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2 THE MASONIC J 0 U R N A L ■:ll.' ' ii'' THE MASONIC JOURNAL GREENSBORO, N. 0. Thursday, Nov. 26,1875 £. A. WILSON, Editor & Pioprietor. TERMS: 1 copy One Year - - - _ $ 2 00 1 copy Six Months - - - ‘ 1 25 Xo club rates,“iSa Any person sending us 12 or more yearly subscriptions, with the CASH, will receire the paper one year free of charge. ADVERTISING RATES. CQ > O M S O !25 a CO > O a po Ci •> O K CO K >- PS 1 inch, $ 2.50 $6.00 $10.00 $ 15,00 J inches, 4..TO 9.00 15 00 20,00 % inch(‘8. 6.00 12.00 20.00 30,00 } column, 10.00 20.00 36.00 45 ,00 i column, 15.00 35.00 45.00 60,00 1 column, 20.00 45.00 60.00 100,00 Jg” Transient advertisements charged $1 per inch for first, and nO cents for eacli subse quent insertion. jy Special Notices 2,5 cents peiTiue for the ■fir.st, and 20 cents for each sub.sequent inser tion. Bimple aunonneement of Marriages and Deaths free; Obituaric'and Tribute.s of Re spect charged for at regular adverti'ing rates. T.ERMS—OASM ON DEMzVND. By Office on Soutli Elm Street, first door north of the Patriot Office. mired by the ‘‘profane,’’ and to partake of the sweets of the labor of those who have borne the heat and burden of the day. The sum total of this article is that Masonry wants no drones. It is a field of industry, and having joined the Lodge and become po.ssessed of its mysteries she demands of you a punctual attendance upon all the meetings and a participation in the deliberations, labors and expense incumbent upon her members. “If ye will not labor, ne'.ther shall ye eat,” should be the motto of the Lodges, and it will be but simple justice to those who will do their duty, for them to promptly cut off all who persist in bring ing reproach upon themselves and the cause they are pledged to defend and promote. Masonry should know no cowards and the Lodges have no drones. the nation to unite their grateful hearts and raise the glad pasan of praise and gratitude to Him in whose hands lies the destiny of the frail fabrics which men have framed and called governments. Men should live lives of thanksgiving to God for mercies. The goodness of God is so abundant and lasting—His blessings so lavish from the first dawn of existence to the going down of life’s sun—His Prov idence so complete and kind—that men’s hearts should always overflow with grat itude and their lips always frame new songs of praise. Nevertheless it is emi nently proper that a people should have some special day on which to make, as a nation, their recognition of their depend ence upon God and their acknowledge ments of His Goodness. lative Masonry more important teachings, or more interesting in tory, than the lambskin or white ' Commencing its lessons at an early in the Mason’s progress, it is ’ ^ Our Fon'inian, Mr. .1. II. FKTZEIt, Is aiitliorizod and recelift for Sulisp.rl|itions in our absence. The Editor being away this week, our readers will please make allowance for any shortcomings in this issue and charge it all to his account. Beottiee Geo. Frank Gouley, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, has again placed us under renewed obli gations for a copy of the Proceedings of that'Grand Body held in St. Louis, Oct. 12—14,1875. So far as we have been .able to examine, the minutes show a large amount of work, performed with much delib.iration and care. During the year they lost one, Past Grand Junior Warden, Samuel Russell. Brother Gouiey’s Re port on Foreign Correspondence is very elaborate, as mentioned by us previously, ■covering one hundred and thirty-r.ine .pages. The tabular statement of the 'Grand Sasratary shows 489 chartered Lodges, and three G. D., with a member ship ofover 22,000 ; showing a decrease of 1,000 since last report. As with brother Parvin’s Report we will report o-i their Law matters shortly. The Morals of Freemasonry. Ours is strictly a moral institution, teaching its votaries by signs and symbols to walk i'l the paths of rectitude and so briety, and to shun the ways of evil do ers ; hence no true Mason can indulge in any of those practices that in any way detract from him as a gent.eman and good citizen. It is not a religion, nut inenl- oates a code of moral eth os that teaches the brother faith in God as the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and to reverence the teachings of the Holy Scriptures as the great trestlehoard upon which He has marked out the designs by which we are to erect our future moral and Masonic edifice. Then as brethren, boun'l by an indisso luble chain, we are compelled to obey those teachings and seek to disseminate their benefits, by precept and example among all classes, especially those of the household of faith. Brother, cast about you and see if there is not some point at which you may im prove your Masonic morals. Danger of Popularity, DRONES. During the war a Methodist minister was arraigned before his Conference, the principal complaint being cowardice, he being a Captain in the army. This, of course, was a novel feature in church polity, and elicited much debate hut a proper phase was given to the whole by a grave D. D. who arose in his place and said tnat he was opposed to war an-d es pecially to m.inisters of the Gospel engag- ing’in it, b«t that he thought it was the duty of all men to stand by their solemn contracts, and )f this brother would De- oorae .a-soldier it was his bounden duty to fight, and not bring reproach upon his religion by showing the coward. He was apposed to all such “fuss and feath er” drones. Just S0J the old D. D. was right; the principle holds good in Masonry as in Re ligion. We assume our obligations vol untarily and should be compelled to ful- fill them faithfully and punctuallv. We ■want no holida)* Masons as posts on which to exhibit our' ponderous and gaudy par- 4iphernali.a—drones in the hive who come forth only on stated oecasiohs to be ad- What is Catawb.a county doing for the orphans at the Oxford Asylum ? Will the good people of this county let the cries of the orphans waft on every passing breeze unheeded ? Many of these were made orphans by the late war. What heart can remain unmoved ? Christian men and women, to you, especially, the poor Orphan appeals, and we are told that he that giveth to the poor lendetli to the Lord.—Hickoi'y Press. Thanksgiving Day. Iromthe Raleigh Christian Advocate we quote the following paragraph on this subject ; As will be seen from the proclamation of Governor Brogden, Thursday the 25th inst . has been set apart as a day of thanks giving for the people of this State. Pres ident Grant has also designated the same as a day of national prayer and thanks giving. The custom, although its beauty and propriety commend it to all nations, is we believe peculiar to the United States- It originated among the Puritans of New England in the dark days of its early settlement, and is said by Dr, Franklin to have been proposed as a substitute for a day of fasting, by an old farmer who, in a public assembly, said that instead of burdening the ear of Providence with complairts. it would be more becoming to thank God for the manifold mercies and blessings which they were constantly enjoying. Since that time, the custom has grown in popular favor, and our Pres idents and Governors have annually rec ognized the Christian tendencies of the nation and shown reverence for-the-Euler of rulers, by calling upon the people of It cannot be denied that Masonry has progress,ed too rapidly for the last twen ty years. It has tended toward a condi tion of popularity that never was intend ed by its founders, and which is utterly inconsistent with its nature. Masonry was never designed to he a popular insti tution. No secret society can seek popu larity without being corrupted and even tually destroyed. It is the exclusiveness of the association that has preserved if. - and to render it popular is to expose it to a vicissitude more calamitous than any it has jrassed through since it became a dis tinct and efficient organization. In this respect, as in some others, Masonry is like the Church : it prospers most when let alone, ®r when abused and' persecuted. The prosperity here alluded to is that of character and efficiency as an agent of good, not that of public approbation and of worldly applause. When the shouts of popular applause ring through our se cluded halls, the knell of the Order will soon follow. Our strength i-s to sit still; and if the world wonders what we are do ing, and is curious to know how our la bors are performed, let it wonder, and let its curiosity remain unsatisfied. In the secret societies of past centuries were con tained the learning and character of those centuries. None but the eminently wor thy and the distinguished were admitted to their mysteries. Masonry has evident ly degenerated in proportion as it has be come popular ; and it has at this moment no foe that it may fear half so much as its own popularity. The popular mind has not the cap.-rbility of estimatirg truly the character and purposes of the Mason io institution. It requires not only a large share of intelligence, but a peculiar faculty of observation and scrutiny, to ap prehend the mysteries that underlie the great superstructure that Masons are ever engaged in erecting. The work of Ma sonry IS a work of reform It is a work of profound research, and its development is in the form of modern ethics, for which the world never yet has been prepared, nor do present indications afford the hope that such preparation is in progress.— Rev. J. N. M. Jilton. The Lambskin Apron. In my general instruction to Lodges I have recommended the practice of pre senting to each initiate a lambskin or white apron, with the name of the owner, the date of his initiation, passings, and raising inscribed thereon. I would earn estly request the practice of this enstom by all the Lodges of this jurisdiction. Th's emblem of innocence and badge ofa Mason, which is given to a candidate, is put away among the cherished articles’of the owner, and isi upon his memory as the first gift oeives, the first symbol explaintfitohi" and the first tangible evidence which possesses of his admission into the Pratj* nity. Whatever m.qy he his future Vd vancement in the ‘royal art,’ into what soever deeper ocean his devotion to th mystic institution or his thirst for know' edge may subsequently lead him, witi, the lambskin apron he will never paft" To show how much good has been ac complished by the practice ol presentinr the lambskin apron to the initiate, I will relate the following incidems which canif under my observation ; A certain man, before leaving hia old homem the east, bad been made a Mason but since coming to the Pacific coast had not visited a Lodge, but had lallen upon evil paths, and been led into dissipation One day he was locking for some articles in his trunk, when he came upon a fer. gotten package, which, when opened, was found to contain his lambskin apron (for the. Lodge wherein he was made a Mason had made it a custom to present each mem ber with this emblem ofMasourji). Thj sight of the spotless vestment more an cient than the Golden Fleece or Eoman Eagle, aroused a flood of recollectiou in his bosom In imagination he was car ried back to his old home, where hehjd been honored and respected ; tothetimt when he stood in the North-east corntr, a jnst and upright man, where it had been given him strictly in charge thus ever to act and walk. He asked himself how lie had fulfilled the charge ? Had he wall ed as an upright man ? He felt thatle had not. But the spark of manhood tbat still lingered in his bosom was still strong enough to kindle a raging fire for reform, He put the apron aw'ay and went forth determined to conquer the terrible demon that had been leading him on to theabjsi of destruction. He made himself known to some of the Masons of the city, franklv admitted his wrong doing, and asked them to assist him in reforming. A help ing hand was extended, the strong grip was given, and by it he was lifted out of the disgrace into which he had fallen through evil associates, and once more stood a just ,-nan. He is now honored anfl respected by the workmen in the temple, instead ofbe- ing an outcast and disgraced. The other other case occurred in the interior of Mexico. A Brother was travelling thKmgh that country, when he contract ed a fever, and soon became insensible At first he was neglected, but after a time his baggage was opened, when a lamb ski-1 apron wa.s found. Although be could not speak the language ol the coun try or answer any questions, this badge which bad been found so opportunely was recognized by those into whose hands it had fallen. It is needless to say bow tenderly he was oared for, how carefully his nurses attended upon him until the last moment came, aiid then how rever ently they closed his eyes and laid him beneath the earth. .The written record on the 1-amhskin furnished the Brethren the necessary information to communicate with the Lodge of the deceased, and send to his friends such property as he left behind,—UL. W. Pro. Pes'kins, oj Canada ‘Just to think of it, my dear,’ saida wife to her husband, a.s he was taking bis morning dram. ‘What a waste of rnoml never seen by him with- for liquor ! This paper says the Unileij out cau'sing the most pleasurable emotions to thrill his bosom. Brother Mackey says- “There is no oae of the symbols of speou- States consumes ninety million dollars worth of spdrits every year 1’ ‘Ak,’re sponded,the husband, ‘how I wish I w* the United State,s !’ '
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