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THE OLD NORTH STATE A mTi
LBWIS HAIIBt, Ud. 4l Fro. i Iu,
Vtrarsoaw rgntor. -wo . i
i ll I
viewed.
Volte. 7 he M interim o fV-
Itv m H. smith, Si1. IUl
t' : .Mm. B. Hmilh & Co. lNoo.
(M -W Staff.
sries of Freemasonry. , ,,7, , y JWeiwiwoMry. By
Mm Wm It Hmi'h '' ' "' -V. (' . Win. Smith, 4 Autwr '
V- ' ) "' -" 1V '' 1 "' War," etc. Raleigh
IMI it.,H mm, it wiin- rem-aiii"'..- '"'"
ta in.it )i t..i this etemitilc and strange
i, v .1 . niir'ui hnk, a review totally
mireircs.-ii(i:i;r I In- author itiul subiecl
A
Iruiu
metaphorical and symbnlirtt. stylo. Words
may enlighten the aaicrwteiiding, katapte,
ttre-jsowies, images, address the profoaud
t ut sentiments uf the heart. I'bat faculty
which we denominate the reas, the spir
it, whose appropriate iMatiwrneut of ttrr
mice is speech, is Mt Um source tt Mtivi-
ty, nor ki lk nnMi'ii element iu man. It
iLrwt, deter mm aiid but its
jutAmrajet generally partial, negative
and eclisb ; n-ver does it elevate tk soul
nor ill it with a divine enthusiasm ; it em
atea no heroes, nor kaa it ever accomplish
ed any great thing, for humanity ! It
the eonl which acta, which makea
i sprcsentmiT the author mid subiecl. tee aoel whicn acta, wmcu mas.es mo
...isco ption of ideas ;i it review breve te face danger and strong to endure
u ill tene and t. miV, ui.iETug the Ite-1 fatigue ; and thrsoul a language is not rer-
neati-d tu ir r.-ltu
writ-i by a pcntin-iit .Hna f V . cr
thai sif nature f ."Me-." We ttlal .
tia that kouk haft l-wo nbI to
M, W tl.' kW Wf I " ' 'I in
iMeom-rrrjW.rfr.viehi:1t and bad j,,,, ,,,' that eiie, diatin- Ui, but not ayinUlic and nttul. Net
thervws jiined it t.. a ninMe fth n.l f..r ,.,lli.L,. u ,iJt. fraU.miiv, Ima ilivaJged that man Uvea but feeU.at tiinea, that UngtaM
MTf wk" 4Wihrd thr rrvi.-w pun- . ,,.. , t',, i, II, iiud making in iia Impph at cumhinalioua, ia all too weak
K.ett tu- j van. f .-rh ntiiiTriiT ' .7..rrnrni" iaiM -mMw. to nrt thrtw bnrntne thouftita elMI
. ill. .....i..... kk I .i... i.. i.u ikm iiiiv tinii a kev to ! atir np hit eoul into a very temp-at of
mW aiii.iU-r.if !!. A" : In' -rtrtyH. ot m.moury. ii'-w i.na.M u.
I).-.
M'liran. hi lh
.Sua--. a Maai: Mi4faii'h-, ptiitli.-h.-.l in i!.il
iark. ky Wm. H. Smith Ac t''-. iver
(bvaieeetwe Uhlm" Th'm livt writ.T
te .uhe arvtv- up"" ar revi- -r. ami .'xpr.-s-e
aerprito fnt joereal srniulJ fifT.T
a rtitieivm runtahiine jwr.n:il aWe ami riJ
Jrtrtf uf the euthor to be In wrted." Not being
a m.i.u wf were, uf eonraej not eoinjaitent
aXeA?UtTrV rtaiS? did not
4Vrot)llinjL,re never have pnWUhwl
hu " M.f -I.." f-r iu -tu".-.-. c-u-
truesietopersonal ahn.-.- aiKiriilieul4j a pas
aage Uick we n-:;nrdVil as nre, UaJiuage n
i uUy iqiii that nrua. "Ja i ue in-
, to what latitude, Norte -r Month.
lb., s.ntk h;.il fVi.m." waa not uniWtootl
bruaestt ia edevtond tf " Meeon." It
Hat lltrHWlJ Ml Tiilli fi 1 a an Snjnrwns
bapntation niKn hi ehuniete-r M a a Vsly in
nvndoaa to XortT. otS.inth, i.teutifviug or
connecting kirn with the gret Yankee hum
bugging machines, pjiiiio; offhoiiks preteud
teg to be ivAvlalivna of uutaour) ." U was.
a.- lK-fi-r..- MJ. a im-rv play npnu tkf words
deK-" and the in'juiry as to . hat latitude
"Jferf r &Wlt,,r ore . was made. beAtise
atiiude u Xor,h iUIU Sentb ""' ?as
Weal, Sor did we nuden-tejid " Sjuai " as
cbacgiug Mr. SiaitU wth xevealuig tb ' Mj
twtea " ef the Ordex, aa - M:w n " dwea 1 1
did. iadveak say that the wh4e b-xtk pn-oateV-d
opne ba teee of eidiarhteuing the pro
a. t aaaidaal it did .-idiahten tVm. This,
wetfioeght. and still think, vrns fairly to V
dedeeed rVoaa flke" title of the hook. As one of
the "profan" if are had be.ii W tti purchase
the bvvk. al- fruiu the atUaetiont of the. ti
tle page, and without any know leJjre of the
ehafgcMr of tlie...uthot it would have lw-eu
with a'w to team euuw-tluiiK aUiut "th
Mjaaiaiaa of Free Masonry "y He only iu.l
that Mr. Snaith bed "piaeed irhrim-lf in this del-
irate dHewia. if he has e)rosel our myktenes
Rot wiiieh honi of the dilema ili.l he assign
Sir. Smith. Certainly not that of having re
vealed the " Mysteries " of th- order. This
ia elearjj manifest by ilhe suLsetjueut deolara
tiou that by "iubstitntiug the name of Win.
B. Siath. 3 titeg., in the" plane of 'Feeemff
boury,' a t would have a title at once just ami
uau-4ue." that it Waa "emphatically the Mys
teries of Waa, B. SanithSMeg."
Whatever may fce saKl of the seTeriry-fpf th
crirle?swi ei''ee rerie'er. it appears M ns to
have bepti nothing hnt a erttielsTii. ridietlling,
indeed the author's book, but treating the au-
untUr- uorfootlv "ufc by cri
r . .77 ran a
Mataai inaaonia li e
nrofaue world has rural v
ranw
ftiuiult'd. this Is. mav atipiar from an
uuii.ialiou of the book iU-lf.
It is no caay task to prejwrt! a masonic
eaaay on any aubj.-ct. I'Iuj writeria cir
euinHcrihid always within the liuiita
of. the ritual; that he cannot paae.
Li order to ob ia'e this, writers are uoces
aarily comiM'lled to resort to caprcaeiout
thai aavor much of eircuuilocuiiou, and
fiifci thr-noM'"
iltsuu-n. iten
vcr attempted
to put the touchstone of criticism to it, well
kuuwing that any masonic work, written
for the craft, is mystic to a great degree,
as to the profane. Not only is this so, but
the. craftsman eVen, must be expert in the
hidden Jnre of masonry to understand per
fectly the mnsontc writings. Masonry is
Imcapablc of being written and hence, one
must attempt to come as cloae to rr
tiuy. it a he may, so as. to he nndrrstood
by the crnfk, and not anderst.wd by the
profane. A full, free, discussion its to the
orijrtrr, design, spirit and symbolism of mt
s.itirv is as old as the day of Hutchinson
and ' Hiver.
There it auother point of vlt-w, in which
masonic literature is to be inspected. The
grand body of masonry iu great symbol
i.-m, is no secret, but it is a mystery, aa
muck so aa the immortality of the aoul,
the resurrection of tlie dead, the theory of
l.t'.; ami death. This great symbolism, 1
assert is a mystery, as great a mystery, as
stormclouds. earthquake, or any other na
tural phenomenon.
A Lodge uncovered represents the ma
terial universe. The great teachings of
masonry which were BTice serret, bnt now
open, are relative to the true morals by
which men should act towards each other.
Among its aucient secrets were the scien
ces of architecture, geometry and mat he
inatics, as applied especially to the other
two. Hut it is a great educator; itdirect
the eoatuniplative mason to study the great
Hook of Nature and Revelation, to survey
the bouudless universe, studded with "lakes
rimdinsr i. rooks, restless oceans," etc., as
U vote a portion' et lus time, in ordor to
that he may improve himsulf, and more' es
peciafly since by such study and contem
plation, he is ennobled and his mind puri
fied, his soul elevated to higher, holier and
ptirer thoughts, and thereby better fitted
to qndet-gjand the symbolism the (rreat
symbolism of masonry ; and also the lesser
symbolisms, ami to discharge his duty as
a mason, a man and a patriot. To these
things masonry can only appeal legitimate
ly, ."hi: cannot she dare not appeal to
any w ritten book, for Jews, Christians and
Mahommedans are all masons. Then the
IF, V J ft rilH rlw fit. -It , VQti.rii.a r.t' kmiL..
aatw, J..J...,..-u.u,j ..u aiauaessano Il4((di gfrotching around the earth, and link
resprct. ttao appeanug to us it found a( inp-, mvFteriouslv, masons of erery cftnn
into one band or society of brothers and
irmnds. I he re mysteries, great mys
t.-ri'-s mvstenes to tile mason, mvstern-s
- a, r jk
emotion, lli-iie.- religion, which concerns
the sail intimately, is always in its truest
slate associated w ith a ritual, the more iav
poaing, sublime, and beaatifel, the better."
Again, on page 1 1, speaking of the aye
tery of the nature of man, be says : mL
" W ho can deny the very nature of man!
It lift's beeu truly said that the chief reason
uliv tin- church of Koine has coutinudflfli
maiiiuiu so nowerful aa eainira over
. iv as.. I ' - t. n iinvn
eyes, it aeensaa u - -
shadow over whatever he baa made aoel
d. ligate and o 4 divine, to heighten oar
aspkatkai. after it by He ieafaiy, and so
to soften iU lustre froa our gaae, aa he baa
placed lids over eur eye to temuer tne im
pressioa ef light upon them, and night ov-
er the stars w iiica. p-
tkea In their airy ocean, and aeaaure n.
power and grattM by those etude of fire
which His liigeta, aa they touched the
vault of heaven, have stamped on the firm
ament. Valleye an the myetertee of land
wm, The more we leaf te penetrate
.1 winil l,n, nun
more incy mj "
Mist IS to mountains
ikffel havi
na etaained therefrom, which
kave all men know ; feeling
t we do, in these- revelations
I ruth a
aa aufeii I
MT
Wf
ourselves, that we do, in these i
or conclusions, find as much of
la onened to mortal knuledire-
pcikaptat ila feeble atreugth ia capabeVtf
grasping. Let us see, then bow mush y
this rrutk there is iu masonry t
Speaking of ihe fnndn. ntal kcUineft
of UMsonry, he menlioial theia thai :
" 1st. N'o atheist can be Ull( n,a
And he assigns the reasons why.
"tnd. The Holy Uihle is the Great
Light of Masonry.
3rd. In a cnrelu! dissection ot tlie An
ime, syal
il
rlit-m. the
kij,. i,.iiiMfl
what illusion is lo love ft elevates them.- frfpnt Ijindtnitrki, wc Ihnf, ontof the wj
Myaterv hovers ever everything nere ue- entocn therein contained, nrw veannarw
low and solemnise all things to the eyes rectly upon the moral character of mason
and' heart. ' V which may be summed up as follows :
" So the piaeid Uke, like the calm hap- . ' Maaoary ia-a ayaUun of teaching. JO'lU-
pluess of a resigned wilt, speaks to us of hoTfeaily, Pletv, Morality, Science, Thart-
a mystery; the little rippling brook ant ty and Self Discipline,
the line running riref, wlrieh, like hnaaa The Lew of God it the uki and limit
life and human sorrow, go oe and on, for- of Freemasonry.
ever and forever, apeak of a ayetery; the 4 Masonic Qualification regrtrd the Ipen-
restless ocean, like huaan anruiah, rising tal, moral ana physical nature of man.
and aura-ins; in billowy grandeur and re- 4 Personal worth and merit are the J)aJs
. , . .L. U.I m ,aBil .L. I U i A .4
Siettrei Mtie, speaaa or a mjiwiy mto " , oi mibcuu wonn mm iHvi. J
my breese of a frh May moniing fans J 4th. Our duty to each other are summed
our cheeks and touches our lips with a kiss! up in five Pobta.
the whirlwind crasbiug lis 6ju. iTto mystery oi tue anwiuuj
L I l.nlN.ll tlML I ftAA' - ft. M ' w ,
spSftflrTJilrywW?yj rif f nc mitiiintiv of thwfcPdifcB eWiAa
lung vivid glimpse of etera-
rollinsr through arching domes of the trem
bling heavens, speaks of a mystery ; inouu
tains towering away up in tne blae vista
of hanging clonds, and fratted with the
glistening snows and ice of endles winter,
speaks of a mystery ; the sighing pine of
the lowlands, bending their boughs in
measured cadence with the requiems which
the winds sing in their branches, ejjeak of
a myatery ; the great silW, which gives us
heat and light, the myriad of twinkling
stars in tlie etherial vault above, speak of
a mystery ; the unnumbered planet, stand
ing s'iH, floating Iarily or dancing, eddy
ing round aud round, through the bound
less realm of eternal space, speak of a mys
tery ; the little fair haired babe, uttering
from the cradle of its mother's arms the
He man. That is all we ! first intelligible parts of language, speaks
the relation, we, the of a mystery ; the grown up man, wlns-
the midst ot bis strength ana
us,
feel
It so appeanug to us it
a - a ...
piaee uu our euwuins, waicn, otherwise, it
would not hawedeno. And we are sorry thai
wv oaaet say a much for "Macon's" review
of oux reviewer- He ays, am. tug other t hi n'gs :
" I say honestly, that I tlo doubt that the.
writer Is a ftUasun in good standing," ami aj3-s
"haveavt the proprietor of thu Old 2ivrth
ftStefrawbiaattod this bok to a who is under
toe aavaa," an1 expresses n.c opinion aeriiHjs
ly sad eaadidly " that we fcavo U-e n rfsly
hwavhegglsil by ear reviewer. Ae-fotc. fh re.
wura vriinre oniy 10 say mat our re
viewer is a 1
mate IrftMl iud, whom wv tnow to be a
' in-STwaJ HandiUK tlie pat M.i.j. r of
-hi M. C-formerly. and mt a
t ahaV afaeev writer for the aforesaid
life Magariue, tiff Key Stone, and rhn.
hat a vry aharj time U-f.re thp'a'pnearann
to the prafotiie Tho Sty ma reviewer has
totttHy tuisccived the terms. Uro. Smith,
iultteed. lias pointed out, from a high- stand
point; those ot the physical and mental
world, what the studious craftsman may
contemplate aud should study, as 44 looking
through Nature np to Nature's God;" and
also to study tlje mysteries of the great
iimrnernoon, tne great orucr, and its great
yniuoiism. xie has (tone nothing with tlie
high-toned gentleman ailiTftnjnti-tcwe'4' ('J masonry. The mason who has
committed to memory the secrets of mason
ry, has started in the wrong direction, and
needs more light. It is not the little,srefo
of tlie Order that make it mysterious, but the
great symbols of the Order, and this may
be studied somewhat by the profane, aud
if more perfectly. Derhans. bv the initiate.
.a . - . . - - a i j '
toe rexw, was aolwitvd by Mr. rfif ith to j Itns great, symbolism ajid is not often
wte fof MM ad fi.ruis't f .r it tome iu- j enough bronght before the craft, and I do
,f'avNsfa matoc a rhanietar connected i think nat Bm. Smith has supplied vacu
'4wilh iftWideuti'.ftf'lhe Ian- war. With aU these j Um" ''rne work nPon
evideiiees f hi!rma..,ittV.ar!,i...r i-J..,.. ... i con s Analogy oetweeu tteveaied and
iat t. be VotMfitvifft.1 that we wlecttj him to
rtrwrW the mk.
tve are aartdiutr s rrr that " Macon "
has ut writ'e" his rerkrw of our review, r in
e1! rjnrlf TKal we ? mH.ii I justice to tMi rself
Natural Keligmn end Ancient Craft Ma
sonry filled a gan, but did not cover thi-pn-cise
ground wh eh Bro. Smith does in
his work, and I hope a copy of this little
book wfll find its way into every aitaou's
nana ; and he will thereby be stimulated
aaaiftftVtHitit tthjftHWietbrfniglteajr t1 ndy more diligently the5 great and
ptd'tma jaj aerinrm w-tdtjieTr -ktVhTt h-aatifoi sy mbotism of the Order, and the
fri-ud peewaaallr almsn.ft tnusth..J.v.fta-... myTtenes or tne anifem
uytvwd. lltaa we .hi- ; -t o and eanuot r -
f aJaarataway uhnteii With ih.-o..n,rm-..r-y
haawuoa igiai";,Nl "Ma.-oi." We bare
uuia-
baafffug
Having premrsed thus much of the sntrit
and design of the work, I call attention to
a tew extract from tlie book, remarking
however, that the work sets out by rela
ting thnje several incidents illustrating the
injlip-nce of trie, my sterious link of masons
spoil three great types of human kind
Then, treating the influence which myste
rious symbolism has on man, the author
proceeds : ... .-
u Dy dijicardiug the language of sym
bols, which, through the imagination speak
tn tlie soul, we lose the most efficient and
powermi moans ot imparting religious and
moral instruction. Mere word never make
a I ft finer ii:mri'4lnn nn tlfta kftftM. an A
Of Vermont Ji ,f p.-s-cd th. y stir up piofound emotions, unless they
ire accompmicd by some significant acts,
gesture or attitudes on the part of the
speaKVr, or are wrovgbt np I a highly i
a sKinsr to .. ha, -fo? anil r! m-i.-h
ia esplanat:n .if the eonrKe which we bare
th.Ujrbt c.'-r t.. pnra.
Hot haii.t: altuWed Uie rrifieisin of Mr.
Soiitfc'a lo.,!, t., uj.jw-nr iu (,ur eolnmna, w e
Vem it hut an art ..f j.jst'ie.- t,, tlU) mlearaii
t repru.lwft- iu out iftkier., muru $ "Ma
eon' " article a' ia r-vU- ,r a ad defence uf
that hak which wiii br iuqnai ia amabcr ool-
naMtaaJ druou. -uHa for
of twe years, a solbrient cause for
poetical, which always most and wlH com
mand the reverence of sensitive and iaagi-
native beings."
In chapter II., in treating oa masonry
and what it is, be uses the answer given
to H.-nry VI : ''The skill of nature and
tho understanding of tlie mighty "
As to thu nature of man and of masonry,
be says :
44 Do you ask me what Lis nature te do
with masonry T
" What is nature T
44 Is it not all that we see around
above us, beneath aud all that we
within us T
"Of all the works of nature as Crea
tion which we see about us, maiiMs, as
we have been informed by tee Great Huil
der of the Universe himself, the greatest of
l u m all. e an- tulti that lu Ills owu
image created
I Ml........ .1... wn
Alton . it lintt-vrr tm; "oni ivr,,, . . .
workmen, may bear, the Chief Oveaeer,
iu an v other respect than our material form
we are left to divine through our ewn pow
ers of thought aud inspiration.
44 In examining the nature of man and
the nature of masonry an pnknowu writir
has said : 'Why, let u ask, arc not all
men virtuous 7 Masonry desire that her
principles' should be univcriHtL that all men
should be charitable friendly nnd faithful
But, when she looks around and observes
the fraud aud vice which everywhere pro-
vail, she rigntly invites the good and vir
tuous alone to partake of her mysteries.
If all men were masons, tho end of the in
stitution would be dlfeot'd. Tho respon
sibility which is nttached to each mcmber
as bei'iitr bound to promote the cause of
ttomjht - mv raUaMaaMMi Ha,...!
stand would sink into insignificance That
manly pride w-hich dilute the heart of ma
son would be converted into disgust. Gold
would be less precious if it were less rare;
diamonds no longer esteemed if gathered
iu every valley. And an institution which
has existed for ages; woich boasts of a
Soh, m. in, a St. John, a:.d a Washington,
when every knave and fool could claim
its privileges would fall into iiicnablc con
tempt.' "
Asserting that these truths can never
.! in. !l- into mulling, he continues, on
pages 18 ond 19 i
44 A fool cannot be a wise man ; a great
principle can never 'fall into ineffable con
tempt !' Alas ! we cannot reusouably
hopc, it seems, in accordance with that
infinite law of things material and things
spiritual, ot things past and things to
come, that all men will ever gaae upon so
much of radiant gooducss and glory, as
even the dim light of masonry.
44 Man, in this incomprehensible, nature
of things, is, himself, an inexplicable mys
tery. Upou the same theory, precisely,
the great fundamental principles and ends
of masonry, are the great mysteries of the
Order. These are the true secrets. These
are the secrete w hich we study which all
true masons study and try to learn, and
try to impart to our fellow-men. But the
dullness of human sagacity, the infinite
weakness of human sight and the clumsi
ness of that immortal part within us while
fettered by tbeae earthly structures of hu
man life, combine to throw a shadow over
all the bright and eternal principles of ma
sonry. e see them only ' as through a
glass darkly,' and the very laws ana ob
jects and science and philosophy which we
study, become greater myetoJica to us,
than we can possibly be to those who
km. w not what we study.
14 I bese principles, themselves, are not
secrets ; that Is to say, they are clear and
well defined sometrttere And so.m day,
when we shall uo longer have to shelter
these blood-stained brows of purs from the
glare of the great stm, whose brightness
and glory witt oat let look upotT hy we
-liaJJ ce th.-iu , some day, when darkness
shaft be made light, when croaked thin
shall be made straight, and when we shall
be led by a way that we know not, they
will be revealed to us, and the lost word
will be found t"
And again, beginning on page 1 :
"Bnt now, while this shadowy veil of
humanity hang over us, the shadow the
veil itself, becomes a mystery. Perhaps,
in our weakness, it is necessary that we
encounter this latter mystery te be drawn,
by the infinite and charming skill of na
ture, to the grandeur of the sublime fiiatn.
ty which is beyond.
" Lamartioa says : ' Ia the beauty of
form, or of moral character, er of the ma
terial creation, H is that which is most
veiled, whiftih ia most beautifuL The mys
teries ot the kest and of natare are the
delight of the intellect, the soul of the
lightnings flashing
It
irliranse of eUru- and the universality of it lanhtuure
ily through the broke chasms of black has lived hi every civilised country and
clouds, speak of a mystery ; the thunder dime. History bears honorable record of
poring in the
power ami majesty, tlie jargon oi a uame
which he knows liot, and if he knew, would
fear to prononnce, speaks of mystery ;
aud the little coffin, by the opcu grave,
filled with a wa x.-u figure, upon, which
lime has set no seal, and the pale rese-bnd,
clasped for the ovenuore, In its small, thiu
hand, speak of a mystery. Everything
even the breath wc breathe, the word we
speak, the power of sight with which we
behold the flowers of thu fields, hearing,
tasting, smelling, feeling, and the physical
strength with which the reader is enabled
to turn these pages speak of a myste
ry. "The fouifoation and spirit of masonry,
with the dust and glory of ages and cen-
Hutu, no ,..a is ..AsOi't , .innoei Vin tn lnfll
he-.ven, couneemng man "with the greet
Source of the beginning aud the ending!
oy f ffen artistfc Wcand r inductive science
and sublime ulegoric blending of things
now and things to come, partakes in its
nature, largely of the majesty and beatity
and glory of all these mysteries. It has
in it something of them all !
" Masonry is, in brief, an attempt at a
comprehensive systt-matiziug of all these
awful mysteries an elementary school for
their study while the mysteries them
selves arc but the skill of nature, demon
sfated for the purpose of leaching man
his source of being, his existence and his
ret irning. And if nature, alter applying
to man, to an his "senses and understand
ing, this skill of h-rs, fads to impress him
with what he must learn she possesses still
other means of arousing him. '
44 Her skill is safficieut. If the lesson
trill not be learned before, it must be t audit
fm death'
Aud again on page 26 we. have the fol
lowing inimitable sketch of the skill of na
ture : X - r '" ",. :
"This wondrous skill of nature is the
corner-stone and the capstone of masonry.
It is the hid din vault that lies beneath us
and the living arch that bends above as. "f
It places upon our eyes the hoodwink of
the flesh, while an unseen Friendly Hand.
reaching out of the cloud, lends" u over
the rough and rugged way of time, beneath
that mighty arch ot the armament, down
through the cold dump darkness of that
vault, the depth whereof no human plum
met can ever sound, out into the glories
and the evcrliviner presence of the etem
al Temple, where there is need for no moo;
sun, nor moon, uor stars, and w here udor
ing worlds loin in the refrain, 4 44 The Lord
w ooott, JffsiHrrcy endure th forever ! "
In chapter III., treating of the under
standing of the mighty, and what ft is, he
answers by saying 44 if Truth " Speak
ing of the answer as to what troth is, he
uses tlie following :
"St. John the Evangelist, tells . us
(viii, 37th snd Hh s) 4 Pilate therefore
said unto bun. Art thou a king then
i eaus answored, Thw SyeaTlh)a T
king, is this end I was bora sod for this
cause earn I into the world, that f steftjo?
bear u-Umss to the Irttth.
I'.l.,.. ..:.!. . t . -wmrt . . ,
i. io F.iiiu unto mm, rr nmr ts
irwn, Ann when he had this, he
as
out.
a ... Z Tr us.tka . BfOV eSaaA
its aeivaaaenMnr am aaxa.a o
its shining lights to bigoted Egypt in the
darkest days of it idoktryy it shrank not
from the threatened tortures of the Crusa
deJ.vlV oarrfcdt lis Ufttt W fMpr
brnwnt irrirt th hush the masonic teach
ings of a Pythagoras, or a Thales - and
the plains ef Clialdca, and the mouutains
of Judo, the deserts of India, nd the
valley of the N3e, were cheered by iu
un-si-uee and eulivcnod by its soag. Kings,
princes and potentates of tlie earth have'
beheld with awe its hteroglyihie light, and
have been proud to wear its mystic em
blems. It exists every wnera there uv hur
iii ui language. It numbers to-day within
its secret pale, it is said, moro males than
all the religious orgaukuiiions on the face
of the earth. The .Jew, before the altar
on the sacred mount the Parsec, hi Istt
adoration of the Sun the Massalmau,
bowing to the. East in prayer tlie Oreek,
before the shrine of his divinity the
Christian, in devout faith at ihe foot of the
cross, all alike, know and understand iu
mystic language and all alike, do rever
ence to the Truth which they find therein.
-J-If now, all these tenets, and doctrjpc
and iifll uences, impressing themselves upon
all men and all ages of the world these
'sundry workings' of the understanding of
the mighty have nothing of Truth iu
l hem, there is no Truth this side of tin
grave. There may net be much, t do
not believe there is ; but if there be niry,
I ant not afraid to declare that Masofiry
haj in it more of this Ineffable Substance
i Int. any other moral iusUtUtioll ever de-
-irBTJHJ fii'.VVi i stamling ot the Wisest
and the wisdom of ages, eoneentratcd into
a simple science so simple that even the
blind may road, And ye, so full of awful
grandeur that the profoundest Student, ns
he billies himself in its mysteries, will
tremble before its fi.lt but unseen pres
ence.
Again, speaking of mysteries, he nscs
the following :
"This undeniable skill of nature, which,
being read as wc humbly and reverently
try to read it--with the understanding of
the mighty nnd which wc call masonry,
possesses secondary, inherent mechanical
mysteries, that arc beautiful even in their
everlasting Mmeucssandshuplrcitv. These
minor, Internal tWstcrles1 are doubtless, iu
a limited proportion, to the profane w hat
the real mysteries are to the initiate These
may, perhaps, be called its 'sundry work-
: i mi - '. .- 5. .5Si.. .
'ge- i ue rcai mysteries make their im
pression upon the inner life -the heart;
these make their impression upon the out
er Jiffci-thc world.
" TJiedejkiiefs which is supfaiaed to en
velope 'MAjtyte jn iu- anfiarabers
might be consideind emblettWcl oftJm
darkness of the human nature. Or, as has
poejn nt ly said, we wight consider it as in
vested with a pore and dignified reference,
because it is attached to system of truth.
Darkness places before the mind a series
ot the most awful and impressive images.
It point to the shadow of death and the
obscurity of the ga ve, si faef 7orrunnor
of a more brilliant and never fading light,
which follows at the resurrection of the
just. Figure to yourself the beaut y snd
strict-propriety el ihtt reference, you who
have been raised to the third degree of msA
sonry. Were yonr minds enveloped in
tbc shades of that darkness ? So, shall
you be enveloped in the darkness of the
grave, when death has drawn his sable
curtain nttund yn. Did vou rise to a
splendid scene of intellectual brightness ?
So, if yoa are obedient to the precepts of
masonry, shall you rejoice on the resurrec
tion morn, when the clouds of "irrr and
imperfrefMn. are scMcated from
and you behold, with nvciled eve, the
gterifT oT MM Met; sail she eveaasatsns;
ite, 44 I AU Til it I AM" I A at 1 UK
TfiCTH !
" Th harm is a messenger froa the
heart to tlie external world, and it performs
ks ftmctioa woll. It is believed to con
rey many masonic signs Perhaps it doct.
I let e uo objection to telling you frankly,
in the language of Monteigre, what it does:
Wilt Jiapd mo demand, we promise,
we sail, dismiss, threaten, entreat, suppli
cate, reckon, confess, n-pent, express lear,
shame, doubt we instruct, command, in
vite, cueourago swear, testify, accuse, con
demn, acuaitj ictoramcnd, insslt, desMsc,
defy, MhaJWli? flatter', ipfald, tsffTMu
ridicule, re con rite, exalt, regale, ghtddcii,
complain, afflict, discomfit, ischaajr, sa-
licate silence, and wnst
d multiplication that
aim. ind
Ulllish. e.
not. with a variety am!
keeps pace with the 'tongue.
AiMlfOftto asWsttks fVfttflft1
WoVkMngs 'of the fnndV, and the skMime
teachings and MSpfcations f the other side,
of masonry ire all, but one untiring snd
cndlees search after Truth the beginning
of the lite- that never dam . Xaraal ss the
Mystery of Free masonry and of all thjayf"
From these extracts the reader, whether
initiate y profane, can jofig for himself
hiow totally a mismsxatioti of the work
has boert made hy 8hfma J and if a mason
desire to know the higher and more beau
tiful teachings of the symbolism of mason
ry, let him rpad the hook ; and to the pro
fane, who desire to know that masonry a
intellectual and not confined to mumbled
secrects, of words, slgus, lec,, lot htm read
the book. "
As to the " Ancient and Ar
T have but one thing to say,
iievw boa Initiated into iu my
that is : In every country where it is prac
ticed, the best men of those lands are a
moiig its in. inhcrs in liuasia, Prussia,
Knwwi Moolk Aoseitea aad other- grt
masonic stafes. Even in America, fhe
names r,f Pike and JIacloy head the list,
aud thi- ot itself s Imm Id be a aiffictent sc
euriiy, I think, against any attaol upou it
by aiiy one who ha the in tares of mason
ry at heart.
In eoucItrsioB, I hare only add, that
if SiyiMi's article be Teally written by a
mason, I here enter my protest against any
sech style of criticism, either among pro
fanes or initiative. Macon.
ecrted Rite
as Xhavc
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