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■t' I jK [ ,,; - N (Lf i V , '‘M;'' i I jK f ■ ‘=>.1 s: ^ >! riVi' i t '# .i'' ,’T iJi*- (it- f;'iv|i ’ Mi ll ', ii' tti M ti 1-1 !:!!■(-'' • . i r -:-■ ! iM-:-", . ' 'T .■(.,- ^'. 1 •. ■ ' j’ • I Vr -‘ M -■■/ -i; ■ ' '• ' ■' .5 11 i'll t i i i (., f,i}' ili'' A ^ ''3^i m T H E M A S 0 N 1 C J 0 U K N A L THE MiSOmO JuURNaL GREENSBORO, N. C. Thursday, Nov. 4, 1875. E, A. WILSON, Editor & Pjoprietor. S 2 00 ] 25 TERMS: 1 copy One Year - - - I copy Six Months t®” No club rates.“®a Any person sending us 12 or more yearly subscriptions, will) the Cash, will receiye the paper one year free ol charge. ADVERTISING RATES. .1 inch, 3 hiole'S, 3 inch 'S. column, column, 1 columu, EiS” Transient advertisem-nts charged $1 per inch for iii'st, and .50 cents for eachsubse- ((uent insertion. Special Notices 25 cents per line for the rirst, ami 20 cents for each subsequent inser- aion. Simple announcement of Marriages and Deaths free : Obituaries atid Tributes of Re spect clvirg(*d for at ri'gititir advertising rates, p®" TERMS—CASH ON DEMAND. Oltice on South Elm Street, drst door north of the I’airiot Office. Our Korcraun, .Hr. .1. II. KhTZKI!, is iiutliorized to Mcoive and n*opipt for Snbsorijitlons in our aiisoncc. The next number of the Masonic Re .ciouolose.s its 47th volume, and brotlier Moore has been its editor for 30 of the.se years. His ambition is to complete the 50th volume. The Presiding officer of a Lodge, Chap ter or Council who will so far forget him self and his position as to forget the lime of Regular Meeting deserves to be gently .reminded of the delinquency by the breth- ..ren. Thanksgiving.—The President has s-ppointed the 25th inst. as a day of thanks giving and prayer. This is right, and meets oui candid endorsement, and we hope all our people will religiously ob- •serve it. Notwithstanding the adversi- ■ties anil calamities that have fallen on ■many sections of our country we have much as a people to be thankful for, and as a Christian Nation it surely becomes ,U3 CO acknowledge with reverence and humility our gratitude to God for His abundant mercies to us for another year (that is past. We notice that many of the newspa pers, which otherwise give evidence of thrift, are resorting to the doubtful plan af clubbing with foreign trashy paiiers, ■offering extravagant premiums of sewing machines, parlour organs, pianos, &o., as •a means of increasing their circulation. This, we think, instead of benefitting in jures them, while it gives an amount ol valuable gratuitou.s advertising without a commensurate return. If you think vonr papers ars not worth the money, brethren, honestly say so and put down your price, and leave these trashy concerns to lake care of themselves. The Grand Master of Florida, Bro. A1 bert J. Russell, re.piests all the Grand Masters of the Gran'1 Lodges in the Uni ted Stitfcs to meet in convention at Jack HOnville, Florida, on the 15th of December next, for the purpo.se of oonsiuering the .necess ty of a greater uniformity of work and means to strengthen the moral power ■of the Order in the Union, as well as in the world. This we regard a.s a very commendable move on thaspart of Bro. Russell, and we sincerely hooe there will be a general 'meeting of those invited, and that the desired good will be accomplished. o 'Z 3 05 z C5 C ■ z X w > P3 > 73 $ 2.50 $0. -0 $ 10.00 $ 15,0') 4.’)0 9.00 1.5,00 20,00 (i 00 12.0 ( 20.00 30,00 10.00 20.00 35.00 45.;)0 15.00 35.00 45.00 60,00 ■20.00 45.00 O'lOO 100,00 Social Meetings. “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” The true mission of Freeoaasonry is work—“good work, true woi'k, square work a work of Chanty, seasoned with faith in the plans and hope for the results, ! but while these stern duties to the breth ren and their needy families remain para mount why not lighten the labors by an occasional Social Meeting at which all the families of the Lodge can assemble? The.se seasons of Refreshment have a wholsome influence upon the brethren, and besides, induce kindly feelings to ward the Order that otherwise might not obtain. Such meetings are also susceptible of intellectual improvement, by the intro duction of short addresses pertinent to the occas.on and the parties interested. They also serve to give the necessary stimulus for the enthusiastic and ambitious, and, to a great extent, block the way against those hated innovations that creep in by way of variety. A little innocent social recreation oc casionally judiciou.sly mixed in with our stern red tape labors of the regular Lodge meetings, will lighted those labors and refresh the weary traveler. Among our Exchanges. How delightful the priviledge of again mingling in the midst of our old and fa miliar friends, whose visits to us were so regular before our removal here. Their cheery faces are again warmly greeted in the Office and the household, and with them come many new visitors who have also been regularly domiciled, and have already endeared themselves to us. They are, indeed, friends, who, jealous of our jirosperity, have reached forth kind, strong hands to our aid, and with cheering words have bidden us success. Thanks I Thanks 1 May we be mutual friends and visitors for many long years. The Ancient Landmarks- It is painful to note the fearful depart ures that are constantly being made from the ancient Landmarks of our Order Masonry is universal ; having extended beyond the bounds of our modern civili zation and taken within its fold many eve’i of the nomadic tribes of the East, and its symbolic language which is so fluently spoken by tbu “Universal brotherhood” should have its exact counterpart in every language and tongue in which it is spoken. Yet here in our own country we have a “Work” as various and numerous, almost, as the Grand Lodges themselves, and this also frequently varied in proportion to the number of Lecturers in the field. "Why is this, and whither are we drift ing? Can’t any one see the great disad- vant.jge under which we labor by these innovations—these departures from our Ancient Landmarks ? Nay, brethren, we want no “New York work,” no “Pennsylvania work,” no “Ste phenson work” none of these ; but the Pure Work of Atasonry, as established by the “Ancient Landmarks,” and that only. We think the Grand Master of Florida is right in his de.sire to bring about a uni formity of work i-i all the States of the Union, and we hope he will persevere un til the desired end is attained. And this afflictipv. is not applicable to Blue Masonry alone, but to Chapter, Council and Comraandery also, and the sooner the evil is re.nedied in all the de partments of the 'Order the better it will be for all. Ge± together and decide whether half means all or all mean* some, rather than be drifting along in the use of uncertain, and undeflnable language that is liable to be changed with the next appointment of Grand Lectures. Tiianks- pose to be -To a brother whom we sup- Son. T. S, Parvin, P. G. M., for a late paper containing the opening exercises of the Grand Chapter of Iowa, and the address of G, H. P., Robert F. Bower, at Keokuk, Iowa, Got. 21st. This address is full and shows much work per formed. Three new Chapters have been formed. The following are the officers for the present year •, G H P—H. S. Winslow, Newton, P) (j H P—Fred Getohell, Des Moines. G K—A. T. Brooks, Ml. Pleasant. G S—A. D. Wetherell, Knoxville. G T—W. W. McKnight, Winterset. G S—Wm. B. Laugridge, Muscatine, Appointed Officers—G 0 of H—A. R. Dewey, Washington. G P S—A. W. Daughety, Dubuque. G R A C—M. R. Gurney. Montioello. G M 3d. Veil—S. L. Bayless, Keokuk, G M 2d. Veil—H. 0. McNeil, Sioux City. G M 1st. Veil—Jerome Burbank, Wa- verly. G 0—Downing Baugh, McGregor. G G—Theodore Schreiner, Mt. Pleas ant. The paper also contains the able and eloquent address of Companion T, S. Par via, P. G M., from which w. shall take occasion to make copious extracts in tub sequent issues. The Grand Commandery was in ses sion at the same time, at the ooncjU.-ion of which the grandest banquet ever known in the State was given in its honor by Damascus Commandery of Keokuk. Are You a Mason ? We are sometimes asked this question on the streets and by persons comparative ly strangers to u.s ; and our habit is no? to answer it in Masonic form. The other day a young man whom we did not per sonally know, asked os this question, and, as usual, we gave an aiuswerin a form quite unmasoii'o. He, knowing our rela tions to the fraternity, said :—“You ought not to answer in that way, you ought to say,” etc. Thisyoung man had just been passed to the degree of Fellow Craft. This simple matter is mentioned here for the purpose of oautioni.'g the young craftsman against any and all display of his Masonic knowledge, unless in Masonic company, and then only absolutely for Masonic purposes. No Mason is at liberty, much less may he be required, to use Masonic language, and turn Masonic phrases, and give Ma sonic signs, because some one, even though he be a Mason, should question, or seek to test him, with nj other object in view than to display big own proficien cy, If a stranger comes to you, and pro poses to make a communication to you Masonically, or wishes to impart some Masonic matter of which he is informed, and which he desires for special purposes to communicate to yon and to no other ; or if he be in distress, and comes to you with a Masonic sign, and appeals to you as a Mason for relief, you may then ask him—“Are you a Mason?” and you have aright to expect a Masonic answer. Pie has given you the right to ask him the question, and he is bound in duty and honor and obligation to answer it. But all display of Masbme knowledge, and all desultory use of symbolic signs or lan guage are out of order, and injurious to the craft. Be careful In admitting visitors to the lodges who art unknown not only as Masons, but as men, it is not possible for ns to be too careful. I may know a man well and favorably, but I cannot know him to be a Mason witnout “strict trij] due examination, or lawful informatiun'' And iithis be necessary in tbe caseofa man of whom I may, in other relation have a favorable knowledge, how more necessary that I should be cautions concerning one of whom I have no know], edge, personal or otherwise, but who comes to me, and claims that he is a Ma son, and asks of me Masonic reoogqitioj and favor. And if this caution is necessary on tkt part of an individual Mason, it is all the more necessary on the jiart of a Ltid'-e If an individual Mason should be imposed upon by the unworthy, the imposition may end there ; tbe next Mason may sift and detect the unworthy. But if a lodge is imposed upon, though that cannot last long, j et it extends to a large number of brethren, and the impostor or unworthy person receives a sort of official Masonic endorsement. Be careful then : let your committees of ex-^mination be kind but firm ; breth ren, who understand the trick of 'he tongue, and tbe cnnningiiess of the bund, and who will not be afraid to say, if thev have the least doubt—‘we are not satis fied ”— The AJasontc Tcvie'ui. A Lodge Eoom in the teenth Centu y. Eigh- Social Aspect of Masonry. Masonry commences the work of eK vating and improTing man just where it ought to be commenced, in his social n»- ture, where he is more susceptible- rci" haps no chord of bis heart is more easily touched and moved than that which i* coiinecti-d with his social sympathies. R make him feel that lie is not alone, that he does not stand removed from his fel lows in gloomy isolation, with his “hath against every man and every man’s hath against him;’’ but to assure him that amid the struggles and trials of life. *7*® of affection 1-ook upon him, and generots hearts sympathize -with him, and helpit,? hands are outstretched to aid him; where Masonry begins her work.—-o*. The appointment and arrangement n? a Masonic Loilge-roomin the eighteeiitli century were very different to our pres ent pra^.tice. A long table was extended from one end of the room to the other, covered with a green cloth, on which were placed duplicates of the ornaments, fur niture, and jewels, intermixed with Ma sonic glasses for refreshment. Atoneenil of this table was placed the Ma.ster’s pe destal, and at the other that of the Senior Waiden, while about the middle of the table, in tbe south, the Junior Warden was jflaced, and the brethren sat around, as at a common ordinary. When there was a candidate to be initiated, the candi date was paraded outside the whole; and on such occasions, after he had been safe ly deposited at the North-East angle of the lodge, a very short explanation of the design of Freemasonry, or a brief portion of the lecture, was considered sufficient before the lodge was called from laborto refre.shment. The song, the toast, the sentiment, went merrily round, and it was not until the brethren were tolerably sa tiated that the lodge resumed, and the routine business was transacted before closing.— Tidings, The history of Freemasonry is coexten sive with the achievements of Christian civilization. Its mottoes may be read upon the escutcheon of all the civilised nations, in every part of the earth, Wherever the existence of Almighty God is acknowledged, and where man is wil ling to do justice to man, there Freema sonry builds her temples, and there she erects the blessed altars of her faith.
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