Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-11-02

quOrable, the inhexible in purpose.
There is sublime secret connected
with every thing that is valuable. Says
the great light of Masonry, the Bible,
"'Fhe secret of the Lord is with them that
fear him." There is secret IN ach
profession Of lie, in every science, in
each beautiful art. There is a secret in
lOve-an unspoSen language that some
times glsnces from the eye, but whic is
oftner hid by virgin modesty until the
heart becomes an urn Of suffering, in
which the fires of hidden attachment
crimson the incense Of the affections.-
There is a secret in hate, whispered only
to the moon, as its palO cold eye CLEANS
OH the assassn's dagger. There are So
crets every where in nature, from the Pc
deslal to the capital Of the pillar of the
Universe, over which the mysterious eye
Of Omnpotsnce burns with lis secret
meaning!
Let those who object to Mssonic oaths
they never saw or heard pronounced, read
the oath taken between two ancient Ma
sonic brethren, David and Jonathan: As
the Lord Hpeth and as thy SoaI iURfh!
What an adjuration for fralernal love to
bind itself with! Does Masonry more
than thiss
And let those who object to signals Of
recognition between Masonic brethren 90
with me 10 the field where David lay hid
by day; see Jonathan aud his armor-bear-
er approach; and see the arrow as it flies
through the ART bears message Of
recognition TO David. Such are The sig.
nails Of Masonry. They are the tokens
which one friend sends to anothor--the
alFg welI, or the 6eWare, of frateFnal af-
f fecliOn.
As the world Of matter is but the outer
coverng,--the casEet Of the world Of in
tellecl,- il Physical Masonry but the
outer covering of Moral Masonry. The
pearl lies within the casket-the precious
+ meat wirnin the shell SO does Moral Ma
sonry lie within the ceremonies which
reach only the eye and come in contact
f with the senses. Moral Masonry speaks
, 70 the heat. 1t has language indepen.
dent of all tho languages Of the earth,
which may be understood by Hjndoo and
Moor, by the Persian and Turk, by Afri-
can and American by the Tartar and the
, European alike. 1t is the great symbolic
tongue whose word, I may not repeat
save in the honor-guarded lodge.
Moral Masonry has tongue Of power
1 that shall make itself heard amidst the
! thunder Of a thousand cannon. In the
awful charge of the Scotch Qreys upon
, the broken squadrons of the French cur.
Y assiers at Waterloo it is said, that a
t French officer leaned upon his horse,
: wounded, faint with the loss of blood, and
= unable 10 proceed; at that moment he
/ snw the CLEAN Of a broadsword at his
y breast. A heart of sterness and power
$ urged on the weapon of destruction, and
n the frown Of unappeasable anger and nat
c ural hate shot from the soldiers eye, as
J, he measured the distance between his
i. victim and death. The officer had just
:. strength 10 give the signal Of distress
which rings in Mason's heart like the
CRY of Mercy, and the Scotch gray relent
+ cd with smile, as the sun chaSes the
y thunder.cloud from the craggy peak OIL
! Ben Lomond, and paints it with golden
o CLEANS Of dying day. ''God bless you
e brother" was the warriors response tc
# that thrilling signal and on he went
e with tender heart and a mOstened eye
y wherever the storm Of subsiding battle
:. bore him--lhe s,aIwart warrior Of Scotia's
q cloud oir,Ied and stormy hills,
l. Moral Masonry has pictures the proud
It est and most sublime on the canvass oI
9 the worlds history. Oh might sketch
o them! Might thrill this mixed audience
= with the symbolic lectures of Moral Ma
j. sonry! Night Throw aside tho wells and
l. open before your wondering vision the
d piories of the inner temple!--Might
breathe in your hearing the seraphic har'
d monies Of that heaven, not made with
l. hands, typed in the beautiful outlines thai
Is our great Grand Master has drawn upon
/. the magnificent pile that is destined to
p survive the "Wreck Of matter and the
1t crush of Worldsm
4, Never-never-unti my tongue shal!
% glow with the fires of the Upper Sheki
d nah, and the Grand Master Of Eternity
Ie shall take the finger Of silence and secre
g cy from my lip, may show to an Assem-
st bed world tho emotions that have rolled
?. ,heir grandeurs over my soul, as the cur
; tans Of the lodges rose upon the grea
to moral pictures Of all time!
8, Human nature is grand even in ruins
Mt The Soul ia atpmnle Of angelic and super
.e human proportions. Age cannot broDz
or it over with its years. Death .cannot din
IT. The outlines of sublimity and beauty
$, Forever shallits proportions swell upo
n the oye of the spiritual world, developing
it more fully, while The young eterOn
a sweeps towards the unsppro'chable goa
he of endless being, the majesty ofils pow
nd ers, and the splendOr of its mora
Ter achievements.