Holly Springs gazette., 1843-06-30

sgoniZing snfieFiags. OF poor, frail, weak
and depenien. human nature, we shou "a
draw The mantle Of charity. more closely a.
round our erring ani sinful Brother. cease
al reproaches. aad drop tear of pity and
regret, over him IS q broken column
There are many ni$eries and woes or
life tina, pccuniary aid cannot alleviate !;
there are many bruised and wounded spirits.
that the oil OF sympathy and kindness pour.
Cd upon them might heal, to sooth the un-
happy, 70 sympaihise wi:h their misfortune,
to compassionate their miseries. & to restore
peace TO their troubled minds, is the great
object we have IL view; on this basis we
form our friendships and establish our con.
ne-tions. and it bctomes our duty as masons,
70 seek out the fountains of human misery
and woe, to snatch the wandering orphan
child of a fallen Brother from the humble
hoyel ofdes,itution and want, and give him
clothing and bread; to demonstrate TO the
world by warm and ardent charity, thai
the chief corner stone of the Temple, in
which we worship, has name and tie
that no mercenary motive can dissolvei that
the cord that binds Us together can never be
broken; tha: real, sincere, true hearted ma
sonry. is neither more nor less than charity.
that charity which teaches ua not only 10 en-
Even our social board, but 10 soErn our
affections, and to warm Oar sym palhies; 10
Tighten the wanderers way, 10 seek out mis-
fortune and misery, TO comfort the afflicted
and to bind up the broken hearted; to disrobe !
our passions oftheir perversity and to extend |
the hand of charity and relief to the needy !
and distressed; that teaches US to seek out |
The chambers of the sick aud dying. to weep
over the languishing sufferer upon his bed
of straw, and when the sad curtain of death
shall have closed around his couch, to drop
the tear of commisseration upon his pillow,
and to mourn with the widow in her weeds
tha, gives us "a hear, 70 feel anothers woes;
and the proud happiness OF doing good to
our fellow creatures; pleasure which An
gels may witness, but never feel. f,
But it is much to lie feared my brethren. {
hat many of US, think we have performed our c
duty when we have extended the hand oi
relief and broiherly love to those Of our fra
tern itv, whom chance or circumstances may
have thrown ia our way, and confine our 5
G hari,v TO those alone who have beheld. ,
'1ha, Hierog iphic bright which none bit {
craftsmen ever saw" This though our first 1
and greatest duty, and one that sh ould take e
precedence of all others, is no the only duty {
that Masonry imposes on US. 1t teaches Us
,bs, all men. 20 whatever nation OF tribe they I
belong, are children OF one Almighty Parent ,
endowed with the same corporeal organs the t
so, a intellectual powers, and the same inca r
roerts of the Divine image; that they are Z
sDbiect 10 the same animal and inteiiectnai o
wants ex,osed 10 the same accidents and ca
larni,iez I,ooring uuler the same human T
.r4 f,d;l,ies. and susceptible of the d
S,n,c Measures and enioyments; that 'hey
h. We the same capacities foT a'tainlngto h'gn-
or degrees acknowledge anu i>i'city' auu CT"
ioy the same hopes and prospects ola o'eSseu
Immortality; 'tha, God, even our Coz JUS
tributes among them all. thousands OF beneh's'
causing the same sun to enlighten them; tSe
same vital air to breathe. the same rams q L
dews to irrigate their grounds s ripen their s
fields 10 harvest; that they are all capable .
Of performing noble achievements, heroic ex- t.
plots, vast enterprises. and OF displaying II d
lns.rious virtues In short tney are all
under the moral government OF the same
Omnipotent Being. who hath made OF o"e
blood all nations Of men. 10 dwell upoa the
face of all the earth. who hath determined
the boundaries Of their habita:ions,' who
carries them yearly around the centre OF
linht and heat, and who givesthem ram from
heaven, and fruitful seasons filing tneir
hearts with food and sladness. who sitteth :
upon the CIRCLE ofthe earth. and the inhaoI-
tsn.s thereofare as grass hoppers ; IL whose
Il.