The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1844-08-09

lctt man aud better Mason.
SHOULD love To well on the second de
gr e Na,orr,, % full Of sruction and
rio in t,Hu,y and admiralty bued 10 allure
Us to the pursuit Of whatsoever thing. are
lovely aud f good report-that we may
pass the scrutiny OF the Master, who HAYS
ing given much has right to expect much.
hut | must dismiss il with n parody upon
the beautiful Stauza of thu poet, which falls
not more short Of the original than the
original does Of the tasteful beauties of this |
degree:
. Full many gem Of purcs, ray serene"
The deep rccesses ~! our Temple bear:
" Full many IA flower is born TO blush unseen,"
Till crOttsnIen's yractscd vision find them'thers.
We can but glance at the sublime
spiritual grandeurs Of the third degree of
Masonry. In l., the student Of the great
trestle. board will perceive the adumbratIons
Of various sublime doctrines Of the Bible,
which will appear more appropriate,
solemn, impressive aud even awful in
their moral bearings, when as calm
spectators, We witness The imposing see.
mes actually transpiling before us in the
Lodge Room. We can there see the trait
orous wickodness of false hearts.-The
brave unflnshing frmness of the faithful
broast.-The temporary victory which cold
blooded vlliany may gain over truth and
goodness. The remolse. ignominy and ter
rble retribution, which will sooner or later
overtake the guilty.-The certainty that
the virtuous, though for time Frustrated by
the violence Of the wicked, shall ultimately
be raised above ali their foes in the cOnscl
Gus possession Of all which had been west
&C from them, aud with complete and gIoTi,
Gus triumph be received into fellowship
with the faithful, as true among the true.
My brethren, let reflection bear you be-
yond these symbols and ceremonies these
earthly trials and conflicts, these bufitings
on the rough sea Of life. Lock to the calm
and peaceful end Of the truly vrtuous, their
undislurbed slumbCrs in the tomb their
eternal delverance from every foe their
entrance INTO full fellowship with the bless
ed above, and by the strength of.the Lion
Of the Tribe Of Judah, if you truly follow
him as your leader, you shall enjoy a gloli-
Gus triumph over the world, the flesh and
the devil, and in the end see death, the last
enemy, slain at his feet. Let the Bible he
your trestle board and your work on earth
will be square and perfect, and when the
Grand Master shall sound his gavel on the
last dav, vou shall ascend 10 that eternal
rcfreshment which those enjoy who aIe
raised to the ineffable degree of 'joint-hcirs
lgih Chrid," to an inheritance incorrupti-
Bile, undcfled, and that fadeth not away,
eternal in the heavens.
w have mus barely glanced at those
spiritual analogics which the skilllul chris
tan Mason can pursue with delight as often
as he witnesses the solein rites of Masonry
performed upon her own subjects acd with
in h.r own sanctuary. Nor is this mere
fancy. Slch striking illustrations of the
moral ig ORANGE aud Impotence Of man,
unit, he receives light and help beyond him
selc-Thc prolTer 10 him of all the aid he
needs in that forlorn condition, the humility
and distress of himself, the confidence or
fGih teposcd in anoth 1.-The encouragement,
support nd strength furnished him. his de-
lrvcrance from eli his enemies, and his fnal
and complete deliverance, BY means unlock
cd for and by hand not his own, could
have had no other origin than the inspired
Wnr' Of God, nor can their meaning be fully
Ianprchcnded until We learn 10 look through
and beyond these forms and ceremonies &c
the things sigEifed and which we find ne
r where in their fuIIness, but in the living
oraclos Of God Let Masonry be tested by
The same nj that determine our jndg
mouts with respect to all Other melc human
institutions and w shall see much to al
mire, because. although it docs not profess
20 BE- religion. L has nose of religious prn
cInle rua m-., Of scripture hisior! and o
I e moral procept- Of the Billie interviewer
VIII its beautiful ferns and emblems anC
its direcl Instructions than any other insti
tuition which is mclely human.
In this PUN or Wv, Masonr, may chal
( longe co,op,rson with an institution which
b has ever existed among men Every
plausible objection to Masonry is based npor
the assumption, hat it is a religion.( which i
does not profess to be) and i inferior tC
christianity Or that its members, while
, they do not profess to be christians. fall
: short Of the excellent principles Of the in
G institution. Let us brethren, answe
= all hese objections, BY seeking 20 he gooC
+, christians knowing that we shall then he
2 GOOD Masons And then shall the wOrlc
2 nercere The ruth that. while Masonry /:
= not chus.iapi'v, christianity does in
{ clude Masonry. Thus shall we be Prepar
J ed fully 10 appreciate he excollencies Of Z
D system whose highest glory is this. That i
I reflects, coulinu lily, the higher excellencie'
T Of that system which is to Masonry what the
: Sun is to the dependant orbs wh ch rehec
his light. Like these orbs, which, in the
T presence OF the King Of Day, seom to loose
= their forms, though still existing aud sill
D rejecting, unPercelved, his light, so Ma
! sorry is willing to shine unseen in the pres
5 ence of christianity, though still reheciinl
5 its light. Like those Orbs that giId tho
brow Of night in the absence of the Sun
and still remind usof his existence and bic