The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-26
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY, JUNE 2s, 1855.

name OF Dc Witt Clinton. Amongst those who, great IN
the craft proudly name the great interprstsr Of
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nonsss offered tomb couid the pure spirit Of is ia
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Lat Of the great and unnumbeYsd spirits who have
passed the portals mystic tie and thus only reserved
upon her lips the sscred name Of wasIiDston. We
drop no word OF praise or euiog we withhold the pen
restrain the tongue In the heart Of hearts Of every
silence lay orr souls' offerings ON that tomb where
rest the scored ashes Of the mighty dead.
We point with fai pride to the usefulness and moral
beauties Of institution find that patriots and
philosophers that the devotees Of art and of SCIENCE
that great poets the past and the present time that
princes and kings who have ruled empires and kingdoms
have been supporters Of tenes and shsrers of
lsbers. But, more than all we point with pride and
boldly say that the smiles of Deity have beamsd upon
them, and upon order With the same pride and
ard ns most honorable ssYnsy ON the fscs Of the
esrthone which has received the especial protection OF
Almighty Cod through long succession Of centuries,
for it has PROGRESSED to Worship His holy NAME and
His name alone, andSnever swerved from its high mis-
sion, known apostacy When his choeen people mad
forgotten their aegiance scoed at his sacred laws and
bowed themselves before the affairs Of strange gods with
doatrous worship when his restess lat went forth In
wrath.whsn His holy temple and its affairs I had
fabric remained npon another. there still found
those Of craft snet upon Its scattered ashers
the of masonry manacies have fallen from fstter
limbs, of old when fpake the angel OF God. Its
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epgeDdered buoyed up the soul nor left II until 1t
spurred mortal rage and made its bsst advent into the
eerDa world beyond has curbsd the dark and secret
workings OF the Star Chamber Of England has met,
and in silence baed the blifhDg OF those ter
rble to manths fearful inqustions Of Portu
gkl and Spain It has strobe the ensanguined bat
tieheld and snatchsd its votariss from the jaws of
death when hope and reason had departed 1t has de-
end STRANDED mariners 1t has snatched victims from
the sggot and the fire. when the death song OF savage
wealth to the bedside Of suerns poverty power to the
and Of weakness, and cast its blessings ny day and
by night fall the sunlight and the dewB OF heaven
ON all within its mystic bouncs The monarch from
whose shoulders dropped the imperial purple and the
fierce savage who knew NO regal save sat of the
Mssons God have alike been wayed by its dictates aud
ruled by its sacred principles Its affairs have been
erected and have dscayed only With the de;adency Of
n6t0Ia. Its incense has arisen to heaven from the
mountain top and the valeyfrCm the forest and the
PLAIN bas 0utsipped civilization in its rapid flight is
known to the disciples Of C0nfucus the semi barbsrians
OF japan and the dark denzens of golden sapded Africa
IL withers in clime but blooms every lit exists
in that gorgeous Inc where the Macedonian hsro sus-
tanned his frat defeat and Is revered that lonely
ocesn bound rock where the modern Alexander
bneo aLd died l. oceans aDc inter weaves itself
with the social workings of repdhlios, Kingdoms and
empires. Dynsaties in times Of old have sprung
into vast power, upon whose bauners the finger OF
deAtiny seemed to have written /" Esto perpetua;"
and yet that power has melted away before
onward Of the beamDg Sceptres have bsen
stricken from the palsied hands which held them :;
thloIes have decoyed into DUST mighty nations have
fallen and waEec away leaving bat faint tracings of
their existence the historic page III dim traditions
ruined ctiea and shattered temples yet amongst the
wreck OF empires the tbroes OF time, Free Masonry
has fouyisted, still vigorous in trunk firm in root
and now waves her strong firm, protecting branches
all who choose to invoke her shelter She il the
band maiden of Christianity the elder sister Of cvizs
ton; her march is onward onward, and she bears
inscribed upon her broad banners everlasting fidelity
the revealed laws Of God.
After the delivery of the grafton, three chsers
given fer Brother Holiness and time WAS passed in
terpsichorean exercises. At about O'Clock tue party
returned to the city, delighted with the ,urson The
members Of the committee made every effort In their
power to make the tour agrseab BILE one.