The Arkansas banner., 1849-07-31


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 Bst ia the secret enHeIaTes es MAsoas. is there not danger that they may es,er lnto dare plSs or feli eOhspitAeyi Oh soost unQaessioaAbly confess myself guilty oa having engaged m Masoaie plots. l remember on certain occasion, the heavy rap Of the Masters gsccl vas heard af,sI nishi-Ai and every Mason wiliu tic sound lhereoi haslsaed to tfe Lodge. Tie si0oS soist aHs barred, ss5 Tyler stationed without, aftaed win drawn sword, to g1IaEd against surprise The windows were closed. and the curtains rarefuAy drawn down. The assembled craftsmen seated themselves ia a hollow sgaaTe face to face. and each face wss full of deep meaning A profound pause eHsiei ioE moment. and each seemed ssxioas for ano.hsE to break the silence. Finally the master arose. and said in suppressed voiee Bretlysa isrthtss sresIisg rery poor Mzs0a died, ieariag atrfs and Six sRa5, hslyless chfrca ia exsreas dcsfatoa- io-mo,E0w AS Nsa he baTIsi, and his wife Gs4 ctiiarsa ssppised ,rstA breadi And there, in that secret e9aeiare, solemn plot was made 10 SDy the dfad, and Prortst Tor the tcqHts of the hriag ,!g
 
 the corner of the street, holding trumpet in his hand; and he lifted up inc trumpet aRd biew load blast thereon and said Hk0 srsa giue m0ae to Sssy tie d>od! And saw another PAaSiseS standing on the opposite corner of the street who likewise held great trumpet in his hands, and straigh;way he raised the trumpet 10 hts mouth and blew long blast thereon, and answered in loud voice: whl give money to bury the dead And whils, these PAnriEees were aoufishing their trumpe,s oa the corners ef the streets, that their eariiy might be of men, the Mzsons, in pursuance of iIier PlOt quietly went and buried the poor man, paid his funeral expenses, and supplied his family with pro vISiUus. Such are the rIofs and coas7aactes of Masons,
 Fiaaiiy. Masonry has borrowed her secret feature from the example of nature. There ase deep rnys- ieTies in earth air and oceanin every opect above below and around us. There IS a wonderful mystery inc very ght that lifts the dark veil s night from the face of nature, and presents her features o yiew--in every beam that hides from the eye iis beautiful coors, but paints with invisible pencil and infinite variety the doninions of Flora; there is profound mystery in ihe iightailg tha, leaps froIa cloud To cloud. aud with fiery tongue speaks in voice Of thunder; in graEilatioI, that biads with invisible chords the solar system ia harnoni icus combination and causes every panet 10 wheel in it's proper orbit There IS a strange mystery in the organization of ali animate b-inss-ip the growth, decomposition and reproduction of sege'a- ,ioa--in lime, life, death. the soul There is ? sublime mystery in the sun, moon, aId every lamp of heaven, whose undecAying fires SiuAinaie ,he magnificent Temple oi the Uniyerse Wherever the eye turns, thought ranges, CT imagination goes upon its distai, flight. terc IS mysiery These mysteries are concealed from the mass of inanklat' but the PHILOSOPHER toits his way thFol gh the may AbyTinths ot science into the of NATURE and she schiefs into his her profound seerets Thus Masonry, ike naiGye reveals her mysteries only To the usiilatcdt