The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-06-27
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But I do not, and for aught that may be OF inter-
est in this receptions you Will be indebted to the oc.
casion, not to me- an occasion that has drawn hher
isis goody multitude.
If this reception shall be less imposing than that
extended by gifted Brother, 20 Balhis of Sheba.
at Jerusalem, we claim not to have bctn surpassed by
Solomon himself in the sincerity of our offerings.
While in discharge of the duty assigned me, instead
of speaking for Masonry, shall endeavor let Ma
.onry speak for tSelf. shall re ~ upon the geaius
aud vitality of our Order and the kind indulgence OF
the craft. BE unto like Aaron and IIur unto
Moses, upon the plains of Republican,, while contend
ing against heather hosts for the promised land
''Stay up rhine hand from the rising, even to the
going down OF the sun that Israel and not Amalek
prevail
Brothcrs-Guess-In the name, and on behalf of
the fraternity OF St. Paul, bid YOU WELCOME;
YOU welcome to beautiful Territory its plains,
its groves, its cascades; to rising city, homes
our affairs and our fires.
Right glad should be, here to stop and ming lie
vi 18th fellows, at the close of this greeting. But IA
further duty has been assigned me. am charged to
speak somewhat Of the Order, and of our Patron
SAINT whose nativity re now commensurate; the day
is far spent, this adiaonshes brcvity.
70 speak Of the life, character and services Of ST.
john, the Baptist to those reared un.r the ''dror
pings of the sanctuary to tas audience, time
iii spent.
Equally unfortunate. would be an attempt to iIlu,
lar to every well informed Mason A. his ministra-
tons upon the Altar Of God were lorvcnt, faithful
and fearless; equally so, we've they upon the Affairs
of Free Masonry; he was devoted member Of our
Order.
The craft in Minnesota is vet in its infancy; we
have had hut the second Grand Conyocaton in its his
tory. Yet behold Tor ii br ght future. 1t is not
five years since little band of met for the frs.
time, to commune together, in Minnesota, at the 'Old
School House, which now stands reiict of the past
under the shadow of the LIST Presby tcrian Church,
OF that band of brothers behold three present on
this occasion to bear witness.
Young is our Organization here, ] behold grey
heads III tfis assembly are admonIshed of
approaching dissolution of the time when these jew
els must pass to other hands, in which may the
spirit of Moses be transmitted to Joshua.
We shalt soon be gathered to our Fathers; soon it
may be said Of US, by the wauderer in some Golgo-
tha-
"Tlese skulls what ghastly figures nov,
S,loahSome to our eyes
Thesc were the heads we lately knew,
5, beauteous and so wise.
And in the song Of Ossian IL eternal truth
The racr of nan is like the wave of the ocean,
Like tie leaves of Woody Morven.
Tney pass away in the ruStling blast,
And other leaves lift their green heads on high"
With man all is chaneea Yet the principles OF our
Order are eternal
The hand that made them is divine
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speaks an a,irersal language amid tropical sands,
or polar SHOWS. Whether telling cedars upon the
cloud capt summit of Mount l., banis the forest pine
where its form is mirrored back from the cry stall
sources OF the s:great father of foods casting
brazen sea in the plains Of Jordan bearing civiliza
ton and the arts OH The summit of Mount Caucas-
sus to the crags and cliffs of old Caledonia from the
Eternal Citv' to the banks Of the Nile, the Bos-
phorus and the Rhine, Mount Taurus and the Alps.
Mount Atlas and she PyrenceS; mnistering to the
sick and distressed, paying the last solemn rites TO the
dead receiving the law from the finger Of God amid
the thundcrs and qnkings of Mount Sinai, or judg-
ing Israel, from generation to seneraton,-bearing
the Ark from the house of Obcd Edum to Mount Nj J.
riah and placing it in its dwelling place beneath the
protecting wings of the Cherubms, within the Holy
Of Holes, offering up incense grateful to God for the
sins of the people; or upon the Brazen Scaold, in
the midst of the Court before all Israel, in the per-
son of our iIlustrous Grand Master, she sprcadeh
her hands hcavenward, invoking the blessings of the
God of Jacob upon her people; the cloud filled
the Temple, shouting Praise We tie Ford, for he is
good, for his mercy endureth forever" measuring
the cxpan-e the heavens, fixing the signs Of the
zodiac; sending ships to TarshiSh for ivory, or to
Ophr for gold collecting the fruits of all chimes, of
either India, whitening the bosoms Of every with
the rich sails of her commerce. exchanging the soft
tissues of cashmere, for the sumpuous tapestry of
LYDIA the amber of the Baltic for the pearls and per-
fumes of Arabia;'' rearing the pyramids upon the
plains of Gish or St. Paul's upon the banks of the
Thames; creating Tadmore in the wilderness, or
causing the desert to bud and blossom the rose
in all this she proclaimed the omni potence of genius
guided by the cardinal virtues.
Throus hnut her eventtu career, in whatever
achievement of art or aims, she rropaga,ed under
the Hgis of her mighty name, the language, the
Manners the institutions of civ lzation know edg.
Ui The Is and sciences. With her came the ,lden
age. Thus hath Masonry aided mankind
And Vet there be who name her slave
t. power and mad ambition,
And TO the Keeping of all coming time
Hand down the lie.
Thou art of such,
Bat freedoms chosen minister
The world had need that one like thee