The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-08-16
TIE MASONIC FRATERNITY AaD
THE WAR

Grand Lodge of Tennesse sent a circular
to all the other Grand Lodges Of the3
Uaited Stats, treating Of he deploratl.
condition OF the country. The Grand
Lodge Of Pennsylvania has published a !
reply thereto We make the following
{ Xt:acts
Masonry is a sovereignty and !, law
unto itself Wherever existing it is oc-
cupi,d i with The prrmanvr ce, UNIVERSAL
~, and inleg:ily Of lis own organic
laws and u>uses. It has excluded all
bur lis owa members from parlicip ipa ting
10 It's affairs. Il knows nothing but The.
principles and teachings of its own faigii ;
Masonry has rel9 ions only with such as
are bound iRgether ~ its brotherhood.
Il regards the rlscand tail of empires,
the Disturbances OF States, the wars Of
contending nations, the rebe lions asd
re:olaupns in Comm onwealths, or among
people, as calarni,ies arising from caus-
es 20 ~iich Masonry is a Stranger. The
Proud position OF The brotherhood is to
stand atooi from such evils without par
iaEify and without partie patton.
TIE mission OF Masonry is not either
imperIlled or Liudered by such condI-
tons of society The claims OF a broth
cr are not dissolved by war, pestilence,
or famine The lie once formed is only
sandered by death: In gloom and des-
pair, in want. distress and peril, tie life
Of Masonic principles is neither endang-
cred or attacked. The roar Of the
wind cannot render the cry Of brother
inauIible, nor the darkness Of civil war
prevent the dcstitution OF a t.rotherfrom
being seen.
+ Surely your cd is cur God; your
faith cur taitIi'; your landmarks our
landmarks, your joy our joy, your pros
keri;y our satisfaction. Then let US u
nitedly work together for the preseaya-
ton and perpetuily Of a common inheri>
lance. L may be thereby we will aid
in main tanning peace, and concord a
morg TIE bre thren and citizens Of -unitet
sovereign States in our glorious Union
If all bands should be broken. all tie
rent asundcr, if dssensio1 and disrupt
on shall mark the decline and fail of tt.
most wise and wonderful Of tie govern
ments of mankind, let he Masonic tenn
pie in all States, kingdoms, lands, peo
PIE or confet't races, be the common ref
u.e Of an indestructaJ!e Masonic fratern
ity"
Would chat the churches Of God hat
adhered 10 the same rule.
THE IE:<OIsM OF PRIVATE E LIFE.
: Tie he1oism of private life, the slov
) unchronicled marty rdoms of the heart
1 who shall remelDb Der? Greater than th
: nightly dragon OF old is the man VII
i overcomrs an unholy passion, sets b
: foot upon it, and stands serene ap
I! strong in virtue. Grander than the x
; nobia Is the woman who struggle
= with love that would wrong another {
degrade her own soul. and eonquers.-
L The yonng mar, ardent and tender, wh
: turns from the dear love Of woman, an
: buries deep in lis heart the sweet instinc
: of paternity, 10 devote himself to Il
( care and support Of aged parents, or a
# unfortunate sister, and whose life is
u long sacrifice III manly cheerfuliness an
4 majys:ic uEeomplaint, is a hero of Il
d rarest type the type of Charles Lam
{ The Young woman who resolutel
is STAYS with Ia Eer and mother in the ol
D home, willie brothers and sisters 60 fort
Ii TO hayry homes OF tkeir own; wi
e cheertuliy lays on Tie altar Of tiiial dut
Y that cosllicst Of human sacrifices, Il
O 10y Of loving and of being loved she
= h. rome. The husband who goes hon
Is from the weary. routine and the perple.
4 ING cares of his business with cheelf
. smile and q loving Mo:d for his :nvai
wife wAe brings not against her Il
- 4ri,vous sins of long sickness, and /
V proaches her ot for the cost and disc u
fort thereof vEo sees in her laDgu
tyes something dearer than the girli
- laughter, in the sad face and fad
:, checks that LIossem into smiles and ey
- bushes at lis coming, something lovl
!, - tlan the old>iime spring roses--he is
hero.
:" 81 The wife who bears her part in /
" :, bnrten ef Iife-eve though it be I
" larger part bravely, cheefully ;,ne'
~ " dreaming that she is a hel, me, mu
~ less a martyr; !; wlo bears Nith she fat
80 of lusbanG, rot aiiogt DIR congen
- with. loving patients anu 4 large ehari
M and with a uobc decision ,si!ia5 II
from tie Woild who nf-ke - na col
r t!,Ets and asks ne condolences who
90 trains fro:n bruoGing over short.eomi