The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-26

within It, and for the Streams Of mercy which have
gone out from it. to supply the wants and alleviate the
the world, the Oldest well the best q ell
purely human nftitutons 1t II Q curious and an In
derived from tie holy writings proi.ns historian; and
the unvrten and written traditions OF the craft By
the latter sHd qIo,s ,h Tsr no on msssrt{ over
1870 1916 before Christ at the building OF Babylon,
masonry was in such great esteem that Nimrod King Of
OF Ninevah ana other eastern cities to be built
Nrod sent several at the desire of his cousin
charge That they should be true TO another and
that should the Lord truly for their pay 80
that their ma master might have honor, ana Al that
he gave them King Solomon's temple vas commenced
in M 2474, by King David his father, who died and
great edce, which while it stood was the glory and
the admiration Of the whole world Over coo years had
elapsed since the building Of Babylon and Nneveh, and
it is fair to presume that masonry being progressive
art had increased In knowledge ani importance Hence
while we read of the greatness Of Babylon an tbs SPLEEN
doris OF Nineyeh we are led 10 rssct upon what must
have been the and the beauty of the tenn
pie having the science haowsdss ana skii which so9
to the craft In A. NJ S43l the temple .s.royed by
Nsbucadnezzar after it bad stood i3o years Ia A. NJ
Solomon which fr shed nips before the birth
of Christ and it from beneath Of it's arches that
the money changers were driven cut by the scourge
Forty three years after Chrst's birth masons such
frat came to England Its king then Pagan, but
ateY had the government of The realm the king
The old chronicier tells us that
He lcys2mssons cherished them mseh and sds their
pay tight good standing the -eam did for he gave hem
& wes ana shree per &c TO tnsi cheer before
n s% b. s hs hs
himself AND making msssn ana
gave them chsrees.
ST. Albsn was afterwards msrtyred and the sad in
vaded that the science masonry much decayed
until the reign Of Ethelbert King OF Kent in the year
when Gregory l. sent into britain monk and other
lar mad IN Chpat
built church at Canterbury. $50 Sioert King Of
the East saxons, built monastery at Westminster
King Athestsne aleo patron Of but Edwin,
his brother tool notice Of taen than Atheltane:
Andhs delighted much e eonnnns ard talk with .hsn
and Sf
mtted BY the craft and held assembly himself At York
.ss.
ling s' when assembly
s &n this
ieu and ia THAI
all one ston and he made book thereof
that should be read and od whom any mason
s n his time Ike nm Of Sssa
| kept in that form as well as mea might govern it,
| When Richard H. came to the throne william Bishop
of Winchester, Grand Master, and ordered by
the king to build Westminster Abbey where il stands
to this Gay. At this time in hsurishing
state nd continued to the minority of Henry VI
when the Commons gave them trouble; aud II was not
until the cessation of the bloody of York and Lam
caster that the craft was again untrs melled But We
have tims is it desirable to go into history
! Of the craft-sufice it to say that we as masons
internal and external evidsn;s which we deem conc,a
sive and ire utabe, and instead of trying convince
the world at large of is antiquity bend energies to
make il respected and honored. And this point
better advice can be given than laid before o.
the lodges Of London in 1928, which gss as iolows
h & Ss s 81 s oa
orsble fraternity therefore, according my duty. fore
warn not to admit. even e recommend 70 be in
punters religion politics, tale bearers or liars, M
Ts sn Isss
pees bow such Who desire to gaia sdmttaucs with
practices DESTRUCTION moraiity surthen to
pusnsn to he aersd order and situtiona Of and A.
Dasors for most dangerous mans enemies when they
What, to the uniDitatsd, say mere than has
been Sell times lunumerable in terms OF greater
elo9uence than could useg This neoph, te is truly
told, when he enters portals and asks to be
enrolled Free Accepted Mason, the fraternity
with the hsh and exalted duties which he owes to his
GOD, bis country his family, hnsef, or his neighbor,
nor wbs t ssS onn o.
veres the living, unchapgng God. Its tenets
ere sanctioned by e high and iuuu able bshssts OF
SEPARATION, and consequently sanctioned by Deity Its
Lessons teach the exercise Of foruds prudence tsn
and justice while faith an hope guides,
names endorsement of order9 Ii the sanction of
crowned ings and the exercise their great power
qured? Is intellect to be invoked TO set is high seal
upon our usefulness and the purity Of our prncpless
swerif We sustain His iawsg We have them all We |
look bsck upon them through generation after genera
turn with pleasure and beating heart to those Of
our own cline, Of our cwn country Of govern
Inen who by the richness Of their vast intescts,
wisdom aud learning have interviewer their names
with their countrys history throughout all time
one and inseparsble- glorious great and true
We find them holding high positions in fraternity,
and lending their great names and bright examples to
its members. when persecution asss'ed it they werc
its champions when pesce lent it its blessings they we're
craft From 1927 to 1881 bitter crusade raised
against the order to encourage which was deemed BY
large majority in this and the neghboring States to be
moral theological and political duty It's integrity and
its usefulness were fercey assaed in most violent and
ADDRESSED, and thsr passions inhamed through lam
guage where sophstry formed the wool and warp, while
truth was the a q ss b
ignorant of mysteries, on an assumption that
bad act had been committed BY some members OF the
tives and bitter denunciations. In the era re-
ferred to, some of the most enlightened minds
we're alrayea against u.s. Foremost in those attacks
amongst men was John Quincy Adams. Foremost
those Of New England. Volumes upon volumes we're
written with pens clipped in gall and aled with such
could have invented Every engine for the dsstruotion
Of order which could be made available, wasbrought
to bear upon it, and falsehood and truth were equal
ly acceptable the assaauts OF the craft II equally
cHectusI Then my brethren, the dark and bitter
hour of masonry Rsvied and slandered in the temple
and the mart, at the hresiae, and on the
rostrum, by all sects and religions by the
atheist and dest, by the Unitarian and Presbyterian,
by the sectaran bgot and the irreKgous bgo by the
wise and the foolish II seemed that her genius was to
fall sacrifice upon the altar Of fanstcsm and popular
despotsm, In free republican land offering, too
by the most ds:ordant elements which the throes of
politics religious ZEAL and morbid social opinion had
ever fused welded together in the history Of man.
for good or for evil Many who we're members Of craft
became terrified by the events passing around hem and
they did not renounce still feared to raise their voices
defence OF the institution while others less scupu-
lous parricidalhke, assaed what they knew to have
vrtuous in principle and benign in action To our
regret be IL said, that OF the latter class Hince
has anain returued. haze onch found beau