Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-07

W Nefs kctttIg SUI uDts Ytst,
But don't forget the eve. green,
That am tes,.
Bury me near the cedar trees
Where gentle winds 20 hv
Blu, don't forge, the evergreen,
When there lie
Bury me where the roses bloom.
fn splendo- and glory,
9ut don't forget the evergreen,
Thstsmy glory.
Brethren, l.v me where you think best,
That may quiet rest
But don't forget the evergreen,
lsmy request.
vodcs o. MAsosss.
The Sight Of charity 10 the death Of GOV.
stousnsss in any brothers heart.
The Sight raditsting from . Masonic
Altar. may reach every mind. for it Oils
the universe. aud shows to oil the path to
. better life aud brighter world.
| Contracts have been entered iate for the
constr lction ofthe great Masonic Temple
1t Philadelphia. to be completed in Ave
years, and TO cost three-euartsrs Of . mil
lion Of dollars. The corner stone 10 TO bs
laid on St Johns day.
The labors Of . Gresmason must psne.
t.ate to the centre Of the sarth. and bic
spirit inquire in to al the operations Of ma
lure, and be either able satisfac torily to ex-
plain or humbly sdmirs them.
A Lodge is described - - place where
Nasons mest''-as . lodge, to perform their
masonic labor II is not necessary that
the place should Be room or ball it may
be on the hill or in the vale % il may be
properly guarded. The mountains are the
TEMPLES Of Jehovah, and in the valleys
may alters DO erected for his worship.
Such were the hills Of "our ancient brsth-
rem"
The prejudices which had been created
and fostered by the unprinciplsd enemies
of our time honored Order have been dis.
sipatsd and if We perform our duty, our
march is onward and upward. May our
lahors be directed to Strengthening ard
adoring the beautiful temple erected BY
our predecessors, and may the trust com
mittsd to our hands be fulfilled in the fear
of Him, without whose appreciation our
best efforts will be vain and fruitless. Ibid
IT NrvsasFAlLsrH-I have been young,
and now am old, and rs l stand before
God to- night. l declare that nothing have
ever given in charity 10 regretted Oh, no
it is the riches We keep that perish that
which Is given away abidss with Us for
ever il impressss itself on our character,
and tells on our eternal destiny for the
habit of charity for this life will accompany
us to the next. Let US then, now, aud
every occasion hereafter, practice that lib
srality which ia death 10 shall approve,
and reprobate the parsmony which We shall
aud HAsms.nan
The light Of Masonry diGussd in the
composition Of cold, austsre, cynical man
10 like the electric intelligence while pas
sing along the wires when coated with snow
and ice. It may BE- good. sound knowledge.
but the medium 10 strangely inappropriate.
The three coolest objects 10 nature are
birds nest filled with frozen snow, grave
yard under = chilly rain, and an austsrs
Mason the last is by several degrees near
%, zero. lthas always been wonder to
US why such men enter Masonic institu-
tions. To become honorary member Of
hospital associations; to be directors Of
cemetery corporations, ice companies and
parochial boards TO unto themselves with
expeditions to the North Pole, and the like.
are efficiently congsnal pursuits, but to
come among the light hearted Brothers Of
the square, 10 the last place, We should sup
pose, in which they would feel themselves
at homo.
TIE prevalence of Masonic Societies 10
oil ages and among all people, their infu.
saee always for good. their connections With
tho progressive development OF our race,
their relation with science, art, letters, and
philosophy. demonstrat, their tiity. il
there be anything susceptible of demon
stration within the circle Of human expert
enc or observation. That these institu-
tons have ever wrought their great labors
in secret, will not appear strange when We
consider that all lie and beauty are elabor-
ated in night and mystery. As low down
in the unseen depths of natures bosom, the
ever active spirit Of order waves the beauti-
ful and magnificent net~ ork Of Foliage fruits,
and flowers, which clothes the world with
unspsakabls splendors-as tho divine grace
and redolence Of the rose are wrought out
in tho invisible realm Of beauty-so the Sc
crst brotherhood has labored in the .sscrst
pavilion, to throw over the waste and bar
rem places Of human life the beautiful fow-
ers Of friendship and love, and the fragrance
Of heavenly virtue.
MAsoNRy.-Masonry is . mere institu-
ton Of human origin, and - such 10 most
Catholic and ovely-teaching Temperance,
Prudence, Fortitude, Justice, Brothsrly
Love, Relief and Truth. 1t is most liberal
in oil its principles. 1t regards no man for
this worlds wealth or honor. 1t makes no
condition Of birth, save and except the Ma
son must be free born. 1t proscribes no
man for any religious or political opinion.
Indeed II forbds prescription for opinion
sake. On its broad platform oil good men
may meet as brothers. There is . place ct
her altar for the bigot, and the fanatic, be-
cause, when under her guidance. his bigotry
and fanaticism are thrown of as uniting
garments. 1t supports oil governments.
1t loves all virtue. 1t 10 the special friend
Of sducation, teaching and enjoiniss the
study Of the liberal arts and sciences. She
takes within her embrace ell mankind
From East to West, between North and
South, her principles, universal in their ap-
piication to mans condition, are to bs found,
drawing oil who will listen to "her still
small voics," into the paths Of peace and
happ iness.-[ Mystic Temple.
To Masonic CLERGYxEx.- Masonry is Of.
ten censure1 on account Of the multiplicity
Of elergymen, who totally neglect to attend
and perform their WORK in the lodges e
which they respectively belong, or in any
other lodge where it 10 their duty to attend
for fear Of mourning the displeasurs of /,
few scrupulous members Of their conRreea
tons. ''Our minister" say they, ais .
Freemason; he Vas initiated into the lodR,
while he Vas . student in college, before h,
was sufficiently acquainted with the prinei
pies Of the religion which he now processes
end was there any good in Masonry, h,
would not thus neglect the institution. ;
Let such ministers Of the gospel % hav,
, been initiated into the mysteries Of Mason
~, in conscientious manner, answer thil
objection; let them inquire Of their owl
: consciences whether they are doing theil
duty neglscting to lend their aid TO on,
Of the most ancient, honorable. and bensv
client institutions in the world an institu
tirn nearly allied to the holy religion o
which they are teachers; an institution
. which none CT them dare to condemn, snt
which they are under the most solemn OBJ
legations to support. That there are r.
fractory and immoral members in ou
lodges and chapters, W do net pretend Il
deny; but " do deny that the institution
ought to be condemned on that account
and we know that the punetual attendance