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'fit V >;-l (^1 t Ispi'-i'il 't'-t! II Ul| . :'i M; !, a -i: *!' - ■ ■. ;■ , 1 •' ^'1' */ i:i i Mil i|'.i!4L«irt j.L ii!'= M >'3 - bl|t H^P [' i: THE MASONIC JOURNAL. THE MA&GEIC JOURNAL GEEENSBOEO, N. 0. Thursday, Dec. 23 1875 E. A. WILSON, Editor & Pioprietor. $ 3 00 ] 35 TERMS : I copy One Year _ - - .1 copy Six Months 8®“ Xo dub rates.“©a Any person sending us 12 or more yearly subscriptions, witli tlio Cash, will receive tile paper one year free ot charge. AUVERITSIXG RATES. m > o PI o 3 CO a OT o o OT 1—a pi 1 inch, S 2.50 $6. 0 $10.00 $ 15,00 a inches. 4..Y) 9.00 15 00 20,00 • incIi’S. « 00 13.00 20.00 3 1,00 } column, 10.00 20.00 35.00 45 ,00 -.“r column, l-'-.OO 35.00 45.00 60,00 :i colnmn, 20.00 45.00 60.00 100,00 eg” Transient advertisements cliai'ged .M ])er ineli for first, and 50 cents for eacli subie- cpient insertion. Special Notices 35 cents per line for the first, and 20 cents for eacli subsequent inser- t4on. Simple aiinonneemcnt of Marriages and Deatlis free ; Obitnai'ics and Tributes of R '- speet cliarged for at ri'gnlar advertising rates. fi@" T.ERJIS—CASH OX DEMAND. Oflice on Soutii Elm Street, first door ..nortli of tlie Patriot Ofiice. A.s promised last week we have the pleasure of presenting in this issue the Address of Grand Master Blount, deliv ered before tbs Grand Lodge at Ealeigh Dec. 6th. We are sure our readerswill, peruse it with intere.st and profit, and we hope its many valuable suggestions, adopted by the Grand Lodge, will meet the approval and cooperation of the en- : tire Graft of the State. ' Masonic Code.—We have carafully examined this work, prepared by brother D. W. Bain under the direction of the Grand Lodge, and can give it our un qualified approval as being the book for every Lodge in North Carolina desiring to know the law in our Jurisdiction. For a description of the book we cannot do better than to repirouuce what brother Bain says of it in his preface : “This work is designed for the use, and to meet the wants and demands, of the Fraternity in this Grand Jurisdiction, It embraces the Constitution and Laws of the Grand Lodge, Ancient Constitutions and Charges, all public ceremonies and necessary blank forms used by Lodges. Much care has been taken in its prepara- tion with a view to make it entirely reli able. If is publi.shed in punsuance of the authority given by the Grand Lodge at its Annual Communication, December, 1874, after having been riamined and approved by the committee appointed by the Grand Lodge for that purpose.” Besides it contains a Historical Synop sis that is invaluable to every student of Masonic History, especially in this State, and should not only be in every Lodge out also in the bunds of every reading Mason in our Grand Jurisdiction, It contait.s all necessary Forms and is so conveniently indexed that any subject embraced can be easily^ and readily re ferred to. Price $1 per copy. WORK. ‘The festive season of Christmas is ag.iin at hand, and with it closes the cares and turmoils of another year. Desiring to keep up an unbroken issue, and at the same time allow our printers some short respite from the trea.imill life of type setting, we will give our readers only a half-sheet next week.' Appreciating the- untiring devotion of these faithful typos and ourself in our daily toil for yoiiren joyment, we feel warranted in this ar rangement, believing that each of you, dear readers, will greet ns as we do you— A Merey Christmas to you all. .Bro, Mills' trip to the Grand Lodge has spoiled him. He stopped at the famed National Hotel and the abundant good things of Ool, Brown’s board (mince pie not excepted) have entirely unhinged him for Oxford catering. The proof, did you .aay ? Here it is ; Good till Christmas. Will it be asking too much of our read ers to request each one to send us at least one new subscriber, with tlie cash, as a Christmas present to the Jour.xal? We feel sure that a few words from each in behalf of the paper will aecompliih the work. If y on like the JouRN.YL, and we have heard nothing but praise of it. make an effort to extend its circulation and use fulness by sending us as many ne" sub scribers as possible to begin with the new year. Quite a number have signified their in tention to subscribe at the beginning of the year, and this will be an excellent season for its friends to work for it. P.e- member, every new subscriber sent us is that much done for the good of Masonry and the great charities which it promotes Bestir yourselves, brethren, and give the Journal a substantial send-off that will at once put it on its feet. The Orphans’ Friend will be sent, ■one year, to any address, for ONE T U E K E Y , delivered at Oxford or Mars Hill. One of the quietest men at the Grand Ijodge wasEev. E, A. Wilson, Editor of that excellent paper, the Masonic Jour nal. He says his paper is doing well ; but he ought to make some fuss about it.— Bro. Mills in Orphans' Friend. Yes ; we were quiet. “The still sow drinks the swill,” you know is the old adage, and since we have come to compare notes we find it holds good in this case. But aside from this, we didn't see the ad vantage to be gained by prolonging tha session by uselesi, "blowing” when there were so many present who were always ready to do more than a full share when ever opportunity offered. And, besides, it was thought by some that drumming would be more successful! in the ante iroom—-and so we made no “fuss.” Secretaries of Lodges, Chapters and Councils will please do us the kindness to send us the lists of newly elected officers for the ensuing year, together with any other Masonic news that they may have, and we will take pleasure in publishing the same. We ask all to aid us in making the Journal as interesting to its readers as possible, and don't fail to sciidus every subscriber you can gel. Notices of deaths and marriages of the brethren are also desired for publication. Write the fact: and we'll put them in .shape for the printer. Freemasonry is like the Holy Bible a subject for perpetual study, always opening up to the student of its myster ies, fresh truth and beauty. You may always study it, and yet never know it all.—£x The ballot in the Lodge should be wise, just, pure and tree. As a Mason, in the exercise oi the ballot in any grades or bodies, be cartful to do no hing to at feet its purity, but let your integrity be clear to vour own i-onscioinsiiess. llie secrecy of the baUot will not save your own conscience, it you do wrong in your use of it. If an entire .stranger to you should be proposed hir imitation in your Lodge, the fact that lie is pro[iosetl by a brother, and well recoiiimendetl by the committee, is reason , enougli for your clear ballot in his favor. Bit if you know him per.«onally, are not on triendly terms with loin fioiu some j tr-ional misunderstandings between yon vhichdo not involve questions of morality, or ot good standing in the comm unity, you are not 10 allow vour personal teelings to con trol ton. wiien, as a candidate, you are to de[>o.sit a ballot in iiis case. Your conscience will deni uni a good reason for your black ball.—Masonic Review. Centennial Masons. We recently introduced, topically, to onr readers, 'Tloliday Masons” by way Supplied. The Orphan Houses at Oxford and i Mars Hill are now abundantly supplied with the following articles ; Baby shoes and caps, dolls, baby rat ties, chewing gum, jewsharps, lire-crack ers, brass rings, Grant-and-Colfai breast pins, painted candy, beads, marbles, and worn-out shirts. In fact we would be very glad to exchange these articles for bacon, pork, beef, fat fowls, molasse.s, flour, meal, feathers, new cloth, and blankets, or comforts.—Orphans' Friend. Don’t fail to send us a few new sub- i scribers every time you write, of contrast, and not for example—for such Masons aie not formed of the stulf that makes the model Mason. We have no hesitanev in stating, at the onset, that we firmlv believe that those who take the Keystone are not holiday Masons—for they that wear the garb only of Freema- sonrv, without enli ting in oh.iritabU deeds and comscieiitious study ol its mys teries, are not tliose that subscribe ami read a Masonic paper. The two are quite incomi-atable. We should not be afraid to endorse the true Masonr ,• of the subscribers not only to ti e Keystone, but also to every Masonic nc-wspaper. The drones in the Lodges are those wlio never read, never hear, and never know any thing. Every reading Mason is, ne.-es sarily, an intelligent, and therefore an active worKirig Mason. He uses his eytj as well as his ears, and he considers the three dollars well spent which suppily him with a ,-ear’s entertaining and in structive Masonic teaching, to polish his mind—his immortal part—and fit it for a higher sphere in this life, and probably a higher position in other spheres in the great hereafter. So much. Brother read ers, for our honest opinion of yourselves, and our work. But, yon will ask, what have "Holiday Masons to do with "Centennial Masons?” Much. The two classes may coalesce in tooneclass. We are afraid they will. We shall shortly be led into temptation, and there is need for the use of the "mod el prayer.” The coming year will intro duce Freemasons to the world, as no other year has done. All manners of men, and business, and societies, will be drawn to the front, "It is only once in a hundred years, you know, it will never occur again in our lives”—such will be the plea, and probable it will be success ful. We have no fear that the Lodge rooms, will be opened to the public, but the congregated Craft may be improperly on exhibition somewhere outside of the Lodge. Of course the Knights Templar will air themselves ; but that will not exciie surprise, for they are not Masons pure and simple, but Masons who have doffed for a time their aprons, and donned the garb of Knighthood ; and whom King Solomon, if he should appear suddenly, and look for his craftsmen clad in Mason- ic aprons, might in no wise recognize We do not refer to the Knights but to the Brethren, who represent the corner-stone' the superstructure and the cap-stone-' the complete spiritual Temple of Ancient Free and Accepted Masonry. Seversl times, already, we have observed the question asked, abroad ; What prepir». tionsare be Craft in Piladelphia making for the Centennial celebration ; what will the Grand Lodge do about it? We are blit a fraction of the Grand Lodge, ajj will not presume to answer for it author- natively, although we are inclined to think that, following the conservative example of Ancient Craft Masonry in general, an t of Pennsylvania Masonry 11. particular, we shall likely not indulge in any ambiiioui puiblic display of mere holiday Masonry. We never believedin mixing things, even ala funeral, and we certainly should be sorry to see a harle quin procesaior- of Eed Men, Knights oi Pythias, Sons of Malta, et id omne genm and Freema.son.'', all together in a line on the Fourth of July ! We can celehrate the "Fonrlir duly, without wearing oiir aprons un the public .streets, either alone or in company—go.id, bad, oi iiiditferem- and those of Maso; s, whether at home or abroad, who look for a great holiday Ma sonic display then, we think will be di;. apoiiited. They cerlainly de.serve to be, We want no centennial Masonry of this ilescriptit-n. We do not propose to turn the whole Craft into Holiday Masons, even for a day. We may meet in our tyled Lodges, and celebrate that day, or any other day, as we please, and gather witli us all of the Brethren from near anil from tar who will come, and banquet them, if yon please, afterwards. All this is proper and Masonic—but street par ades, except upon strictly Masonic cocas. 10118, and especially in company with other organizations, are iiiique.stioiiablv uiimasouic and tlie idea of such a course should not be, and wo arc convinced will not be entertained During the past year, in onr Lodge a.« in tiie world, the times have not been at propution.s as during p ecediiig yem. Centennial year will probablv introduce a change in this respect, Masoiiically as well as generally.* Tlie applications of candidates for Freemasonry will doubt less largely increase in number during the year 1876 ; and for the reason that not a few of the applicants may be dedr- ous of becoming only Centennial Masons for show, tlieir characters should be scanned with unusual care. Let us make no holiday Masons. They will add no strength to the Craft, but only weaken it, and be a burden upon ns, in fact ana ii reputation, as long as thev live. There is a way in which we can all prove ourselve.s ^ooef Centennial Masoni, and that is by cordially and fraternally welcoming tu our Lodges the niiny strange Brethren who shall come ti visit us. Most will de[iend upon the Master.^ of Lodges, in this respiect; but the Brethren should individually remember that they have a duty to perform, and each one should consider himself one of a committee, to see that every visitor thoroughly enjoys himself and feels af home while in the Lodge. Let there be no waiting for introductions. There are no strangers in Masonry, We ail ar* Brethren. Let the fraternal grasp, the hearty welcome, and th» ready converis- tion of the members of our Lodge-, hibit to visitors that sincere iiaternal spirit which should invariably animate Craftsmen. Centennial year if it should accomplish no other good, Masonically than to unite more closely the Brtthrsu of the Mystic Tie will have wrosgU ' valued result; and should we all be Centennial Masons, we may be proud of the name,—Keystone. I f'M ■■■
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