New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-28

need 70 be warmed into life by contact with
kindred spirits. lie realizes the true nobility Oh
+ his natUre. The Intellectual and me- "a ianctlons
are brought into healthfll action. As 50 indiyld'
I ual, be IS conscious that change has colue over
/ his spirtual nature. The genius of Masonry nas
touched with her wand his stony heart, and the
/ living waters have gushed forth making his bar.
ren wilderness blossom as the rose. He no long
I ct walks solitary amid the multitude. For in
4 such countenance be sees something which
/ draws him, as by magnetic influence, 70 itself.
+ BE looks upon all as brethren and Is bound 70 all
/ by the strong ties OF brotherhood His unruly
passions are sabdued and the gentler emotions;
fjJsed into activity anj life.
AS the coors of the spectrum. though Of varied
o-llliancy and intensity, when blended, produce
clear unsued white, so the feelings OF the heart,
though OF varied depth and power, united AMI
harmonzed by the medium OF Masonry, AMI
brotherly kindness and charity are the character
istics developed brothery love and charity, the
cardinal principles OF Masonry.
How endearing the title of Friend what
charm IN the very name OF Friendship. How the
mind turns at once to the domestic circle, fer II IS
here that Friendship is seen in its beauty aud
intensity. The wites devotion has ever beeA the
theme OF poets song and mnstrels strain, ami
hllal love has been promised a blessing IN Its mi
hllment Desolate indeed must be that heart
which cannot look back to the early quiet Joys OF
home. y, the remembrance of & mothers love
hath often come back to the lone wauderer Ike
long.iorgotten strain, to cheer him in his lonell-
ness and soothe hlsj~ eared spirit and feelings OF
bitterness at the worlds heartlessness, have given
place to kindlier emotions, as he thought OF his
earliest, his rruest friend
Throughout all animate creation is this princi
pie recognized. The humble ant shows attach
ment to is fellow.laborer, and the honey-bee Will
allow 10 intruder in its hive. They all are drawn
to each other, by instinct if you please, but IN
reality by love Of their own species, implanted
in them by an all. wise God, for their own good.
v1, tba 10 IF gro TOD baIuyS
the ruling principle evident, increasing gradually
in power until in man under the guidance OF
reason it is displayed in its full development.
1t is the basis OF patriotism--that love OF coun-
try which nerves the arm. and tires the heart TO
protect our native soil from the step OF the IN
vader, our hearth stone from the touch of the OPP
pr%ssor 1t imparts hope TO the exile, when some
bome.melody strikes his ear with all its loved
associations High and low, rich and poor, ac-
knowledge its power 1t hlghsens the pleasures
Of the palace and aleyiates the misery OF the
howell Even the vicious, whose hearts have been
worn away By the constant droppings OF EVIL, are
subject to its influence What noble Influences
OF heroism has 1t produced. 1t has supported the
diving martyr in his agony, and cheered the prs
oner in his solitude. 1t seen at the cross,
when amid revilings and reproaches, the faithful
band Of disciples stood by and witnessed the last
agony 1t guided the lone women ut early dawn
ID the sepulcher to see where they had laid their
lf:end and master. O, it is the golden thread
which runs through the web of human HE, I'M
parting to it its strength and beauty.
We claim not for Masons that they alone ex.
bit in all its ullness this divine principle but we
DO assume that the lessons of wisdom presented
night after night and day after day to the eye aud
ear of the youthful Mason, ave direct and pow
erful tendency to induce those kind ieellngs-that
earnest desire to benefit his fellow, which belong
to true Friendship. We all know and teel the IN
huence of daily associations how productive they
~ 1f 4 anvil TnTts "a
CURED in our Lodges of thinking well OF our neigh
bors and this is the first step towards seeking to
do him good We learn to look upon our fellow
man, not rs one who can be used to advantage,
but as one vino has claims upon our sympathy and
regard We are taught to shun moroseness Jeol-
ousy and suspicion-and to cultivate courtesy
afaibility and frankness Now the heart thus
alive to the gentle feelings-thus tull OF love aud
raercy--must be possessed also OF Charity, the
distinguishing characteristic OF Master Mason
that wide world Charity which looks abroad upon
the wtGle human tanlly-aud recognizes hil ~
brethren-that Charity which looks TO tne ri'tN'
as well the physical Improvement OF mdu
which seeks to cothe him with the arm0r ot right
eousness to present him with the shield OF yir-
tue That Charity which desises man Intellect
ual advancement, and strives to raise him from
the degraded condition to which Sin has reduced
BIN, and 10 elevate him nearer to that state OF
periectionin which he was originally created How
beautiful the description oi Charity by 1t. Paul:
angels, and have not Charity. | am become as
sounding brass a tinkling cymbol and though
have the gift OF Prophecy and understand all
mysteries and all knowledge and though have
all faith. so that | could remove mountains and
have not Charity, | am nothing; aud though be-
stow all my goods to feed the poor, aud though |
eiqe my body to be burned, and have no Charity,
il proGteth me nothing. Charity sutereth long
and Is kind Charity envleth not Charity want,
cthnot ITSELF is otpufedup doth not believe Itself
Or 90 mr.
voked, thinketh no evil, rejoceth not in iniquity
but eioicet in the truth believeth all things,
hopeth all things eudureth all things, and now
abideth Faith Hope and Charity, bat the greatest
of all these is Charity. How graphic this de
scrpton-how strictly IN consonance with the
teachings of Masonry.
The Young Mason is taught pRtience-patlen
under trials and atflictlon, patience Qnderooofuy
and reproach. If the world taunt him as one
whose profession is better than his practice les
him diligently examine and see whether, IN some
particulars he is not wanting In that strict con-
t sistencv which should mark his course through
life He must not return taunt Tor taunt, but ra-
lher good for evil. There is, indeed, point De
vuud which orbearance ceases to be virtue olI
much may be borne before that point IS reached.
Charity susfereth long and is kind. He Is taught
humiIity-to be Iowly in his own eyes seeing the
Lord If God has endowed HIN with superior
efts he is TO them for the benefit OF MS breth-
rem; but not, by unnecessary display, TO endeGYor
TO excite jealousy and envy. True merit Is never
obtrusve, nor does It ever 90 without It's reward.
The lowiest flower often exhales the sweetest
perfume and is the especial object Of the Natural
isrs care.
j is said of an ancient Phiosopher-one a:
whose feet many had sat to gather the words OF
wisdom-that, to a catering disciple, he replied,
My daily experience is that know nothing :
He W as not unconscious of MS own powers he
knew the value of his own requirements yet his
thirst for knowledge was still uusatisiied He
had often grasped at the shadow rather than the
substance He had not been able TO sound the
that such is the experience of all. Charity yaunt
~ r,ct itselEis not nnffed nn--dnth not behage