Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-09

or what may be tomorrow,
To CLEAN With care from present scenes
Tn. source Of future sorrows
What do we live for : is't to End
The ties of friendship broken,
That loves q sound TO cheat mankind
And die as soon as spokenf
To mark tho woes ON others hurled
Dor weep their hsppiies lot
To hate oar feiiows-cnrss the world
To die and be orgots
no We were formed to seek for truth
Through paths made plain by reason;
To hail that light in earliest youth
Which shines 10 every sesson.
Yes - were made - win below
The boon hereafter given;
To calmly smile At earthly woe,
Aud Hsd our hose in Aeevsn. 8k
,INeteeaAi FrssmosoA.
The Grad Master Of the Grand Lodge Of
ksutueky, durisg The vacation Of that body
granted dispsnsations for the formation Of
IWsnty-sos nsv Lodges. so
HreemAsonry aias TO .aurrish mea with
! standard Of action, and motive to work
by. whieA .lhall nOs intensity sosh mans
Delllshness, but which shalt raise him In .
great measure above the thought Of sslf.-
National Preseason.
Ar ArPncrsiAx CsE or SCRIPTURE
rusty" brother, . minister, applying for
admission to Lodge. and complaining be-
cause be was refused on the score Of his |
''rustiness," vas referred 10 John vi. 30,
which. being looked up, reads thus What
sign showesl then that We may believe thee
What dost thou work I"
Two Tnouours - MASONRY WiTnour
CHARITY Is a SHAx--THE THEE PiLLARs.
To speak Of Masons who do not love each
other ~ brcthfsn. 10 10 speak Of that which
cannot be; for those who are not united in
brotharly affection, though they may be
Mssons in name cannot be Masons 81 heart.
Neither can there Do true Masonry where
the heart does not 60 forth towards our
distrsssed fsllov-srsatures. and prompt the
hand to relieve their wants. Aud surely
where truth DOES not become . guiding
principle, Masonry Is but . sham and . pre-
tense.
The foundations Of the Lodge being firm
laid. W must sec thas the supports are
Whist they should be. Every Lodge, as you,
brethren, are aware il supported by three
great pillAfs-the pillars Of wisdem. strength
and beauty. These three great pillars, ~
you know, were ct one time represented by
Solomon, King Of Israel, Eiram, King Of
Tyre, and Hires Abl6. New they are rep
resented ~ the w. \. Of each Lodge and
two n ssdea1. The w. N. must be gifted
with wisdom, to enable him firmly and psu-
IDENTITY to rule the brethren. No matter
~hst other qualities he may have, unless he
be wise master builder. ali his other excel
lencies will be lost. He must with the
lhesnlcssness Of the dove combine the wis
den Of the ssspsst. He u,uss know when
to give way gracefully and whom firmly to
make stand. II he be truly . pillar Of
wisdsm, he will b plkbie - the willow in
matters Indifferent, but firm Is . rock when
any principle 10 iuvolved.
But, II As Be Q pillar Of window, his 8.
w. must be . pillar Of strength. Primari-
| u, the welfare Of Lodge must Of course
depend on the w. NJ, but he will find il
bard to carry on his work unless ABLY sup-
ported by the other pillars and, when en-
forcing discipline, he should ever find his S.
W. not only pillar, but tower of strength
ever ready to enforce and maintain the
commands which the W. Ms wisdom may
dictate, with all the power with which be
waa lave sesd when the levslwas suspended
from his collar and his gavel placed in his
hand.
No less important is tho office Of the pill
lar OF beauty, personified by the J. W. The
brethren are placed especially under his
charge during the hours Of retreshment-a
time when one rough ashlar, by displaying
the inequalities Of his unhewn surface, may
mar the beauty Of the whole editce. Let
him, then, see that order and symmetry
are preserved, and that no unseemly knobs
and excrescenees appear, but that the
Lodge present harmonious whole, and be
both to the brethren and to the outer world,
- thing Of bssuty and Of Joy forever
[BS Row. Bro. Farnham. Of Bombay, India.
A Masonic EuHRRAL.-The frat Masanic
funeral that ever took place 10 California,
occurred in The year l649, and was per form
Cd over tho body Of brother found drown
Cd in the bay Of San Francisco. An &C
count Of the cerem0nies states that upon the
body Of the deceased was found a silver
mark Of Mark Master, upon which were
engraved the initials 0: his name. A little
further Investigation revealed 20 the be-
holders the most 0utse Inhibition Of the Ma
sonic chnblsms that we're ever drawn BY the
ingenuity OF man on human skin. There is
nothing in the history or traditions Of Free
masonry equal to It, beautifully dotted on
his left arm, in red or blue ink. which time
could not chace, appeared oil the cmblems
Of the Entered Apprentice. There were
the Holy Bible, the Square and Compass
tho twenty-four inch Gusge, and tho
common Gavel. There were also the
Mosaic pavement representing the ground
floor Of King Solo0on's Temple, the indent-
I'd Tessel which surrounds it, and tho Blaz
ing Star in the centre. On his RICH, arm
and artistically executed in tho same inde!i-
BILE liquids. were the eublsms appsrtain-
ing to the Fellow Craft degree, viz the
Plumb, the Square aud the Level. There
were also Eve columns, representing the
five Orders Of Architecture Tuscan,
Doric. Ionic. Corinthian and Composite.
In removing the garments from his body.
TIE TsUWo( presented iseslf, with oil the
ether working tools Of operative Masonry,
besides on the emblsms peculiar to The de-
gree Of Master Mason. Conepisuously On
bic breast were the Great Lights Of Masoa-
~. Over HE heart Was the Pot Of Incense.
On ether parts Of his person were the Bee
Hive, abe DoekAf Constilasious, guasds Cd
By The Tyler'0 Swssd the Sword pointing
20 naked Heart, the Al Sssise Eye ;
he Anchor md Ark, The Hour Gloss,
ths Scythe, the forty seventh prob.
lem Of Euclid the Sun, Moon. Stars,
and . ,Coaet the Three Steps, en-
Alanati0al Of Youth, Manhood aud
Age: Admirably executed wss the weep
og NeUeh, reelluing - b bsohsn column,
upon which lay the book Of Constitution,
In her left hand she held the pot q Insense,
thsa1eAnpoio SmboS0 OF . pufe heart ond s.
her eplnlel ssghs Ind speie 81 acacia,
the bsaot1dl enblsn Of inmostaiity Il The
eoul. Immediately beneath her stood
Eineed Time nth his scytbe By bic aide,
lsVAith eGlD .(hs bt5tale a1sSad 0f IA, - aud
~ Hesr Glaaas = his feet, which is eve,
teaihding Ne that ''our lives are drawing
M Asiae' The vashsrsd aSd Ase6nsaasd
enGe3 Of tle Destroyer we're dslicately
placed ahld sAs long aud gracefully. toying
ringIsts OF the disconsolate moufner. Thss
I wos the striking snblems Of mortality and
immortality beautifully Blended in one pic
tcrisl representation. II was . epecta a.
such ~ Masons never saw before, and in .,
probability such as the fraternity may nsve,
witness again. The brothers name uai
never knowA
IL THERE 0oD.-lIew eloquenIly doet
Che. ca M v.r,lv Ia sh;a snu,,;vv.