Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-24

sleepless vigilance, guarded her portals would have
long since desisted from his vigls and proane eyes
would have gazed upon her mysteries as antigua
rians now gaze upon the exhumed cities of the plain
or upon the sarchopagi of the Egyptian Kings.
| But, while the theory and practice of Masonry
bear us out in the positions We have taken, the ex
amples of eminent Masons in past ages are corrob-
orative Of the same. Shall we begin with Solomon?
Not for himself alone did he live. His wisdom il
Illuminated the whole world His reciprocities were
with the good and great of all lands. Hiram, King
of Tyre borrowed ustre from his relations with the
Jewish monarch. From the uttermost parts of the
earth, came the Queen Of the South TO behold the
| proofs of his wisdom. And when the mighty tenn
! pie was upreared; when its massy walls and its
| heaven pointing dome were completed; when
There was no more occasion for level plumb line,
| For trowel, or gravel, for compass or square,
and when the assembled craftsmen, and masters, and
overeers and the thousands of old Israes tribes ex
ultingly came up to the House of the Lord, and
when the prayer was offered and the divine glory
/ filed the place. what monument was given Of the
unselfsh character and tendency of Masonry .
From that day to this the world has been the bet
ter for the sayings and teachings of this great wise
and good man. Not for himself alone; but for the
age in which he lived aye, for all succeeding ages
until the end of time did that venerable man shed
his glorious Masonic light Take example from
the dspensation; the beloved disciple, John.
holy patron of our mysteries. How won derfully
He gives US the origin of love- " Love is of God.
He that dweleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God
in him, for God is love-. We see the venerable pa
triarch and apostle when more than hundred years
DID, too blind to trace his way to the assembly of the
faithful and too feeble to pursue It could he have
seen it. carried thither and seated among his breth-
ren lift up his hands and repeat the truly Masonic
exhortaton, my little children, love another"
Whether John Howard ever belonged to Ma
sonic Lodge not, his whole career, as philan-
thropist was but bright and living manifestation
of one of the highest and grandest tenets of Mason
ry. Every Mason is expected to do good, and to
communicate in whatever sphere he may move
Every good Mason does Alfred the Great was
an eminent patron of learning and he was q Mason;
so was Isaac Newton, who taught the laws Of mat
ter who took hold of one Of Gods great thoughts
and brought it down to the comprehension OF all
men. Benjamin Frsnklin's experiments in electric
ity made men familiar with another Of Gods great
thoughts and now the lightning is servitOr Of hu
manity, sending, instantly, lines Of thought from
land 70 land and from the river to the ends OF the
earth Kane's travels in the Arctic enriched
science with new and precious stores. If you will
find an example of true manhood, upon scale OF
noble greatness seldom equaed and, in It's sphere,
never surpassed take that of George Washington.
What patriot heart does not thrill at the mention of
that revered and honored name. Compared with
his glory that of Napoleon turns pale. The one is
meteor whose glare bursts upon the world only to
astonish and bewilder, and then suddenly expires;
while the other is star of steady lustre,
Which goes not down behind the darkeusd wcst,
But mclts away into the light Of heaven"
Washngton how ncorruptible his integrity how
we'll poised his character; how unsWervng his rec
titude how wise and far seeing his craftsmanship;
how benign his influence man, as citizen, as
general, as a President, a Mason, as a Christian!
And what rendered him and all other similar ex-
amples so illustrous was their unsefshness their
habit Of looking, not every man upon his own
things, but every man upon the things of others;
it their practical Illustrations OF the Masonic
and Scriptural law, " No man liveth TO himself
This placed them in sympathy with humanity this
put them in accord with the Divine law and order,
and this placed upon their brow the corOnal of real
greatness Of true dignity and far reaching usefulness
" Not to myself alone"
The little opening flower transported erie.
Not to myself alone, l bud and bloom;
With fragrant breath the brcCzes | perfume,
And gladden. all things With my rainbow dycs
The bee comes slipping evcntidc
Hi- dainty hll:
The Butterfly within nay cup doth hide
From threatening i'll
' Not to myself alone"
The crciing star with honest pride doth boa-t
Not to myself alone l rise and set.
write upon nights coronal let
His power and skill who formed our riad ho=t
\ friendly beacon at heavens open gate,
gem the sky,
That man might ne er forget IL every fate,
His home on high.
" Not to myself alone.
The heavy-laden bee doth nurmurlng hum;
Not TO myself alone, from flower to flower
rove the wood the garden and the bower,
And 10 the hive at evening come;
For man, for man the luscious food pile
With busy care,
content if he repay my ceasees- toll
I;,6r h
g Not to myself alone
The soaring bird with Iusty pinion sing
Not TO myself alone, raise my songs;
cheer the dropping with my warblins tongue,
tnd bear the mourner my vicwless wings:
| bid the hymnless churl MY anthem learn
And God adore:
l ca the worIdling from his dr2s- To turn.
And sing and
" Net to ny self alone"
The -trcamet whisper, IN its pebbly way.
Not to myself alone, sparkling glide;
scatter health and life every side,
md strew the fields with herb and fowrel -as.
sing unto the common, bleak and bare,
Ny gladsome tune;
/ weeten and refresh the languid air,
In droughty June.
Not to myself alone"
. man, forget not thou earth nonurcd priest
It's tongue, its soul, life, its pulse, its heart
In earths great chorus to sustain tty part
Chiefest of guests at Love- ungrudging feast.
Play not the nGgard; spurn thy native clod,
And seY diSown;
Live to thy neighbor; live unto thy God
Not to thysolf alone"
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