The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-06-27

Yes, Masonry hath its opponents. What that is;
good, hath nott Its downfall hath oft been predict:
ed. !
The Pagan seated upon the bank, patiently tarry-
ing till the Ganscs shall cease to flow is doomed
to no certain disappointment. There he may
sit until the g g,aSshoppcr shall be burien-deSre
shall lail-man goe,h to his long home, and the
mouruers go about the streets" And st,ll that
mis- hy liver shall continue tO'ro and ming lie its
W atcrs with the ocean, until the 'Ansel that stood
W Oh the sea and the EARTH shall proclaim that tine
shall be no longer"
Masonry has passed fiery ordea-she was the
child of persecution, if not scattered and peeled
like the oaken mona Oh Of the hills, and borne IN
fragments on the air. she felt the shock OF "iid la
natici>m, hen hro,hers of whom the world was not
worthy, we're prosecuted even unto strange cities:
She bent her head to the storm. In vain did she
seize hold Of the horns of the altar, 'there was no
eve to pity, no hand to save''-her victims were
ready for the sacrifice, demonstrating that,
whether the >ca.uli high
Or in the httti,s
The nobleet place for man to die
], where he dies for man
Then our brethren were clothed in slckclo.h, they
sat down and wcrt by the rivers of Baby lon They
changed their haps upon the wows'-they re
Trained from the songs of Zion-,hey spake of the
days in which the choicest blessings of the God Of
Jacob were showcred apon his chosen peope-e!ays
IN which they umhcd aud wor> hiEred amid the gnr-
gcnus decorations OF the temple al Jerusa EN-. The
storm has passed. tanacism has exhaust its fury.
And now where IA little while ago the demon OF per
secution, (havinc dehroned the goddess of Reason
and JUSTICE cried .crucify him, no strife is seen,
while anthems Of praise and the incense Of atcuI
hearts ascend TO heaven from the affairs, temples,
halls and lodges in every city, town ana han:lct III
the land.
While ,vo rei5;ce tla, we were "brocght up O,
of the land Of Egypt, let not forget tie days OF
persecution that have assed, let these be embalncd
IN our heats, let its moral he upon us, 'iike the
d"wS OF fiermon, and the ,cws that descended upon
the mountains of Zion.'' Then we were upon a
burning desert, beneath an ''anSry sun, which from
heaven looked ferccy red, and the palm tree
yielded no shade" Nought was found to cheer the
sunburnt pig. i'm the weary waste, save reli
ance upon God. and the hope Of slo, ions immortal
Ity, 'where the wicked from troubling, and the
weary are at rest"
believing that 1t is not in the power OF man or
maSons to work Innovations in Order. con lure
each and every brother WHO hears this day Ia
stand as watchmcn upon the rarnpars of Free Mason
ry, place Angcrona at the portals o. can temples
While Charity, that GROWING virtue shall character
ize your every action, preserve the land marks in then
original purity. Let this be done throug hout the Land
How nobly will masonry then appear in the eyes OF
tho world. Then will tie genius Of our Order be
raised on high Ire as the mazen serpent lifted
UP L. the wilderness before all Israel that whomso.
ever lookcth thereon may be healcd-may live and
not die. Then shall she take her own proud station
before the nations Of the earth cased in her armor,
having on her brcastpatc of Righteousness, justly in
scribcd ''lIoaess 10 the Lord her lcn. girt about
clad in her pure and spo,lcss garments she
shall nob'y appear angel of light errand
OF mercy, ministerng to the faithful of all nations
languages and tongues that dwell in all the earth; be
ing father to the ftherlesS, causing the widow ,.
heart TO sejoce, and pointing the way of eternal
to all who shall uisly seek, to ascend that ladde
,hirh Jacob in Ais vision sarr, which reachcth from
earth to heaven the three principal rounds of which
are Faith Hope and Charity" In the which, whe
we shall be called hence, may it please ''Suprelr
comm'niing with the souls of just made perfect
till time shall Ee no longer.