Holly Springs gazette., 1843-06-30

they were also called by the Jews prosylite
OF The gate, and whose privileges were, flfs'
-that bv the observance Of the rules of natu
raj Justice, and by avoiding Idolatry. Bias
phemv. Murder &c. they might through
grace hope for e.ernal life; secondly, tina
they might dwell in The land of Israel anf
share the outward prosperity Of il, o. lhi
number was Naaman the Syrian. genera
in the army of Benhadad King OF Syria
Who. was cured OF his leprosy by washing
seven times in the river Jordan, agreeab
to the command of The Prophet Elisha Now
mark the difference between the conduct o.
this man of God. and the bigoted and intoler
ant christian Of the present day. The prophet
having refused present offered him by
Naaman, the latter begged that he mig b;
carry home, two mules burthen of the earth
of Canaan, assigning as a reason, that hence
forth he would serve no other God, but Je.
hovah; Elisha having consented TO this re-
Quest, Naaman again addressed the Proph-
ct thus: "In this thing the Lord hath par
don thy servant, that when my master goeth
into the house of Rimmon to worship there.
and he leaneth on my hand, and bow my
selfin the house of Rimmon, the Lord par
don thy servant n this thing;" and Elisha
said unto him, "go in peace" In the time
of Solomon, there were ia Isreal l53. 600 of
these Proselytes, whom he had numbered,
according to the numbering wherewith his
father David had numbered them; and set
three score and ten thousand of them to be
bearers of burthens. and four score thousand
TO be hewers in the mountains, and three
thousand six hundred oyerseers to set the
people work. and organized them as a
band of free and accepted masons, giving
them landmarks, usages and customs, by
which they might know each other as Broth
ers and workers upon the Temple; which !
usages, customs and Landmark have been
handed down, with but little if any atera |
tions, to US in the present day. And shall we
be the first to break down and destroy these |
ancient Lind marks of our order Shall we |
refuse 10 kneel aroua9the sacred altar OF
with a brother. because he is OF the
Jewish or Mahomedan faith 2 or refuse ad-
mission to a candidate because he differs
with us upon point of christian faith. and
hat point on which the Sectarians OF the
lay differ more widely. and upon which
here is less probability of union beiwt en-
hem, than any other2 No, rather let every
mason raise his voice in solemn protesta-
ion against every attempt at innovation,
md initiate the example of the meek and
ouly Jesus Yhe thought 1t no disgrace to
lat with Publicans and Sinners, lest we be
'ound like theseIfrighoua Pnarisee. thank
ng our God that we are not like the Pub
leans and Sinners
Let his spirit of innovation ence be sanct-
oned by masons generally, and II will spread
throughout the world One Grand Lodge
will vie with another, and with the resistless
fury of an avalanche, sweep over all oppo
siton, until not single landmark will be
left to point out the place where once stood
he nobIest and best of institutions. Do we
not see this verified daily in religion and poll
tics2 Let the dividing line between right
and wrong once be passed. either for the
sake of expediency or popularity only but
a short distance. and you will find thousands
who would never have thought of breaking
down the barrier themselves. the Rubicon
once passed. rushing headlong on to ruin
and destruction; and how hard, nay, impos-
sibe it then becomes to stay the ruthless hand
of innovation & abuse. And the orieinators
Of those Improvements learn, when TOO late.
how destructive il is TO do evil that good
nav come of it. Let the Lodges generally
receive authority to alter ur change the fun
lamental principles of our God-like institu-
ions, and the breeze thet watts the perms- {
ZION will chaunt the requiem of masonry. [
Il therefore becomes our imperative duty to
.heck these departures if possible.
WoRsHIPFuL MAsTERs-Toy you are in !,
-us,ed the noble duties of erecting not only
ns rfec. work. so far as it pertains to the ,