Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-13
MASONIC.
DO A. THE eUID YE CAN.


since life is but span,
An as We gang along the road,
DO a the guild ye can.
Arisfortune's whiles1I grip We fast,
An snOOl ye geyan salr;
An brswly do ] ken myself
They're unco hard TO bear:
But dinna let them fash ye much,
You'll find Whaur 'er Tc gang
There's some that's far waur an than YOU
Do a the guild ye can.
II fortune has been kind to you,
Be thankful for its smiles,
An dinna GrudCe 90 help alang
The man that's dreed its WlieS.
II honest poverty you meet
Hand DOT a heipin' han
You only do what's richt when Sc
DO a the guild sc can.
Twas said lang syne by ane that kent
An what he says believe,
5Tis better far, al any time,
To gle than TO receive.
Then OF be sure you bear IN min
To follow mercy plan,
An TO the utmost Of your power
Do a. the guild ye can.
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE.
From the Vicksbur5 Daily Times.l
The brethren of the Ancient and
Accented Scottish Rite Of Free Ma
sonry are making laudable endeavors
to extend, in this State, the further
organization of subordinate bodies OF
that Rite, with an earnest and eX-
pressed purpose to do 50, so far as
prudence viii allow, and Masonic IN
terests dictate. They feel that wide
field of usefulness is before them,
ready for labor, and that to cultivate
it is a duty.
The Masonic Institution claims to
be one amily-universal in its opera
tiOu. In every cline, a Mason finds
home: in every land a brother. Obe-
dent to the laws, it engages in no
civil strifes; reverencing the great
fundamental truths of all religions,
il knows no sects, no form of worship,
no church dogma, and no prlest-cralJ.
Jew and Gentle; Hebrew and Chrls-
tian; the man without the law, and
he within it; all stand around It's SIM
pie altars, read the revealed word;
endeavOr to act by the old law OF GuIy
and the new law of love; adore the
great Creator; draw designs upon the
trestle board Of life that may have at
least a similitUde to those Of the Glver
OF Existence; and inquire not whether
the neighbOr who is content to wOr-
ship, and read, and work, may differ
with his brother who is also content
to do so, as to this or that particul ar
of faith or creed
There are various Rites in Mason
~; all, however, referring to and
based upon the symbolic Degrees. In
the York Rite, are the Chapter, COun-
ell. and Encampment degrees-the
latter an order exclusively of Christ
ian MasOns. In the Ancient and Ac-
cepted Rite so prominent in Europe
and this country, are the lnettable
| Degrees, conferred in Lodges OF Per
fiction G4th); the Historical Degrees,
conferred in Councils of Princes Of
jerusalem, (I6th); the Philosophical
Degrees, conferred in Chapters Of Rose
GrOix 1Sth); anG the Degrees Of the
Areopagus, con Inferred in Chapters OF
knights -Kadosh (30th); which with
the 3Ist and 32d constitute the chival-
ric series of degrees, conferred in a
Consistory (32d,) or by superior au-
thority.
There are Lodges Of perfection es-
tablished and ia working order in
operation at Natchez, Oxford and
Vicksburg, in this State. At the
| former city there is Council OF
Princes of Jerusalem, and COnsiStOry.
It is proposed to organize ~ as early
a date as practicable, Chapter OF
| Rose CrOix in Nicksburg, with a view
as soon as convenient thereafter, to
establish a Council Of kad0sh at the
same place. 4 cali for this purpose
has been issued, cordially inviting
brethren of the 18th and still higher
degrees throughout the State, to meet
at Nicbsburg on Monday evening,
March Il, 1870, to effect such organ
izatiCu. The circular alluded to Is
4 signed by the following brethren:
| Giles N. HiliyeF, 33d; Benjamin
/ Springer, SD; W. A. Eairchild, 32d ;
/ A. ]. Dir, sd; John Armstrong, sd ;
I W. L. COakley, 32d; A. g. J. \. nus
! sell. SD; Frederic Speed, Both; E. Nc
/ Carr, oath; J. w. Gray, 18th; l.. NJ.
/ Lowenberg, lsth.
A STATE MASONIC TEMPLE.
We learn by a circular recently is
sued that the subject OF the erection
+ 6f a Masonic Temple for the State Of
/ Mississippi. with view to the perma-
nent location Ct the Grand Masonic
! bodies of the State, was favOrably con-
! sidered at the late Grand COmmUni-
! cas-. and committees were appointed
to devise the necessary plans, and re-
MORT the result Of their labOrs at the
/ next annual assemblageS Of the craft,
In connection with the same subject,
/ fhe committees were directed to re-
mort upon the feasibility Of providing
q Masonic Educational lnGtitutiOn fol
/ the State.
The circular issued by Ill. Brother
! Hillyer, as chairman Of the Joint
/ Committees, alluding to the impOr-
( tance Ofthe proposed work, says:
/ "The MasOns Of the State evidently
I vearn to have a Masonic Home, where
/ yearly they can meet-eXhibit the de-
signs on their Trestle- Boards, ard
/ gather the inspiration for future en-
! deavor which proceeds from combined
effort. As light is given forth in every
] direction, so should there be a central
point from which Masonic light and
/ information should be diffused-wher6
the records of its history should be
gathered and permanently preserved
where its several Secretariats should
be kept-its Library accumulated ano
its property preserved. There every
Mason should be welcomed. and made
1 to feel al home. If not fully informed
there. like the young eagle, he should
be allowed the privilege of bathing
his plumage in the light that strength
ems and adOrns.
"a Masonic Temple fer Mississippi
should be one worthy, in its extent
and architectural proportions, of the
| fifteen thousand Craftsmen Of the State
! which bears the name OF the greai
Father Of Rivers. Mississippi, the
Masonic daughter Of Kentucky ano
Tennessee, the Masonic mother o
adjacent States Of the southwest
4 should, when she builds her Home
build one worthy Of her Architects
Masonry was an organized institution
on her soil at a time cOeyal- with it
occupancy by the United States au
thOrfties. over half a century hai
passed, and she still Wanders anC
roams without an abiding place for hel
| Representatives as they yearly NEE
for legislation, redress Of grievances
election of Grand Officers, and for per
fecting the machinery which conveys
in countless trains, the blessings 0
the linstitution, to every country, anc
almost every neighborhood in the
State"
Bro. Hillyer impresses upon th'
committee the importance Of the idea
that "When such a Temple is erected