Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-03-04

r.rned IT, IN the closet he ponderr its designs ~
the camp he minstered al iis altar; and when war; with
all lis trals, snirtnqs and carnage. had ceased To de-
soae his native coun,,y; when peace brongh, hsrpn ss
and Liberty Ia hre side still he Ia the same stead
tas' masanic teacher and It's unchanged friend. Neither
the onapp ot powrf The advance Of ago chill
ed his ardent attachment IN "nr ancept' Tderof made him
less aciiys aud working Mas ~ Ac,vs in all is
chsues and working l., give IL eternal cnura nrr,
Here the fecotd Of his inat on, and here tn exhibit
tho Bible then used in the 'odge. ard which ~ We oil
know is the first NJ greatest light ii mas'nary. In IN
fancy he had been bapsed IN the Church OF Christ. OF
which he remained tn his death an humble and roos
member. Here exhibit you ,he cloak that c"vered
The infant Washington IN tho arms II the sdmrable mo
her al the moncni ef the ceremony and VIII" taught him
the ways Il virtue aud religion. IIrre Brother Scott
held up tho cloak which tho immense audience hailed
with chees)
On the ath of November 1852 in t.odse No L. in the
town OF Fredericksburg no became Of my mss'nc
beihrenanj you ol that Lodge WIN snud here to-day
tho representatives Of you lustrious WIN
he romrairu's Of Washington and Of Mercer, should
ever ID hese relics of by gone days in the deepest rev
erence lie hslaed no,.aod the 81 Of March 753.
was passed Fellow Graf aud on tho day Of August,
h33"ss ased To Tho sui lime degree Of Master Mason;
and m,ser. indeed, did hc Ihcncefoih prove himself TO
be- Master ot all our mysteries but moro than all that,
mas'or deeply imbned WITH and practising. those
charming virtues that adorn as,ocia,on When the
mighty s'nggle came with our Fahcrland, and he was
called by the united yoce oi his country load her ar
mics and guide her destiny when heavily taxed by tho
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III ''' sefie nnd oeh' sl'' OF masonry no ha''so M"
nv oo'nr rh''nni 10 our P'ncP'es anu never nan"2
III MS duty mn incident orcn'Tch DUNG our h'v"ln'i""
ay war which nifnded hm an opportunity To display
ihcm practically 10 tho enemy. A detachment ot the
American army had me' ana v''la"'iy overcome DIV
sh f,Ice and cap ured from them the working DOORS w
ella and clihing of military travelling Lodge WASH
ngon learned this. aud would ~ soon have sanctioned
the pnndannc Of church. NJ 10 have approved the re-
i'non Of the hooty lilo order'd and made lis frs'o"
lion under siong military escort accompanied bV inc
decai aiion ihat his counymen waged no war against
phanhrophy and bcnevolrnce.
The hours of peace arrived. Our believed gfoat man
had pnssed untouched and unhafmed. through m,nya
hard fought baul", and kind and wach'"l Providence
had guarded and saved hun, Tor long HE of alter use
iun"ss. lls military abts icrn'na"d on the heights
of Yorktown. lnthat village was .odse M. y. where,
after the seipe had ended. Washington md Lafayette;
Marshall aud Nelson. together. nni by their union
hore abiding esnonv thu beautiful lrnols oi masonry
The simple white apron; 'bs uns'led aud nnsl"''ed
lamb skin wear, was the property OF that Lodge
Retirement 10 the quiet shades IT Mount Nernn. did
no, remove Washington ffon h'a Masonic labors aud
usefulness On the 2sih day Of April. l7SS Fdmnns
Randolph the then Grand Master and Govenor II Vir-
pni, issued n ch rirr H. Alexandria Lodge NJ % oi
this l. dpe Washington was member and was constant
and punctual and ready To communicate lgh, and
Tia, light which time has never denied,
and that instruction The buntifl fruits of which, NJ"
manifested in the unor,o prosperity or tho I.od!e. AID
i,s now numerous and respectable attendance herc--
Fev ,red shortly after this To the rat o IN I'll. Re
bubble he Ia vet found IN constant correspondence md
active cnnnexon with the Masonic hody. His letters
written in 1888. 1884. 1890 1871. 1892. and l797.
speak tie language of rue faithful. and ardent follow
or Of Masonry Al all ines whether in the working OF
ccs or in the open cetenonons Of public ons.
he was ready 10 perfum his part When the Capitol Of
the nation was commenced. hs was present and the
lending scfnr On that occas'on. But he there M
Mason This marble mallrt. masters gayel was
then usod by him, and is the property of Georgetown
odye in the District Of Columbia. Ihs apron md
sash (here tho .Spenkef held up these ancient rocs
adorned his noble form. He understood The Of Tho
one and high morn instruction derived from the o,her.
With rhese Simpl, relies Of the olden times. how many
n nd interesting ass citations spring up That and
sash were in 1924. IN istcnrd with he nffe'tionatc
tears Of The gallant Funchman who ileI for shed
10 hld far us They nre vet the properiy of Aieran-