Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-07-06

The same author. His writ
g, ,,orether, breathe doctrine SO
~ ii f. morality SO elevated, as to
SH go no, only of a careful perusai,
70 Of a diIigent study.
,srsou must be sinsularly cons'i'u'-
wbo can rise from the peru
: these writings, without finding the
. # his heart more ardent, and
,-resoIuiiOns to a viFi"ous course Of
4, more confirmed
~ ~ :, seems 70 catch something OF the
-.,,oo Of the writer, which breathes
mo.e sacre1 pages. If he has
''O"l :. xiI admire the beauty, simple
S. ..5 ,ublimity of the composition,
els;, his faith will recognize the truth
III. doctrines, and cheerful obedi-
wiB test the correctness OF their
yfsecPis- ,o,,ra 90,
L.-,c,.r of John the Evangelist.
- asof honorable birth, notwlthstand-
his Father was a fshermdh- lie ex-
go nothing very peculiar IN his
- far as we are informed. He
.h,bIv had a good common Jewish ed
- and with his Father followed the
s-.;oess Of fishing. He was employed
:, ,bis business when he was called to
!. an Apostle; from which time the
.-s0es and employments Of his life en-
arely change.
lie Immediately follows the Lord Je-
sus Christ through the land OF Judia,
and attends upon his preaching and other
.u,,-,-,ioBs. He was admitted to great
intimacy and familiarity by his master
and obtained the honorable title of '.be-
loved disciple" He enjoys this priv
ysge for the space of nearly three years
Near the close Of this period, he is once
fond a, his former occupation on the
sea Of GaIilee-fshing. But it seems
% have been no ordinary occurrence.
And the appearance Of Jesus Christ made
tvery extraordinary: for here, now, he
performs his last miracle, in this land oil
1airacIes-at this sea of wonders.
Seven of the Disciples had toilcd all
the night, but had taken nothing. In the
great draught of fishes, that were now
aiken, John recognizes the presence o.
Christ. He saith to Peter, sit is the
Lord As soon as they were come tC
land, they saw fire Of Goals there, anC
Ssh laid thereon, and bread, of which
they partook. Here John leaves the oc
cupaiion Of his early life entirely; anc
engages wholly in the high duties of hi:
pore honorable calling. How he dis
charged the duties of an Evangelist, hi:
own writings and other history will beal
abundant testimony.
The Isle of Patmos upon which he
was banished stands as an everlasting
witness Of his faithfulness.
His receiving Mary the Mother .
Jesus, and performing to her the dutie
Of son, shows the affection he had 70
his master, and his zeal in his service
The seven churches of Asia which h
formed. and to which he ministercd, tC
rsther with all the others, in whose cor
version he was made the honored an
happy instrument, will cause his name
be revered, and his character TO shine
IS the stars in the midst of the firm;
ment, yea, as the sun, in the kingdom {
God
We shall now make few general re
marks upon the subject of Masonry
And first, upon its antiquity.
Masonry claims high antiquity
Practical Masonry recognizes the appl
cation Of its own principles in the bull
ing OF the Ark, for the preservation
Noah, and his family.
The traces of Practical Masonry al
continued, through n long succession
generations and ages, down to the tin
OF the building of Solomon's Temple
jerusalem; when the whole suble
seems 10 have been matured, and pc
iected, and the principles of it applied
the construction of that celebrated CT
fee.
The Temple at Jerusalem became 4
wonder Of the world, and the glory
the age in which il was built, and
could never have been constructed WI
such perfect symmetry, order, and bes
iy, without the application of the pr
ciples of the most perfect system.
Such system is Masonry. Its see
ing confusion turns out 10 be the m
perfect order--and us noise, we'll und
stood, is harmony In the well kno
sound of the mallet, we have both h
mony and order,-and are thus prepa
for operative Masonry.
In the use of the Square and Comp;