The Arkansas banner., 1847-07-05

taught hN tl1G beanIilbal emblem, she f,6eafv- ycsr-iHc3 epkae, to titl1e tiie day into three eqnal pafrs, whereby ks Ilss eight hours for hiS nsaa asorAtioa eialls for the worship eC God, the excveise of charity and the acqGi- sika0N Of knersedge :; aud eight for refresh- nient and sleep B. thus dividing and en- ploying his time. no matter what his calling, la few years he mMy become thorough workman in the masonic fcnple, aad we'll informed on most subjects Re may enter che magmidceut Fang af SciRmcs, ssand amislss the blaze of all her lights, and become fa- miliaF wish her mystefiesi Or be may 20 out into the pleasure grounds of Literature, gather flowers from her terraces, gems from her sireanlefs, drink deeply of the spark ling waters of her fountains, and receive from her fair hand an uaGading chaples for his brow
 Thirdly: S. EoAn was . tnaa eE great far- tituds. Grmssss Of purpose and perseverance. q What came you out to sec reed shaken by the windH No, verily, but man 2 Whose resolution, ike the roek,
 Stands unmosed amidst the shock a
 & Of hillows, and the scar of storms. "A Eoetifads is . virtue much rsgeref by nm- saas. t is Ihas noble quality ,0f sshe mind whicis eslnblessa man t0 enduFB the fires of persecuisus rather lhan unlawfnlly revealllse mysteries of the Order. Happily isf our be- loved eannsry. under tic broad shield of she constitution, freedom of opinion upon all political and moral subjects. isgsaranseed to every nan. h other governments, how exes, where liberty of ofconssienee is nos 60. we'll secured, men, ianaEant of the genius of masonry, prompted by 6endish faslssicisa, or base curiosity. hare attempted to exsof. from her sosaries, the mysteriesof the instihaion. Bat theTe is not . single instance on record where any node of torture has caused the. si1ent tengne to unlock iks ssersts ef tAs JaitA- fai brsast--no Hason haseyer been forced so. 'hetray hts plighted faith to ihe Fraternity.
 FSrmaess of pst~poss and persensrance gre necessary 10 make man a useful and ac- complished mason, or s0 enable hun to pro- secute with success any jmpoElant underia-i king. The Gekle man--ihe mere road that Is swayed by every hreeze-- wha embraces all opinions, acts with all parties, and. like tie Kaleidoscope. presents am infinite variety of faces, is mere ssste upoa the waves of time, and should never be permitted to cross the itreshhold of she masonic Temple r. SLorHRrlSEss and PERSEVERANCE start up the beautifuEmeaasai of masonic, or intellee- tual and moral emineRce together. A linls way from the base. of the moantain. SLoTH- FuLNEss, becoming faint-hearted, lies down beneath the shadow of a tree to slnnbeF, and to dream that some fayoring wave Of fortune may pass that way, and wait her ts the top without effort on her part. Bat PERsEyER- Axc B, adopting for her motto that mr st exeel- lent old maxim. sswhatever man has done, man may do again. , fixes her eye upoa the brilliant star of her destiny, aud taking the torch of hope ia her hand. toils up the ascent, turning neither to the right or left, until she places her foot upon the Lofty emineace. and looks down with pity upon the slumberer below. M
 Let us, my brethren, cherish lively re- collection of the virtues of ST. JoHs, and strive to initiate them.
 Masonry is moral Institution She has no political feature or designs as some have ignorantly charged. hes constitution is fonn- ded iE great wisdom: her laws enjoin nor alily, fidelity and charity; and her emblems and ceremonies beautifully impress upon tho mind the obligations of the fraternity b each other, and society generally. Masonry had her birth when the void was young! She has come down to us from the .solden timesn' HerloCks are sIivered OCT with centuries, the gems of the East are upon heg brow, and Ii, her faithful bdsonl are sublime mysteries which have been transmitted through the long lapse of ages without the shadow of change. e,t
 The antiquity of Masonry is one. Of the best evidences that il is organized upon ror- rect principles--that 1t is founded in trnth, and though sscrushed to earth will rise again, for the eternal years of God are hers.n She has seen the fairest fahsicks of human in- vention rise, flourish, moulder, and blaeken beneath the ruins of time, while the fiercrs, Vandalism has not even larred a single slone from her Temple!
 MASONRY is noble old vessel launched upon the sea ot tune by tce kings and ri- dor's soh. Her main timbers are niSdom, beauty and strength--Prudence is her pilot, Hope her anehoF, Faifh her poIar star, eter- sify her destination, and charity her cargo, which she scatters along the coast ie the suf- fering sons of earth inaumetabies ships have been wrecked and gone down near hes pathway, sssa;.. hAer lMastsr has al~ays sent oai the lise-boat to relieve the distressed. And though her voyage has beea long and tenn pestaous, still she IS sea-worshy--lhefe is not leak m her hull, crack in her spars, nor rent in her canvass Ride on old yes sci, and may thy crew increase aatd all the
 worthy sons of earth shaa get aboard oI thee. l am proud, my brethren, so know that am even an haHhIe~ deck-hand upon the good ship of Masonry.
 Bat, says fair objector, y you have not the galaDtry to invite the Ladies aboard the old masonic vessel. True we do not exactly permit them to come aboard the main vessel
 but there accompany the principal ship, swe
 most beautiful little haFks, one upon her right stsn AZ a,