The editor of the famous City Directory… Somewhere in the beautiful plains of Salem, Oregon on May 16, 1880, to Gilbert C. Rosenstock and Rebecca Jane Davis, was born a boy to be later christened Christian William and educated in the public school system of Portland, Oregon. In Oakland, California on July 21, 1899, Christian William married Ada May Chestmore. With her, he was blessed with three girls: Wanda Dolores, born in Alameda, California on May 18, 1900; Dorothy May, born in Manila, Philippines on May 9, 1904; and Virginia Evelyn, born also in Manila on November 23, 1906. It was in 1900 that Christian William, then barely 20 years old, brought his wife and few-months-old baby to the Philippines, which would later become his adopted country. He served as Captain in the U.S. Army Officers Reserve Corps for 18 years; then he was appointed Director of Real Estate, U.S. Army, Philippines. For several years he compiled, edited, and published the famous Rosenstock’s City Directory. Besides, he co-founded Yangco, Rosenstock & Co., Inc., one of the first modern department stores in the City of Manila. During the Japanese occupation, Christian William, like the rest of the people, suffered from the vicissitudes of war’s terrible ordeal. On January 5, 1942, he and his wife were interned at the University of Santo Tomas camp. Entirely lacking in racial prejudice and endowed with attractive and mild manners, he made himself the friend of many Masons and non-Masons alike during those days of terrible imprisonment. On February 3,1945, he was finally rescued by the American Armed Forces. After the War, as chairman of the Committee on Relief, he contacted, through the Grand Lodge of California, all the Grand Lodges of America for assistance. Through the pecuniary aid and relief goods given by the Masons of America, the Grand Lodge of the Philippines was able to help the widows and orphans of war and re-establish its Lodges which were closed for the duration of the enemy occupation. Rosenstock was made a Mason in Corregidor Lodge No. 386 of the Grand Lodge of California in 1912. Two years afterward, he became one of the principal founders of Bagumbayan Lodge No. 4, the first subordinate Lodge organized under the Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands. In 1914, he became the Senior Warden of Bagumbayan Lodge and, in 1915, its Worshipful Master. In the Grand Lodge of the Philippines, he honorably held various offices in different years, viz.: Junior Grand Steward, 1915; Junior Grand Warden, 1916; Grand Chaplain, 1917; Grand Master of Ceremonies, 1921; Junior Grand Warden, 1922; Senior Grand Warden, 1923; Deputy Grand Master, 1924; and Grand Master, 1925. He was also the Chairman of the Committee on Jurisprudence and the Grand Representative of Montana, near our Grand Lodge. In the York Rite, he was a Deputy General Grand High Priest, General Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, for the Philippines, Guam and Japan. He was, likewise, the High Priest, Manila Chapter, U.D., R.A.M., and a member of the Oriental Chapter No.1, R.S.M. Furthermore, he was Past Eminent Commander, Far East Commandery No.1, K.T., and Intendant General, Philippine Division, Red Cross of Constantine of the United States of America, Mexico and the Philippines. In addition, he was a 32° KCCH, Scottish Rite Mason and a Past Worthy Patron of Mayon Chapter No.1, Order of the Eastern Star. During his incumbency as Grand Master, Rosenstock gave special attention to the Masonic Hospital for Crippled Children, as well as “to the improvement of foreign relations, to the establishment of standard plans for Masonic temples, and to the fostering of other activities of the Grand Lodge.” He was responsible, in particular, for the innovation of the presentation of Bibles to newly obligated members of the Lodge and for the establishment of the office of Assistant Lecturers to improve the ritualistic work of the Grand Lodge. On September 13, 1950, Rosenstock attended the stated meeting of Bagumbayan No. 4. It was to be his last attendance since a little over a month later – on October 23,1950 – this consummate believer in the moral worth of his fellowmen crossed the Great Divide. He was, decidedly, an irreparable loss to the Grand Lodge. But, to Masonry in particular and to humanity in general, Rosenstock left behind a mark of his greatness – one that is indelible for us, his Brethren, and other men to emulate.