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VOL- XL.
RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1849.
NO. 44.
, 1, fflii! IMKlii M 1 ilM -JSllllIl
IMMl
ADDRESS
Delivered belore Fellowship Lodge, No.
81, o Free and Accepted Mmom, at
Smiihfield, June 24lb, 1840. by IIcnry
W. Miller, Esq.
MY rHIENDSAKD BRETHREN:
1 appear before you in o
bedience to a rail which I could not well
disregard. It would, however, have been
gratifying to my feelings, and certainly more
conducive to the pleasure and instruction
which the ceremonies of this interesting oc
casion ire so well calculated to impart, had
come one been selected whose experience
and learning render him better qualified to
address you.
--There is nothing which more strikingly
illustrates the character ofthe age and coun
try in which we live, than the general
and enthusiastic efforU which are in pro
gress to improve the condition and elevate
the moral and intellectual character of all
classes of men.
To advance such objects, Societies and
Associations are constantly springing into
existence, which, professing to have in view
some beneficial and benevolent end, are able
bodies of men, whose seal, in most in
stances, aiTords some test of the sincerity of
their eonvietionB, and the purity ' of their
motives.
That some of these Associations are not
destined for good, but rather tend to evil,
jfUhcj. from, the. principle", by , which ihey
are governed,, or the means which are a
dopted to effectuate their purposes, will
hardly admit bfdeuiat. But there is a con
solation in the assurance, that, as those
which are erected upon a false basis, will,
in the na.ure of things, work out their own
downfall, so those which are. founded upon
1IIB ; IWCirVI '1 mvu mn avmi -.ire-
lenee of denunciation or the rashness of
opposition but look forward, with a steady
eve. and resolute purpose, through all the
mists of error which may envelope them,
to the bright, clear light which will burst
upon their final succefs!
The Hand which directs this vast ma
chinery of moral and intellectual effort is
Divine: and as it will assuredly uphold and
prosper those
od report, nd whose' fruits- are full of
sweetness and healing to the Nations, so
too is that Hand sufficiently powerful to
elicit good out of evil, and to turn, with
skill and promptness, sir the devices of men,
however imposing they may have been
rendered by the sanction of human author
ity, io tho consummation of Its own glory,'
and the strengthening fits own power! -----We
are told in a beautiful Apologue, that
an eastern Philospher, who was once asked
what inscription he would Jurnisn ar most
appropriate to all the works of man, re
plied, ! would write, upon each and all of
them, the words Thittoo ihall fl
ux;. Could this response have been given with
a conviction .ofjts truth to many, who, in
the haughtiness of their pride, imagined
that the works of their hands and the mon
uments of their greatness were to be immor
tal, how would that pride have been hum
bled, or how readily would the indisceret
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oiftftiiBacr iiavc me ,110 iuiu m
dared to remind the Ancient Potentate, in I
u..ai......a ...... a ii. a in i. n i nim trnn
the lull glitter of his power, that he and his
kingdom were mortal!
Yes In reviewing the history of past ages,
we find that Dynasties were overturned;
Empires which had stood for ages the shock
orilcVolutiehFrudTciiTybverwheTmned;
systems of intellectual wisdom, which bad
long" been the admiration and delight of
the enquiring and the curious, refuted or
discarded: the proud Empire of Rom i
which fortwelve hundred years, led Nations
captive at her will, and carried her con-
ouerin? Eagles in triumph to the utmost
boundaries of the known World: the
Kingdom of Charlemagne, which giaiped
at the same unbounded dominion: the gor
geous panorama of Military Conquest,
which was spread out before the astonish
ed gaze of the Nineteenth Century, by the
fiery Genius of Napolcan: the proudest
Theories of Philosophy, by which the magic
fame of Plato, Aristotle and others, led cap
tive the minds of their votaries all all, had
written upon them the melancholy sentence
of the Eastern Philoopher,-'77it, too,
thaltpan away."
'So fails, So languishes, grows dim and dies,
'All that this world is proud of. From their
spheres,.
The Sta s of Human Clorv ars east sown;
'PrinoAS and Emperors, and the Crown and
Palms
.'fir -11 lK. m!Kb w.iUa.a.1 .kJ MMmnnt ifc.-J
There is, however, a part which remains:
a part which is immortal! Governments
may perish, butjtheir examples live. Associa
tions may die, but the influence of their prin
ciples remains. The most intricate or sub
lime V systems of intellectual or moral rea
!uig.ay. Jbe. .dissipated, hot their impres
sions f.r good or evil, lor truth .. or error,
list, long, long -after the names of
those who prornulged or erected them, have
passed away, and been forgoltenx forever!
However interesting it might be.it would
carcc!y , be considered . appropriate, even
had I the time and information at command.
i' enter into a minute history of the Ori
gin .ud Progress of Free Mssonrj-. We
know that the Craft consisted, in its inan
cy. principally of Operative Masons, whose
primary object was the improvement of
Architecture, by the application of the
Rules and Principles of the Science of Ge
ometry. From its Operative to Its Specu
lative and Moral character, the transition
was easy and natural.
The first we learn of the establishment
of regular Lodges, was at the period of the
erection of the Great Temple by that
wise and powerful Ruler, Kino Solomon.
Under the influence of the intimate friend
ship which was formed by the mystic tie of
Masonry, between him and Hirax King
of Tyre, the Order flourished to an aston
ishing degree and spread throughout the
surrounding parts of that Eastern, Country..
Its introduction into Europe is at ribu ta
ble to Nisrs, as early as the year of the
World 3030, from which time its success
varied until the year of our Saviour,
982, when the Grand Lodge of York was
founded, and received the countenence and
support of King Athclstane, of which Lodge
his brother Edwin, was the first Grand
Master.
From the Grand Communication which
assembled at. .Yorfcv about that periodrwe
derive bur book of Constitutions upon which
rests the Order of Ancient York Masons.
It was the founding of that Lodge which
gave an impulse to Masonry thai was felt
throughout thecivilized world. Its advocates
and disciples spread over Europe the West
ern part of As uu,and tue, .Northern .. parts
of Africa- Early after the seulemenj of
this country by tne Europeans, u was in
troduced with tin improvement" It had
undergone, and soon gained a permanent
foothold, from which it has advanced, with
a firm and steady step to the present period.
There is no section of the Union in which
jte sal'Jtery influence-is not felt either through
the direct operation of a regular Lodge,
or the silent but sure effect of its principles
through the exertions ofits individual mem
bers. " ' -
If antiqnity of existence can add to the
claim which an Institution may have to
public respect and consideration, then in
deed docs the Order of Free and Accept
ed Masons, present credentials which can
not be disregarded. Fornearly three thous
and years hiiTT'iitlU!d;Tetainin; -it--dis-tihguiidiing
''feature's and keeping steadily
in view the great objects of its foundation
amidst all the changes which have Marked
the progress of events. In whatever clime
and under whatever-Government it has been
planted, there its principles of benevolence
and charity have taken deep root, and in
duo ecn produced the richest fruits. -
Nor has it lacked at any period ofits ex
istence, the countenance and encouragement
ef the piirest hearts and me' bnghtest'iriteT
lects. Under the protecting and harmoni
xing influence ofits principles, the crowned
head and humble peasant have sat together.
Men of conflicting political and religious
persuasion keeping steadily in view and
yielding, ..obediencj t$ the precepts of the
Orderj have met in charity and good will.
The Statesman and Philosopher the Poet
tnd Divine men of all callings, and every
conflicting pursuit, hive rested from their
labors, under the expanded branches of
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mil iron vinrn iimir w iLimuniu niiu
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breasted the fury of the storms which have
beat against its venerable tmnk.
Amongst that galaxy of bright names in
the history of our own country, which
have berne willing and devoted testimony
to its character and objects, none would
ask for a brighter, a more illustrious than
than that of tao Father of his conntry
Let the captious caveller, and bigotted re
viler cease ther embittered ravings, for there
is recorded high up, on the long scroll of
iu votaries, the name of Washington, the
majestic pyramid of whose fame, will stand
throughout succeeding ages, emitting from
its lofty summit a pure and steady beam
of light which is destined to lead the Na
tions of the Earth to the reverence and
practice of political virtue the establish
ment of good government, and the enjoy
ment of well regulated freedom!
It is not however upon its antiquity alone,
nor upon the sanction of the illustrious
names which adorn its annals, that Mason
ry rests iu claim to the approval and sup
port of all good men. It is willing to stand
or fall by the principles which have ever
govemccTTt,' and the objects whirh are pre
sented for its accomplishment. In hours
ofits severest trials it has depended upon
the intrinsic merits ofits cause for success.
When assailed with all the bitterness of
ignorance and bigotry when persecution
kept its fires lighted up, in every valley and
upon every hill, the hellish glare of whose
flames was bui ' type--- miniature of the
hearts of those who kindled them and long
ed for fresh victims for the devouring ele
ment of their cruelty; IT never for one mo
mcnt lost sight of its benevolent purposes
ever exercising the virtue of forbearance-
bearing in mind that a soft word turneth .
away anger? &hd confident that iuTsuccess'
depended noLaprm. violence or i denunpiaH
Hon not upon altercation orexeitement
not upon cruelty and persecution, tut on
the strong assurance which has accompanied
theOder in every trying vicisitude through
which it has passed, and as: light should
break in upon the minds of men its virtues
would sh!ne forth in all the mildness and
beauty of their character.
It is not however in the full gaze of the
the public eye that Masonry spreads out
its trophies. It erects no monuments of
brass or marble to impress its actions upon
the minds of the astonished multitude. It
is not amongst the gay and glittering throngs
which surround the thrones of Princes, or
press with eager curiosity around those who
bear upon ttieur persona the insignia of civil
or military renown but in the privacy of
the domestic circle, thnt Masonry would
apply tor a j out consideration of its claims
to honor and respect
Nor would it hesitate to forego any and
all the charms which the career of wealth
and power canbiing, to the gratification
of the most unbounded ambition to walk an
humble handmaid of Charity, as she scat
ters around her blessings, coming to the
hearts of the suffering and distressed, like
the manna which fell from Heaven, to the
starving Israelites of old!
' To relieve the distressed feed the hun
geredclothe the naked bind up the bro
ken hearted raise the fallen pour light
into the dead and darkened intellect -call out
and add vigor and efficacy to all the nobler
impulses of the heart what , higher what
mewr beaveiilT-e4feiHeld
admiration or coLimand the energies of
mant
iu mission like that or the fi'ood. man,
the anniversary of whose birth we have
met to commemorate, is but "to prepare the
way" to prepare the way for those still
sublimer virtues, which illustrated the
character of Him whose lire"he-was"'one
of goodness, love, purity anil suffering
who diedthejust for the Twhrei'-Bnd
who, whilst tn all the agonies ol the intensest
pain and anguish, uttered that heavenly in
spired iavocatian.WAer? forgive thty
know' not ichal they dof -
Whilst at the samelime that it remains
one of the professed principles of the Order
to confine iu acU of benevolence within no
particular limits, but to extend- the hand of
Charity to all mankind, and brotherly love.
to all Masons or their families, who may
need it, no matter in what clime such may
be found, yet melancholly and mortifying
indeed would it be, were they to neglect
those -objeets-ef their eare-and -aidr which
are around and about them, and which
come under.., their immediate view.
Brethren, it is not- ttecessary that -you
should go far hence to find an object wor
thy the active exertions of every Mason. 1
shonld be doing injustice to the Order, and
violence to every generous impulse, were
I to pass it over without notice.
For years pest, lbs attention of Masons
in other States and Counties, has been ear
nestly directed to the great subject of Edu
cation. Under the fostering earn of the
Order, Seminaries of learning have sprung
up and been nurtured in many sections of
our country, producing resulu, the influence
of which will be felt throughont succeeding
generations.
The appeal which has been made to
the Order in our own Stale, cannot be dis
regarded, without placing at our doors i
heavy responsibility. The Grand Lodge
or the state, in 1847, by a scries of Keso-
, i . ., .if. . , ,. ,
luuons, orougni ine suojeci 01 esiaoiisning
Seminaries for the education of children of
living, and the orphans of deceased Masons,
before the -subordinate Lodges. The mat
ter was discussed and urged with muchxeal
and ability at the last meeting of iheurand
Lodge. The Grand Master in an eloquent
address which should call forth a hearty
response from all the Lodges, has pressed
this subject upMusnwith an earnestness
and ability which is worthy of the highest
success. -
It is proposed to raise a fund sufficient
to found and support an Institution of
Learning, at which the children or brother
Mssons who are in needy circumstances,
mat receive the advantages of a liberal ed
ucation, under the supervisison ofthe Grand
Lodge. I will not atop here to inquire in
to th practicability of the plan. If two
thousand regular Masons, in connexion with,
and aided by, the targe number of retired
Masons in the State, shrink back in despair
from the nccomplishraenl of such a work,
then indeed is the spirit which actuated the
Fraternity in days past, gone gone from
smongst us! But the feasibility ofthe plan
has been demonstrated beyond civil be
yond the cap' inn objections even of the
most miserly parsimony. Even should nore
of us Witine, in our day and generation,
such a woi k brought to perfection, we can
at least make beginning. We do not In
dulge the vian hope to see such n project
spring Into full perfection, like the fabled
Goddess whom the AncienU represent as
leaping ready armed from the brain of Jove.
To iome it ra ay. b. granted to lay the
foundation to others may be the labor of
building the superstructure, and to those
who shall eome after them, may be left
the gratification of witnessing the comple
tion of the -Edifice. But still we can do
something. We tan lay the corner- stone
wiih ssurao that the work will gd up
and go on. We may not see and enjoy all
of iu blessings, but sums poition may . II
to oar lot. We may not heboid the bright
est effulgence of tha new-risen planet, but
soma few of its rays may penetrate the
gloom which surrounds us.' And u it not
n object worthy of all our energies! Does
il not present he strongest claims, to our
support!. Cart we be true to the great and
benevolent percepts of the Order, and with
hold our aid, however small from such a
work marked as this is by. every thing
wnicn snouid vtictt the best hopes, ana ex
erti'ins of the generous and the good!
I confers my heart is full when I reflect
upon the glorious result which mast neces
sarily follow the erection of such aa Instu
tion. Look around you my friends, at ihs
condition, mental and moral, of many chil
dren whose fairies were once ornaments
to the Order. Amongst them. re many
who were deprived of the comforts of life.
end psssad under the iron yoke of poverty,
by the same blow which severed them from
parental care and assistance. Whilst pov
ny and suffering are .thus pressing them
to the earth, the wants ofthe body, you
Und ready to relieve. Your purse ts open
your hearts are open, to satisfy their hun
ger and clothe their nakedness. But oh!
how infinitely more important to their pres
ent and eternal happiness, is the satisfaction
of those other cravings which prey upon
the mind, and devour the imnvrial aspira
tions of the soul! Month after month pas
ses like a dark wave, into the Ocean of the
past -year after year with icy fingers creeps
upon them, but no hand is raised to lift from
of ignorance! - The light of intelligence U
around and about thera-ii beams forth from
every countenance, and Warms every heart,
but no ray is allowed to penetrate their
souls! none ofits genial influence warms
intoli'e and activity their down-stricken
minds! Amongst them may be those who
uiuler proper culture would leave 4he.im"
press of their minds" upon I 'the age' in which
they live trinsmitting to posterity a fame,
which wouiu noi oniy aau.io mo cnaracier
of the Order, but give new lustre to our
National renown! And yet we hesila'e!
The Fraternity, in every nart of the Civ
ilixed World, are awakening to the great
irtprtrrcnee-er mi soUjeel. They see and
feol that in the race of Mental and Moral
Improvement, which is now going on, and
which js giving to every thing a new and
more active form and character, thai for this
Order to stand by, in dull and listless inac
tivity, would be to falsify its principles, and
to assume a position which, even in dark-
of the Middle Ages, it would have scorned
to hold; foi even then, were ih Lodges "of
Europe the repositories ol Learning and
of the Holy Scriptures; ind from them- went
forth many a beam of light which burst
through the thick gloom that hung over the
con'inetit, and carried joy and mental free
dom to thousands!
What a noble example did the Masons of
Uermany, yenmark. and Sweden, , more
than half a century njro. pretent for" our inr
iuiion! Schools and Seminariee of Learning
were erected in many sections of those
countries, for theeducatioi of the children
of I asons." whoT By thei r "poverty," had been
debarred this advantage!
In an Institution of this kind, established
at Brunswick, the Students were taught al
the higher branches ol learning, and regu
larly examined by the Duke of Brunswick,
himself a bright and xealous Mason; and
the mst dewervmr amoitg therrr were"
warded with suitable premiums to stimulate
them to renewed exertions.
Al Eisenach seversl Seminaries of the
same character were erected and flourished
in erfew years, they had sent forth upwards
of eight hundred children, lustrocled in
all ihs principles of Science and Christian!'
ty.
In 1771. a like Institution was establish
ed at Camel, and continues to this dsy to
spread its blessings nroughoul the surround
ing lountrr. " " """
The united LoJges. of Dresden, l. eipiie,
and Garlitx erected, in .1773, at Frederick
stadt a Seminar of Learning, which has
been richly er do wed, and greatly encour
aged. In a few years after it went into op
eration, it hd educated and sent forth eleven
hundred children, many of whom subse
quently took their places amongst the most
distinguished Scholars and Sutesmen of the
Age. and Country in which thay lived; arid
even now, some of them are known to the
civilized world as being in tha Trnn t ranks
of ihe most illustrious men of Europe.
I ht same benovolenl and enlightened
spirit has governed the Fraternity in other
parts ol the has tern Continent. Andjshould
we who be'ieve that so much, both of in
dividual and National happiness and pros
perity depend upon the enlightenment of
thepublie mind, be found in Ihe rear of our
brethren whose Jots hava been cast under
the Monarchies and Despotisms of Europe!
Who csn calculate the value of such an in
stitution to the rising gene rntion aye to
generations yet unborn! None can estimate
what mental richness it may gather up for
our State and Country! -
Brethren, it is lor you to say whether
such sweetness is longer to be wasted on
the desen air whether such gems, such
intellectual riches are lo remain obscured
in the dssk, and now impenetrable, caves
of ignorance! -
With you I leave this cherished object of
1lte Order, -confidently assured that the ap
peal which is made by so many fthe needy
and aoeducatian Offspring of you brethren
lor light that tighr which lllnminetlhe
soul that light which point the way to
Heaen ilhHtght which tescbes tienot
all of life to live," but that there lies; beyond,
thi transitory existence a dread reality for"
eternal e al or woe, will JifttJbA made in
vain: put tha tlwre will be fotind, in every
section of our State, men who, with wise,
benevolent, and resolute hearts, will push
forward thw great work to a fiorihaa con
summation. Brethren, whilst remembering our sacred
obligations to each other as Masons, let us
nM, I beseech yoa, forget our duties and
reapoiiibilities as men and patriots. We
live in an age marked by stirring incidents.
I lit! human mulled terms more than ever
a tha witigf'W new discoveries, new expe
riments the human pasioos ever eager
for new gratifications. In this great drama
of life on this excited and varied stage of
action the humblest amnngt you ha a
part to pefoi m, either for good or ill The
civilized world has but recently been called ;
to contemplate a succession of Revolutions
which in many respects have no parallel in
history. The events, of the last twelve
months have overturned thrones and revo
lutionized Jong established government.
The. whole of Kniope has been writhing
under the throes of ihe mightiest political
Revolutions. I he sceptre of Monarchy
hna been shivered in the grasp of ancient
Uvnasties. It is proclaimed that the spi
rit of civil freedom has been aroused to
action, that her voice is heard in deep and
rewlute-
1 1 unga y and on the sunny plains of elss-
in Italy ha! the Ion? smouldering rshe
of down trodden and dismembered Poland,
ars about lo be rekindled and. that the
once Green Isle of the Ocean may yelbs
able to prove that she has not listened in
vain to the Heaven inspired Eloquence of
net uratUn aud her Curraru W hat . are
toV tba efftrcjs on the civilized world of
that -volcano which It" WireaWnmg to burnt
over Europe what horrors the eiuption is
to pioduce what fields are to be laid
waste, and depopulated by the hot lava
which will burst from its fiery crater what
villages and towns and cities, and temples,
are to be overturned and buried beneath
this molten mixta re of human passions
noon can foresee none can venture to
foretell. Doubt and darkness hsng over
the future. The sagacious and philosophic
mind ol Jdxckd Ui'rkx enabled him to
declare with truth when speaking of ths
Government which was reared upon the
ruins of the first French Revolution 'Be
fore its final settle nent. St may be obliged to
pass through great varieties or untried be.
. . . a ii .i -..
inr, ana in nu iisirsrumigranoni 10 on pu
rified by fire" and blood. " If the scenes
which have recently been exhibited in
Europe, a recurrence of which is still ap
prehended with awful terror and alarm, be
as is claimed , for them, but evidences of
the reusing up the full awakening to iu
strength, of thi long pent spirit of human
freedom and national regeneration, we csn but
bid it triumph; bullet ns notforgelto ask for
it to demand as neeesssry foi its permanent
suceesi moderation- and wis domt.thriiaf
snd holy guidance of Virtue and Religion?
Thank Heaven: we have no such political
tryanny to encounter no such religious
intolerance against which to struggle.
The civil and religious privileges which we
enjoy were won by the indomitable val
or and have1 been transmitted dowhi bf fhii
far seeing wisdom and prudence, of those
illustrious men whose fame has become the
common property of the whol nation the
common Inheritage of every friend of free
Government throughout the world! And
though so much has been dona by those
who have gone Wore us, atill the ciip of
our national and individual responsibility is
lull and it will not be permitted tn pass from
us. Of its ingred.ents we must drink at
every hazard our full shaie. The eyes of
all Nations and reople are turned, with
deep and ibsorb'ng anxiety, to onr Confed
eracyto our system of Civil and Religious
Freedom The enemies of Free Institu
tions watch iu progress with dread their
friends with delighted hope and iovout
confidence; and it is because they long for
its perpetuity and socces that they entreat
nt lo observe with sacred devotion the warn
ing of Washinoton "not to interweave our
destiny with that of other nations not to
enUngle our peace and prosperity in the
tors of burnpean ambition, nvalshtp, In
terest, humor or caprice-" It is only by a
frequent recurence to the wise and conser
vative counsels of this great man and hit
llustrious compeers, thst we can expect to
ptoteet from the machinstinns ol secret or
open enemies at home or abroad, the invalu-
ib't blessings we enjoy. I hey tsnghi us by
thele example that moderation is not always
the virtue of cbwsrds, nor compromise the
prudence or traitors, it is true, tlt tre have
not thessmecourseof duty to run the same
sufferings nnd privations to eneoun er the
same battles to tight tin same troubled sen
of political dangers to explore: But we have
the road of our duties and responsibilities
marked out before us broad and plain
thouh beser with difficulties arid arduous
of approach. We can be loval nnd tine lo
the Constitution and Lews of our country.
We csn rebuke all mean, sectional jealous
ties and animosities which . would . tnd to
embitter one portion of our people against
another wnicn would arouse in. hostile
conflict brother against brother father
egornsi oa son against fther drenching
one common soil with th blood of common
kindred and friends. We can place onr
stamp of disapprobation npon that' wild
and nnbridled fanaticism which would kin
dle the flrea of discord throughout our glo
rious confederacy, which would root up
the deep foundations of onr National pros
perity and renown. We caq assist in open
ing tie eyes of our countrymen, lo the
mischievous inteniious of wicked and de f
signing men. We can aid in pointing out '
to the ignorant the path to intelligence and
virtue "Skitur aJa$trl" We can in
stil into'tne harts of our children s high and
unconq uerable devotion to the Union. , We :
can invoke with humble confidence ihe
blessinga ofillrn Who holds as in the hol
low of Ilia hand the destinies of nations,
and who iodourfathers, with the same merei-
ftil care ami protection that he threw around
the Israelies of old through all the dangers
and fiery trials ol .he Ko volution!
Let us do this, and then indeed shall we
feel that we had accomplished something
as men ae patriiMa at M atone a G Chris
tians to discharge the heavy debt of grat
itude which we .owe to the grevt and good
wno nave long since run tneir career t ,
usefulness and honor and to tansmit to
posterity those civil eud religious blessings
winch they Uborcd even unlo UeMh to
establish, and which have proved lo be the
best birth right and noblest inheritance of
man. " "
To the Fir Auditors who have hunored -
us with their ' presence on th's occasinn.
vha'tfian I sayndTequal t4 thatWireh thy
richly meritr Had I - languiigo ade
quate to the sentimenu of respect and rev
erence which should ever b inspired bv
fieir beaming and, lovely countenances, I
might d we'l wiih pleasure on ths infltierce
wh'ch they always exert in lighten d ioci
sty, over the harsher lex.' I might sppeal
to rtoenhritlifmolIdM
ever srise in, the breast even of the most
csllous, at the mention of those familiar
hut magic wotit-MolherSUlerlfift!
I might dwell with delight on the earliest
dawning of those young affections of die
heart which tinder proper parental culture -
expanil into the amplest and iublintesl sen
timenta oTbenerorerinr atiJ patrioiisiti.
miff'n fallow the hopes of the mother as
with the eye of Christian faith and piety she
reared upo steruer manhood, those tender
virtues, which' In youth, tire "but the fore
shadowing n all the brghter and purerreali
ties of a well spent life. " Had 1 the power
of language, I might portray those charm
ing virtues of ih heart which hftvemade
the sex. in all ags, the pioneers in every
o(,manl .1 might picture . lo . you . the self-.
denial, the fortitude, the suffering, the gen
tleness, the unceasing charity exhibited bfZ
them In the midit'of sickness,' sorrow, and
distress ' ' ?".
- From dawn 71"',.
IV midnight, keepinz angelie watch beside
The ebbing apujt) lighting ia Wsy to Heaven!"
But I forbear under the confident belief,
that in this as in every other good etuse, '
we shall have the approving amllea of
tbrtae" who; ir they tin the first to eiclis tir-"
evil, should bo ihe Issl to (iese't good:
And let them ever remember, that, inas.
much at one claiming to belong to the Or '
der of Free and Accepted Masson. forgets,
or neglects the saersd duties of d'tmestio
life dashing to tha earth all the holy trea
sures of Wis! love and "filling wUh" piiisbn""'"
the cup of connubial happiness insomuch
has he depsrtsd from the high and enno '
blingprecepriofthsOrdei! . .-.
. BnETHRisfH have thus in my feeble
way, performed the Usk which your parti
ality allotted me. Would that I had pot.
tessed tha ability to do justice to lhoss
principles of our Order, ihe beauty and
power of which are this day being illus
trated throughout our own country and in
every part of ibe Civilized W or IcC From -
all those who desire lo seethe prece p' of
Kindncss substituted lor ..the influences or
Foucn in the government and control of
the minds and hearU of man, the Institution
of Free Masonry must ever receive tha
highest commendation and the richest re'
ward that Earth can bestow I Under such -hopes,
its disciples esn "go fsrth to meet
the shadowy future without fear and with
manly hearts." And may the Great Raler
above so chasten your minds and govern
your actions, that yoa may.be prepared
for an entrance into the TtwrLH "not made
with hands eternal in the Hci.vr.st!". . im
MARRYING FOR MONEY. '; ',
A prudent and Welt disposod member of
the Society of Friends once gave the follow-.
Ing friendly advice: -, - ; -..- i
"John, said ho, I hear thou art going: j
to be marriod." -. ',-. ,,lt
"Yea," mplied John, "I am. , : ; u
"Well 1 have only ono iittlo piece of ad-
to give thoe, , and that is, never marry a ,
woman wprth more than thoa art, .When-
I married my wife, I was . worth just fifty :
cents, and she was worth sixty two ccntv, ..
and whenever any difference ha oocurcd.
between us since she has always thrown up
the odd ohilliiig.-?;r:nr
r; i .. I - i n . .
Nrono EuoaEcE A dandy black sten
ped into a provbion store in this city to buy
some potatoes; btitore purchasing hfl .gave :
the followijig lrulycloqttpnJ .deriptipn pC, 4r . ,,,
iu nature: ' ...... , .i:... .
"De tater is inevitably bad or inwariallvs '
goad.Diirn it no mediocrity in the conabi-
nation ob de tater. De exterior may indeed,
appear remarkably exemplary andbilesome. ,
while ae intenor is totally negative; but sir, f
if you wends de article 'pon your , own re
commendation knowing yon to he a man of ,
probability in all your transactions, why, sir, .
without furdrctfCurnWution, I take i tush-
el." 4 v 'ft.'.r .-"..:irfc:-.-r.j6 ;i
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