The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05

"No more shall nation ayain.t na.io, r,.e
Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful ewes.
nor neids WIN gilmmering steel be covered DER,
ana orazen trumpsts klndie rage no more;
And the broad falchion IN ploughshare end"l
| say, when these great purposes of the
| Gospel shall have been consummated.
then Free Masonry will have had its
day and thenceforth be numbered among
the things that were. Then in truth aud
In larger sense may we sing:
I'VE have no more occasion for level or plumb line,
For trowel or compass, for gave! or square"
L have said more Of the order on this
occasion than l should have done, but,
from the fact, that their office hereto
day Is novelty to many, and it Is quite
possible that some candid minds are la
boring under mlsapprehension with re-
gard to the designs and motives Of the
fraternity.
Brethren of the Order congratulate
you on the noble work in which you nro
engaged, You have generously come for
ward to assist feeble parish in erecting q
house OF Christian worship, where YOU,
and they, and all who choose, may profess
the ancient faith, participate in the un~
aduterated rites of the Primitive Church,
and join IN those forms of prayer and
w
ernacles Of the righteous more than eigh-
teen hundred years age
Here you have the guarantee Of sound
faith, an able ministry, and pure Gospel.
And here you come forward day to
lay the corner stone of this prospective and
gCOIly edlhce with na0ster(y skill and in
accordance with the ancient rites of our
order. The work is done and we'll done.
1t is a noble work. 1t is the cause o.
Christian civilization, the cause Of human.
ity, the cause Of patriotism the cause Of i,,-
tcliigence and good taste, and, above all,
it is the cause of God, in which you are
engaged.
The work is worthy of you. And you,
may not say with an humility, you are
worthy Of the work. know four enter.
prise. know your liberality. And 7
doubt not you will prosecute this work
till the "top st0ne stall be trough. ,cih Shout
iegS Of grace grace! unto IT,"
Brethren, and friends of the church
outside of the fraternity, congratulate you
again on the speedy consumat;on of your
long cherished enterprise. And I con.
gratulate you too on the earnest and influ.
ential auxiliary which am happy to find
co operating with you to day. AS the
earth helped the prosecuted woman who
isiJD.4Ettt lilt uIlIlCteI CNuEcu III lHc dp>
cca!ypse, so does God often, in our times,
dispose the hearts of men Of influence and
wealth from without, to come 20 the as.
sistance Of lis struggling cause.
Recognize, then, beloved, every assist.
ancc As coming from God, and zealously
co operate, as "tr.rkers togethsr lrih him.
Nay the blessing of Hin, whose. name
YOU profess and for whose glory yor have
undertaken this enterprise, rest upon your
works. Nay it progress an! prosper to {.
speedy consummation, and here may you
and the generations that shall come after
vou find shelter aud refreshment from
those living streams .ghich make g,sdMs
ctf, q oT God
And when you, and /, ard all who par
tIcipate this day in these joyous solemni.
ties shall have passed away may these
rising walls still stand as monur.ents OF
EE2gF E 5s h5SH 1sa dsrasE aa tfa
and pioIsly cherished by you posterity.