Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-26

The Master Of . Lodge Is responsible for
his official acts to the Grand Lodge alone.
lie cauno. be subjected to discipline by the
members Of his own Lodge, while he Yields
the gavel as their Master.
MASONRY AND the CHuacHEs.-The Green
field Church, in the presbyt terry Of Chilli
Gothic, Ohio. having suspended . member
TOR joining the Masonic Order, an appeal
was taken to the Presbytcry; this body, by
= vote Of 10 10 10, sustained the appeal,
and restored the party appealing to the
communion Of the church. A resolution
YES also adopted that the Presbytery, in so
doing, did not wish to express appreciation
Of the order Of Nasons, or any other secret
society.
FREExAsoxRY's Mosf ESSENTIAL PART
Freemasonry's most essential part is that
which our reason duly employed teaches:
and our reason duly employed teaches 10
At ali times and In oil places. It teaches
when we are out Of Lodge, ~ il teaches
when We are in Lodge. Ii is not, there
fore, in Lodge DULY that Ffeemascnry's
most essential part may be learned.-[C. P.
Cooper.
Masons have never been revolutionary
people, and Masonry - . social institution.
10 conservative in its tesohing and practice.
1t takes no position in politics, asd psohib-
its the issroducties Of political questions
int ia discussions. Ii teachcs obedience
20 the laws, submission 20 authority. and
revsssnes for che usages Of the past.
Souxp MEyBEknlP.-'.Better 10 . dry
mossel ssd quistnssss Herewith, than .
house foil Of sacrifices and strife. SOLO.
mon.
Yea, better Isl L ,dge with out few mem.
bers and harmony therein. than sns over
flowing with crowd end wealth; and strife
and destruction in the end. There u PROS
perity in numbers alone. for the greater
the number the greater difaculty in pleasing
the whims and notions Of al. "ln strength
shall thy house be established" not in size.
-Frsesassn, 81. Lsxis.
Tns PoErRY or MAsoNny. intelliRi-
BILE view Of the poetry Of Aasosry may be
gathered from ito general PRINCIPLES. II
inculoatss bsoshsrly love amengst oil man.
kind, IL tends to soften the hasshness Of 40
sxelssivs feeling towards those whe diGes
from US in our views Of religion and poll
tics, although it allows no discussion on
either one side or the other. II suppsesses
the attachment to class, which is the
bans Of oil other institutions, and
BY the purity Of its sentiments il hasmo-
uises the mind, aiDeliorates the disposition.
and produces that genuine feeling OF be-
no violence and christian charity which
"suffereth long and is kind, and envieth
not, vaunteth not itself, is not easily pulled
up, doth not believe itself unsesmlv seek.
eth MT her own, is not easily provoked.
,hinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity,
bnt rtioicesh in the truth. beareth all things.
and endurcth all things"
TnE Duriss OF MASON TO ms Paorssn.
Extract from On address by De Wit,
Clinton, Dec. "a, 1898: "A Mason 10 bouud
TO consult the happiness aud to promote the
interests of his brother to avoid every thing
offensive to his feelings; to abstain frou,
reproach, censure and unjust suspicious /; to
warn him Of the Vaccinations Of bic enc
mics; to advise him Of his errors to ID
vance .he reputation and welfare Of his fan.
lily; TO protect the chastity Of his house "a
defend his life. his property, and, what ID
dsaser to = man Of honor, his character
against unjust attacks to relieve his wants
and his distress to instill into his mind
proper ideas of conduct in the department,
Of life in which he 10 called to all and, lei
me add, TO foster bis schemes Of interes,
snd promotion. If compatible with the para
mount duties man owes to tho communi
| ~. Ii such are the obligations which q
man owes to his brother. they are precisely
the duties that one Freemason ought to
perform to another. Our Order enjoins
them as rules from which nothing can JUS
lily dcvi tion, and considers their infrac
ton violation Of honor, conscience and re-
ileion; prostitution o, oil that is deemed
sacred ard venerable among men.
But Masonry does not contine the benig-
nifty Of her preeepts TO her followers; she
rises higher in the scale Of excellence, and
enjo;ns the observance Of honor, honesty
and good faith to oil men she espouses the
cause Of universal benev oleDce and virtue
she declares IS unworthy Of her patronage
those who violate tho laws Of rcctituds, and
her vo.Aries exemplify in their lives the
truth Of the remark that, although there BE-
vicious men IN the fraternity, yet that they
ere better than il they were net Nasons.