Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-24
That brother will not var With brother.
And worry and dcyoUT each other;
But siug and shine by sweet consent,
TIL Iife's poor transient night is spent.


TIL lifes poor transient night is spent.
Tabc those TWO great preccpt- iu the Holy scrip
.sas the one from the old Testament and the other
f-ar the New and let them be carried forth into the
life and who shall say that they Will not improve
any man or body Of men adopting thCmI They
are: Thou shalt love thy ncighbor a thyself
and. All things whatsoever yc would that men
should do unto you. do YOU even 20 TO them. Can
injustice dwell in the breasts Of men who adopt this
principle Can bcncyolencc fail to characterize
chose who square their lives by these rules? Can
such men be otherwise than useful not TO Masous
alone Nasons alone, but 10 all mon and TO the
whole world
Masonry is not profcsscdly a missionary society
propagating her teucts and her influence by a sys-
TEN Of prosclytism. She sends not her cmissariCs
into foreign parts 10 convert to her faith by di
rect efforts and yet without protesting IL and with
cut any visible array Of agencies, she Is practically
sending forth tides Of influence which cannot tall,
under the divine sanction, to improve the world
That she Is noiseless in this, Is disparagement
that she sounds no trumpet before her. and does her
work silently, do not prove her weak OF fmtles OF
good 10 man.
"stilIest streams oft water faircst meadows:
And the bird that lutters Least,
l. longest the wing
The man whose virtues are more felt than seen,
Must drop, indeed the hoUc of public praise,
But he may boast what few that win it can
That if his country stands not by his skill
st least, his foes have not wrongCd her fall.
Masonry promotes -ociality. 4 great want Of our
natures. l. the demand fer society. That The SOL
Itarv are placed in families. and that " II /, not
good for man TO be alone are no les true in the re
quircmeuts Of humanity than in the divine word
and IN the allotmcnts Of Providence, Man deCen-
c-atcs, a. he Is isolated from others If one could
separate himself from all others Of his kind. he
would in 80 far, dctcrioratc: and if all were t. do
50, a state Of barbarism would cnsuc. The savage
inhorits the desert waste abidcs in the forest
depths; he traverscs UnfrCqUCntcd wild, or dwclls
IN the mountain tastncs~es. Civilized man builds
cities and inhabits thcm. And as thi, civilization
assumes "A nigh type the eudcarmcuts and blessings
Of domestic and social life follow.
Utter solitude is uncomfortable \, ,apuni-mncnr,
II Is among the scvcrcsl.
Better dwell II the midst OF alarms
Than 70 reign il such horrible place
Masonry takes those bcst adapted to such rcla-
cIcnships, and places them in great brotherhood,
Whcrchcarts bcattohear responsive; where thought
rlInglCs with thought; where each is the fellow Of
other, and where all are bound together by three
fold cord not easily broken. The places Of cOmmu-
nicatlon and Couvocation are places Of harmony and
union, where the emulation l. who best work
and best agree tcgclhcr. The society which yields
the Inirh Of the dcbaUchec; which affords the hila-
rIoUs feslNity Of the bacchannal where the flowing
bowl browns the reason and intoXicatcs the brain.
deserves only 10 bc cXecTated and stunned. But
Masonry LAYS knife at the throat Of the appetite
&nd requires al the worshippcr at her shrine to cir
CUmsCrlhe their desires and 10 keep their passions
within due bounds with all mankind, but more
especially with the brethren. Thrown together. as
Mason. are, under such restraints ana regulations,
Masonry cannot but develop what i good and noble
and benevolent in humanity.
Masonry supUlatC- 10 mental cNcrtion and to
moral Improvement. Her votaries are all disciples.
Ii Is not enough that they have capacity to know
they must be knowing and they must he acquiring.
They cannot be Naeons without it. Not the mere
rudlmeuts oI science are placed before them. 10
master and to comprehend; but the higher field, of
nature and philosophy; the vast c1panse of Jcbo-
yah's empire Into those broad fields he Is 10 enter
md hc Is 10 become It dsCOvercr. compiler mas
t.r. A. men rise in real knowledge. their minds
CApand and improve The law Of the mind a. well
as that Of the heart j. that he who waters others
shall himself also be watcrcd. The man who seeks
10 climb alone makes sloWe-t progress, while he
Who Is constantly aiding Others, ascend, most rap
IDLY and he who most freely imparts most largely
receives An aged and venerable man, who ba6
Tor thIrtytyc years shared the benefits of Masonry
ana who had uonored himself by houOring Masonry
recently said.
" Much that goes TO make up mans advance IL
moral n1 1ellectua and social relations must be edrawn
from The domestic circle and the smaller associations
~ men. There are certain great fundamental priu.
clples winch Uuderlie all advancement and unes,
,hese principles be early taught we cannot hope fol
success Impression, made in early life become in.
.erwoven with our very being, and become a part
ana paree4 oi our nature either for good or i'll The
teaching IN youth points forward with almost un,
erring certainty, TO the character of the future man
hence the Importance of correct training in early
life and hence. also, the importance Of keeping con
7tanty in view the invaluable lessons taught in ou1
Ritual-the three stages of human life Youth
Manhood and Age with its ACCOMPANYING appli
cation and explanations. Let me saw that from ou
entrance into the Lodge-room. through all of tn,
several degrees from first to last every step and ad
vance teach q useful and important lesson which,