The Arkansas banner., 1848-07-18
IaTrIr Rocx, ist July. 1sI5.

L1rrLE RocK, lsi Juiy. 1sl5. s..-,,vx. Yoar uote ol the 26;h alt is al hand, \ xoad ssooes have oeen attended To, Dat Tor . I,..; and pressing eagsgement'. = " r.,.sea nisasea fad copy as requested. . s,e,s that the1e IS anything m q to pf0ns The M argn mach fl a sketched Od at odd times. and
 .-,yha, in hurry, bat U dces contain, however. .,,e of he re1sons why feel proud to be number ,-tith ,ss "Mystic Brotherhood"
 W;fh .sntiuisu's of uaseiEned esteem and regard,
 -. J. ]. BALDWIN.
 T-rsrs E. H. English, P. s. Gsrrist, ThOs- Par | ..a. C5Raiiiss
 R,,rHREx: About eighteen ceotrries since, the ..6te o Roman pOHer raised by ihe iron will and
 .,fIgsd courage of Il armies, compromised ibe .,,si portions of the globe for its Territory, and t wihia thA bounds of it's dssPoiisn the civilized ,y.,en oi n3sakind.
 saiesly there appears upon the stage of human ira two classes of n4eu, dis inguished fer their arti $: each acknOwIsag ng the sans origin !:
 a desr ng tr srriSe al the sane result, and otlen
 ,y.llag ne same path and both claiming to have he high d,stinctioa of having reesye'i their rules f soysrnmest direct frotn tbe 0naiscient Jehovah,
 'hansrrs from Sinai-hey were the Christian s. fhe Free Mason.
 f. ,s. one purity of il< and spirit nal exscfitude, ,sre aensniei and maintained; while in both. hab- ,f study ani labor were strictly fBcucated, aDda sa rus "crsliP VI u4e H"e Ovut iVuoNeu aoe Pfo- r3.ned.
 ga, The variant phases of human nature in the
 .f ofen rrodueed results of which rational beings p .bt ssll have been ashamed. The monster spirit 5tsrandizement. pushing hfs yeRaI miniOns into soIiest places, and gioaiing over the conquests k> lad soa, manaeed the sIirit of rising liberty, Paa o- time seemed to endanger the substance oE
 .oa i.>elf
 D srences subsi,firg hswrver for truths sake.
 satisfy the cravings of iatrilectual appetite,
 -i xrung lgAt and truth from the corruht mste-
 | f hamsa.ty i'self. 4 PrSseIeRt God with in
 -.iaAs VI -joJa brought virtue aud holiness out of
 as;ie msssss tf ssetarSaH ciseofa, and fixed the
 ,alss ot salsa'ion above and beyond upon the sky:
 role s;af ot chris iaa hope.
 H T-e q volt man who iS well skilled in masonic
 pnp;s ,1e inquiIing mind to these two classes
 -ea, ,stl- him they have the sane divine origin :: travel n company. and seek the same fual
 sg place: bat csu'ions him To beware lest
 sis lis iu'ure loo much ia one, or fsiIs se take -oH upon the sure salvation freely promised ey c,fsr. II points to rnsson1ry ss she hlngS her
 aru ever The wayward masses Of ile Cbl3ten
 q. r. and invites her parer sister to select suci,
 li H i enrell under the banner of the great cap
 >f salva'son.
 d.. ihe enquirer continues to invest gate the fna-
 ec iIcH rises before hig, and drawn thit,ses by
 ,ecn hand. he ertets is portals wit1 awe
 aiag almost 70 feaf; nd as he walks along Is 4tfSs iHsV ttE sttsiFS oi 2AA
 to mount as steps, and study its jewels
 's'ions, lights sna history; he learns taat the
 ssa'ioas oi the building ate broad as lfe--deep
 ernliy itself: that rrosey'ism or sggr grandi1f-
 has no piece in its cabinets; and that of ter
 SerS. il IS only fe4dieed thai they be free
 men, "no trust in Gad and live Gnder good re-
 'ulea'Ing as her fist lesson, unlinehiug b lief
 rIs; tn Col ald the sc rip tnres of Lis woEd he siorg he bFlght paths of sri, oS apon inc rig- sBi sngl lime ste1s 0i scisuce natil taught Ic
 'e temple fer inc adora ion oi Deity and fof age "a 'erouS machinery by which O. eans are cioe.
 l-i ali5n Ii dafeBces provklsd: or yei 10 goTrFn ,i.y ald turbulent children of this world, l7F.e and wield at will the terrible belts of rs scl 10 lef'y height he scans iAe works -,,iion and af Providence. aat b1cklirg oa uis pr~p4-es leF hls worS win the iltell seuce of
 lea en iasiruetei, and tries iO achieve tbe re- oi a well sgeai life.
 a.sisst asqiratogs cr wtsicTour nature i. ea-
 are oa..ed iHto heaiihy and vigorous action, .7n usr ous vocation is rendered happy "
 increase oi Knowledge. By meails of
 soie, aad records he makes the pas his ow n. -ja'iag by bright -xafnaies on ei hef hana,
 pain be pItsues. H. fiads the bistory of lbs nary, 10 be t4e account of the struggles
 atty az progress that it holds with coEnpre-
 -risp 90 [ ol that N tich ,s good and asel,sI pTsctSll sETsis Of lfs ii,ai The riAe and pro- 0f sias natloa Is bat very lfide thing, and
 'sk.s vi tin Is ample range, the bonn1less ''e cl cle.t-d tlAnes.
 '1sa he should b. called upon 70 give some s' f i~ gsniza ion, he woI'd say. that near - 10 sand seHs sIacs, Hebrew Chef, fired He te4 of a ,ising t~mll- m which whole
 'l night wo-s'ip The 'ru' God. ea'iad together tsa hund-ed thousand C. Inc mos, cunning 'AHta crai'sn-n of bis sgr, who for seven long ace basy Tn erecting bailiipg which filled p4'g tt e mind ci saeceedifg ag~s, and ihe cag 7( Its WoFkmen, sestte red iar and wiie M eH-ect kfow ledge of the aFts Of psace. iteamflsl ih.s great work and wiih such of man bo4nd oy uo other chain than their a'e7'. It taNe! 90 the Gtu ost. that wise<t ef M sfHl-l t1 He sstlblishIeat of a sys'em of "s "os wise. libsrai. lnst and exact which II f2feu tae Ugh pfiSiiege ot men 10 fratse or I"as 'here was paHtsd thai khewiedge ia-fy and natural right, which though and h4n;sd ~ith fire and sword in stlzC ai' 'Iivi ed is inl4ticx, and has xpancd to aoaee-fp tree, und~r whose shade we all felfsig rest. Civil iihxsts; that right te '' n woF'tip first veueh Safed to maa by 5a lo-n from the masses by lhe ambition o'ai i-w, has heen gwen back ts us pare wy s' q hrs,; and sn long as inc Pri ciples er are taught and rrac.i ised; The ffiens of gl'' n"ef aot iFar for I;s safety. What has Ai-.lF preserved through the fraud and -i'a9 Of 'he past is in lite danger in ttese i i'tr'y ami progress Ii the brethren are as '' '' tAel' isters have been.
 >e e 'he most pleasing. as well as mes: in- ] '' % patHes 10 look over our histaii-s and go fs i1 one age, almost crushed by the " 1i 'fe tsJa7t, has gain rrappearsd 10 4s Hearts ai Us votsriCs in 7n6th~r. Truth, . b hef voea.ion VII pnIs e Le way aud .e'seai.d and tunled from hili to hiH sad "' t9 Fa'i a; crth e dc tn fire b. kind- | s oet mi aai around nef yet by The aid of b-Stf,ag Eye ssd stretched oui arm -- l.th u fer lsea 10 ES!y apea, she r ane' to'ta again ighie aud Pur T, and ~''-9.e iaas al first
 f al Us 'ine bre,hrsn propose to go into <, ,'As detail Sl historic account of our Bso- tl n ite uase Of is regular crgInszatioa '-' Aa "e are passing, would call at- iTs geasfal pEIleIP!ss. and psiat etsi .s s'Hstts which rec Masonry ,n the ''ss s.'Ti e, has conferrei on The human iS H.aa ton of lts great worth as means ,, 'As 'espot of his power, and pgsssrving Na' ey the teaching of is eonmonesl a,iag tha'l when necessity has com f~Hf