New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-11-23

tnHt true fr1endS. HeuCe16 that
moral tone and high purposes only capable Of thi
noble passiu; fotif not based on morality 1t must be
an interior stamp Whatever may be said Of it friend
of the heart and Of the that lead
sols does not sufficiently prevail Hence the injunction
81 our Order Sc e nurture both and enlarge their apa
tments and reciprocity Of good offices but also e eteh
them into tho wider circle of phianthropy-a blessed
These considerations have marked Friendship as one
the main links the chain that binds the Order in har
mony aud usefuiiiess fhet teach that after our do
nestle duties and social affections have been day Hon
ored it is good and wise to consult aspirations will
regard to the moral and intellectual welfare of man
kild We reject the spurious feeling that would re
| strict the gifts Of Providence to our own famie
| and friends when they may, without detrimsn
s is0 e Be on well saF dsposst
to all, without Impeachment to the Siaits that are hear
est and dearest to the human heart Hence hold tina
Friendship whether directed to individual commu
nifty or humanity at large is sentiment which grows NJ
under the holier instincts Of upperyered heart
chain IF obligations which we have sosnIy assumed
The next link, which ehdbleins our moral Worship il
Love, lfegviug and DEMONSTRATING Love The law Of
love, which science has A$ed Under the name Of affinity
is the law of life revealed in the beautiful intrtaces
the moral and physical universe Pity the perverted
mind that will not conceive the enlareing intuenees-
pity the selfish heart that cannot feel the sautary
trol--of this Golden law of human existence With us
Love as one Of the terms of Creed eneass all
the present and the hopes Of the hereafter of life The
Odd Fellow loves because he is alive the beautiful and
he hopes because the beautiful is the spendor of truth
anu, indeed the imagination ANYTHING
rapturous than the first outpourngs Of young and pure
heart Into the treasury Of another equally and
heart? Does the whole scope of human life present
spectacle more repete with dignity touched with
beauty than that OF the tender mother and devoted wife
the fond husband end manly sire The mutual depend.
and affeconate intercourse Of husband and wife
daily strengthen the ties that subsist between them
Their offspring no less than the good fortune which they
may enjoy iii common OF even the evils which they may
have been called to bear seals the bond their union with
the signet of love- If happy in their children hap
pness whichis equally shared by both their training
know at least that they have net failed in the great law
of love. If they have been snatched away they yield to
each other consolation which living being could min
lister to the broken heart Tins living and loved they
pursue their earthly Every thing iii its course
that purified the heart creating the duties
of fe adds also to the perfection of their lives And
when death at length they who in the vigorous
line Ct he poet have saYed the ordinance of God and
made the measure Of their being tie easure their love
quered indeed, by the momentary sunderng of earthly
ties yet one akin ito the feeling with which an infant
pared dwelling Place where the bonds of affection know
Of disagreement where eternal love ministers to
eternal fe Wisely then repeat it, has this been made
one Of the special precepts Of our noralizng creed
Last in order though not least in import Truth
truth Among the superior affections. none
claim higher rank IN the Tirtous and enlightened ii
is less decided and essdsiuterested than any With
which we acquainted You brethren in the workings
OF the Order are fully aware of the priceless vauehe
connected the best feelings of your heart and the
lest aims Of your life. tits mandate Of duty-an
know abatement and to be willing if its interests de-
mands IT. TO tender fortune and life ITSELF in the cham
pionshb its tase Both the duty and the vow require
we devote exerons in its behalf in the ratio
the knowledge which stores the mind and the virtues
which dignity the heatt Does not history indeed dis
play examples Of obstinate tonstancy In defence of doc
trnes far far from the lines Of TRUTH ffthe convictions
Of error then capable of inspiring such constancy
what may we not ascrbe to the influences of truth tse
ruth, then must pervaue gil the actions it embraces
all the relations of human life Science without truth is
but vain pride of the intellect As liberty without
80 science without truth hapeless growth of doubt
error and wretchedness And so is morality without
ruth mean the morality which edges the statute and
heary defines the distinction between mine and thine
hdeous hypocrisy teeming with vice These are things
Sieh The odd Fellow taught to stamp with reproving
zeal whilst the other hand With the LIGHT Of truth to
sude him. he boldly inquiries and honestly acts Even IA
he political order Of society is this virtue Of the Odd Eel
owls cnture-the cardinal virtue of truth-a main ele
lor is it the custom Of orderto usurp the word poll
les in our commerce Nor do mean by the word the
Ute aims Of little tnds but do mean the higher and
o6ler science Of governlcnt-tse due anatomy Of the
ody social to ascertain the nature of its franeo mark
oW far its functions extend and safely extendto trace
the sources of the growth and prosperity of States
M reveal the causes of their decline and fall Even
his portion of the field of thought is not closed up
0 his inquiries. Truth compels him. for himself az
man and as a citizen, to enter its precincts and
thin the scope of his powers to apply to it the best
annlngs Of his eye and the sonder deductions of his
rong but because it comes from not earthly soree
it is the lawhe supreme law of the universe-so it
pears the religious, the moral social
IN the last connections as it teaches us that the seat
freedom is the altar of truth it teaches freely
ore ana Justly decide Error may cross our path its
he convictions Of success. Never had truth SO fierce
attic to wage as that which waged against the errors
Paganism In the starry night whilst vocal with the
lending sounds of the Ionian Tyre and Mendenan harp
"a any galley oysrsprsad with sllsen awnings gil
Id lofty spirit purified by prayer up its aspirations
songs OF confidence and praise, till the acvious pleas
gs OF the lutte died away rebnked by the chant
ws OF sphnxesthe granite ents Of hoary error
9und which an abject crowd had gathered in I'M
NY rites to the Ibis the Serpent and the Ok the Worship
OF the spirit of truth sent forth their hymus of tr
nphant Defiance and the crowd bowed before them, '
1st the echoes of the Nile carried through the depths
Its deserted the olden prophecies of wrath and
ummes, that had lived with Joseph again heard the
Dry sounding even in the dull of death
this and trust this guardian principle of our Soc
=. Time, brethren, has avenged you fully and well
me- the great agent, which winnows away errors and
eJudlces abuses and wrongs destined II may be to 4
ring but surely to be again dispersed to the winds
be to them, then, who will not the cha whirling
tn the wheat They will perish as their abettors per
red leaving behind them but memory of contempt or
infamy Gather ye, then, around the truth Truth a
m the sunbeam that struggles from world of light to
verlest particle OF dust that swept from the path
ys OF earth Truth in the intellectual world truth
the moral world truth in the social world truth 2
cry where at every point of the circumference of earth
ID Responsibilities still-ertra fammantia mena mund
,end the flaming bounds OF the nniverse-up to the
perennial freshness and undying power u
And now brethren cling these weapons of Heay
y make Use them fairly and them we'll and you b
have acquired the right to shout victory victory
broader and broader spheres Of
rality and happiness Everywhere aud under all cir
instances let us maintain the dignity nature and
sanctty Of our vows We will never degrade to the
poses of ambition or lower the pursuits of self pow
and faculties which God has placed just next to His
word Let not the idea go forth that there il moth
in favored land but craving appetence of gold tt
greedy hands forever stretching out to clutch the
tering dross Turn your eyes to higher and nobler
ngs Turn them in the words of the poet to the pat
S OF gold, " with which the hand of a superhunau |
Infect has fretted the goody armament over our head
re often turn your looks and keep the holier com
Mon, which in the days of DID, held between an
and men, Make room in your hearts for all the bet ~
instincts Of life Room in your heart for one taberna 4
strictly guarded from all the taints of earth where vi
thoughts may cluster in beauty and thrive in useful
s. In the moral struggle between good and evil kuow IL
e and ignorance, plant yourselves undaunedy in the ~,
ach and regardless of the assaults of the enemy pur
your noble mission in behalf of the best interests of
nkind Beyond our own circle of action there is much m
do all the good can and lift be possible make the
then sit lightly and easily upon them Let us not
use for the DIM uncertain future do the good which s
feetng moments place within grasp but up and h
with our goodly work while light and life remain DO ba
ask me, why this great activity thus enoined? Dc
tell have heard many say Is not life life ar
not contentment and ease its browning Developments
browning development Of life? the grave that's the -
~ning development of this life for tina other life W.
LIST contenment and the precursors of the
ence OF the energies of life As surely as the life M
am running in slackening through the veins
peaks the gradual approaches of dissolution SO surely
ne influences OF contentment and bring that fo
my which Is the fore-runner of the moral death Gil
nc them OIL brethren, if they mean anything but fiji
contentment which grows out of useful exertions |
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