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prepare a suitable memorial address on the life of Past Grand Master Daniel Bagley, and, upon
request of the Grand Master, he prepared and delivered the memorial addresses on Past Grand
Masters Joseph Smith, Joseph A. Kuhn, and John Arthur, all of whom were especially dear to him.
He was often a participant in the "love feast" that prevails just before the closing of our Grand
Lodge Annual Communications. The last recorded instance of such participation was in Tacoma,
in 1929, when he spoke, "making a Masonic application of the George Washington Farewell
Address, and warning Masons against entangling alliances with so-called Masonic organizations
which are undermining this grand, old Institution of ours." In 1931, at the request of the Grand
Master, he assumed the Chair in the Grand East during the reception of Grand Representatives. In
his characteristic fashion, he welcomed these Representatives and, after referring to the effort to
bring about what if called the League of Nations, he concluded:
"Now, Brethren, there is a League of Nations. There is a League of Nations that has lasted from
time immemorial, and you today. Brethren, are the representatives of that League. That League is
governed by law higher than any treaty that may be made among Nations, or any statute that may
be enacted by any legislature. That law is the law of Brotherly Love. That law Is the law of
Universal Brotherhood. It is a sublime law that binds all nations and kindreds and tongues In a
bond of union as strong as an iron band, but in its application as gentle as the silken thread that
binds a wreath of flowers. "Now, Brethren, you are the representatives of this League of Nations.
You are governed by that sublime law. And we will predict that at some time in the future the
nations will be drawn closer together, as they have been saved many fatalities through the
Instrumentality of this grand institution of Freemasonry."

On September 22, 1932, while he was at the home of a daughter, his spirit ascended on high to
resume communion with his brethren who had preceded him. He was laid to rest In Mt, Pleasant
Cemetery in Seattle, While he had lived for upwards of 78 years, yet it was but natural that his
brethren should mourn, for Most Worshipful Brother Joseph Marion Taylor was not only a lovable
character, but also a tower of strength, as well as a beacon light, to them.