Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-23


There are over 3co, 900 Master Mason. In
the United States.
The number Of Master Massns in Canada
is 1000, according to the last Grand Lodge
report.
The Evergreen is giving IN interesting
history Of Masonry in Iowa.
TIE capital Of the House of Relief. ma
ssniol France, 10 10000 lrAncs (Sl4,000).
The conversions Of a Methodist Episco-
pal church, At Pecatonica, H., was laid With
Mosonic ceremonies, on the 18th ult
The cornerstone Of one Of tho college
buildings Of the University Of North Caro-
linz, was laid with Masonic ceremonies on
the l4th ult., BY the Grand Master Of that
State.
The Bible used By our Scotch psst broth
-, Robert Barns, while Master Of the Lodes
q Fsrbolton. Scetlasd. 10 IL the pssssosies
Of the Grand Lodge Of Georgia.
Our Kentucky brethren are working zeal
ously for the establishment Of . Masonic
Widow and Osphans' Home and In6rnary
in that State. Nay their labors be crowned
with abundant success.
The hassns Of Springfield. Mas. are ma
king preparations for grand celebration on
st. Johns Day, June oath. Over 5000
Aassns are expected TO BE- present.
As rain and thunder purify the atinos-
phere, and render il more conducive to the
health Of the physical man, SO sorrow and
affection purify the moral atmosphere, and
lead tine mind Of man away from things of
earthly mould, up to the Great Architect Of
our being. Sorrow creates love for holy
thonght-a decided preference for the good
before tho evil. What, then, though the
lghtnings fash around your path, though
your heavens seem dark and gloomy, and
tho sun Of happiness is eclipssd for short
time by the clouds Of affection and sorrow,
it will soon shine forth again With renewed
lustrs. and you will be the better for ito
brief seclusion- Masonic Tidngs.
The teashings Of Mas,nry are not words
to be spoken and forgotten in day. They
are guides and landmarks in the sejourning
probation. which fall on the ear as the cry
Of Land to the storm tossed mariner, and
indicate the character Of climate and soil at
the end Of the voyage. These words are
electrified by the promise Of Fellowship,
Hope and Rest, whom the journey 10 over,
and the golden treasures Of the newly dis
covered country are revealed. Every Ma
son should feel that on him rests tho char
actsr Of the entire fraternity, and In bic
hands are placed. for veal or wee, the pros
psrity and usefulness Of the order through.
out the world.-[C Com on For. Cor. G. Chap.
r. A. NJ. Miss.
The Square teaches 90 10 square oil our
actions by this gospel rule and line, and to
make our whole conduct harmonic with
this most salutafv scheme. Our behavior
will Be regular and uniform, not aspiring At
things above our reach, nor pretending to
things above our finite capacities, nor to
affect things above what our circumstances
can possibly bear. In ous expenses, there
fore, We sball neither ape those that are
placed in more exalted sphere, nor attend
20 much to the glitter Of gold - 10 sink
beneath our proper station but We shall
observe the golden mean,
And always 70 our sssss join our ssass.
Because It's use that sasctinies xpenae."
HsteASAsss.
II have learned Masonry Alright, to
be good and to do good" is an epitome Of
the lesson she teaches, Of the moral stand
ard she crects, and 10 which she invites
and urges all her children to attain. The
records, if not the reports of our Relief
Lodges, and trust the unw,itten records
| Of each brothers heart. will show tina. We
have not bssn deaf to the calls Of brotherly
love and relief Then. brethren, let US not
tire in we'll doing, and while we may and
ought to be earnest in our searches and re-
searches after truth, let US not forget the
practical part Of our faith.
Brotherly Love and Relief may be felt
and practiccd by all, from the highest to
the lowest, while perhaps few glimpses Of
the true Masonic truth nay be now and
then caught by our brightest intellscts who
have time and ability to dive deep and long
into the hidden mysteries Of nature.-From
Address Of @. ~ Of Louisiano.
A Mason should be moral man, because
the obligations imposed upon him by the
relation in which Masonry places him TO-
wards his fellow man cannot be properly
fulfilled, except by the cultivation and prao
;ice Of the moralities Of life. The great
Pythagoras has said, that all the naxims
Of moralitiss might be referred 70 the du-
ties which men ows TO themselves, and the
duties which they owe to each other"
When We talk Of the immovalties Of men,
W are apt to restrict the full meaning Of
the term, and coniins its significance only
to the more glaring vices. But morality -
defined to be 81 the doctrine or system Of
moral duties, or the duties Of men in their
social character" So that the moral man
in his social relations should not only be
free from prominent deviations from the
path of rectitudc, but be should also OK
emplify the virtues of friendship, courtesy,
forgiveness, hospitality, patience, forbear-
ance, gentleness, gratitude, b,o,herly love,
relief, and truth. And 1t is the exercise Of
this latter class Of positive virtues that the
relation Of Brotherhood, 10 which We stand
to each other, more particularly requires
Bro. Whitehead.
As our Order founded upon harmony,
and subsists BY regularity and proportion,
90 Ger passions ought to be properly res
trained, and be ever subservent to the die
tates Of right reason. As the delicate
pleasures Of friendship harmonic our
minds, and exclude RANGER, malice, or i'll
nature, so We ought to live like brethren
bound by the same tie, always cultiyating
fraternal affection, and rsconciling our
selves to the practica Of those duties, which
are the basis on which the structure We
erect must be supported. By improving
our minds in the principles of morality and
virtue, We enlarge eur Understandings, and
more efiectuallv answer the great ends Of
our existence. Such 90 violate our laws or
infringe our good order. We mark with .
peculiar odium add il our mild sndeavors
reform their lives should not answer the
good purposes intended, No expsl them
from our assemblies % unfit members OF
the society. Rich and poor receive equal
justice.
This 10 the practice which should uni
versally prevail among Mssens. Our out
ward conduct being directed BY our in-
ward principles, We should b equally care
full to avoid censurs and reproach. Usefu
knowledge ought to bs the great object Of
cor desire, Tor the ways Of wisdom are
beautiful, and lead to pleasure. We ought
- search into nature, ~ the advantages
seefui0s from 90 agreeable . study will
amply csmPsnssts our unwearied assidui.
~. knowledge must be attained BY DE-
ersss, and 10 net everywhere to be found.
Wisdom seeks the secret shade, the lonely
cell designed for contemplation there en-
throned, she sits delivering her sacred ora
clss there let Us sssk her and pursue The
real bliss. for though the passage Be difR