Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-07-01
ORGANIZATION and Order.

Just before his death, Rev. Starr King
of California, Jealous Mason, delivered
the following oration on Masonry:
"In preserving these we are in harpohJ
with the will and work Of the Sovereign
Architect, published in the harmony
dignity, and peace of nature. And ono
other word must be spoken, so familiar
SO precious, to the masonic ear and heart
You anticipate what it is--Charity. In
nature, which speaks the wisdom and
character Of the Invisible Spirit, organ
ization is not for the sake Of wisdom and
skill chiefly order Is not tor the sake OF
law and obedience chief y-but all for the
sake of Charity. There is harmony and
stability that there may be breadth Of
bounty, constancy in giving whatever
there is needed. Within every dis
trict Of nature there Is bcneicencc to
all the need within that district. and then
a pouring out of aims into general fund
ct bounty alsd cheer.
"Every mountain upholds and supports
the herbage on its slopes, and sends off
rills to carry down soil to the Wales and
plains, while they feed herbage there
You cannot find a tree, or plant, Or how-
er, that lives for itself. The animal
world breathes out gases for the vegeta-
BILE kingdom, and then the vegetable world
exhales or stores up some clement essent-
ial to animal health and vigor. The CIR
bonic acid we breathe out here and which
is poison to us, blown eastward by our
west winds, may be greedily taken up, a
few days hence, by vineyards on the
slopes Of the Sierra, and returned to US
in the sweetness of the grape. The equa-
tor "sends greeting" to the Arctic zone
by the warm gulI-stream that flows near
the polar coasts to soften their Winds
The poles return colder stream and add
an embassy Of icebergs, too, to temper
the fierce tropic heats SelGshuess is
condemned by the still harmones of the
creation. Perfect order issues out of
interviewer service.
"Do We ever get tired Of the tolls and
tax of charity p? Suppose the sun did
What does it receive in homage or OBJ.
edience from the orbs that swing around
him, in comparison with what he gives
all his light, all his heat. all his vitality
for the blessing Of four scoro worlds !
Shall we complain of the demand upon
our treasures, or our private purses for
the sacred funds of the Masonic Board Of
Relief? What if the sea grumbed at
the assessment which the mighty sun
the Most Worshipful Grand Master Of
the system-levies on his substance ,
Every day the sun touches its stores with
its want Of light, and says gire, gire.-
And it obeys. Evaporation is its tax
constantly demanded, constantly given.-
Remember, brethren, that every cloud
you see, whether stretched in beautiful
bar across the cast at sunrise, or hang
ing in pomp over the gorgeous pavilion OF
retiring day, is part Of the contribution
tor the general relief of nature assessed
by the 'ordly sun. The water which the
ocean Keeps is salt. Pour bucket of it
on hill Of corn, or {. garden bed, and it
kills it. The water which the ocean gives
is fresh, and descends in blessing, after
it rides in beauty or majesty oa the view
less couriers Of the air. Nature tells US
that .to give is to live"