The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-05-09
The Three Degrees Of Masonry.

--s .e1tA SfhtSANu . aP PtchitiCcs a ISSSOil vi
humility and contempt of worldly riches
and earthly grandeur. is impressed upon
his mind by symbolic ceremonies, too i'm
portant in their characters ever to be for
COTTON. The beauty and holiness of chari-
ty are depicted in embIematic modes,
stronger and more lasting than mere Ian
guage can express, and the neophyte is
directed to lay:a corner stone Of virtue, and
purity, upon which he is charged to erect
a supessiructure, alike honorable to himself
and the fraternity ofwhich he is hereafter
70 compose a part. 5a a
lnthe degree of entered apprentice ev-
cry emblematic ceremony is directed to the
illustrations Of the heart; in that of fellow
cTnft, TO the enlargement of the mind. Al
ready clothed in the white garment ofinno-
cence. the advancing candidate is now in
vested with the deep and unatterable truths
OF science. At length he passes the porch
Of the Temple, and in his progress 10 the
middle chamber, is taught the ancient and
unerrlng method Distinguishing friend
from foe.
But 1t is not until the third or masters
rank is reached by arduous labor, study and
by worthy conduct, that the full undimmed
ettulgence ofmasonry light upon the enrap-
tured vision. In this, which is the perlec-
tion Of symbolic masonry the purest Of
truths are unveiled amid the sublime cer-
emonies. None but he who has visited
the holy of holies and travelled in the road
of peril, can have any conception of the
mysteries unfolded in this degree. Its
solemn observance defuses sacred awe,
and incucates a lesson of religions truth,
and il is not until the neoyhyte has reach
ed this summit of our ritual, that he ex-
claimed with joyfulaccent, in the language
Of the sage of old Eureka, Eureka, have
found at last the long sought treasure"
In the language ofthe learned Hutchinson,
somewhat enlarged in its illusion, the mas
ter mason is man under the doctrine of
love; saved from the grave of iniquity, and
raised 10 the faith of salvation.
A scENE.-sundav morning, while the
bells Of Trinity Church were ringing for
morning service, German emigrant wo-
man cleanly dressed and, leading by the
hand two fresh. healthy children, girl about
hveand a boy ten or eleven years ofage, tur-
ned into the open gate, and going up to the
main entrance, the trio okneit there and were
soon lost in prayer. 1t was a touching
sight. and attracted large crowd of gazers;
but the woman, with hand on the head of
either child. and face upraised to heaven,
silently poured forth her prisons needless
Of the busy hundreds gasping, deaf to the
noise of the rumbling vehicles, and mind
ful apparently, only of Him in whose
sight all are alike, and to whom her pray
ers were ascending.
1t was scene such ao 10 hove naror
before witnessed, and, to Judge from the re.
marks of many Of those who observed it,
produced an impression not soon to be for
Y Courier and Eng.
A LITTLE FABLE.-The sword of the
warrior was taken down to brighten: it
had not been long out of use. The rust
was rubbed off, but there were spots that
would not go-they were of blood. 1t
was on the table near the pen of his secre-
tary. The pen took advantage of the first
breath of air to move little further off.
Thou art right said the sword. i am
bad neighbour i fear thee not replied
he pen; i am more powerful than thou
art, but love not thy society," 4 exter-
inmate, said the sword. 'And I perpetu-
ate,' answered the pen; swhere are thy
victories, if record them not? Even
where thou thyself shalt one day be-in
he lake of oblivion
"Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mgEtier than the sword"
In AND OuT.-An Irish preacher was
annoyed las many before and
since have likeM se been,l by persons get
ing up and leaving the church during his
sermon. His patience being exhausted,
he stopped his discourse, and in rowdy
way exclaimed
"Go on my lad, I've seen the top of
your head. that's enoughr'
The fellow, turning round with angry,
look, muttered- @
"fll see you again.
"You had better see me now" replied |
he preacher, .sfor when Pm in the pulpit |
fight for the Lord Jesus, but when Pm
'ut of it | fight for myself.
10 Some ten years since an old Dutch
nan purchased IN the vicinity of Brooklyn. |
rsnug little farm. for nine thousand dollars.
.ast week lot Of land Spectators called |
m him to .'buy him out" On asking him
lis price, he said that he would not take
ess than "sixty thousand dollars Gm
Sand how much may remain on bond
md mortgage?"
.sNine thousand dollars" 9s
"And why moi more, replied the would
e purchaser. sa
.'Because der tam blace aint worth any
nore.'' 4 ~
Amt that Dutch? @ a
TINS Bears BnTz.-Evelyn's Diary. |
TO Richardson, the famous juggler,
vho, llVlng some two hundred years ago,
avs: 9ea ~ o go - nea 7
"tle deyoured birthstone on glowing
Gals before us, chewing and swallowing
hem; he melted a beer-glass and ale It
uick up; then taking a 1--we coal on his
ongue, he put on it a raw oyster, The coal
ias blown on with bellows till it famed
nd cns,rt. lod n, hiss month and - "A Il