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July 21, I876.
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At Lumberton we witnessed the rais
ing of a Vance flag pole amid music and
noise. In the attempt to raise it en Sat
urday a rope broke causing it to fall and
injure one man, though not seriously.
After the raising an impromptu cannon
ading was engaged in,
AVe find the crops very promising in all
the section along the 0. 0. Hoad, but
unfortunately, we think, cotton is their
curse, though a much larger area of corn
has been planted than heretofore.
The Lodges in this section are in good
condition and working tolerably well.
The Curse of the Land.
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Last Sabbath, the 16th, we attended
the funeral services of Brother Jno. W.
Alford at Ashpole, Robeson county.
This was one of the largest assemblies of
the kind we ever witnessed. The cere
monies were performed under the aus
pices of 3t. Alban’s Lodge, No, 114, of
Lumberton, K. C., of which the- deceased
was one of the oldest a-nd most highly
respected members.
At the hour of 11 o’clock the Brethren,
assembled in the hall of Ashpole Lodge,,
near the church, and after the Lodge was
duly opened, marched in regular order
to the church, where an able and impres
sive sermon was delivered by Bro, the
Rev. A, McQueen, followed by a hand
some eulogy by Bro. Col. W. Poster
French, of Lumberton. The procesfion
was then formed and marched to the
grave where the usual soLemn services
were performed. Sheriff McMilhan, P.
M. of King Solomon Lodge, No. ST3, act
ed as Master on the occasion, the present
Master of St. Alban’s being, a relative of
the deceased.
While at the grave we w'ere shown,
something very unusual in this countrv.
The w'ife of Brother Alford died some
What is it; where is it; how shall the
evil be remedied ? are ttie questions that
are mostly agitating the public mind
with us now. That the curse is upon us
in its full blast of affliction all know by
experience and leel by the keenest per
sonal contact.
From the seashore to the mountains
the same unvarying wail of financial de
pression and general business demorali
zation prevails, to the consternation of
all classes and conditions of men, and
actual want prevails in manv places to
an extent that but few are willing to ad
mit, Public confidence is terribly shat
tered and the wheels of business are al
most at a standstill. What is the cause
of all this? it is not bec.ause our soil is
not as fertile as before the war, our }'OUDg
men as strong and our means of plenty
and prosperity fully equal to our needs.
Then the evil must lie in another direc
tion, and present itself from.aatandpoint
which the-public either does not see or
appreciate.
A careful survey of the whole ground
convinces us that the evil is two-fold and
the remedy is in onr own hands, and
until it is properly understood and acted
upon. North and South, hard times will
grow harder, public confidence will be
totally destroyed, and the wail of distres.s
will be heard as the voice of many wa
tera, revealing an amount of suffering
that has as yet been unknown in our
land.
The causes of all our present sufferings
are that our. people, as a rule, are not
producing what they consume, and are
at the same time living beyond their
means.
It has been clearly demonstrated that
no farmer can raise cotton or any other
non-supporting crop, wdth foreign fer
tilizers, on borrowed money at 12J or 15
per cent., and succ.ied ; but mmt grow
poorer every day until the mortgagee
makes a final sweep of farm, stock and
all, and leave.s him in utter ruin. To
grow any kind of crop, however valuable
within itself, to the neglect of the neces
sary home supplies, is simply suicidal.
Our recent observations and experience
in the cotton sections of this state have
more throughly convinced us on this
point than ever before. We have clearly
seen that in those sections where cotton
is made the secondary crop,, and the
staple food crops are plentifully produc
ed regardless of price, the people of all
classes are in far better condition than
those who rai.se cotton and tobacco and
j buy their provisions-. The man who has
a well filled harn and meat house-
consequently multiplying their poverty
at a rapid rate. There are more failures
from extravagance in New York to-day,
than from all other causes combined.
The spirit of competition in the matter
of di.solay has done more to ruin the
poorer classes than anything else. The
young merchant or mechanic, desirous of
making a display equal to that of his
wealthier neighbor plunges into debt be
yond his income and is soon shipwrecked
beyond recovery.
Friends, let us get back to the simple,
frugal ways of our forefathers, remem-
bei'ing the truism that it is not so much
what a man makes that brings him rioh-
es, as what he saves.
Remember, all, that pork at a penny a
pound with plenty of it, is far better for
the farmer and all others, than thousands
of cotton and tobacco at fabulous prices,
with mortgages for provisions and fer
tilizers to sw'eep it away. May all learn
wisdom ; raise plenty of life’s necessaries
and live within their means.
The Temple at Jerusalem.
years previous, and over her grave he
had placed a neat marble slab bearing, | dependent of money crisis and hard times,
the insignia of the ‘Wife and Daughter’s j while the cotton producer is always with
out means and everybody’s slave.
The next great cause of our troubles is
that our American people are living
beyond their means. The world W'ould
be astounded to know how many of
acknowledged rich men are daily
far in excess of their incomes, and
Degree” with the emblems belonging
thereto. Of course, we were impressed
with the appropriate reference of the
talisrnanic letters, as they appear noon
this grave.
M'e have been received very kindly
by the Brethren in this section, and find
our
iving
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In a recent number of the Cotemporary
Review, we find the following remarks on
the Temple at Jerusalem.
It is, probably, no exaggeration to say
that more has been written regarding the
Temple at Jerualem than in respect to
any other building in the known world,
and' unfortunately, it may be added
more that is wild and utterly untenable,
this last peculiarity ari.ses from several
causes: First, because all the earlier
restorers were entirely ignorant of the
ground on which the Temple stood, and
of the local circnmstance.o that governed
its construction,. It was not, indeed, till
the spot was surveyed by the late Mr.
Catherwood, in 1833, and his plan pub
lished ou a sufficient scale in 1862, that
restorers had suek a map of the ground
as would enable them to adju.st their
measurements to a locality with any
thing like certainty. Though that plan
was wonderfully p>erfect, considering the
circumstances under which it was made,
it has since been superseded by that made
under the direotio.n of Capt. (now Major)
Wilson. R. E,, in 1864r-5, which leaves
nothing to be desired in this respect. It
can be depended upon almost by inches,
and has been engraved ou a scale suffi
ciently large for all topographical, if not
quite for all architeohtural, purjioses. A
second cause of the wildness of the res
torations hitherto attempted is, that the
Temple at J&rus-alem v.’as quite unique.
Not only had the Jews only thi.s onetem-
ple, but, so far as we know, it was en
tirely of their own invention and utterly
unlike the temples of any of the nations
around them. It certainly, at all events,
was quite unlike the- temple.? of the
Egyptians-or Greeks. It may ’nave had
affinities with tho.se of the Babylonians
or Assyrians;, but, no,twithstaudiiig all
that has been done of late years, we
know so very little of what the temples
of Mesopotamia were, that these hardly
help us, even at this day, and the as
sumption that this might be so wns of no
use whatever, to earlier restorers. Hav
ing thus no analogies to guide-them, and,
as it is-literally and absolutely true that
riot one stone re-mains on another of the
Temple, properly so called, it is not to be
wondered that early reistorers failed to
realize the truth, and indulged iji fancies
which were utterly untenable-. In nine
cases out often their object was to pro
duce a building that would be worthy of
Solomon in all his glory, rather than a
sober leproductio-n oi the very moderate
building described in the Bible.
The Spirit of Masonry.
M. W. Bro. Charles Griswold in con
cluding his annual addrese to the Grand
Lodge of Minnesota, uses the following
touching language :
“Our journey is so very brief, and will
so soon be closed, that alienations are
sadly out of place ; and the precious mo-
m.ents that are- left should be faithfully
improved in doing good, in strengthen
ing the ties of Brotherly love, and enlarg
ing our mantle-.of charity. No one who-
has any manhood about him finds it a
difficult matter to tliink kindly of the de
parted. W’ith. the living we may have
our serious differences and sharp cutting
words; but, somehow, as we come into
the presence of the dead, we feel that
all animosities are out o-f place, and all
contentions must be forever dropped.
We will gently bear the cold clay to
its final resting place; we will utter
kind words of sympathy to the bereaved ;
whatever there was good or beautiful in
the life of the departed, we will speak of
it then, and in its absence hold our peace.
To strike a dead man seems so vin?iaturat,
so mean, so cowardly, that we cannot find
it in our hearts to do it. All this is as it
should be. But if we wouil-d only carry
this same spirit into all out- relations and
intercourse with the hying,, how much
better it would be. If, when we are
about to utter a hasty word, or to do the
unkind act, or pronounce the harsh, un-
oharitabie judgement, we would for a
moment stop and ask ourselves the ques
tion, ‘ IF/mi af?/lAw lY my Brother
should die to-day ? ‘Are my relations with
him now what I would wish them to he
then ? If we would but follow this
course, from how much sorrow and bit
ter self-accusation we might be saved !
And then its effects upon others!. With
this spirit carried out, how many of the
bitter feuds that now rend society would,
come to an end;, aye, would be nipped in
the bud, and so.iiever haveau existence?’
How many that ase crushed down would
be raised up? How it would smooth
down the frictions of life, and oil all the
wheels of society ?' How many heart.3
are aching tcv-day because of wrong done
by Brother to-Brother, in the midst of
which death has entered, and the oppot-
tuniiy for recaaciliaMon has gone forever f
1 find this sentiment beautifully expressed
in verse:
‘If I should die to-rnglit!
My friends would look upon my fpi-Iet fAce-
Before they laid it in its resting place,.
And deem tiiat de.atli liad left it almost fiiir;
And laying snow -white flow-el's .agdijist mv
hair
JFould sniootli it down in tearfu.t teaderness,-
And fold my liaiidswith lingering caress—
Poor hands—so empty so cold to-ii:glit;
‘If I should die to-night!
My friends would call to mind -wiLtli, toving'
thoiiglit
Some kindly dtted tlie icy liaml imd wrought^
Some gentle words the frozen lips lawl. said..
Errands, on w-liicli Hut willing feet liatl sped;,
Tlie memory of my seltisliness and pride—
My liasty words would all be put .a.sitfe-.
And so 1 slioiild be loved and naeainied to-
niirht!
Chapters in England are now number
ed up to 1185.
“ ‘If I slioiild die to-iiiglit!
Even iicarts enstranged would turn once more
to me.
Recalling other days remorsefully,-
Tile eyes tliat chill me witli averted glanc*
W'ould look upon me as of yore, perebantte.
And often in the old, familiar way—
For A'lio ('an war witti duml) unconscious,
clay?
And so I might rest forgiven ail to-night!
“‘Oil, frit-nds ! I pray to-iiiglit!
Keep not your kis.se.s for my de.ad, cold brow,
d'he \\ a,y is lontdy; let me feel them iiow,
T’iiink gently of me, ibr I am travel-worn;
Jly faltering feet are pie ce.l with many a
thorn.
Forgive ! Ob. hearts enstranged. forgive, I
pli'ad— ■
W’lien dreiimless rest i-( mine I simll not need
The teuderiies- for whicli I long to-night.’ ”