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THE MASONIC J 0 U H N A L Past and Present. We take the following eloquent re marks from an address delivered by Bro. Henry Haight before the Grand Lodge of California; “The tendency to venerate ancient institutions, is doublless one of the chief .attractions of Masonry. It is not a plant of yesterday, but a tree whose mossy trunk and giant growth speak to us of past ages. Kings have participated in its ceremonies, and men greater than kings have I'.doined it.s annals. If, however its only merit was age, its destiny would be decay. Age alone contains no prin ciple of immortality, and if Maso.nry had nothing but its ancient origin to recommend it, there would be no sound reason to expect that it wouM survive, much less that it would grow. Those are talismaiiic words implied to its or ganization Tjibcrty^ fEyuiility^ FTateTnity —terms often elsewhere grossly abased, but, in the Order of Free and Accepted Masons, full of real and practical signifi cance, Lecause one of its first lessoms is resistance to depotism, both ecclesias tical and civil ; and the instructive an.^ tagonism betwe.in Masonry and eccle- siasticism in the most emphatic testi mony to the spirit of personal liberty which is one of the distinguishing traits of the Order. Equality—not by lower ing, but by elevating to a common plat form, where all meet on a level with equal rights and duties, and equal claims to mutual respect, if faithful to the obligations voluntarily a.ssumed. Iraternity—in whose bonds the most .ancient and inveterate prejudices are melted in the solvent of Brotherly in tercourse, and the heirs of the most ancient civilization join hands with the iai.ssionaries of the 3-'oungest, and He brew and Gentile, Celt and Saxon, men of the most diverse origin and nation ality, meet in the interchange of kindly offices and furni.sh some evidence of the possibility of the attainment of a true brotherhood of man. “These are grand le.ssons—impres sively taught by its origin and history, but they are not all. It teaches the force of associated action, the inestima ble value of union in a good cause, the superiority of harmony over discord, and the power of combined benevolence. It fiiriiishts a noble and inspiring lesson of the worth and dignity of labor, be.-. cause in the toil of operative Masonry which reared in the middle ages some of the grandest edifices ever conceived by human genius, and in the migration of .architects and builders from place to place, where such works were to be exe cuted, the Order of Free and Accepted Masons had its growth and developement, if not its origin, and the whole spirit of its precepts and oeremoiiies is to exalt and dignify that intelligent labor which has adorned all civilized lands with mon uments ®f its skill only less majestic and enduring than the granite monuments reared in the beginning by the hand of J the Great Architect and Father of all— : devout reverence fm whose being and fili.al trust in whose Providence is taught from first to last in every stage and de- j gree of progress in the mysteries of the ' Craft. “Like all human institutions, while it has these and other uses, it is not absolute ly exempt from abuse. Its obligations do not release any man from his duties of citizenship, nor, if properly regarded, can they conflict with those duties to any ex tent whatever, A judge on the bench deciding causes—a juror in the jury box' .sworn to look only at the law and the ev- - idenoe—a witness on the witness stand, pledged to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth—a voter bound upon his honor and his conscience to cast his ballot for the most worthy oandidaie for his suffrage—will find no embarrass ment in the discharge of those high du ties from any Masonic obligation; nor will any intelligent Mason of any creed find in Masonry a substitute for or aught an tagonistic to religious faith. It is only in its perversion that these things could ever be found. Its true spirit is to incite greater fidelity in the discharge of every duty, religious political and social, and thereby to aid in establishing upon more lasting foundations that noble edifice of civil and religions liberty, reared by the toil and .sacrifices of our fathers, which it devolves upon ns to preserve and trans mit to our posterity.'’ The Bible—The Great Light of Masonry. Dr. Dwight savs :■ “The Bible is a win- dow in this prison of hope, through which we look into eternity.” It con tains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more im portant history, and finer strains of poe try and eloquence than can be collected from all other books, in wh.xtever age or language they have been written. Hoxv thankful we ought to be for the Bible, Heaven's purest gift to mortals. It is the star of eternity, whose mild rays come twinkling to this nether sphere; erring man's guide to wisdom, virtue, and Heaven. The B\ble is the book of books. In comparison Byron loses bis fire, Milton his soarings. Gray his beau ties, and Homer his grandeur and figures; no tongue ever reasoned like sainted Job’.s ; no poet ever sung like Israel’s shepherd king, and God never made a man more wise than Solomon. The words of the Bible are pictures of immor- talitj', dews from the Tree of Knowledge, pearls from the Pxiver of Life, and gems of celestial thought. As the moaning shell whispers of the sea, so the Bible breathes of love in Heaven, the home of the angels, and joys too pure to die. Oh ! that more of its precepts were bound about mv heart, and I had wisdom to make them the mottoes of my life. The world may entertain its idea of a magnifi cent Deity, whose government is general, but let me believe in the Lorci God of Elijah, whose providence is entire, or dering the minutest events in human life, and with a father's care arranging it for the greatest possible good.—Freeina- son’s Mnrdhly Magazine. To Think Over. More than half of all the troubles of our Lodges come from the ambition of young men to w'eld the Master’s gavel. More than half the Masters of Lodges, who are thus new to the situation, are utterly ignorant ot the Constitution, the Landmarks, the Grand Lodge Edicts the customs and the modes of goveanment of the institution. Flence, when called up on to decide questions, they evolve con clusions from the depths ot their ow'n originality, not always too deep to be sounded, and the views of those who have had more experience are outraged. Somet mes young Masons make the best Masters, but such are only men of prin ciple and students, and whose ambition is more the good of the institution than personal advancement,—[JBro. Cushing, Texas. The Crown Prince of Germany spoke as follows at the recent great Masonic festival at the Hague: “Nationalities have created frontiers; Freemasonry desires charity, tolerence, and liberty, without distinction of frontiers. I am happy, on this day which I shall never forget, to be able to raise mv voice in Holland to testify my adhesion to the principles of the Order, and to expre.ss the hope that, in the struggle engaged in for the free developements of the peoples and the liberty of the human mind, the final victory will remain with the Or der.” Discoveries at Jerusalem. Recent accounts from Jerusalem speak of the rapid progress and important re sults of Lieut. Warren's explorations in the sacred city, More than fifty shafts have been sunk, revealing archways, galleries, buried halls, reservoirs and watercourses, thus getting glimpses of the city as it was. By one of these shafts the foundations of the old walls of the old Temple have been found ninety feet below the present surface. On some of these ancient foundation stones r.umer ous myslerious characters have been found, some engraved on the stone, oth ers merely painterl red, hut the key to their meaning has yet to be hit upon. The exploration (if the Birket Israel, or Pool of Bethesda, has revealed a vast vaulted re.servoir nearly one hundred feet in depth. "a 0^ elciw,- ' vi'JflE.NEsy Directory. Cr.xnd Council of N. C.—C . M. VauOrs- (Icll, of Wilmington, Jf. /, Q. M.; D. W. Bain, Kaleigli, G. Recorder. Grand Cilarter op N. C.—TIios. S Keenan, Wilson, G. li. D. W. Bain, Ral- eigh, G. SecVi. Grand Lodge ofN. C.—Geo. W. Blount, Wilson, G. il/.,L.3V. Bain,Raleigh, G. Heel'y. Greensboro Council No. 3, R. & S. M., Greensboro N. C,—Tims. J. Sloan, T. I. J,!.. b. i/. Allen, l^ecordev. U’ime of meeting*: 4t!i Wednesday iiigiit of each month. Cjiorazix Chapter, ]Mo. 18, Greensboro, Ihos. J. bloan, IHgk i^rie.st. J. K, Nelson, tbeerdary. i ime ot meeting: 3rd Friday niglit of eaeli month. GiiKENSBORo, Lodge, 76, Greensboro, N. C.—.8 0. Dodson, W. M. J. W. Dick, Serc- tary. Time of Ilegular Oommnnieafioii, Fir>t Saturday in Jajiuaiy, iUarch. jMay, July September and November, at 10 o’clock a. in., and on rirt Saturday in each other monili at ni.GTit. No. 210, Greensboro, Odell, ll. M., Jno. Chamberlain, Secretary. Time of Regular Gommuiucatioiis: second oatiirciay night of each month. THE MTIOITAL HOTEL, Deliglitfolly situated, RALEIGH, K. C. Board Reduced to $2,00 PEE Day, A New House. Fine Rooms, IVell Fiir- iiislied and Pitted up in the Best Style, Bath-R(ioms and V/ater-Closets on each Floor. Biiliai'd Saloon in Basement. C S. BROWN, I’roprietor, ^ " Jno. tv. Kerr Clerk. TATES' Hook '-/eko 7j MRS. S. M. SMITH’S" BOARDING HOUSE Aliddle Street, one door below Fatterson’s Grocery Store, 1— HEW BERKE, H C. JAS. SLOAN’S SONS, GREENSBORO, N. €., GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Lime, Cement and Plaster. Fliospliatcs and ^ Agricultural Implemeiit.s a Speeialty. EUGEXE ECKEL, Druggist and Pharmacist, Greensboro,N. C. Personal attention to compomitling Pre scriptions at all hours—day or night. 2—2 Revolutionary Incident. When, during the year 1779, the In dians were annoying the frontier settle ments by their raids upon the property of the setters, Gen. Washington ordered Gen. Biillivan, a New Hampshire officer, and a very earnest Mason, to proceed into the Susquehanna, and check the ravages of the red skins. Gen. Sullivan took with him Colonel Proctor, also a zealous Mason, who had obtained a war rant from the Grand Lodge of Pennsyl- j vania to form a Military Lodge. Almost everv night after the necessary detaiks of^ military life were gone through with, | and the officers and men at leisure, this | lodge was opened. At the encampment I of the expedition at Tioga Point, a large tent was j'rocured for a lodge room, and ' on clearing away the rubbish, so as to procure a level foundation for the tent, a rusty iron square \Ya.a found, which coin-| cidence so pleased the brethren that l they decided to adopt the- iiiistrument,.; and used it for M’asonie- purposes all through the campaign,— W. I' Ilebrevj- Leads?. JOHN CHAMBERLAiN GREENSBORO, N, C. -DE.U.ER IN- Fine Watches, Jewelry, STERLING SILVER. & PLATED-WARE, Fine Spectacles, And eveiythiui^ else in my line. vSpecia.l attention given to lepairing and timing of Fine Watches and Regulators. All work done and all goods sold by me is guaranteed, to he as represented. IIAIIU'H.VIAS, !IAIK JEWELRY, DIAMONDS AND ALL KINDS OF FINE JEWELRY, GOLD AND .SILVER WA'ICII O.tSES, etc., etc. I THE H-ANUFACTCRE OF 18 CARAT | ENGAGE MEN T & WEDDING I RINGS A SPECIALTY. ! Mr MACiiTNEiiY and otlicr appliances for ' makingthe different parts of Watches, is per i haps the most extensive in tlie State,, con.se- ^ quently I can guarantee that an}' part of a. j or dock can be replaced with the ut- . most facility. I GUARANTEE that uiv woi’k will COIU- I pare favorably in cDicieucy and Hnish with | any in the lemd. i •lOJlN; CILULBERLAIN,. i City Jeweleil j 28- Greensboro, N. C, I EVERETT SMITH, i I Life & Eire Insurance Agent, I Greensboro, N. 0. Repre.'Cnts the Metropolitan Life of New York, the inauguratorof the two most popnla and equitable plans of Life Insurance, THE RESERVE ENDOWMENT and THE RESERVE DIVIDEND PLANS. Every pledge of this company is plainly written ont, and the full responsibility ol tlio Company and assured detlned, the Policy of the Mthkopolitan should be read before a Policy in any other Qmng^any ie accepted. Observe the following Original and Charac teristic Provisions of this Company : Its aays ot grace, from one month to six, d(>- termined by the age of the Policy. Its conli’*uance from one pisured period to another witliont increase of p emiuin. Its Reserve Dividend FuiuDconsidered as a deposit at an interest for the payment of; fu ture premiums. Its Specific Guarantees of Dividends and gnrrender VDiliie, It.s Ineontestable Clause, openiting from the paynic-nt of the lirst premium. The amountexpliciMy stated!to be PAID IN DEATH. The amount explicitly stated to be PAID IN LIFE. ADo represents several Fir.'=t*ClassFire pa'iies,.iii which risks will be writien on al- classes ofinsurablo propei ty, andon the ino>t favorable term.?. lit A lU. fE
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