorogood, 1882, 1883
  • William A. Bunton, 1884, 1885
  • George W. Bunton, 1886, 1887
  • Charles M. Smith, 1888, 1889
  • Herbert A. Rhodes, 1890, 1891
  • Albert K. Hebard, 1892, 1893
  • Walworth O. Barbour, 1894, 1895
  • Lorrin W. Ferdinand, 1896, 1897
  • George M. Smith, 1898, 1899
  • Oscar F. Allen, 1900, 1901
  • David G. Jones, 1902, 1903
  • Charles H. Montague, 1904, 1905
  • Walter M. Smith, 1906
  • William B. Dudley, 1907, 1908
  • Samuel T. Garfield, 1909, 1910
  • James A. Stinson, 1911, 1912
  • George H. Payne, 1913, 1914
  • Herbert M. Chase, 1915, 1916; N
  • Frank H. Hilton, 1917, 1918; N
  • Frederick W. Turner, 1919, 1920
  • George W. Ladd, 1921, 1922
  • Sidney I. B. Stodder, 1923, 1924
  • Edward W. Ruggli, 1925
  • Edward H. Temple, 1926
  • William E. Parker, 1927, 1928
  • Elmer B. Lincoln, 1929, 1930
  • Raymond D. Parker, 1931
  • Ernest A. Telfer, 1932, 1933
  • H. LeRoy Billings, 1934, 1935; Mem
  • Claude V. Freeman, 1936, 1965; N
  • Sydney H. Goodenough, 1937, 1938
  • David K. Salvini, 1939, 1940
  • Harold E. Hughes, 1941
  • Chester D. Black, 1942
  • W. Douglas Whitehouse, 1943
  • William G. Brooks, 1944
  • Paul F. C. Mias, 1945
  • J. Herbert Goodenough, 1946
  • Handel V. Rivinius, 1947
  • George F. Bettencourt, 1948
  • Gordon L. Whynaught, 1949
  • William B. Rivinius, 1950
  • Egon M. H. C. Petersen, 1951
  • Philip D. Kelly, 1952
  • Frank G. Parks, 1953
  • Chester M. Carr, 1954
  • Lorenzo B. Carr, 1955, 1967; SN
  • Gordon E. Reynolds, 1956
  • Gerald W. White, 1957
  • John M. Colonas, 1958
  • Guy H. Harnish, 1959
  • George A. Galgay, 1960
  • William G. Khourie, 1961
  • Martin Martinian, 1962
  • Harry Takvorian, 1963
  • Edward W. Petersen, 1964
  • Richard E. Hodgdon, 1966
  • Charles L. Mason, 1968, 1969
  • Lloyd F. Cochran, 1970
  • John Murphy, 1971
  • Arthur J. Avakian, 1972
  • John E. Miller, 1973, 1974
  • Louis C. King, 1975
  • Robert J. Campbell, 1976
  • Richard L. Rivinius, 1977, 1978, 1981
  • John J. Polychrones, 1979
  • Paul F. Marino, 1980

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Dispensation: 1867
  • Petition for Charter: 1868
  • Consolidation Petition (with Faith Lodge): 1981

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1919 (50th Anniversary)
  • 1947 (80th Anniversary)
  • 1967 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1872 1876 1879 1889 1894 1902 1908 1909 1910 1912 1917 1923 1924 1925 1934 1937 1940 1944 1946 1947 1949 1955 1958

HISTORY

  • 1967 (Centenary History, 1967-316)

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, OCTOBER 1868

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXVIII, No. 1, November 1868, Page 6:

Whatever else may be thought of this name, it indisputably possesses the merit of originality and appropriateness; for, to the best of our knowledge, it has not a precedent in the nomenclature of masonic Lodges. It takes its name from a city of Gad, in the mountains of Gilead, where Laban and Jacob made their celebrated covenant, about 1739 years B. C, and where Jeptha dwelt when he made his covenant with the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan. The meaning of the word is elevation, probably from the mountainous situation of the town to which the name was given ; but its appropriateness is better illustrated by the covenant to which it refers, as contained in the 31st Chapter of Genesis. Jacob, after his long servitude, had privately stolen away from Laban, and was on the way to the land of his fathers, with his two wives, Rachel and Leah, when he was pursued by the former and his brethren, and, after seven days' journey, was overtaken in the mount Gilead. A warm controversy naturally ensued.

Explanations followed, which seemed to have satisfied Laban, and he said to Jacob, "Now therefore, come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and let it be for a witness between me and thee. And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. And Jacob said unto his brethren, gather stones ; and they took stones, and made a heap; and they did eat there upon the heap. And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. And Laban said, this heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed, and Mizpah ; for he said, the Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. And Laban said to Jacob, behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee; this heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac. Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread; and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them; and Laban departed, and returned unto his place."

The application of this covenant to the engagements entered into in the Lodge room, will be sufficiently obvious to every intelligent brother, without comment or illustration.

The Lodge was constituted at Cambridgeport, by the M.W. Grand Lodge, on the evening of the 5th of October, in the presence of about two hundred brethren. The ceremonies were interspersed with music under the direction of Br. Howard Dow, Grand Organist of the Grand Lodge. The whole ceremony was impressively performed, and in our long experience, we have rarely met with a more attentive and gentlemanly audience, or one that more distinctly indicated the high intellectual and moral character of our first class Lodges in this Commonwealth. Such Lodges are an honor to the Order, and a guarantee of its continued prosperity.

At the conclusion of the ceremonies in the Hall, the brethren were invited to the banqueting room, where provision had been made for their refreshment, by the popular caterer, Br. J. B. Smith of this city. The tables were handsomely spread, and bountifully furnished with whatever the most fastidious taste could reasonably desire. At the close, addresses .were made by the W. Master of the Lodge, by M.W. Grand Master Dame, R.W. Brothers, Moore, Parkman, aud others, and the company dispersed at an early hour. The officers of the Lodge for the current year are as follows :—

  • Henry Endicott, Worshipful Master.
  • George H. Folger, Senior Warden.
  • George P. Carter, Junior Warden.
  • A. W. Stevens, Chaplain.
  • Daniel W. Chamberlain, Treasurer.
  • Seymour B. Snow, Secretary.
  • George E. Ryder, Senior Deacon.
  • Joseph Child Jr., Junior Deacon.
  • Samuel L. Montague, Senior Steward.
  • Edward T. Nichols Junior Steward.
  • John D. Nutting, Marshal.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS


DISTRICTS

1867: District 4 (Cambridge)

1883: District 2 (Cambridge)

1911: District 2 (Cambridge)

1927: District 2 (Cambridge)


LINKS

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