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VOLUME I.)

'3sAN ADDRESS

BEMVEBEI) BY SASIUKIi 3IMMOXMAT A MAWXIC CHLEB!5AT!()NHfU.I) ONT ST. JOHN'S DAY, JUXH2 mi, i.:o. at ttu: pa imx j,u ctSPlilXGS, NE.4U SIIKPJIEKDS-V- I

LLC, KV.

To the Brethren, Friendly Greeting;to the friends, both Ladies and Gentle-men, welcome to a reception, not of

and feasting, but to the meetingof the mystic brethren whose noble call-

ing is the amelioration of mankind; forour meeting is on the Level, our actionon the riunib, and our parting ou theSquare. Our Order, though mystic inits operations, is no covenant with Satan,no bague with hell. Grand in its con-

ception, noble in its operation, and beau-

tiful in its application, it has no cause toblush iu its origin, having Wisdom,Strength and Beauty as supports, andpurpose of aption, when understood, tocause the admiration of the high and thelow, the rich and the poor. From thebrilliant sky of intelligence and the re-

fulgent lights of civilization , it has passedinto the darkness and gloom of super-stition, unaffected, unalloyed, refusingthe commingling of its precious truthsand difine sentiments with the wicked-ness of the world and the falsehood ofeach age; and y the whisperingmessages are received aud given as whenthe Masonio Eye can Bee her Kings iutho Orient, iu generations by thesefriends forgotten. She has no cause toblush for inipotency of actinn, for, likethe stalwart oak of the forest, majestic iubearing and lofty in action, she is thewonder and the admiration of the world.Her operation is as universal as her bansare perpetual, piercing depth, penetrat-ing space, and overshadowing immensity.She ha3 no cause to blush for her mem-bership, iu that Kings and Potentateshave bowed where tho publican aud poorway-farin- g man, whose light is dark-ness, 'are wont to go. Crowned heads havebeen unsceptcrcd, measured by theplumb, and put within the quarrys, hon-

ored by the fellowship of the brethren,and exalted for their noble doings. Gi-

gantic intellects have beeu made noblostones and fit ornaments for the build-ers' use. Behold here rough ashlars,taken from the mountain quarries, nomean subjects of our order.

In addressing you on this occasion, attho request of the brethren, it is not pre-sumed, neither is it neccssa'y, that 1

should, in the necessarily short time al-

lotted to me, enter into the minutia of thegrand conceptions, grand operations, andgrand developments of Free Masonry.Every masonic mind looks with pleasureand delight to her historic lore, andtheir hearts are made glad at her pro-

gressive steps in each successive ago andgeneration. We shall in our feeblemanner notice first, and negatively, thatMasonary is not a political organization;secondly, and negatively, that it doesnot claim to be a christian organization;and thirdly, what Masonry is, and whatit claims to be.

When we fay Masonry is not a polit-ical organization, we mean by this, incontrasting the order with governmentit partakes not of its nature. True wehave government in the constitution ofcur lodges, in the election of its officers,and the regulation of its affairs; but wehavo law in its grand conception, a ruleof action as immutable and unchange-able ns the fiat of Jehovah, or tho lawsof nalure. J'olitieal organizations aredespot'c, as in Turkey, where the Sultanexercises all tho powers of sovereignty;are monarchical, as Austria, Prussia,and England, aud are republican, as theUnited States, former Athens, Venice,and Genoa. Masonry has her existenceand identity in all of these. Yes, wehave landmarks by which we stand andwhich are not subject to mutability bythe whims and caprices of men and leg-

islators. Its decrees are submissive tothe political laws in which it has its po-

litical being, teaching great fundametaltruths, thereby giving unto Cresar whatbelongeth to him, reserving those moralcanons that no government can interferewith. As an incontrovertible evidencethat it is not a body politic, with polit-ical intentions and aims, as a corporalbody it has no with politi-cal orders in the policy or expediency ofgovernment; and, liko the church, standsseparate and apart. To illustrate: Whatmay be a crime, or a violation of dutiesbelonging to society, or duties belongingto individuals, may not be a violation ofduties of Masons, and "vice versa."Crime is a political term, signifying nota moral wrong, but a legal wrong. In-

temperance and falsehood are Masonicprohibitions, but not crimes undertho political laws. So, many crimesare not Masonic wrongs; but there arenone here who would confound the twoor imagine that a political organizationcould remain in harmony and unitymore than two thousand years.

Secondly, we uotiee "that Masonryclaims no church authority and is noChristian organization." ImmemoriallyMasonry has been erected to God, andchristians have dedicated and hold itforth in memory of the Holy Johns, theBartist and the Evangelist. Jews haveheld it in honor of Solomon. Therehave been but three divine religious dis-

pensations iu the world since Adam andEve, arm in arm, wandered in the Para-disical garden: the Patriarchal, the Jew-

ish, and the Christian; and these threedivine developments of roligion all con-

centrate themselves upon the fact thatJesus roso from the dead, ascended toheaven, and was there received as thesou of God.

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We would dwell upon the difference- -

of the two, Masonry nnd the church, bocause so many charge that we claim

appointment and divine organiza-tion. We wish to show in establishingthe Jewi.-- h religion, and Christia p, wecan have no claim to cither (although ty-

pical of the latter and representative ofthe former.)

Then, first, As evidence of the truthof the Jewish religion, only one postu-latun- i

is required, and that is, that relig-ion is predicated upon matter of fact, notconjecture or opinion. This boiiig true,if the fact upon which it is predicatedbe true, then, logically reasoning, thoreligion must bo true. Wc will have re-

spect to the Jewish, i'jr i.i that dispensa-tion it is said Masonry became specul-ates upon an operative system.

The fact upon which this religion ispredicated are these: It is recorded thatin the days of Moses the children of Is-r-

amounted to six hundred thousandfighting men; that they passed out ofEgypt and walked through the Red sea,reached Mt. Sinai, and there saw thevisible manifestations of God; thatthey heard his voice proclaiming thedecalogue; that they were fed withmanna in the wilderness forty years;that they had a pillar of fire by night toguide them, and a cloud by day; thatthey drank limpid water from a rock offlint smitten by the rod of Moses, andthat they passed through tho river Jor-dan as on dry land. I have hastenedover these facts hjstory records, andwithin the Bible you have read them.Xow if these facts be true, and proven so,the religion upon which is predicated isalso truo. We have the testimony ofthe Bible, which ail should admit as ad-

missible, but we would address the in-

credulous as to church and Masonry andprove to them, outside ot divine revela-tion, not diroctly tho existence of a Supreme Being, but the authenticity of theScriptures, which teach us of the Fatherand of the Son.

We return to hasten the proof of thefacts stated above, and iu order to provethem we must lay "down certain criteriaby which we are enabled to decide without doubt or uncertainty all questions ofhistoric fact. Were it not for these cri-

teria by which we are enabled to appre-ciate the value of testimony, we would,iu the ordinary intercourse ot society, beliable to constant deception, inasmuch astho cousciencious speaking of the truth isnot the distinguishing virtue of the pres-ent age; and before we accept as truthevery doctrine taught by men, we shouldtest its verity and prove its dictum, wowill iu this instance be governed by theinjunction: These criteria are various, butwhenever there is a perfect consistencyand accordance between the fact reportedand tho testimony adduced to prove it,conviction of the verity of that fact ne-

cessarily follows. The facts under con-sideration are encrusted with the vonor-abl- e

rust of antiquity a rust that hasbeen accumulating for four thousandyears. It will be our purpose therefore toestablish the criteria which will satisfac-torily demonstrate as true, facts report-ed to have occurred four thousand yearsago. Some author has resolved thein in-

to four particulars, and as follows:First, The facts relied upon were sensi-

ble; secondly. They were facts of remark-able notoriety; thirdly, There now existsstanding monuments in perpetual com-memoration of these fact, aud Fourthly,These comme-jaora'iv- e attestations havecontinued from the very period in whichthe facts transpired up to the presenttime. This criteria, when appliej, pro-duces salutary effects. Wo have saidthat six hundred thousand men are saidto have walked through the lied sea ason dry land. In consequence of the rodof Moses being extended over it, theEgyptians, following, were drowned,while they on the opposite sJioro lookedon and beheld it all. Was not this asensible fact? Yrct another to embracethe first particular criteria: In tho samehistory, the night preceding this depar-ture of the Israelites out of tho land ofEgyptian bondage, you remember theplagues sent upon Egypt that Pharaohmight relent, that tho children of Abra-ham might go. In vain was the visita-

tion of Jehovah's wrath until at last theAngel ot Death, the pale horse of revela-tion, passed over the fertile plains andcrowded cities, taking the first-bor- n fromeach family. Tho lamentation and des-

olation of that Empire makes it sensibleindeed. Were these sensible facts pub-licly exhibited, and facts of remarkablenotoriety, in open day and in tho pres-ence of witnesses? When the monsoonof death plucked the idol of your house-

hold and gloom came within, could sun-shine ever erase it from your memory,and drive it from tho paths of retrospec-tion? Every one who has knowledge ofthese events know that Egypt, whenthis occurred, was the realm of lettersand the Empire of enlightenment, andthat Pharaoh's court was crowded withstatesmen aud scholars learned in thearts and sciences. Yea, publicly witncssed by no laggards, but by the wis-

dom of the world. Are there any com-

memorative institutions now existing inattestation of these sensible and publicfacts? The Masonic mind delights iuthe evidences thereof, for in its proof liesthe truth of the Order; though a scienceof morality, 'tis developed and inculcatedby the ancient method of symbolismwhich we shall notice in its order. Weaflirm that there are commemorative in-

stitutions attesting this fact. Notwith-standing all the mighty Empires of an-

tiquity which once Uourished in historyaud in their respective turns controlledthe temporal destinies of tho world, havesunk. cue by ouo iuto Uubt; (the Jewish

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nation exists to this day);Tave so cruii.bled to atoms as to lea no trace behindtliein, not even a livii7; man who canclaim within his veins lone drop of llo-ma- n

or Grecian blood; whose continentallanguage has become a conventionaltongue; whose superiority aud priority,like Petra and jN'incvab, gone, gone.One nation yes, monumental nationof antiquity yet remains, who can tracetheir lineage to its source, and withmonumental institutions evidence andprove thorn to bo tho legitimate seed ofAbraham, and which stamp the seal ofverity upon tho histori'- facts recordedof this people. Their f rcumeision andpassover exists TVy'i aud lastproposition we dOiLc7Tt7 .v.miOLhora-tive

monuments, instituted simultane-ously with the transpiration of the facts tobo preserved and perpetuated, havo neverbeen out of existence from that periodup to the present hour. This can be at-

tested by many proofs, one of which Iwill only mention here, and which will es-

tablish the proof of 'the proposition af-firmed: Moses tells the Israelites on thenight preceding their departure fromthe land of Egypt to take a lamb, to becalled the Paschal lamb, to dress, prepareaud eat it in a peculiar manner. Thefestivalwas to be observed iu that nightaud under circumstances calculated, ouevery return of its anniversary, to excitethe recollection of tho fee ings of theJewish nation. This festival, you, whoaro acquainted with this history, knowwas the celebration of the passiug overof the Angel of Death, sparing tho first-born to tho bosom of the mother, givingjoy to the heart ot the lather, causinganguish, lamentation and bereavement tothe Egyptian poople it was in honor oftheir exodus from servile slavery to glo-rious liberty. What must have been thefeelings of their hearts when they knewthat the God of their Fathers had donethis, so that when the clouds of discom-fiture should hang over them, lest theyshould forget this great love, they aretold on every anniversary of this festivalto eat the passover with a strict observ-ance of all rites and circumstances.Cocsult the Rabbi of Iiv.c! and you findthere has never been an interval, fromthat period to this, in which the anni-versary of the passover has not beeu sol-

emnly celebrated. We could dwelllonger in proof of these questions uponwhich hangs the symbolic teachings ofour order, but the postulatuiu admitted,the criteria established by. which toprove any historic hct-- though encrustedwith the age of antiquity, wo see tho onlyconclusion, tho truth of the Scripturesaud the verity of the Jewish religion,predicated and based upon the factsproven. With like reasoning and theex parte testimony of Paul, and the factsthat Jesus died, arose agcin, and ascended unto tho Father for the redemptionof the world, and similar criteria, wecould establish the truth of the Christianreligion; but we wish your particular at-

tention to the fact that Masonry docsnot take hold of the first, and, in part,only prefigures the second, in that thetabernacle in the wilderness came afterthe deliverance of Israel and before thedeath of Christ, commemorative of theformer, foreshadowing tho latter. Thatwe have a commemorative institutionw'ithiu the sanctum of our lodges, everyMason knows; that tho solemn strikingof the bell points to Mt. Moriah, reach-ing to the Son of God in the resurrec-tion morn, every Mason feels. But wehasten: Masonry, as I have said before,is a science of morality developed andinculcated by the ancient method of sym-bolism. My Brethren, symbolism isdear unto us all. There is no science soancient as this, and no mode of instruc-tion has ever been so universal as wasthe symbolic in former times. The wis-

dom of the Chaldeans, Pheniciaus,Egyptians, Jews; of Zoroaster, Sancho-niatho-

Pherecydes, Syrus, Pythagoras,Socrates, and Plato, of all the ancientsthat has come to our hands, is symbolic.The first religions were evidently sym-bolical, because, as the great philosophicalhistorian, Grote, has remarked, at a timewhen language was yet in its infauey,visible symbols were the most viyidmeans of acting upon the minds of theignorant hearers. Mor 'who was skilledin all the learning aud wisdom vof theEgyptians (which was symbolical),brought with him from tho cradlo of allthe sciences a perfect knowledge of thisscience, as it was taught bytho Priestsof Isis aud. Osiris, aud applied it to theceremonies with which he invested thepurer religion of the chosen people ofGod. Hence we learn from the Jewishhistorian that in constructing the taber-nacle, which gave the first model for thetemple at Jerusalem, and afterwards forevery Masonic lodge, he applied thisprinciple of symbolism to every part ofit. lie divided it into three parts torepresent the three great elementary di-

visions of tho Universe the land, thesea, and the air the first two accessibleto tho priests and the people, symbolicof the land and the sea, which all menmight inhabit; while tie third, or inte-

rior division, the Holy of Holies, whosethreshold no mortal dared to cross, andwhich was peculiarly consecrated to God,was emblematical of heaven, His dwell-

ing. With the tabernacle tho Temple ofKing Solomon is closely connected theone was the archetype of tho other, andthis magnificent Temple, with all its re-

gal splendor, has become the type of thegreat Temple of God above, its courtsand throuo symbolic of the Great WhiteThrone and "Temple Courts of Heaven.We have endeavored to show that Ma-

sonry, as an organisation, is neither po-

litical or. Christian.We now return to the thoughts con

nected with the objects of our presentconvocation Masonry and its profes-sions. A Free Mason is a man, free,born of a frco woman, a brother to kings,and a companion of princes, if they beMasons. The name which we hold, andwnich wc cherish, originated in the buil-ding of the Temple of Jerusalem. Ourancient brethren, who were employed byKing Solomon to work: at this famousedifice, were declared free, and exemptedfrom all imposts, duties, and taxes forthorn and their descendants. At thedestruction of the Temple by Nebuehad-nezze- r

the posterity of these Masons werecarried into captivity by the Jews, butwheu tho ti tn .f their humiliation wasexpired, by I. - good will of Cy.u:. .hoywere permitted to erect a second Temple,being declared freo for that purpose.Hence we are called Free Masons. Far-ther, wc cannot accept as candidates auybut the sons of freo women. This datesits origin to a much earlier period, evenfrom the time whou Abraham held a sol-

emn festival at tho. weaning of his sonIsaac. When Ishmael amused himselfteasing tho young child, wo know howSarah had him removed with Hagar thebond woman, saying they were not com-

petent to inherit with the free born. Shespake by divine inspirat'on, a she knewthat. from Isaac's loins would spring a

great and mighty people who wouldserve the Lord with freedom, fervencyand zeal. And these two persons, Ishmael and Isaac, are typical of the law andthe gospel, the one given by Moses andthe other by Christ. Hence, we are ac-

cepted Masons. This circumstance hasbeen embodied in Free Masonry to showthat although a pirson may have beenborn of . a free woman, ahhough he mayhave been made a Mason, and entitled toall the privileges of initiation, yet if heundervalues the privileges and neglects-to improve his mind by an applicationtion of the doctrines and precepts whichhe hears in the Lodge, instead of profit-ing by his freedom as Isaac did, he willbe no better than a profane bond-slav- e

like Ishm .el, who was cast out from hisfather's house as unworthy any show inthe inheritance. It was by the samecarelessness and inattention that the Jewsforfeited tiieir freedom aud suffered theirprivileges to be transferred to others.By their wilful rejection of the Messiahthey have been excluded from the cove-

nant of Grrce; have taken tho place ofthe sons of slavery; havo been cast outof the vineyard of promise, and are aliensfrom the true Israel of God; In manthere are threo ages: youth, manhood,and old age; in the adorable God-head- ,

three persons : Father, Son and HolySpirit, and in Masonry there are threodegrees: the first representing the outercourt of the Tabernacle of Moses, andthe court of the Gentiles iu the Templesituated at Jerusalem, for in either case,the Tabernacle or the Temple, the

could enter no farther. Therite or sacrament of baptism, which in-

troduces the penitent intp the vau of thechurch, corresponding with the privilegethat enabled a Jew to enter intothe second division of the Taber-nacle, is represented by the degree of a

Fellow Craft, which qualifies him to en-

ter iuto the holyT place and be investedwith tho highest honors and privileges ofMasonry. It was denominated by Paula worldly sanctuary, aud therefore atthis step of your progress you becomeeligible for instruction in worldly knowl-

edge and receive the rudiments of scien-

tific acquirements. But it is only whena Masou has been raised to the third andsublime degree that ho can form an ac-

curate judgment of the real tendency ofour mysterious association. Up to thispoint all has been preliminary and con-

sequently, superficial. But now thewhole scheme of Masonry becomes re-

vealed to the enlightened eye of the Mas-

ter Mason. Like the High Priest of Is-

rael entering the Sanctum Sanctorum ofthe Tabernacle and Temple, ho beholdswith steady gaze the Shekinah of Glory;tike the perfect Christian admitted tocommunion with his God and Saviour,he enters the church Triumphant andbeholds insuperable things which it isnot lawful for him to reveal, and like Paulin the third heaven, he hears unspeak-able words which to utter would he death.Speculative Masonry, which is but ano-

ther name for Free Masonry, in its mod-

ern acceptation, is technically and briefly defined as tho application, or, perhapsmore worthily, expressed, tho religiousconsecration of the rules and principles,the language and implements of opera-

tive Masonry to the veneration of God,the purification of the heart, and thepreservation of certain profound dogmasof mystical philosophy. Bearing inmind that speculative or modern FreeMasonry dates its origin from the build-

ing of King Solomon's Temple by Jew-ish and Tyrian artisans, the first impor-tant fact that attracts our attention is thatthe operative Masons at Jerusalem wereengaged in tho construction of an earth-ly and material Temple to be dedicatedto tho service 'and worship of- - God, ahouse in which Jehovah was to dwellvisibly by his Shekinah, and whence hewas by the Urim and Thummim to sendforth His oracles; now, tho operative arthaving for us csased, we, as speculativeMasons, symbolize the labors of our pre-

decessors by engaging in the constructionof a moral temple in cur hearts, dedicatedto the honor of Him who is tho authorof purity, and whence every evil thoughtand unruly passion should bo banishedas tho sinner and, the Gentile wero ex-

cluded from the sauctuary of the Jewishtemplo. As Masons we have three vir-

tues, Faith, Hope and Charity. This is

the theological ladder w hich Jacob inhis vi-i- w.w, reaching up into heaven,

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and admonishes us to have faith iu God,hope of immortality aud charity to allmaukind. This part of our system hasthe Holy Bible for its basis; Faith, Hopeand Charity for its supporters; Jehovahfor its President, and lieuven for its end.Tho true Masonic Philosopher sees in allthings an ever present Deity as the gov-

ernor and director of those magnificentworks which proceeded from His hand,all guided by the celestial dictates ofthese theological virtues. If the trees .ofthe field bud and blossom under the in-

fluence of a genial sun; if tho teemingearth is irrigated with geutle showers;

"If fleecy flock the hills a.lorn .Ami valley smile with wavy corn;"

it is the h;..r jd ordinate., c.f a benignDivinity: if the great ruler of the dayrie in the morning to call tho inhabi-tants of tho earth from their slumbersand commence their labors; if the rulerof the night move majestically throughthe heavens, partially enlightening thedarkness with her "silver light; if thestars and the phnets with which thefirmament is studded like an azureicano-p- y

charged with sparkling knobs ofburnished gold, pursue their accustomedcourses, century after ccutury, withoutthe slightest deviation, it is to displaythe power and gooduess of the great Ar-chitect and His provident care, in maki ngall the works of the creation subservientto ono object the comfort and happi-ness of His creatures; aud wo ought rev-erentially to bow tho knee and with ourancient Grand Master, King Solomon,exclaim, "Lord, what is man that Thouart mindful of him, or the son of mrnthat Thou visitest him." Wo might withpleasure talk of the threo great lights ofMasonry, the Bible, the Squaro, aud theCompasses, but tinie.hurries us on.

Masonry has no principle but whatmight still more ornament tho purestmind, nor any appendage but what mightgiv3 additional lustre to tho brightestcharacter. By the exercise of tho dutiesof Masonry the rich may add abundantlyto the fund of their eternal inheritance;the wise may increaso their knowledgeof the nature of God iu all His best per-fections and thereby daily grow stillmore wiso unto eternal salvation; thepuie in heart may be always advancingin the divine likeness, and they whowalk in this path of the just, with zealaud activity, will find it'as tho shininglight which shineth more and more untothe perlect day. Whilo we have showedthat Masonry is neither a political orchristian organ.iza.lion, we havo also en-

deavored to prove it not merely a moraledifice, for every degree throw light onthe nature and attributes of the true God.The preservation of His name is its great-est honor; the promulgation of truth itsgreatest glory. It claims but one bookout of all the libraries of the world, thatbook is the Holy Bible. This will re-

move wonder that a society whose secrets,neither Papal tortures, Spanish Inquisi-tions, despotic powers, riches nor elo-

quence could eyer penetrate, has beenpreserved so many centuries, and is per-petually increasing. The reflection issolemn to a thoughtful mind. Mysteri-ous characters are traced in the InnerChamber, and the light of day shinesupon them, and they arc the name ofGod in whom we live,, move and haveour being. For many ages we held thekeys of knowledge while the Barbarianswere desolating everything that was fairand beautiful iu society, aud Masonry isprobably destined to be one of the, mightyinstruments in tho hands of Providence,to spread the sacred word among all na-

tions who know not God and whose ig-

norance has a claim on tho children ofhumanity. Under the blessings cfa good government and beneaththe broad light of Christianity,wc little know the sufferings of alarge portion ot our race in remote coun-tries. Tho funeral fire that consumessome widowed mourner, still burns onthe banks of the Gauges; the unhallowedTurk still pollutes the holy laud of Pal-

estine; the dark African still looks tohoiven iu the agony of despair, and thereare multitudes who live in wretchedness,without comf'ji't or hope hereafter, whilethe great Masonic family aro bound todiffuse that light which cheers all thatsee it and carries gladness in every ray.Whatever opinions may be entertainedon the subject of ovangelizing the multi-tudiuou- s

nations of Asia, and circulatingthe sacred word through their wide audsorrowful dominions; whatever may bethought of those innumerable societies,actuated as by a divine impulse in thisgrand and holy object, yet, ought notMasons to take a deep interest in therestoration of that ancient realm of ourHebrew brethren whence all our lightfirst dawned to peace, to comfort, and tojoy. Tho mountains of Lebanon wherethe ftones wore hewn, squared and num-bered; the heights of Joppa where thimaterials for the building were conveyed;the Mount of Moriah where the Templeof Solomon was erected; the garden ofGethsemane, whero lay tho sepulchre ofour Lord and Master; tho villages ofBethlehem, Nazareth, and Bethany; thesea of Galileo, and the river of Jordan;all these spots arc still existing, rendereddear to every Mason by a thousand associations: and tho land of Palestine is stillbeautiful as ever, but whero are the gen-erations that ouco were there beholdingthe star in the East, and receiving theglad tidings from above, and listening totho voice of our beloved and departedbrother, John the Baptist (cruelly be-

headed by tho treacherous Herc4 at theblood thirsty request of ti.o daughter)wdioso festival wo this day celebrate?The ruins of Jerusalem will answer.Deep dark net's oviTsliad.,,'s their m!ler-ily- ,

a sorrowful people tr-- ; uv ailing the

hour of deliverance. Though the timewhen Jehovah will gather together thescattered Israelites we know cot ;, thoughthe prophesies are unsearchable and canonly be understood in their fulfillment,yet, the melioration of their lot, whocling to 'the beloved fields of Palestine,may bo effected by a diffusion of light,and knowledge once more a'mong them,and is it unreasonable to suppose thatMasonry might again cheer up'the heart,of sorrow in that unhappy region towhich the Eastern realm of a new worldnow owes their joyous day?

We might speak of the Four Cardicr.1Virtues, Temperance, Fortitude, Pru-dence and Justice; we might talk to youof the Bibb;, Square, and Compasses, andmany privileges belonging unto us as ailorder, but we close our remarks withCharily an apple of "old basketed iusilver, a di;imond chanceled with rubies,ail opal clustered with pearls, for whenFaith hath changed to sight and Hope tofruition, Charity goeth to the end of timWhen harps have chanted a requicover 'lenarteu i aitu and Hope, .anchoristers shall attend Charity in cless ages thereafter. lis thoStar to our noble order. Faithfirst, Hope is a concomitant and f(

but greater than all is Charity. I.the brethren and kindness to allkind; fear God and keep his coiincuts is tit whole d':'y of

lie ,;.I he a, in bibti.rcij, lei us nut on

breast-plat- o of Faith, the armor of Hope,and tho helmet of Charity, going aboutdoing good, that our works redounding tothe honor of the order may evidencelikeness unto divine morality, thatothersmay feel and know that our callingis good,that our order is noble. Let us be amongthose who are working the ameliorationof mankind, not only where the ds-w- ofrighteousness ascend, where the light ofcivilization exists, where the Bible, theinestimable gift of God to man, can befound, but also iu the secluded shades ofHindoo, iu tho pestiferous groves of Af-rica, and in the Mohamedan regions oAsia. No longer the Koran should takoupon its unconsecrated pages the Imple-ments of our order.. So longer shouldthe land of Solomon's wisdom, our Grand"aster, bo travailing in sorrow, lament-ing in darkness; but let us with bannersupon every breeze herald the speedy ap-

proach of light from whence darkncs3doth depart; let our names be iu themouths of babes a synonym oPswectucssand of gladness; let no widow's cry cameup as a memorial against us; no orphanask and receive no bread. Finally, ho-

of one mind; live in charity to all mankind,and especially the brethren, the house-hold of the faithful.

Muti imonal.

Married pcOlo vrill please read as written.Single ones can read the llrst line, then iiiethird, then the second, and finally the fourth ineach verse:.

That man must lead a happy life,Who's freed from matrimonial chains,

Who is directed hy his wife,Is suro to sutler for his pains.

Adam could find no solid peaceWhen Eve was giveo for a mate;

Until ho saw a woman's faceAdam was in a happy stato.

In all the female face appearsHypocrisy, deceit and pridcl

Truth, darlin-.- ' of a heart sincere,Ne'er known in woman to reside.

AVhat tonge is able to unfoldThe fahchood that in woman dwells;

The worth in woman we behoidId lulmost imperceptible.

Cursed he the foolish thiCj, I say,Who changes from his singleness;

Who will not yield to woman's swayIs sure of perfect blessedness.

Cutting Hay.Many planters in gathering hay let it lie

in the field until it is entirely dry. Toaccomplish this, it i8 usually exposed,night after night to heavy dews, and notinfrequently to rains, which greatly in-

jure tire appearame as well as the qual-ity of tho hay. The proper way to curehay is to cut it early in the morning, audspead it carefully over the ground; turn-ing it up to the sun aud wind onco ortwice during the day with a raks or fork,aud hauling it under shelter just beforenight. If the sun is bright, almost anyhay will be sufficiently cured in a singleday to keep, and it will be bright incolor, and much moro palatable to thestock, as well as more nutricious thanwhen deadened by two or three days ex-

posure. In putting it away, arrange-ments should be made to spread the cut-ting of each day over a covered mow pen,to tho depth of one or two feet, andsprinkle salt freely over it. It is wellto have two or three pens for depositingthe hay, so that each day's cutting mayin two or three days before more is add-ed to it. This precaution is not neces-sary whero tho grass is mown in thimorning, and has ouo bright sun uponit.

Watering l.ocumoiivcsFast trains ou railroads can only Lc ..

run when the stoppages to take in.wter,,-ar-at long intervals. One of the Eng-.- .

lish methods of feeding locomotives isvery effective, and is about bebg intro-duced iu this country. At tho Mojitresestation the Hudson river, railroad has.laid down in. the center of the track aperfectly straight' trough', lined withpointed sheet --iron, 1,200 feet long, 15inches deep,' .and IS inches wide. Thistrough, holding 10,000 gallons,constantly supplied with water- from e4spring. To tho tender of the loeomo- -

tive between the hind trucks is attacheda semi-circula- r pipe, with a no'zalo soarranged as to drop down iutq the troughat the will of tho engineer. The nozzleis directed towards tho point tho iocoT.motive is going and sinks to a depth oftwo inches in the trough. It is statedthat when the train is running at, tho,rate of" thirty miles an hour, andnozzle is dropped in the rough, l.G.'flgallons oi water will be forced iuto thetender before the entire length of. th.itrough has- been passed over.

JO"J)aniel WcUtcr ohco-sti- "If wework upon marble it will perish; if uponbrass, timo will efface il; if wo i car tem-ples they will crumble into dust: but ifwo work upon our immortal minds if,we imbue them with principles, with thejust fear of God and! h.ve of our fellow-me- n

we engrave on those tablets .something w Inch, u JI br.ighleu. .'nro.;,'h.cUmitv."

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