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% lilt fif If- 1 'fc ' M «• ?Ji 1 . °T VA 'y »■ ii.H- ti i 'if iiliJ ■'iA^ .''hi: hKl:] iliii.1 i'Jfi! Ml : Pr. m it 'i: 1 PvU' -M('! THE MASONIC J 0 U II N A L MOEE LIGHT.” The Grand Lodge of Ohio and Colored Masons. The Grand Lodge of Ohio has moved in a matter that is destined to create much comment and considerable ill-leel ing in various grand juiisdictions. For the present we only insert a co[.iy of tj'.e proceedings as taken py the Grand Lodge PROPOSED RECOGNITION OF THE COLORED GRAND LODGE OF OHIO. This portion of the Grand Masters ad dress was referred to a special commit tee, con.sisling of Brothers Lucius >. Bierce, B. G. M., Akron ; Lnocli T. Car- son, P. M„ Kilwinning Lodge, Cincin nati; Ferdinand Willmer, W. M. Fort Stephen.soii Lodge, Fremont; Louis H. Pike P.M., Toledo; Charles A. Wood vvard, present G. M., Cleveland, Onio. The Gland Lodge on the second day of the session assigi.ed a special hour, due notice being given, at which the lepoit of the said committee would be the spe cial order. Accordingly, on the Grand Lodge re convening at 2 o'clock, ?. M., Wednes day, October 20tb, the special order wis called up, when Bro. EtioihT. O.arsou announced that the committee most heartily and unanimously agreed on re- port, as follows; Your CoiuuiitteG, to whom wao refened so much of the annual address of the M. W. Grami Master, and accorapatiyin^g doonmeiits, as relates to the so caked col ored Lodges, and more especially the col ored Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio, have given the subject careful consideration, and respectially .submit the following: We do not propose, nor do tve deem it necessary at this time to enter into the hi.story of the origin of so-called colored 'Freemasonry in this countryu That sub ject has been fully discussed in nearly all the Grand Lodges and Masonic periodi cals of this country for more than twenty five years past. Afour committee deem it sufficient to say that they are satisfied beyond odl quesdonth&t colored Freemasonry had a legitimate beginning in this country, as much so as any other p’reemasonry ; in fact, it came from the same source. A'our comniiUee will not attempt, at this time, to InvestigatB as to the tr.-uis- mission of this legitimate beginning down to the preseiil time, when we find more than forty subordinate Lodges and a Grand Lodge of so-'called colored Free masons, .and an aggregate of more than eight hundred members in the State of Ohio. A’Qur committee have only to say that such is the fact. A'our committee have the most satis factory and conclusive evidence that these colored Freemasons practice the very same rites and ceremonies, and have sub stantially the same esoteric or secret modes of recognition as are practiced bv ourselves and by the universal family of Freemasons throughout the world. ■ The question of the recognition of these colored Fre.imasons has long been before this grand body, and your com mittee feel that its importance is pre.=sing upon us, and demanding prompt, serious and decided action. Your committee therefore ofi'er for adoption the following resolution : liesohcd, By the " Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Ohio,” that this grand body will re cognize the so-called Grand Lodge of col ored Freemasons of the State of Ohio as a legitimate and independent Grand Lodge, on condition that the so-called colored Grand Lodge shall change its QOnstitutional title so that it shall read as follow-s : ” The African Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted M.asons of the State ot Ohio.” And if the said so-call ed colored Grand Lodge .shall accept this recognition and make the suggested change in its constitutional title, then, and in that case, upon said action being reported to the M, Wb Grand Master of this Grand Lodge, under the seal of said body, the M. W. Grand Master is lie'eby authorized and instructed to issue his proclamation to the subordinates to this Grand Loiige, and to the Grand Lodges throughout the wo'-ld with which we are in fraternal correspondence, recog-iizing the said so-called colored Grand Lodge as an independent. Grand Lodge in the State of Ohio, under the title of ‘ ALican Grand Lodge of Free and oepted Masons of tho State of Ohio” Respectfully submitted. L. V. Bierce, E. T Carson, F. Willmer, C. A. W'OODWAED. L. H. Pike. After discussion thereon, Bro. Lewis A. W'illiams, W. M Eusselville Lodge Ko. 166, now R. W. Grand Junior War den, moved thatfinal action on the sub ject matter of me colored Grand Loil^e, as above, be deferred until the ne.xt An nual Communication, which was agreed to. [From the Tidings.] ‘The Night Cometh.” The liiiht com^-s feebly now. T!;rough “wiinloivs,” oli U;‘W dim t Yet 1 wi'l meokly bow Snbniis.'^ively to 11 m Who gives and takes away, And bids the nii-ht succeed the day. ‘ The Ac Sensible Eemarks on Masonic Antiquity. Grand Master Osborne, of Kebraska, in his address to ihe fraternity in that juris diction, says clearly and pointedly : “Could we suvey Ae whole field of Masonic literature, could we carefully ex amine the writings of men like Moreau and Story, and Clavel, and DeBonneville, and idicolai, and D. Anderson, and Re bold, and Lenoir, -and P’indel, and Krause, and Boberioh, and lleldmann, together with the works of our gre.it Americ.u) writers upon Masonic history, we should yill be forced to acknowledge our inabil ity to solve tlie problem of the date of the origin of Freemasonry ; or might, jter- haps, place it among tlie mysteries of an tiquity. But going one step lurther, I apprehend that it is a ma ter of but little practical importance to the sjieculative or philoso[)hic Mason of to d:iv, wlietiier 1 reemasory in it.s present form had its origin at one period of the world's histon or at anoth r; wlietiier, as some writers have foolishly as.serted, that Masoni-y ex tended back to the Paradise of Eden ; wliether tlie Archangel Michael was the Master of the first Lodge held after the death ot Abel ; whether ii originated on tile p!.^ins of bliinar, at tlie construction of the tower oi Babel ; wliether it lias its origin in the Dionysi.ui, Essenian, or Pv tbagoriaii philosophical school of antiq-.' uity ; whetlier in tlie Egyptian or He brew mysterie.s; whelher it passed by Mo.se,sirom tlie Egyptian mysteries to tlie Jewisli nation, and Iheriee to the Greeks and Romans; whelber the cradle of tlie craft may be foun.i in the bi-iilding of (lie temple by Solomon, at about 1000 years before the Christian Era; or wliether it may be found in the College of Buildcr.s established three hundred years later bv Niima Pompilius—can make no less glorious the [irinciples which underlie tlie great superstructure of speculative Ma sonry, or in any degree change the du ties and obligations which the Mason of to-day owes to his God, his neighbor, or himself.” AVe are glad to find one Grand Master, at least, who can look at the principles of Ereemasonry and appreciate\hem, with out being engulfed ill the whirlpool which has been created in many cases, by the mere peddlers of Masonic trash, and ths manufactors of Masonic degrees,—Jewels But oil ! 'ti.' !-ad to f-cl The briglil fglit pas.-; away ; Why shades of darkness . teal The last faini, flick'ring ray, Tliai sweetly li. rs o’er Loved .scenes Uiat I may see no more. Ye lulls ! ve d -ar old hills ! Oli whieii I loved to gaze. Ye glens, ye bus, yi- rills. All—all are wrap’diii l.aze, And fading from mj- view:— Oh! ii.u.'t I bid farewell to vou? The eaiTli—the beauteous eartli— Fades from iiiy darken’d sight; B it oil the hearts warm heartii The:'e shines another light,— The light of sacred lo.\e,— Whirli naught but death can e'er remove. Ocl.sth, isrs Mews Glei 'iimgs, Army literature—Magazines and t( ‘ '■ You always carry too nuieli lia, c»inplained a man "'hiie j-^urueyiiiu^^^.jj ids wife. Yes, she .said J know 1(1^ ,, wiieii 1 travel with von. ' Tliere are tliree {'oli.sheil pl,ut. „i,. manufactories iii tho L'liiieil btai(.H^"* Kew Albany, Ind., Louisviilt aii,| v Louis and one : ongli-plate glass g at Lenox, Mass. laciory \Vm. M. Evarts as orator, feliow a.s poet, liave tieeii 11. W. ■ Kiig. I -eluita.l eF opening tlie GViileiiniai. A giiiii, Ricliard II. Lee ul V irgiiiu, wpi ra,,Jn|j ' declaration ui iiidepeiiclenee. The vote on tiie new Loii.;ti;iita;i, o( ilissoun was caiivasse-i at Jeiu-i Endowment for General Jack son’s Daughter. The following is an extract from a cir cular concerning the movement widch, we are informed will be started simulta neously in Virginia and Georgia, and which will doubtless receive the loving favor of all the South. The movement has received the apjirobation of General James L. Kemper, Governor of Viiginia, and is now in the hands of one of Geor gia's pet aerofc's for advice and consider ation. The circular emanated from Cliarlottesville, Va., and the following is an extract; “ A movement is now on fool to endow little Julia, the child of Btoneivall Jack son, and it is in such hands as will doubt less make it asuccess worthy of the name | and fame of the great man whom two | world's unite to honor. The soMiers and ' their families are making the movement, | ainl chieftains endorse it. Only in .sums j of one dollar and hundredth parts of one doll.ir, will subscrijitions be received, j iliatall may [uirtekeof this feast of love gratitude and honor, and none barred. ■if- % -if. 'I'SgiI .l|r : witli the following re.'Uil; 'lot,a vue' 104,662; luajurily lor tkm.-iiUilic'.j.jotios'I '1 be ConsllUitlO'i Weill into l ilect hBitii,. ' bei bOlli. M.S.S Rosalie Poe, a sister of K. A. Re at her death in \V-isiiingtou reopiestwltj be interi'eil ii\ tiie .siiie ol her brothe- ‘ 'Tliat wisb, ow liig to eireumstaiu-e-i, w.s not carried out al the tune. A iLOVtuiti,i has been .tarteil to Oosonuw. JIONTGOMERY, A LA. Lee. 1 —Tls offi. ci.il vole tui ai.ii against the new t u,s-a tut.on was eonnieil loUa_\. '1 be ty lor ralilicaliun was buy i-i.t' ti.u;,i,rij four hiind.eu aiul fora, -livi- lotaivijlt ca.sl o"e liniidred ami lourteeii U.eiiimi ■ eight !iu:,dn"l anil sevi-niy- riuie. Death of a Revoletionakv Aigbo. ' —A well known oDi nt^ro ojsttni.nii ; inuae.i Eatliali'l MeGienii;, living al lU j loot of Mnlcile slii-et uitii on bbnuav j night ia.st aged one luimire.l and iv.H.iy. ' one years, It is saiil, Vvl.entiie hwoln- tiou bioko out Rat. was grvwii and j had a wile and one eliibl. litsviiHi m the levoiuUun against the l'.iig...-.L as i camp seivant. lie was never eonrelftl with (ieneral W ashingion's l.i.ii.-tloM do'uesties, however.—l^oitsviouth (I’a.i loiitirynsc. “ Soldiers what wmuld you give to Jack son living? What ought you to give to Jaek.soii'.s child ?” The Strong I'oundations. ’Ihe temple built b}' Solomon, aftei- standing 420 years wiio totally destroyed by the Chaldeans under Kebuchadnezzar. Its successor, erected b_\ Zeriibbabel, stood nearly 500 years. It was taken down bv Herou, and replaced by a third. The temple of Herod, after .standing about lOO years, wa.s destroyed by tlie Roin-iiis iin iler Titu.s. 'Die mosque of Omar, occupy ing the original site ot ibcse three edifices, has stood.about 1200 years. But amidst all the.se changes, covering nearly thirty centuries, the foundations laid uy the builders of Solomon have re mained Uiimoveil. Comiioced of weighty .stones, arlistically lanl together, ciieli de.signated by the private mark of its quarry men, the stones anchored together, and to tiie sides of Mount Moriah, by bars of iron and leml, the great foumiation wall, 1000 feet thick, ami 15000 teet long, .stands, after defying al.ke the ravages of tjarbarians, the force of earthquakes, and the silent effects of time, for oOoO vears. And so It will stand, until the fiat of the Great Architect of the Universe shall de clare that “Time shall be no longer.'' It is so with the system ol Freemasonry Its fonndation.s, coin;)Osed of the,grandest principles ever communicated by God to man, stand as they ever have stood, unmov ed, amidst all the changes of time. Lodges and Grand I,edges may perish, the opposition of evil men may raze our halls and temples to the ground, our Or der may be vilified and made unpopular by war from without, and the evil con duct of unworthy brethren within, but our foundation “standeth sure, having this seal—the Lord knoweth them that are Llis !”—Masonic Jeu-cL New York, Dec. 3.-At a meeting ol llie ; Board ol Aldeiii.en yesuiday a jiiinci ; was reeeivfcil from the Lulled An.i-riou ; Bricklaver’s lAssociatiun asking lor liit ^ [jg figj i jiassage of an onlinaiiee aul liorizmg ihtii ' em[ilo\ 111 nt on the ].ublu: woik.s. ll le- ! cited that the association consi.sleil of up ward-; of 5,000 members, that not mott than 1-5 ol their number weic woitiiij!. that they hud pcissed through two-ieasoui of idleiie.-;s. that the j.resent eondilioii d business was such that ca[’ilaii.'l.'cO'iU riolorwoubl not em]iloy t hem, that they will not be able to sustain tlicr laiiilies during the [iresent winter, and thecity must therefore choose between tiirnbliiuE them with charily or labor, 'lliepeli- tion closed with tile following senteuce; “Wo know tiiat by becoming convicts «e can be assured of labor by the St.ite or city, and we hope we will not be driven to that extremity.'' Divorced and Remarried. Tlie Des Moines (iowa) licyistcr metr tioiis the piesence in that city lecentl;^ of a gentleman who has liau the umisua; experience of being twice married to tut same lady. Marriage No. 1 was in tie hey .lay of youth to both the contracting parties. Nlaiiv years their lives passu'' peacefully and [ileusanlly together. 'Iht} accnnuilated wealth and pirosporedsotwf ly. At length, however, three yca.EEince a disagieenient arose, and they agreedju sefinrate. Each took $6000; the "ik ajiplied for a divorce in due lime aral i'- was granted. The husband went to Caf iforrii.!, engaged in business there, am. about one year i-ince sold out and returir ed to Iowa. There he again smbarkeJ m trade and not, very long since, whileonu busiiie.ss trip to Des Moines, accideiitan) met his former wife. Their second M",'’'' ship was much briefer than thatwhm jirefaced their youthful marriage ninny yean before. They had a convers.ation, decided tlmt tlieir separation was amis take, ami that they would be happDr o gether than apart. A licence w.vs pro cured, the services of a Des Moines clcr gyman were obtained and soon they reunited, this time, it is to be hoped) 0 life.
Masonic Journal (Greensboro, N.C.)
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