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THE MASONIC JOURNAL
THE MiSONIG JOURNAL.
GREENSBOKO, N. C.
Thursday, Sep. 16, 1875
E. A. WILSON, Editor & Pioprietor.
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Office on Sont.li Elm Street, first dooj'
Our Journal.
Recognizing the great need of an Or
gan of Ereemasonry in the South whose
weekly visits should brighten the tiie-
sides of thousands of homes, and make
glad the hearts and strong the hands of
.our declining Brotherhood, has induced
us to undertake the arduous, yet pleasant
task of publishing a Weekly Masonic and
Family newspaper.
As a mouthpiece and counsellor the
JoUEKAL will do all in its power to foster
and encouiage the pure principles of
primitive Freemasonry, to disseminate a
standard of morality in keeping with the
tenets of the Order, to establish truth,
expose error and pe’petuate the glorious,
yet silent deeds of our “ Mystic Rite."—
Thus we shall strive to make each niim.
her of inestimable value to the Craft. Its
Mews, Literature, and other departments
will make it of equal value and interest
to the geneial reader.
Determined to devote our whole time,
talents and energy to the interest of all
classes of our readers, without any flo'ir-
ish of trumpets, or vain-glorious boasting
we submit our Jouknj\l to the considera
tion of a candid public and the Masonic
Fraternity, and solicit their co-operation
and support, looking to the Supreme
Architect for his approbation and re
ward.
As a work of reference containing valu
able matters of law pertaining to the Or
der, papers on Juiisprudeiice, decisions of
the Grand Masters and of the Grand
Lodges, every Lodge should at once sub
scribe for a copy of the JoURSAL to be
placed on file in the Lodge. Several
Lodges have already done so in advance,
and we hope many ethers, if not all will
do so at once. We intend to make it
worthy of a place in aiij Lodge or fami
ly in the land.
Editions.—Patrons desiring their sub
scriptions to begin with the first number
of the Journal will please so state in
their orders, as we shall issue an extra
large edition for the first few weeks for
the purpose of accommodating all who
may wish to begin at the beginning with
us.
Adter THIS WEEK we shall endeavor
to give a spicy Local Department for the
benefit of our readers in the city an.l vi
cinity, and which wdll also be read with
interest by many at a distance.
We will thank our friends for any
items of news for this department, either
from town or country—or .Iro.u anywhere.
Files.—Owing to tlie value of the Jour
nal as a work of reference, we have ad
opted the quarto form as the most conven
ient for filing and binding, and we earn
estly request eveiy subscriber to carefully
preserve ever}' number until the end of
the volume, when it can be bound at a
small cost, making a handsome and valu
able book of 416 pages.
Specimens.—We Send specimen copies
of this issue to every Lodge in this State,
and as extensively as we can, from the
lists at hand, to every other State, es
pecially in the South where there is no
other weekly Masonic paper. Of course,
this initial number falls far short of what
the Journal shall be when we get our
exchange list arranged and we are in full
working trim, which will be in a short
time—at most, in one or two more weeks.
Courtesies.—We gratefully acknowl
edge tile uniform courtesies and kindness
shown us by our brethren of the Press,
Forth and South, .many of whom have
taken occasion to say very kind words of
us personally, all of which we assure you,
brethren, is warmly appreciated, and it
will afford us great pleasure to recipio-
cate vour favors in any way possible.
Especially does it afford us pleasure to
note the special kindness shown us by the
city press of Greensboro, who, coming
among them as a stranger, “took us in”
and treated us as a brother.
To Advertisers.—The high standard
adopted for the Journal is such as to
malre it a first-class medium for advertis
ers. Its circulation will be general
througlit the Southern States, reaching a
class of readers that are always valuable
to business men, and as a mutual protec
tion to the paper, its readers, and the
business public, no advertisements will
be admited to its columns ;he business of
which does not meet wTth our unqualified
endorsement, and should an advertise
ment be admitted which afterward proves
objectionable it will be promptly with
drawn and the contract cancelled.
It IS hoped that legitimate business
men will appreciate such protection and
favor us with their patronage.
AVe take pleasure in announcing that
we will lay before our readers, next week,
the able and eloquent Masonic address of
Companion, John N. Staples, of this city,
delivered before the Lodge at Wentworth,
N.. C., Juno 24th, 1875. AVe have read
the manuscript with great pleasure and
promise our readers a real treat in its pe
rusal. A larger edition will be printed
with the view' of furnishing any with ex
tra copies who may desire them. Order
early.
To our Readers.
AA'e take pleasure in acknowledging the
receipt of a large number of names, from
this and other States, as permanent sub
scribers to the Journal, and others are
being constantly added, thereby indicat
ing the lively interest which the brethren
feel in the permanent establishment and
success of the paper as an Organ of Ma
sonry.
Our success will depend, to a great ex
tent, upon the individual interest which
is taken in extending our circulation
among the brethren. Let each brotiier
cm reading this nnmbe;', feel himself an
authorized agent and at once go to work
to secLii’e us a large list of subscribers,
with the cash, and we will insure you a
paper of which every Mason may justly
be proud.
In this connection we hope all who
have given us their names will, promptlv
upon the receipt of this number, forward
to us’the subscription price for the same,
according to the agreement in our circular
to the Lodges. Ai a .sure means of safe-
tv we have determined to conduct the bu
siness upon a strictly cash basis, and af
ter this date no name will be entered un
less accompanied by the cash, nor the pa
per sent longer than the time paid for.
The Orphan Asylum-
ized agents to receive and forward con
tributions, either to Oxford or Mar s Hill.
We append the following from the
AVilmington (N. C.) Freshyterian as e.x-
pressive of our feelings :
“ AVe have little space allowed us, but
must express our delight at the perfoim-
ances of the children of the Orphan Asy
lum at their exhibition in this city on
AVednesday night last, and avow increas
ed interest in that institution.
The large and appreciative audience
assembled on that occasion would unite
with us in this. Mr. AI s object we be
lieve is fully accomplished here ; for no
parent could look upon these little ones,
bereft, and not feel his he.,rt yearn most
tenderly towards them ; no one could
contemplate these orphans, representa
tives of so many of their class, without ''
contrasting the bright possibilities of flieir
future, with the deeply dark certainties
that would be thfirs, but for the inter
vention of this charity ; and surely no
Christian present could fail to thank the
Father of the fatherless for what has been
done, and pray for a continuance of Ilis
ble.''siiigs to this noble cause.
The Orphan Asylum, beyond all ques
tion, deserves encouragement and sup
port, and scicli exhibitions of good accom
plished cannot fail to secure them.
A collection was taken, and ^117 real
ized.
Our AA'^isii.—This our initial number
is far below the standard we intend for
onr Journal, the lack of exchanges and
other needed material being the cause.
In a few weeks we will be all right in this
particular.
AVe have mapped out a systematic di
vision of our work so as to meet the de
mands in the various departments of Lit
erature or family reading. Gleanings, Ale-
miors. General News, Corr.rspondence, on
various subjects. Jurisprudence, “Mosa
ics” or Alasonic Intelligence, and answers
to Correspondents under the significant
heading of “More Light.”
AVe invite and urge our brethren in all
the States to communicate with us freely,
especially for the two last mentioned de
partments, and thus aid us in disseminat
ing the “pure light” in Masonry to our
less informed brethren.
“ The de.sign of the orphan A.syliim
shall be to protect, train and educate in
digent and promising orphan cliildren,
to be received between the age of six and
twelve, who have no parents, nor prop
erty nor near relatives able to assist them.
They shall not be received for a shorter j
time than two years. In extraordinary
cases the Superintendent may receive
children outside the ages specified.”— I
Froceedings of the Grand Lodge. \
AVas there ever a grander, noider work i
than this ? To “ protect, train and edu- j
cate indigent and promising orphan chil
dren,” a work upon which angels might
look with delightful approbation.
From the beginning the orphan work
has been a grand success, based upon the j
purest principles of that sublime Masonic j
Charity which is the capstone of our |
noble Order. Unendowed, and not con-!
finiiisits benefits to homeless and friend- j
less little ones of Masons alone, it goes out |
info the broad harvest of the State and !
gathers in of all cla.sses the most needy j
and promising; and depending for sup- !
port upon the generous liberality of the
public at large, and the stated contribu
tions of Lodges Churche.s, Sunday Schools
and other Societies and institutions, it has
never failed, though frequently inastrait
and its numbers constantly augmenting,
it has become the grandest institution ever
known in North Carolina.
They to be “ between the ages of six
an-i twelve, who have no parents, rarr
property nor near relatives able to assist
them." These are the defenseless little
ones whom the Grand Lodge is gathering
up and placing under the humane protec
tion of this blessed Orphan Home. And
these are they who are appealing to the
warmest sympathy of your purer nature
for the means of subsistence and educa
tion, until they are prepared to battle
with the realities of life unaided.
Friends, the bleak winds and frosts of
winter will soon beat upon these little
ones, God's Charity lambs, as well as you;
will you not contribute liberally of your
I means, in cash and kind, that they may
have warm clothing and nourishing food
as well as your little ones, remembering
that many of them, too, were born in lux
ury, but by the fickle hand of fortune
were made what they are.
All Secretaries of Lodges are author-
Encouraging.
AA'e feel that we are committing no
breach of privacy in laying before the
Lodges and individual Masons in North
Oxrolin.a the following endorsement of
our enterprise from Grand Master, Geo.
AAL Blount, and hope the Fraternily in
the State—and in the Southern Stales—
will feel, with him and us, the need of a
“ means whereby a more general Masonic
communication may be had,” and go to
work, for its success, with a zeal commen
surate with the importance of the under
taking.
Let brethren everywhere send in. lists'
of subscribers and communicate to us
freely and promptly everything that, will
be of value to the Craft. Never mind
the bad spelling, writing or grammar,
we'll attend to that—send us the facts ;
AA’ilson. July 19, 1875.
Brother:—I am glad to see that you
are about to start a Masoni" Journal.—
The enterpr se ought to succeed. AVe
need a means whereby a more general
Masonic communication may be had : a
means for the more general diffusion of
Masonic intelligence.
I hope every Alason will cake the Jour
nal—every Lodge endorse it, and at once
make it the Organ of Alasonry in North
Carolina. AVith such encouragement and
support I am satisfied you eaii make it of
incalculable worth to the Fraternity.
Yours very truly,
G. W. Blount,
Grand Alastei.'
AAY have set apart a place in the Jour
nal as a standing Directory of Lodges,
Chapters, Councils and Gommanderies,—
giving the name, number, location, time
, of meeting and the two principal officers,
for which we will charge the nominal sum
of S4 per year. The a'lvantage of this to
the Lodges and individual members i.s
obvious. Changes occur and your Lodge
desires to know them. The large majori
ty of the Lodges elect officers after the
meeting of the Grand Lodge, and, conse
quently, the Reports are incorrect.
Brethren travelling desire to know- when
and where they may attend the Lodges.
To all such the Directory will be invalu
able, and the cost nominal—barely
enough to pay the-expense of keeping it
up._
liy AVhere a Lodge or Chapter has its
Directory inserted and also subscribes for
the Journal, only §5 will be charged for
; the two.
not