Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-07-29

I nerd not ~ BIO ashamed. Yop hive A clas
{ Of wants for whieh this pQsf. insolvshi, bank
fupt world han no ssipply,E-a dsathlshs thirst
fbt which all earthly rivers have drops n,
few ID Stake, a burning heat On which wintel
In vait fright lay his icy hard to mitigate III
corrosits intensity. The ehgas If the Gre.
clan a~catatit cav ard felt The, and they An.
nounerd that whatsoever drank Of Canopa's
waters should enjoy All eternity of bliss on
earth. This elimata Of esfthfy immortality,
pfoyddAAw haiti A tiaghifcen, rheat, a splef.
did mockery, a nafsbt biilllaut indeed but
dsIusiye, that mtsled iia rniriads If delnded
followers to Cabopa's stream, and paved its
banks with their homes. oh how unlike the
waters Of life disclosed In this blasted book4-of
which ia n,an drink be will thifst no more
forever. There will be a time when eae!l of
you will esemplify the experiences If %anotiiar,
which found escape IN words like these
40 ever thus from childhoood's hour.
I've seen my fondsst hopes decay,
/ nsser loved a tree or flower,
But twas the first to fade away
A time when your thoughts, Ike ],lefhons
~oyer.powsfitE you, will not down ht yout
bidding, when anodynes may Supply but can
not trtiipose your conscience when ynut
bosom has been left a leadess drser', ahd
and your memory but The grave # dead hopes.
At such a time. your necessities will hpg
some consnlH,ivbj but rot Gan attached, 4
jealous, and an enthusiastic mason assures
YOU that which masonry has TO administer.
Masonry would sympathize in distress ; she
would not curse, bui lead you to where Law
strewn in Hournful lusbfiatcr lilo withered
flowers Of bafled schemes and disappointed
expectation, and deepond'ngly tell you+-hors
IN this wreck Your hopes arc lost Masonry
is good |; but behold | ehcw yon a more ezA
enllent wsye-.this way lays through Jesus
Christ--" Thers In mons Other name given
under heaven amongst men whereby they can
be saved" And now shall | ADM, the poei.
btlity Of p mason being bst7 Think Of opi.
lence cast down from i'H ottoman couchrs
aud itn sliirp'upns .ablFa, III rtoat II, tara and
sigh in hopeless poverty, and The thought ia
an unwelcome guest under the bosom's roof
but no muse of FIRE that ever assembled the
highest heaven Of inspiration, can propose TO
the Imagination a picture Of horror half so
appalling. as that of a mason plucksd from
the very battletnen's Of heaven and cast down
oh how low What 4 atupcndolis wreck
ia the aoil IF d free and accepted tiason in
ruins, And where, oh Rhefe, let irt ask,
shall we find mourning proper to be put on,
and tears fit TO be wept at ito funeral
Would ii suffice for the moon to turn to blood,
or for yonder meridian shn 10 veil Iii. face and
refuse to look upon The cad spectacle No +
no If rorks and imofntainsA~sil nature
should BE- vocal and eloquent with despair, it
could neither heave q sigh too profound, nor
utter II grsaF' too awful to express the horrors
Of sueh q catastrophe. II I knew BY what
motive ] could persuade yoh to be up and do
ing, most gladly would ! urge it~-thofe gladly
(copld Il It atail) wbbld | fall at your feet and
beg YOU to give nsitbet slctp 10 yottr eyes
nor slutnber to your eyslids until you had
the pearl Of great price. But a gfeater
and a better than us all has gone upon his
knees-Aaye TO the slaughter for you. Yes,
for you your Savior and ybbt God tottched
his earth with bis blessed kness-Afnr ybt ht
bloody swsaf--for yoti his satfed
head was crowned with angry thotnsA@for
yon he lived unhonored and died implied.
Will, oh will not this suffice. We'll, despi.
sers alike Of the 'errors IF Bihri and the pa
hos Of Calyaryj Ike d maaoti take your rule
md 60 measure the depth and breadth Of your
! Like a true, tiiasbn Toxic your
'pade and picks*s and 60 delvs and dig among
he smoulderiug fuina Of fierce volcanoes, and
aging deep aninbroad and strong tho founda-
ion Of your prisonhoase. act The capstone ri
'our dungeons Vault Gn--outbuiid escape.
'ut-build nereys ontbuI1d hope. | say no
cfa,ll SAY tp foan