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LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1891.
NO. 13
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Professional Cards.
Has located at Liucolnton and of
fers bis services an physician to the
citizeps ot Lincolnton and snrrouud
ing country.
Will be toand at night at the res
idehce of 13. C. Wood
" March 27, 1891 ly
BAETMSTT SEIFF,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
.Jan, 9, ibni. ly.
Finley & Wetmore,
''. ATTYS. AT LAW.
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Will practice in Lincoln and
surrounding counties.
All business put into our
hands will be promptly atten
ded, to.
April 18, lb'JO. lv.
SURGEON DENTIST. j
oV-FiftE IN COBB BUILDING, MAIN ST.,
LINCOLNTON, N. C
July 11, 1890. ly
DENTIST.
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Cocaine used for painless ex
tracting teeth. With thirty
years experience, batisiaction !
iiven in all operations Terms j
jash and moderate.
Jan 23 '91 lv !
JO TO I
SOIDTIHIEIRIS STAIR
BARBER SHOP. !
Newly fitted up. Work away& i
leatly done. Customers politely j
wailed upon. Everything pertaiu
ng to the tonsorial art is done
iccordiug to latest styles.
Henry Tailok. Barber.
Who Is Yur ISeHt Friend?
Your stomach of course. Why? liecaus
f it is out of order you are one of the most
miserable creatures living. Give it a fair
honorable chance and see if it is not the
best friend you have in the end. Don't
smoke in the morning. Don't drink in the
morning. If 3011 must smoke and drink
vaa until your stomach is through with
breakfast. You can drink more and smoke
more in the evening and it will tell on you
less. If your tood ferments and does not
digest right, it you are troubled with
Heartburn, Dizziness of the head, coming
on alter eating, Biliousness, Indigestion,or
any other trouble ot the stomach, you had
psbuse Green's August Flower, aefs no
person can use it without immediate relief
FIGURES DO NOT LIE.
I advertise the largest stock of
lowest tuices of auy dealer North or
READ THESE PRICES.
A KSttan body Baby Carriage, Wire Wheels, only $ 7 50
Genuine Antique Oak Bed Room Suit (10 pieces) .25 00
Walnut frame Wool 1 lush Parlor Suit (6
Antique Oak Sideboard, with large glass
Standing IIhII Racks, with glass
Antique Oak High Back Wood Seat Rockers 1 50
Mexican Grass Hammocks, large size 1 50
Mosquito Canopies with Fiaines ready to hang 2 00
Banitoo Easels, 5 feet high 1 00
Ladus Rattan Rockers - 2 50
Antique Oak Center Tables 1G in. square top 1 50
Holland Window shade, Dodo Fringe and Spring Rollers C5
Platform Spring Rockers (carpet seat)
Sterling Organ, 7 stops, alnut case
Sterling Piano, ?J octaves Ebony case
1 have just put iu the Furniture for
ceiving orders from all over North
One price to all, and that the lowest known, is my way of doing busi
ness. If you buy an artiele from me and it does not come up as repre
sented, leturn it at my expense and get yoor money back.- , . - j
Write 1110 fur Catalogues. -v. .-.-. j
E. M- ANDREWS,
' Leading Furniture and Music Dealer,
' 14 and 1G West Trade St. ' ' Charlotte, N. C.
for Infants
"Caatorla ia wo well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me." II. A. Aiceu, M. D.,
Ill So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y.
" The use of ' C&storia Is bo universal and
Hit merits so well known that it seems a work
of giipererojration to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach."
Carlos MTnr, D. D.,
New York City.
Late 1'a.Ttor Bloomingdale Bafornied Clinch.
Trr Ckmtack
THE FIRST 6TMPTOM.S OF DEATH.
Tired feeling, dull headache, pains in
various parts of the tody, tin king at the
pit of the stomach, l?t i appetite, fever
ithne99, pimpled or fores, are all positive
evidence of poisoned blood. No matter
how it became poisoned it must be puritied
to avoid death. Dr. Acker's English Blood
Elixir baa never failed to remove scrofulous
or syphilitic poisons Sold under positive
guarantee by Dr. J. M Lawing, Druggist.
Try pop corn for nan sea.
MERIT WINS.
We desire to say to our citizens, thai for
years we have been felling Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption, also Dr.
King's New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and Electric Bitters, and have never
handled remedies that sell as well, or that
have given euch universal satisfaction. We
do not hesitate to guarantee them every
time, and we stand ready to refund the
purchase price, it' satisfactory reesults do
not l- How theii use. These remedies have
won their great popularity purely on their
merits. At j.M. Lawing'e Physician and
Pharmacist.
Try cranberries tor malaria,
OVR VERY BEST PEOPLE
Confirm our statement when we say that
Dr. Acker's. English Remedy 13 in every
way sujerior to any and all other prepar
ations for the Thrpat and Lungs. In
Whopping Cough and Croup, it is magic
and relieves at once, We offer you a 8am
pie bottle free. Remember, this remedy is
sold on a positive guarantee. Dr. J. M.
La-wing, Druggist.
Try ginger
cramps.
a'e for stomach
THAT TEHR1BLE COUGH
In the moraing, hurried or difficult breath
ing, raising phlegm, tightness in the chest,
quickened pulse, chiltfness in the evenin3
or sweats at night, all or any of these
things are the first stages of consumption.
Dr. Acker's English Cough Remedy will
cure these fearful symptoms, and is sold
under a positive guarantee by Dr JMLaw
ing, Druggist.
Try a sou bath for rheumatism.
DR. ACKER S ENGLISH PILLS
Are active, effective and pure. For sick
headache, disordered stomach, loss of ap
petite, bad complexion and biliousness,
they have never been equaled, either in
America or abroad. Dr. J M Lawing
Druggist.
DO HOT SUFFER ANY LONGFR.
Know:ng that a cough can be checked in
a day, rot. the stages of consumption bro
ken in a week, we hereby guarantee Dr.
Aker's English Cough Remedy, and will
refund the money to all who buy, take it
i9 per directions ana aonot nnd our state,
ment correct. Dr. J M Lawing, Druggist
Try clam broth for a weak atom
acb.
A SAFE INVESTMENT.
Is one which is guaranteed to bring you
satisfactory results, or in case of failure a
return of purchase price. On this safe
olan vou can buy from our advertised
Druggist a bottle of Dr. King's New Dis
covery for Consumption. It is guaranteed
to bring relief in every case, when used
lor any affection of Throat, Lungs or
Jhest, such as Consumption, Inflammation
f Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping
Cough, Group, etc., etc. It is pleasant
and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and
can always be depended upon, Trial bot
tles free at J M Lawing'6 Drugstore.
Itch on human and norses and all ani'
mats rnrpd in MO minnrfs hu Wnolforrt
Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sole by
.j m. jjawing uruggisi jLiincoinion, xm
FURNITURE in the State, and the
South. I shall prove, it by figures.
pieces) "35 00
' 16 00
5 75
3 50
50 00
225 00
three (3) large Hotels and ani re
and South Carolina daily-.
and Children.
Caatoria corns Oolic, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation,
Kills Worm, gives Bleep, and promotes di
rection. Without injurious medication.
For several years I have recommended
your ' Castoria, ' and shall always continue to
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results."
Edwin F. Pardm, M. D.,
"TbQ Winthrop," 125th Street and 7th Ave.,
New York City.
Cowfakt, TT Mitsrat Strut, Nw Yokx.
HON. J. Li WEBB'S
SPEECH
Before the Masons at
Lincolnton, June
24th, 1891.
Brethren, Ladies and Gentlemen :
I can assure vou that it affords
me great pleasure lo be with yon on
this occasion, and I return to the
brethren of Lincolnton Lodge No.
137 A. F. & A. M., my sincere tbauks
for thus affording me this pleasure.
The Institution of Masonry is the
most ancient in the world. It has
stood the teat of time, and outlived
the persecutions ot bigotry and in
tolerance. Of its origin, many of
the over-zealous have represented
it as coeval with the world, or aria
ing from the Constitutions of Pyth
agoras. Others ascribe it to the
invention of English Jesuits, or the
Crusaders, as a continuation of the
Knight Templars, the dark scenes
of whose eventful history are more
familiar to the uninitiated than their
devotion to the Cross. But the
most plausible opinion is, that
though it existed before the reign
of Solomon, it flourished at the
building of the Temple, where it
was introduced by Hiram of Tyre.
I shall, however, content myself
with' the assertion that it existed
many years before the coming ot
our Savior was heralded by the em-
inent man whose nativity we are
iiere to-day to celebrate. But the
excellence of our institution depends
j jpou its usefulness and not its am
j biquity. It is sufficient for ns to
1 tnow that its origin is so remote
:hc date is lost in the lapse of ages,
tod can now only be iudistinctly
traced by occasional words and the
radition of the Order. This fact
emg undeniable, we must not cod
sern ourselves about doubtful ques
tions, which can never be settled,
ind if settled, can have no moral
nfluence over the institution itself.
Our ancient brethren dedicated
i.heir Lodges to King Solomou, as
i.heir first Most Excellent Graud
daster ; yet Masons professing
Christianity dedicate theirs to the
two Saints' John, who were eminent
patterns of virtue, humility and de
votion, and who, since their time,
are represented among our emblems.
Who better to be held forth in ven
eratioD, than be who like a wise
Master builder begau by laying his
foundation deep in mortification and
self-denial, before he proclaims the
approach of the Messiah? The
Word of God informs us that his
'ife was forfeited to the caprice of
the merciless Heroilias; and profane
history that at this day the raius
of the Palace of the haughty Herod
are scarcely noticed by the passing
stranger. Beautiful was the sceue
cf his grandeur, aud towering col
umns still attest that it was there
the Monarch had a "supper to his
lords and high captains, and chief
estates of Galilee." Aud Herod has
gone, and Herodias, Herod's broth-,
er's wife, has gone ; and the "lords
and high captains, aud chief estates
of Galilee'' are gone, but the ruins
of the palace in which they feasted
are still there the mountains and
the vallej s that witnessed their rev
els are there ; and (Oh ! what a com
ment on the 7auty of earthly great
ness,) the peasant, as he turns his
plough around the columns, or als
lows his ox to crop the grass that
grows among the fragments of the
marble floor, views them only as the
ruins of the palace of a King a
Chrtiau he believes; and while
p lgiims fiom every quarter of the
woild turu aMde from their piith to
d 1 houiHge in the prison of his be
headed victim, the Arab,w ho speeds
bis plough amid the columus-,knowa
not the name f the haughty Herod!
Froai the most ancient times ot
which History gives us any account,
the experience of mankind has
t.ught the value of celebratiug An
niversaries, as the most wide-spread
and at the same time, the most
poweiful means of impressing grand
ideas upon the existing popular
mind, and of teaching great traits
to tLe coming generations! They
aie the broad and legible footprints
of the past, indicating, as upon a
map, the wayward career of man
during the long roll of years which
elapsed, like the sands of the hour
glas-i, into the abtss of eternity;and
have been observed and celebrated
by all people, and in all ages, alike
to foster and preserve the "ancient
landmarks their fathers have set,"
and to invest patriotism with the
teuderest sentiments ot the heart,
by keeping in remembrance its 8or
rows aud afflictions, observed and
celebrated alike amidst the gorgeous
services of the Temple in Judea
while yet the favors of the Moat
High were showered upon his "cho-
sen people," and under the boudagek like restraint, the iualienable
of the stranger and the alien, when
the exiled daughters of Israel "sat
down by the waters of Babylon and
?ept."
And it is meet that nations and
communities should keep up now,
tnd always, these anniversary cele
brations. They are, as it were, the
Sabbaths in years of centuries of
man's restless existence, wherein be
may cease from bis outer world sen
suous labors, and torn for commun
ing and examination to that inner
world ot his own nature, to mark
'he progress and tendencies of bis
race. Fruitful of instruction are
they, if rightly considered; for
vhile, to all minds of whatever
character they teach the irand out
lines of the history of the past, and
present to the existing generation
(he incitement of emulation to at
tain even beyond the point their
predecessors have reached, they are
likewise, in the nature of Time's
finger-boards, indicating the world's
xaovement backward or forward
; nil, to the thoughtful and pbilo
eopbie mind, must suggest ideas and
reflections pregnant with the wel
fare and happiness of our kind ;
taust suggest ideas of what our du
ties are, and compel an examination
into how we are discharging them..
If such are the valuable nses of
the observance of anniversaries to
nations, and to large communities
bow much more valuable should
they be to more limited numbers,
aggregated into societies or associ
ations, iu which the example, the
precept, the special virtues iuculca
ted by such anniversary celebration,
cmes home intensified by tne di.
reel individual, personal application
with which the Iessou addresses it
sdf, specially, to each and every
member thereof !
And, if nations tnav feel pride
and exultation when they revive
the recollections of their great men,
and the great deeds which adorn
tlteir annals, may it be pardoned to
our organization, on this occasion,
to feel that we, too, have annals,
which, when searched iu a spirit of
candor aud justice, will reveal that
our existence has not been in vain !
If, ladies and gentlemen, there
may be pardoned to the quiet and
unobtrusive order, whose too par
tial kindness has placed me in the
position I now occupj' before you,
such sentiments as these, the custom
must excuse our pride. It is true
we are dressed in silk, and satins,
aud tinsel yet there is a lesson to
be learned from the gilded butter
fly, and the busy bee the latter exi
tracts its sweets from the most poi
sonous flowers ; the other, while rev
elling on the beauties drawn from
Nature's owu provision, but teaches
us (and the ladies too) that we
' Walk with pride
In the winding sheet where the silk worm
died,"
Our order ig neither a political or
religious one. As Americans, we
unite cordially, with all the lovers I
f f nnra ranvoonnraflrn Pinn Vvl iici n
171 !
ism throughout the world, iu
miring, nay loving a system which
embodies the very essence, the pure
soul of liberty, resting upon the ba
sis of delegated authority. Ours is
the oldest republic of the world
When the uatioos lay bound, hand
and foot, soul aud body, in the uni
versal prison house of self-assumed
autboritv, the Free Mason, as his
name proudly implies, was always
a member of a representative aud
responsible government. He aided
in electing the c'tief, or master of
his immediate lodge, and for a lira,
itcd ti ne, so that the. delegated au
thority, restricted in irs exercise by
law and usage, returned back to the
hands that gave it, to be conveyed
under like-restrictions, to auother
worthy member of the little comruui
nity.
Those tiny Republics were furtlu
er restrained by a higher power,
which they themselves compoeed.by
selecting delegates to a General As
sembly, denominated a Graud Lodge
that composed of selected wisdom
or popularity,ol all the lesser bodies,
within a country or State.made gen.
eral laws for general u&e ; framed a
Constitution with a respect lu! ref
erence to the uu written usages and
! customs of the order, whilst, under
rights of all Masons, and the Con
stitution of their Grand Lodge, the
f ubordinate or local Lodges framed
their own laws and regulations.
This double representative Re
public, so like to the great Nation
and State, within whose territory,
nd under the ages of whose pater-r-al
lews we exist, is, I repeat, the
oldest representative government in the
'corld. But, much as we, who were
t orn to freedom, may love Free
nasonry, how must it have won,and
been worn, in the hearts of men of
that remote time, when the very
oame of liberty, as we now under
stand its signification, was yet an
jnknown world ! Conld the.mighty
niuds of that dark era witness the
vorkings of our vital svstem, teel
he charm of its harmonious move
nenr, and behold the happiness
produced by au orderly and respon
sible government, without clinging
o it as'the harbinger of a brighter
lay for the nations, when such a
epresentative system might issue
rom the mystical halls of Masonry,
o enlighten, warm, and .lift up the
crushed heart, and the fettered soul
man, and make him sucb as he
hould be,
But Masonry has existed for oth
r purposes. Within the walls of
i is Lodgo. the Mason is ever re
eiving the most practical lessons.
y an ancient usage of the cralf,the
iook of the Law (the Bible) is al
ways opened in the Lodge. There
m in this, as iu everything else that
i'i Masonic, an appropriate symbol
i .m. The Book of the Law is the
Great Light of Masonry. To close
i would be to intercept the rays of
Diviue Light, which emanate from
r, aud hence it is spread open to
i-idicate that the Lodge is not in
c arkneis, hut under the influence of
i s illuminating power ; to teach us
t iat its contents are to be studied ;
t iat the law which tt inculcates is
s'il! in force, and is to be "the rule
and guide of our conduct."
Aud why, say the uniuitiated, do
you have secret organizations f and
why are the secrets of Masonry so
s Jiupulously preserved T and what
n otives cau au honest association
have for what seems to be an un
11 dcensary concealment i In the first
p ace we say, that the family circle,
ordained of Heaven, has its mystic
tie; nations have their secret cabi
nets ; senates their conclaves ; count
8fllors their private assemblies;
b isiness comparts have their enig
matical characters; Nature has mys
teries which none but the scientific
cn comprehend. The plau ot re
demptiou was a mystery to unfold. f
Tae author of universal existeuce
has enstamped unity and secresy
upon the vast productions of His
hand. Isolation is a stranger in
the wide empire of Heaven. Fra
ternity and unity should be the mof
to of mortals. When the delicate
and complicated harp of humanity
was formed, and its chords were so
finely attnned by the Great Organ
ist above, every souud and cadence
a tiAt- ai 1 rr t miUAM wills uonn
otaer, Dut cnimea in wuu
music o
Heaven, But this mysteriously
tu led harp was unstrung by the
rule aud iarriug touch of sin j the
so't tendrils and siiken fibres wmcb
j flowed out from the heart,and spread
j its plastic balm over the race, were
wasted and withered at the approach
of evil, aud at the occurrence ef that
sad and mournful event, the warm,
vitalizing current ot Love ceased to
Jcoi.rse its way through the veins of
hu nanity.
" ,rth felt the wound ; and Nature from
her feat,
Sig ing through all her work, gave signs
of woe,
That all was lott."
Hence, the enstrangement of man
towards his fellow man ; hence the
alienation of those who should be
bound by strong aud indissoluble
ties ; hence the impossibility of
man's loving God, whom he hath
not seen, if he love not his brother
whom he bath seen. Without the
activity and mutual flow of those
inborn affections, tnau, though iu a
crowded city, would be more in the
loveliest solitnde.
Mapouiy, under the lormiug pow
er of the gospel, is intended to eu
k indie the fire of human devotion
upon the altar of the human heart.
It is designed to revive and keep
evergreen and blooming the leaves
ol' friendship blighted and dead by
sin. And we believe that if ever
He dismembered foroily of Adam is
c( llected, it will be when the Holy
Ghost shall press into service all
moral reforms and comparts of men,
ar d use them as media through
vbich to reach the heart. Harmo
ny aud unity should be the watch
wird of men in every clime. The
great laboratory of Nature has nui
ty and fraternity, universally im
printed. The helpless ivy entwines
aiound the giant of the forest; the
ct Jars of Lebanon rise up arm in
a:m to teach men brotherly love.
T te little rill,the meandering stream
U , the noisy brook, the foaming
cataract, the deep rolling river, the
bioad-bounded ocean, are united
w th liquid bonds. The old bald
n.ountams which stretch across the
continent, rising above the clouds,
a: 3 but one grand whole but one
solid block of Masonry put up by
p. wer Divine.
Masonry is not a localIyrestiicted
soiiety. Its boundaries are the
Ii lits of the whole world ; the earth
L' its carpet ; the royal arch of Heav
ei: is its canopy. In every civilized
a d 'many barbarous countries
u der every free and every arbitrary
g vernment, Masonic institutions
e; ist, with the same forms and cer
ersonies, aud having the same char
it ble and friendly objects. To dis
ci, ise those secrets here, where they
8 ?m less necessary, to the existence
ard beneficial actiou of such Socie
tifs, would frustrate their pirpose,
ar.d peri1 their being in other re
gions, where the jealousy of despot
ista dreads whatever it cannot dis
cover or command. By such a
revelation, Masonic institution
w uld at once and forever cease to
ex st, wherever timid power and
absolute rule could place its iron
heel npon its votaries. There is,
thurfeore, a kind aud fond motive
for the concealment, which protects
oar distant brethren, and enables
them to ketp m due brilliancy the
larip of benevolence, and the fires
of liberty.
Yet, Masons' wives and daughters
are entitled to receive certain de
grce8, which are caluculated to
advantage them in the hour ot dis
tre s to afford them a means to be
recognized by the Order, who are
8oh:mny obligated to protect them,
an:, in some measure,to compensate
wo;nan tor the hardship of that law
wfc cb forever excludes her from
participation in our legal meetings.
In an early age, when unassociat
ed nan was often forced to look tor
some protection more powerful
than himself, the Masonic secret
enabled him to find friends and
supporters in every p'ace at home,
and even the remotest regions of
ott er lands. It was a passp ort to
employment ; it was a means of liv
ing until he could find a profitable
ucupiiun, 11 woo iuuic. '
. ., 1. i... :
tistsaud laborers found not ooly
friends to protect, but instiuctors to
etil ghten them. They were defend
ed from the emergencies of the
present, and enlightened for the
use j of the future. The Masonic
the elore, at once a testimonial of
goo.l character, and a declaration of
fitu -ss for business, enabled its pos-
sesf or to travel without the dread
of teing robbed of his credentials,
or tx hardly pressed by the trials
of poverty. It is still au aniversal
pa orr, so that the poor wanderer
find a home and brother iu every
clirxe. As good character, has ever
bee?, and must ever be, among
Ma-ms esteemed essential to the
inia ion ot a uew member, the secet
of ti e Order has a prompt and t-pe
ial significate of good standing
which cannot be lost, or Btoleu or
forged ; hence, it is true, that the
Order has often been censured
through the conduct of some erring
brother, who takes the symbol for
the substance, and forgets or neg
lects the principles and precepts of
the Order, among which are the
four cardinal viitnes Fortitude,
Prudence, Temperance and Justice.
By Fortitude, we mean that noble
and steady pnrpose of mind, where
by we are enabled to undergo any
pain, peril or danger, when duty
requires.
By Prudence, to teguUte our
lives and actions, agreeably to the
dictates of reason, and wisely de
termine on all things relative to our
preneut as weil as our future hap
piness.
By lemper.incc, that due restraint
upon our affections and appetites,
which will prevent the indulgence of
vicious and licentious habits, which
might lead him to disclose bat he
has promised to conceal, and other
wise degrade his profession, and
immolate on the altar of a sordid
spirit, the independence of charac
ter, and the purity ot morals, which
ought to be his boast.
By .hnt::e, that standard or
bouu b.r. of right, which enables
us to render unto evey man his iust
due, withoutj distinction ; and as it,
in a great measure, constitutes the
really good man, so should it be the
invariable practice of eveiy Mason,
m ver to deviate from the minutest
piiociple thereof.
No good man ued complain of
01 r secrecy, since he can always
p( ssess himself of it by becoming a
m miber of the Order, in the eata
lo .ue of whose worthies they will
ever find the name of Him who has
tin appellation ot being the Father
of His Countrx. We received the
secret from our fore-fathers they
fr m theirs; it is therefore an heir
loom entrusted to our honor, con
fitted to our keeping, for the best of
motives, aud the highest of practical
objects.
No Mason who respects himself
no man who fears God and loves his
fellow man can make any one a
sharer in this useful knowledge, but
by the means, and under the coodi.
tions prescribed by our Maeomc
forefathers. They, from whom we
received our credentials, are dead;
centuries of successive confidences
have passed away, ami the very
bones of our Masonic ancestors
would rise iz. reproach at the tolly
and cowardice of a surreuder of the
precious trust
But above all, is Masoury endear
ed to us by that greatest of virtues
Charity, Tnat excellence so ap
proved by man, and so greatful to
Heaven, is in constant exercise iu
every Lodge, where scarcely a
meeting passed without its being
brought into full exercise; when
the young Mason is taught to look
kindly and beneficially upon human
sufferings, and acquires not only
the disposition but the skill to re
lieve. Through the obligations and re
sponsibilities we are under to the
brethren individually, are to aid aud
assist them when in distress, either
f'om want of means, from sickness,
or from the inflicted of any worldly
trouble, we are not bound to do
this unless we are certain that the
brother is actually iu need, a mem
ber of some Lodge in good stand
ing, aud that his neccesgities have
not been brcught upon him by his
own impudence. Bat when sick
ness and
misfortuue press on a
brother, no true-hearted Mason will
stop to ask its cause. It is enough
to know that he is sick and needs
assistance.
But we have other hih respen
sibibties. It is the duty of every
Fre Mason to do all in his power
to keep the Order pure and above
reproach. It can not bo expected
that EVERY Free Mason will live
an nprigbt and virtnous life. The
day of miracles are past, aud we
are but men; and like men who are
under no restrait, will sometimes
err.
r'-Mi'ti's evil manners live in brass.
Thtir virtues we write in water.''
Le' ns endeavor to practice what
we profess and a consciousness of
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