The Arkansas banner., 1845-01-01

p .b;le starving Penury turns hunger
 s WI tbeir doors, to weep and die We
 lJll, l'herefore, that there is band of
 a aod whose great business it is to
 lU .,sr inc kindly offices of heaven-born
 I', 1isease has wasted the once manly
 ban that substance is gone, which
 neo s,an to "fawn and Aatter,'' ? and with
 i,a nassed away the miserable herd
 [.andship depends upon it-when the
 world turns its cold eye upon the
 and needs not his distress, Masonry
 1,som m to which he may appeal in full
 pnce of sympathy
 n n fther and mother, husband and
 are dead-when long cherished
 .re zone, or have deserted, and the
 ,J T me n broken hearted and lorlorn, is
 sink into despair-when her orphans
 Sangering into her face, and ask for
 sad her quivering lips are dumb with
 able grief, but the tear that steals down
 rowed cheek, answers,-" My chil-
 have nonelln-then does Masonry
 ,r heart all gushing with bepevolence
 an angel of mercy to her relief!
 o,sands of grateful hearts can testify Charity of Masonry Indeed it should
 of Masonry, that with her, charity jbiIeth Should l ever be overlaken Eat. could appeal for aid in full conf- ] 10 the noble and generous profession Ir5 lhave the honor ofbelonging,-the |e3 of the Bar;-but they might poSsi-
 to regard my plea.-I could apply EoH hope to the professors of the Chris Bsigion, but even they might fail.--But |Oud find .Mason on the face of the
 earth, in whatsoever cline, or of what
 l tongue, know that he would take l the hand and share with me his last fIl-I mean not that Masonry is supe- l Ghristianity-lar from it;-I only ! to intimate that the obligation to fdc1- |gbt operate more strongly upon Ma ! than upon professing Christians, how |uperior Christianity may be to Masonry ETHERLY LOVE and RELIEF, ever go- End in hand, next invite our attention
 lev moments.
 Is feature of Masonry, among other eontemplates the reformation of the F ertl speaking, too common in socie- aims at no less work than that of hing from earth, that hateful gampb'e,- lose edge is sharper than the sword, whose saons all the worms of Nile; whose breath |son the posting winds, and doth belle, |omers of the world: Kings, Queens and |hes,
 |s Matrons,-nay, the secrets of the graue, Hperous staader enters. 3
 \ true Mason veils his eyes to the |of his brother, and only secs them for |rpose of whispering into hts ear the |est but landest lessons of admonition.
 sander pours her poisonous breath Ery gale, to blacken and blast the good of worthy brother, Masonry affords ate retreat, and throws a sacred shield | his reputation, to protect 1t from the IS effects of merciess aspersion. She $ the character Of man, public or 2, not as target, hoisted to be shot tt cry mem marksman, but rather as a ass jewel, the beauty and brightness ich she Is ever willing to increase, but 10 soil its lustre.
 more, she guards with sleepless vigi- he fair reputation of woman, ,and scorns Tetch, of soul so base, as to attack the 'nce, or breathe pollution upon her sa- amel
 'onry IS confined to no particular sec fcoantry or people, but extends her influence to every contlnentand green of the deep, whe- -ever the wandering ot men have built their habitations L. he connecting link between Christian, 'lohommedan, and Pagan. And while bblmg sons of men, speak in thou tongues, she utters her sacred and le mysteries in a universal, uniform, lalterable language.
 pose the Mason from the city of Little on a pilgrimage over the dry and thirs- ert of Sahara-Failing to reach some on the bosom of the barren sea, he falls, sed, on the burning sands, and yields p to die But faithful Hope, still ho- over him, reflects from her bright l, upon his iainting spirit, the rainbow mise, and bids him once more raise nklng head He casts out a longing and To! tribe offierce, houseless sons llnael, are hard down upon him-He the mystic symbol, and a wild brother forward, raises him up, and admins hm all the kind offices which his lie affords!l
 ne Brother, in the laudible pursuits of 'efce, careering over the "deep blue OVertaIen by the dark spirit of the Tem wrecked upon rock on some savage anu thrown ashore by the mercy of aves' Do the fierce children ofnature, T out rom their rude hives, and rush Wild beach, to devour the unfortunate ef' The mystic symbol is given, and sorry has found it's way into the abode 'a human darkness, even there the up- arm q. ol death is stayed, and the out-cast from harm,
 0ns' separated from each other, by great > > ranges of lofty mountains, or even nary lines, moved by ambitious men, sdcn other with the horrors of unrelent- a', 2 TOT plllage, plunder, or false glory ! 7 ': lalr and spotless fame of Christianity, g lsnl seraph of the skies, has been dis U. 'sa in unnumhered instances, by the 'naag, bitter pickering, and even bloody 'oi lhe various sects that have vainly estd 10 hp bpr ,,, L., Y,,o l.. ,,. [