Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-04-16
Fromihe Missouri Register.
ODDS AND ENDS,

Characteristic Colours OF The first ire Degrees
of odd. Fellowship.
WHITE has has ever been regarded as emble-
matte Of purity aud sincerity. Thus, in the
Apocalypse it is said (lI. l7.)-"I will give him
,ohite stone, and in the stone a new name
written, which no man knoweth saving he that
receveth it," "He that overcometh the same
shall be clothed in ,vlAe raiment." iii. 5.) |
Near the Capitol, at Rome, stood the temple Of
Fides. When the priests offered their bloodless
sacrifices to her, their faces and hands were
shrouded in achite cloths-thereby intmotlng
that faith, or fidelity, should be close and secret
She is called by Virgil "Cana Fdes" II. |. |
1922 probably because candour is essential to
fidelity. One Of the symbols of this goddess
was group Of two young virgieSclod in snowy
vestments and joining hands; Which act sig nj.
fes pledge Of faith for future friendship In
physics, White is the result of union and re.
Election Of all the primary rays of light hence
it is metaphorically used to signify collection
and reflection Of those graces and virtues which
adorn and dignity the character.
PINK was the hue by which the ancients rep.
resented youth and modesty. 1t denotes, in poetry,
the springtime Of life,-when faith is the most
coniding, the affections most vigorous, and
friendship is most constant. Nature herself
seems TO have dictated the choice OF this ray as
hguIative OF those very qualities with which the
imagination has coupled it. In the prismatc
spectrum, the red ray (of which pink is but a
modfcation) is the most caorfc and the least
refrangible OF all: the moral parallel is-our
Covenant love should be ardent and nerer turn,
from its purpose.
BLUE is the characteristic colour Of the Third
Degree. have already showed that the Roman
mythology arrayed friendship in 1chite and that
lore was clothed in pink; popular usage has as
signed to blue the representation OF truth. Thu.
in due order Of graduation we present to the eye
an allegorical display Of the three cardinal vir
tues Of Odd Fellowship, Love
AND TRUTn. The azure vault Of heaven, anc
the deep blue sea, are also employed TO symbo
lie truth. In conformity with this exposition
and tending TO subsanate its correctness,
the vocal conconaitant Of the P. S. (sometime
called the D. 81 OF this Degree, in which III
words G.*.*.*.". when simply considered, ar
an appeal for hctruh as well as OF the urgenc
Of our condition and desires. Beautifully appc
site with its ideal use is the chemical effect OF I'll
blue ray: when it is made TO fall for some tim
on the needle, the rod acquires polarity, an
points "rue" TO its mysterious attraction i
the chambers OF the north
GREEN is the enlivenng shade that al
propriately marks the Fourth, or Remembrance
Degree. 1t is the most widely difused Of a
the lints which adorn the material world. N;
ture has clothed herself in this rich garnitur
throughout her solid domain; yet although it is S
lavshly spread before us from mountain,top
dell, the eye never rests upon it without a sens
of refrcshment and delight. In very remot
ages Green was happily chosen from all its sste
rays to be the symbol OF memory and eternity
As an oasis is never forgotten by the travele
who crosses the arid plains Of Sahara so ar
we accustomed to speak OF those scenes an
associations on which the mind fingers with pc
cuar fondness, as things dwelling greenly i
our memories, "--or, as ''Uerdant spots in tn
desert Of our days"
"-- and lie down at eve,
In the green pastures of remembered days
The Evergreen, too, which lifts itself over til
grave OF some loved one, seems to respond
our signs with an instructive language-"He
not dead, but sIeepeth: thy brother shall ris
again."
SCARLET vesments, as abusive to the glory
dignity and excellence OF the sacerdota Office
are given to the Fifth or Degree Of the Priestl
Order. And God spake unto Moses and said