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1 T 5 'ifi >*'j' . i t U, FI, |.f, .j jiiyif '' ’•-ill 111 ’ i' Isivli I'f K* .»,'>Si'S» JJ! ■ - -■J.',-«;l‘ v.'f ■j'') 'i '‘s? , t > ;.s pr‘-#¥:f I “'I’iJXr-g.'i'is-?-'!,* 6 Ajs Ye Did It Unto These, Ye Have Done It Unto Me. Throuajh the bleak an l ilreaiy street., Where the cold winds keenly blow, See a child with bare, chillM feet, Wari.d’rine- on ’mid ice and snow; Houseless, homeless,—God’s own word Shall its precious camrort be, “As ye did it unto these'. Ye I lave done it unto me ’’ In an attic cold and bare, ’Mid the droppiiio- of tlie rain. Seen woman, gaunt and wan. Stitch from morn till morn again. Fainting- famished, Cliristian man. Does n-'t God appeal to thee, “As ye did it unto tliese, Y'e have done it unto me. Wlien you pass the orplian by. With averted look of scorn ; IVliife the lone one toils and sighs. Faint and weak from morn to morn. Think tliere soon snail come a day. When ihy God sliall stiy to thee, “As ye did it unto these. Ye have done it unto me.” T R M ai S 0 N 1 C J 0 U ]i N A L A__ Ai; , Progress of Freemasonry. Freemasonry makes progress like a Boiseless river of oil. It has swept , through the age.s almost.without theages being aware of it. It has not even pre served carefully iteown hi,story. The re cords f,f the Craft during the last century are .scarcely to be found, and prior to that time we have to rely mainly on tra dition So little is the brotherhood dis- tinguisiied for self assertion, or, apparent ly, for anoestr-al pride, were it not for its enemies the world would rarely hear of it. Its system is one of Light as opposed to Darkness, and it courts not the obser vation of the prolane. Whenever Ma sonry has been brought, even in name, to the attention of the world, it has been through its enemies; and when it has been,, as it were, held up to the public gaze, and vainly exposed to bring upon it public contempt, it has not even then met aggression with defense. We have all heard of an anci-.Vlasonic party, but who ever heard of a Masonic party ? Masonry exists for itself, not for the world. True, its reflex general influence is always civilizing, ameliorating, and ennobling, but this is a necessary consequence not a studied purpose. We can’t help benefit ing the world. But Masonry never strives to proselyte. Those ihat petition for Light and Knowledge come of their own. free will, unsought, unbiased. Not only does it not disarm, or attack, or cap ture i.ts enemies—it does not defend it self. rt wields neither the sword of Ma- hornet nor the logic ol Chillingvyorth. It is like the blind goddess of justice, bless ing those who are true to themselves and to the right, and that seek her service. Such, in rts essential principle and gener al practice-, is Freemasonry. How often has the newly-made Masoa when he entered the Lodge for the first time, and sat among its Brethren, ex claimed to this one and that one, why, are you a Mason? It may be that the first Brother be sees is his ne-xt-door neighbor. It may be his father initiates him into the mysterious rites. It may be, many, if not all, of the officers of the Lodge, are his nearest and dearest relations and friends. His Brethren are kindred, in deed. It is strange, he reasons to him-, self, that I did not know these men to be Masons before—my neighbors, my com^ panions, my kindred. How true it is that we cannot thoroughly know a man until we know him as a Mason 1 It is this quiet, unobtrusive spirit that the world does not like. Th.e world loves j.'ir and rattle and noise. It cou-pts dis- ! lay, and delights in a flourish of tuimp- ets, Because it IS a braggart, it counts all who quietly ignore i.t as cowards, Hence the vicious and the ignorant slan der and libel it, and persecute it when they lave the power. The Jesuit'w’oiild exterminate the Craft, if he could, be cause it is a Brotherhood of freemen— each free to speak, think and act in the light of reason and Revelation, as they appear to each individual mind. The I reemason is Uie slave of no master, not even of the Worshipful Master. The only thing that objeolively g'ves notice to the world of the existence of the Craft is the presence of Masonic Temples all over the globe. Stone walls of archi tectiira! grandeur, and towers of lofty elevation, from ocean to ocean, and al ■ most from pole to pole, dot the earth. But they speak only a.s nature speaks— silently. There are other agen-r-ies at work for, and within, the Craft, but they are not publio agencies. We refer to Masonic books and newspapers. These are for Craftsmen alone, and only circu late among Craftsmen, for the .reason that they alone appreciate and value them. And, besides, Masonic publications deal only with exoteric subjects—those that are not secrets, those that any Mason may communicate and any man may know.- It is left mainly to the newspa per and magazine literature of the Fra ternity to supply a libera! education to Craftsmen. The Work of the Lodge is almost exclusively confined to the rendi tion of the degrees in their regular form— rarely, far too rarely, does tht Worship ful Master elucidate and illustrate the full meaning and beauty of their lessons by auxiliary lectures. In theory Free masonry is a science of sciences, but in tact, if it were deprived of its literature, in the shape of Masonic lectures, publish ed Proceeding.s, Reports, Books, Newspa pers and Magazines, it would be but the skeleton of itself. We look forward to the day when every Lodge Room shall be a brilliant centre of Masonic Light and knowledge—whqn the “seven liberal sciences” of which Masonry is said to be ■ the patron, shall be in fact, as well as in theory, genuinely fostered by it. So mote it l.e. It IS with Freemasons as it is with the best of men throughout the world—we do not live up to our ideals. It is so easy to glide along with the tide ; it is so hard to go against it. The very fact that Freemasonry has been so noiseless in its progress, and yet accomplished such won derful results —binding together in fra ternal bonds the prince and the peasant, diffusing the atmosphere ofliberal euJture so that it is breathed more or less by ev ery Craftsman, beautifying the earth by erecting Masonic Temples of marked architectural splendor, and thereby de veloping the msthet.io natures of all who behold them—these apparently easilv wrought achievements are apt to lead us to believe that Freemasonry, by its own weight, will ceaselessly go forward. There is truth in all of this, but it is truth that should stimulate to renewed efforts to elevate still higher the character and works of the Brotherhood, and weshouU ■not rest satisfied with either the noble past or the happy present, for they are both owing to the loyaltyto solemn obli gations of those who have preceded us in the Craft. The present is the legacy of the past to us, and the future will be our Ladders. Did you ever see a man carry a ladder? Fie puts it on his shoulder, or may be he puts hi.^ head between the rounds and has one of the sides resting on each shoulder, ami, having it nicely balanced, walks along, A man with a ladder is an in teresting object in a crowded street. He looks at the end before him, but the end behind him he cannot see If he moves the front end to get out ol the way of a [ler.soH, a'vay goes the rear end just as far in the opposite direction, and the slightest turn of his body, only a few inches, will give the end a sweep of sev eral feet, and those in the way look out for bruised hats and bumped heads, while window glass on the street is in danger from the unseen rear end of the ladder. When a small boy, I was carrying a very large ladder, when there was a crash. An unlucky movement had brought the rear end of my ladder against a window. Instead of scolding me, my'father made me stop, and said very quietly— “Look here, my son, there is one thing I wish you always to remember; that is, every ladder has tvvo ends.” I never have forgotten that, though many, many years have gone, and I nev er see .a man carrying a ladder or other long thing but I remember the two ends. Don’t we carry things besides ladders that have two ends? When I see a young man getting “fast” habits I think he only sees one end of that ladder, and that he does not know that the other end is wounding his parents’ hearts. Many a young girl carries a ladder in the shape of love for dress and finery ; she only sees that gratification of a fool ish pride at the forward end of the lad der, while the end she does not see is crushing true modesty and pure friend ship as she goes along thoughtless among the crowd. Ah, yes, every ladder has two ends and it IS a thing to be remembered ii: more ways than one. llASOHIC foe THE MASOmO FRATEHUITY IN N. C. and the South. T/iere we hi the South 200,000 Freonnl, and recognizing the iiiipemiive need ^ iilarand i.enuanent Organ peculiarly^ £ to tho dfnvmils ot this vast luimlifi- “u-r ^ linked together by an indissolnte cJiain df"' CCT^afiecuon,” we are now publishing a Weekly Masonic Newspaper, suehas lhedigmly and advancemem oftj iO-atermty will approve, which is the only MASONIC WEEKLY BUT OIVl;, PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES, and devoted strictly to MASONIC INTERE.STS. IVitha jonrnaliatio cxiierience of .sevonl years and a determination to give all our time talent and energy tothe promotion of this ii„’ portant enterprise we liope to I'eceive fromom- Masomc brcl lireii that liberal confidence an,1 .suiiport whicb. by an entire devotion toitssne. (.•ess we hope to m(*rif.. Terms CASH, and all money shouldliF^ sent by Check, Fost-OlHce order or lieoistero Letter ‘ Address E. A. WILSON, Greensboro, N. C. O ip’D i.-,c. to O, P. RO\VEI,L & (IO„ Nov York fir Kj I amphlotol 100 pages, oontuinijig lists of lUlOOiiewii papers, aud estimates showing cost of advertising. Don’t Forget TH.VT W. B. Farrar, Q E N T E N N I A T. Y E A Ii. To bring the Danville News within tlie reach of all, we have brought the subscription price down to nice figures. 'I’O DAILY. 1 Year ’* “ 1 Moiilh .50 “ '* “ Weekly 1 Year $1.0(1 “ “ 0 ^los. .75 Tlie daily mcreasc of circnlal ion makes the News one of the i)est mediums for ADVERTISING of any paper on tlie border. :\IANN'1XG RROTIIEKS, Editors and Proprietors, Danville, Va. $12 (lay at liome. iKeiits waiiti'd. Outllt and iterma free, TRUE & CO.. .Viigusta. Maine, -'id Watch-Maker, Je'weler, Optician and Engraver, lias been living in Greensboro for nine years and expects to make it hi.s Home for life.' lie has been faithfully serving Ids jmtrons durin«- that tiiii,'. and feels that he has given satisfaiJ appliances and eliiciene.y in the (liflerent brauches of his trade neeil no com ment. He is very tliankful for past patronage sari e ' ^''>PC3 lor a continuance of die He does not wish to flatter himself, but ho advises all who have not been dealing with i their^\v^7’i rn* Pm'dmse then Watches. Clocks, Silver tVarc, Plated Ware, Engagement Kings, G,,],, 11,,,,,, Canes, Gold lens Diamond Kings, or any him 1 of Jewelry, elsewhere. lY. r>. F.uir.vk, Greenshoro, N, C. legacy to those^ who shall succeed us. May the latter be worthy of us and of T reemasonry.—IC( i/stone. THE CHRISTIAN SUN. ofk'lf '"'k,efGl.r’slian Union, and orgmn ot the Christian organizalioii. Piihlislied " 'if • ''>1111110. JtM. W. B. Welloxs, D. D.. Editor. the CHRISTIAN UNITY. Chris'tYk'i’ ‘'“'.'"''t.Y of all believers in Cl list. Umlenonmiational and Evane-elifd Anb-pa„„.^^,.|P„p Mages are ten cents a day in China; but with those ten cents you can subscribe for a daily paper, b'uy a brace of chignons witness a play that lasts nineteen hour.s,’ and have a comfortable suta left to send to the benighted denizens of the New '.Vorld to be used.for missionary purposes. : THE LITTLE CHRISTIAN An Undenominational and jcvaiumii,..,! ‘ [ per for the Sunday .Seliool. SeniUn nt| 43^ts a year ; in clubs of 10 0"'Zg iili Rev. -I. T. WiinxEY, Editor. -Ml tliree pajier.^ sent for ,t3 Addrc..s D. B. DUNBAK,'Ma,;ao.e,. i:>uifotk'" Va. ]y[ASON{(; JEWEL, A Monthly Magazine devoted to M A S 0 X K Y ; Li’S LITEUA'rUKE, f^CIKXCE AXD lEACIIINGS, AND TH?: FAMI LY CIHOLE. A, J. WEIEELER, P. G. M., P. G. H.P.Et?. -Lditer and Publisiier, .Memphis, Teim. With tlie booinnino- of the Sixth VohmKL tlic JEW Eli will be again enlarged and improved, ami will contain everything of interest to iJio Craft worthy of publication, and at tiieclose ef tlie volume will make a desiiable book, if boiami, for any library. The best Masonu; I writers ot this country mid England will roii- I trilnUe pcriodicallv toit.s pages NoMasoni«‘ I journal M ill escel it in mechanical apjicaraiice land contents. It being tlie only ^lasonic Monthly published south of KYntiicky. we con- licUmlly a))peal to tha'Fwo HundredTlionsaad Masons in the Southern and Sonthwestem StaU's. to giv(* it a generous and he.althy sup port and ref('r to our hjrmor olforls to the JEWEL, as a guarantee of tlie fullillmeiit of all that w'o promise. Any Mason in good standing is authorized to act as Agxait. On the following tt'rms : 8ingl(‘ copy one year $ Loll 'ren eo))ies, om^yi ar 12, on(i ‘xtra ibr sei.auing the club. dLventy C'opics, one year 22,0I> two extra to tlie person securing the chdf. Eifiy coj)ios, one year. ^ 50,Dd five copies c'dra to tlie ageid . Or, in place of (‘xtra (0])ies f u- (dubs, m'p oifer any Masonic Book that agents may select, at jHiblishers pric(‘, not exceeding lliesnhsrrip- lion i)ri(Xi of the extra copies. Fora clulMif Fitly SnI’sci il)'‘i*s. at pleach, any Ma.'onic ln.)ok sold at Five Dollars may bo stdected. Mail(*d free in all eases. !Mon‘y sent by Expi-ess or Postolfice order at oiir risk and e.\- pcn.se Address, a. J. WHIEELER, Memphis, Tenn. $5 to P'-v (l;iv at homo. Saniplos wortli .si iVuo. SriN.'^OK k Co., Poitlaud, .’Uaiiu;,,
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