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pilnCliIes, and bow with united feel.
IngS and heats before the sam. shrine.
acknowledging The same hallowed NOT
10.
Destroy the principles OF Old Eel.
lowsiip, and YOU disrube .am Virtue Of
her charms; arfes, them, Why not seal
the book Oiinspira.ior. aud destroy the
salvation bought ty the blood Of Jesus
Chrisi: Tear the hcralds Of the cross
tom The sacred desk: take .hc watch.
man hom tic walls OF Zion; mutt.
late her precrpts. aud YOU had as W
! luck from their Orbits the gems hich
adorn the Eternal Throne yea. or drny
the existence Of Jehovah hlmself-or
roll hi, beautiful plane, back 10 Chaos.
and Launch your,el,e, 10 fAie's event
iul whirlpool. with The anchor of nicer.
tiiude. Bot disappointed spi,i,s in all
ages OF the world have attempted to
uaduce institutions however sacred
and pure. What have they not done.
both ia National and Religious point
OF View d.; When Li5cr,y's chime first
sounded upon our shores, and tie ban.
ner oi ireedon, was reared TO wave for.
ever IA triumph DER Columbus chi
Various sons. At vas hailed by patriots
with drhghi-whllc aspiring ROY a!i>t,
uembled, and the base ircschcry of an
Arnold recoiled back with reproach
upon himself. and he left the haunts Of
hts childhood for foreign home-dc.
graded, debaScd. and d-tested The
con!cderacy was formed. the Father of
Liberty was called 10 tie Presidential
Chair BY unanimous voice, but how
soon did disappointed spirits envy his
elevation, and olamor against his coun.
sci. though he pursued the paths OF viz
toe. BY placing all upon an equality.
Disappointed ,pirts have ATTEMPTED 10
undermine our far temple aud pros.
lraIe our sublime principles to subservc
Their own corruP, purposes. An anony.
nous work has been published and
circulated against NJ, said 10 DC the pro
ductIon Of an Odd Fellow: which
needs only 10 be seen by the intelli.
gent 10 detect It's fa!l1cy. The infi.
nous Pane, when he published his
works against Christianity. endorsed
them by hIs signature; Voltaire, when
he hurled his thunderbolis OF fal.ehood
against the church OF God, gave them
the advantage OF his name; Beuning.
ton. when he wrote his much admired
Temple OF Nature" atri3uting the
creation TO blind. unmeaBing chance.
gave US hIs a:ne,-but our opponent
not even so honorable as these promul.
gators Of Inhdeliiy but as a midnight,
assassin. ashamed Of The baseness and
absurdi'y of the act, has withheld from
the world his name.
My audience. Justice to you and 10
myself. made 1t necessary that should
GiSrcs' from the most prominent feA.
lures ~ my remarks. 10 make the ex
plantations have given sou. Yha,
are the chef attributes Of our In,titu
i'on' This Is an interesting and i'm.
Porisni enqniry. and one upon which
perhaps hangs the future destiny Of
our Society. Wcsav IL, chief attributes
are Charity. Friendship. Love. and
Truth What IS Chlfii,' q principle
which originated m the breast OF
ihe Deity himself, a principle which
has stamped upon creation he. sub.
hni'y; a principle which commands
The brightest page in The book OF inspi
ration; principle. in Gne. Which cx.
alt<. ennobles and aGOrns the character
II man. The nobled wreath Which
enoitcles the brow Of genius. j.. Chan.
~. The gIra; touch.stone ~ hich yves
life, animation aud cnrryy To ph,lan-
ihrophv. - ChirIiv The htighic,tyem
which sdurns the field Of Literature. J.,
Charity: and can our Institution based
upon this great fundamental principle
o! tho Architect of Nature. AMI sun.
ported by the pillars Of Justice. be an.
initiated NJ. IS imper,ious to rhe
shocks and muliiailons Of time. II /,
an emblem u eternity w arc 4 Sc.
lrci and chosen feW: We offer our i'm
pie sacIiice by White. Iuhrd thought.
upon ihc altar of brnevolrnce. aud the
fruits thereof are irpcrsbablr. the,
bloom O &C. us when Wc are no more
they accompany "a bey ond The grave.
hey sTring ~ beneath Our fsci 90 Ilea.
ven, they delight We with an eternal
odouG They ore ihc ,frcis a. TIC soul
and pa take OF Us nature. T. orea'c
and fcrpctuaic a pure and h,ting
FIi'Hdship. bs making as ~ muiulli,
interested N The welfare Of each Other
THE friendship Is not he mere non 1sl
passion Of d. GulIsni'h. buiiiat deer
urchan1iug rineric tst ir,h q,
Young WHEN Dos soul rsslicI vIfh 30
sfdDuf a. affection and DO. tongue witt
an irfcusu'lc charm Lrokc lOrh in ihc
i.I'1Nirg -ilir.-
rs'r.ti,I hagpiHes.. ph.rs-rr she Ioon
10 trit osfih pue shrine u.s za,idrs, trds.
AL orc a'o1c io osts her .ssst aa.snds.
fnr abse.t iie1rrn Ihs bosom ofa r. irni -
Wbea heari MEETS heat fer grocsHy ,.fi --
Ihv rauftes ffisrd-hip 90 ~. nouat.Is psiui.
AL rss tfs f,fsf 81 ItsfHHy
And such o. the Natural Consequence
of such ffienl.l,p % ih, and truth
inmufsilc. j., tie sublime pillar upon
which ihe former aiirbu'es. Charity
Ffrni,hip sni Love fcpose--ii y the
love uVon Which The structure OF Otd
Fellow .lip IS built
Another subject or theme n animad
version against our Order. IN eonnec
ton with ts alleged secrecy. - b.,
symbols 90 Emhlema They are De-
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