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POETEY. Td-T) 17 Ou1y from 'Eiv t > day 'r’l'']if{‘of a wiw‘ man run-i; What tn \tt T i ■ R *aR m far a'vay Have olo mi or ha e double Rims? Past Gran 1 Master, Giement H. .Tor- vate citizen, a imlTio man, a dan, Jo,seph H. Separk, Grand Tiler, and a member of the ciinrch he had the cni- Thorna.s \V. Dewey, Grand Hiith Priest, fidence anil '-espect ot all who knew him have hewn claiined by the (rviin J\fouslci, to them we hope the kind messenger sent | to translate them from this tr,.nble.some. DECISIONS, The corre.spondenee .it ihe Grand Mas- Mason, and ord be expunpe 1- The Master so acting d-d so, I am satisfied, believing that his a tioii was warranted i y law, and lor the best interests of the Craft, and was influ enced by cironmatances which he deemed juB'.ifiable. He is one for wliom I have To c’iin') ttie imr -il path. Wolos ‘ tlie voadway h -re, W 'swiin the rivers ot'w -at'i .'vhI t I’ll! -1 t e hills off ‘sr. Our 'be! on Ui' torvoit.s 'iri ik, Our ■res o 1 llie elo id afar, W-.‘ fear tie thi'\!;s we tliink, I i.ste i I of the thi Ill's tliat are. Take a ti le o ir work slionld rise, Eicii later wave th ■ liest, To mo ro a- f iie, er Hies, T )-1 ly is t'le sp ‘cial t-'st. transitoiv existence, to that blissful eternal one, where the Snpi-eme Grand Master of Heaven and Karth is Lord of all. in whose presence isjoy torever more At every re union we have to mourn for some of our loved one.s; in every an il.ml addre,ss there is theobitUKl Everv ter has been eptite voluminous, the great- high [.ersonal regard, and whose Masonic er unimportnut. to ilie Cruft, in w r h is known and lias been recognized eral. Much of it-might iiave been sitved jjy tins Gi'cnd Lodge. He protests h cl the corresporulenis avnih^'l thernselve.s egain.st my jiction. To the G''and Lodge of the uieHiis of inforiiiat ion which might , '[ sutimit my decision tor ...onfiimation oi have been i-ea-'lied bv the slightest inves reversal. tigat-ion. A large nmober ot the tpies- 7. d hat a motion to 'day on the table Itnissible in Masonic oodies, according , , , , . f 1- TT* tions presputed lia-i their soiniion inthe.i^a'l div death claimssome.or us own. is ^|- 3,,. , ,.,iopte.l for to invariable precedent and genera! par- .I,lkc a s-a>vver*s 'vi -kis U c; The pr s • it m ikes t'lC IT iw, 1;. And the only lie! I fu' sfri e Is t ie i’lclibefire Mio saw. sway ia universal—his claims take no de li ial . •■A 1 spot on cart'i but has supiilieil a grave. Snhordiiiate Lo'lges, a larger number in ' liameiitary law. the Ooiistii.u iou. By Laws, Resolulions ; 8. That Lodge rooms should be used .1 a great manv e.xidusively lor Masonic p rposes. Theii use f-'r balks, partie.s, should of the Gr-iud Lodge, h'ld previously been decided by ray pre- ADDEESS OF G.EOPvGE W. BLOUNT, Gr.vnd M.vster, At Raleigh, Dec 6t'i, 1875. be for- bid'len. Joint proprietorship with other Societies is not favored, though this may be regulated by ea.ih Loilge according to '.t.-, circumstances an-i surroundings. 9. I'hat a Siibor-linate Isodge may proce.-d to receive ami act iijion the pe titio'n for affiliation ol a Master Mason An 1 iiuui-iu skulls, tlie s,i icio-is oceans have,” While we are taught to regard Death as ■ the pilot who shall g lide our b.irques dec,.ssors. throiis,h the narrows into the llioen of I -,vill submit a few of the decisions rust—the broad Ocean of Eternity—ind ; made hv me. ior the purpose ot having his coming as the ‘“prelude ol repose, tlie tliem reviewed bv the (trand Lodge : dawn of blis!, the twilight of our woes i 1. In answer to inquiries made by vet ‘‘tis a diead and awf.il tiling to die,’’ five Masters of Lodges, I held that 1.0 ■and there -are few who can cuiiteuiplate man so maimed as to be luiabie to learn, it with other than feelings of horror and tearh and exemplify me work could be whose Lodge has becomedetunct, without i made a Masmi. Hence the lo.s,s of a leg, the certificate of the Grand Secretary, as ' “Let u.s then in view of the iin.-nl. I or arm, fiie .sense of seeing, hearing or provided by resolution pa.ssed by the last ! slant,al nature of all human pursmt.s, ! feeling, would disqualil). ; Grand Lodge, upon the exhibition ofsat- tlra certainty ot death, the uncertainty of' 2. To a 1-arge number, as to tlie status : isfact-ory evidence from the Grand Seore - ^ life not fail to improve the opportunity 1 ot non-affiliates, I replied hv referring to tary that such certificate eaiinot be given which these reflections present—of prsp- j the resolut ons on the subject passed by | by reason ot loss of the records by firt, or It seems but yesterday when we were iiration for Eteruilv”—we know not up- i the last Grand Lodgi ; which gives them , otherwise, la.st here assemble'l A”ei. another year 0,1 whom the iev hand may next fall. 1 no right save that, of petition. I 10. 1 hat the jurisdiction of Lodges in lias passed, and with it l^ow much of good I liave not been able to o'uain .sufficient i S. That dimits granted betore the ; adjoining villages, is, in respect to the and evil—how much ofjoy and sorrow, f,.ota which to make suitable men- ! passage of tlie resolutions above lelerred ; villagers, confined totlieir own corporate ■of siicce.s-i an-I reverse, of prosperity and tlonufr. G. M. J rdan, whose private I to, with ti e condition precedent as before limits. As to material outside or hevoiid adversity, it were f iiitless to endeavor worth and high Masonic cliaracter de-j required, did not sever the coiineolion of; the town lines the rule as to proximity b_\ to detail. Wisdom dictates that we prof- mauds moi e than a passing notice. The the brother holding it, from the Lodge , nearest route of travel, prevails ; so the Brethren of the Grand Lodge OF North Garolina. it by our experiences of sorrows, adver.si- Grand Lodge will pay proper tribute to I granting, until the comiition bad been , Lodge sit.iated in Salem cannot ii.sm ma- ties, and reverses“hv a proper application IPs memorv. i complied with. That his membership 1 tenal resident in Winston (an adjoining I complied with, d’hat his memiiership 1 ' ! .still existed, intact, with the Lodge grant- | town) without the consent oi the Lodge of the msaiis suggested by those e.xpe I Brother Tlioinas TV. Dewey died riences to their remedy in the future, and Qh-arlotte, on the 4th of August, last, in ing, which carried imitiial obligation of ; in Winston that we rejoice at the measure of [)i osper the meridian of liis life and in I he midst I the member to the Lodge and the Lodge [ II. Non payment of a debt, l y one ity, success and joy which hath fallen to of his usefulness. He had just been | to the member. 1 brother to another, unacoomjianied with our lot. liotli as men and as Masons. The elecied to the position of Grand High 1 4. That a Mason having taken a dim— j any traiidiilent intent, is not sufficieni- thaiik.sgiviiig to the .'Vlmightv, our com- p,.mst of tue Grand Royal An h Chapter ' it before the last session of the Grand grounds on which to base a charge of 1111- mon i-ather, which we haveju.st rendered, Riortli Carolina. I well remember the Lodge with the intent to affiliate with a ; masonic conduct. through our Grand Chaplain, met, I liopie, t.ime i saw him ; how full of hope he Lodge nearer ins place ot residence, or to : The unloitiinate circumstances of a a heartv ami sincere response from every of ajovful re union at Charlotte next join in petition for dispensation for a new ; brother should call tor commiseration heart,—thaiik.sgiviiig for our preserva I Jane. Within two months he joins the , Lodge, is not debai red 01 any right he | rather than a visitation ol punishment, tion, for the blessings of life which He departed. A zealous Mason, a gt nial, : may have of preferring charge, or having i 12. The only prohibition as to invest- has bestowed, and e.specially for having vvliole soiiled Companion, a prompt, up \ difficulty he, ween himself and a member meiit or appropriation oi the funds of the permitted so many of ms to reassemble, ’ rioht business man, a public .spirited, use- I of the Lodge with which he proposes to ' Lodge, is as to tiio.se derived from initia- frotii all parts of our jurisdiction, around ful citizen, few men had more or warmer affiliate investigated, lietore he ofiers to ' tion fees, Thei efore a Lodge may ap- the Altar of Masonry to enjoy the highest i friends—few who so well deserved them. ; alhliate. ; propriate tunds arising from dues or sub- and pure.st of earthly pleasures, the com j Brother Joseph H. Separk, our last , 5. A Mason dimit-ted since last Grand : scription to the purchase of stocs in the muriion of brethren. Let oiir prayers ! Grand Tilei, died ot. the day of Lodge cannot prefer charge,s against an Masonic Temple Association. ascend for His blessing upon our present’ —1875, Though in subordinate affiliate, but he may give information 13. Accused cannot testify in his own convention, that he mav guide our delib | position in the Grand Lodge, yet he was which should be acted upon by the Lodge, , behalt, the Lodge may hear his statement, universally beloved by the Fraternity, | if the nature of the offence be such as to giving to it such weiglit as it deserves, and by all who knew him, and in our ' work scandal or reproach to the Fraler- ! The testimony of a freedman is compe- heart he held a high place. By his in- : nity ; but not if the charge be to gratify : tent, taken as the testimony of other pro- eration.s, a'-.d strengthen a-'d support us by the power of His might, to the end that our Order may be enlarged in use- fulne.ss, encouraged in its mi-ssion, and inflexible integrity, sterling worth and a private animosity or avenge a personal | fane.s. As to the credibility of any testi- the name of the. Most High exalted and indomitable energy he raised himself pique or individual quarrel. glorified iii us. While we greet each other and joy at our re-union, while wo fee) tlie warm, fraternal grasp—in the miiist of rejoicing we sorrow for that the grasp of many whom we loved, and whose memory we revere, is now that of ths icy band of death. ' mony the.Lodge must be the judge, from from the position of a poor apprentice I 6. To several inquiries answer was , the character of the witnei..s, his demean- boy to that of highest esteem in the ‘ ma.le that neither the W. Master, Senior ^ or, and general bearing on the Btand. hearts of his fellow citizens. He was or Junior Warden, after installation; 14. That testimony taken in a civil once selected by the political party to i could resign or dimit, and in one oa.=e, ! suit is not competent, and cannot be read which he belonged as candidate for the where the W. M. had done so, I declared in evidence against one accused of Mason- position of Superiiitendent of Public his action contrary to Law, and that of ' ic crime in a trial by a Lodge. Nor can Works, and at the time of liis death was | the Lodge in accepting and granting as the letters of a eon-resideiit in answer to Mayor of the city of Raleigh. As a pri | null and void, and directed that the rec-j [Contimccdonithpagc.] ■|i^ -jlpFii - - S’B ill a
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