The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-02-25

nonel for or. agaiists AirIh b pd.pio1, u
wealth, but there al meet upon the level.
Do you ~ Z6n caanot -unda,sta,d ,sQcR, 4
fraternity !! fanswer that you lea DE iiTass
great preparation for Msson-the prepars.
ton Of e,hear2i II ithrsmssnsred thss
Assons were once organised bands Of wan.
dering artists, eften dwelling In countries
whose language they did not understand,
and for whose institutions they had no d.
tichmeat, wdose people Kad noappeDsin1inh
Of their genius, you can readily eomprshsnd
how such an order came ld.o siSss1cs
without this \ appSsss b Re that is'would
be difficult. i,.asm.. VA :-a,f4 7Gr
Whist has Masonry done In modem times
70 command the respect Of asAnkindt IN
ancient times, - sl,e pesfsctess and pre-.
servers of architecture, they certainly de-
serve the thanks IF the nce.n Bat, 81 Wofhs
of this character, Masonry of the nineteenth
century cannot roast. Imay NOS tell you
of the thousands OF instances Of private
charity, Of the brotherly love and counsel
in the hour'ofs distress and Dependency I;
for, under the rules of the Order these must
not By, published. ., Masonry, however, be,
organized some systematic public charities,
and, Of these I nay speaZ: Mot ~ these 7
shall RECOUNT have found recerdedr ip.s
little Masonic book called the Mystic Tie,
BY Msckey. In France there d central
House of Relief, the object Of which IL, to
receive destitute Mssons for 4 dsterpinses
period, to contribute to their immedidle 70.
lief and to 0btain employment for them.
At Lyons there has besn established . toci-
etyfor thu. psaronags Of poor esiHrsp. AT
Isis, in Switzerland, splendid fsnd has
been created for the relief Of the widows Of
Free asons. AtBlessebGgs md Eeisssfands
for the support OF distressed widows and e.
phans Of Masons hsve bien StspiG IA
Wismsr two charities have been founded !;
one for the sopport Of The orphans Of the
members Of The fratesnity and the other for
making losns to industrious st0dy l1noaa
At Berlin, Prussia there has been ssaab-
lished fund for the support Of tie chill.
and widowsof M6ods, & MisodN Orphan
Asylum at Prague, . Lying-in. Hospital st
Schleswig, and An Institution for widows
At Rostock. These are probably not one
third Of the charitable Masonic Institutions
in Prussia In Amsterdam, Holland, there
is Masonic Institution for the blind. In
Holland the Lodges in the last sixty
years have given ever $4,000 - public
charitics In Stockholm there 10 . Masonic
Orphan Asylum founded by the Lodges Of
Sweden In 1863. There is in England .
Committee Of Charity for the relief Of do.
tressed Nasons that has done much good.
In London there is Society for the aged
and decayed JErscin6Sons, Ia eA1ylih for
the widows Of INDECENT Masons, and .
Royal Arch Masonic Bnevolbnt IhEiItttoA
for aged and dccayed Mssons, and to pro.
vide fund for pensions for tie widows Of
Masona. In the Up,ted ,ssssee The psesssity
for such organized charities have not ~ q.
issed, hence wshavebut few 81 usu.' Ias4
~ account q the Masonic Board
Of Relief organized in New Orleana In
NswS York l fund NJ SEN cassiaitsaa forthe
purpsse Of establishing IN Orphan Asylum.
In Pennsylvania there b . fund Of ~, 0oo,
the increase Of which 10 - - devoted u
needy poor Masona This fund was created
by Stephen Girsrd, WIN wasS member Of
the Fraternity. OF those which may be
termed Temporary kasonio Charities can
not forbear 70 mention one, bsesSo our Re-
Dpectcd Brother, George Washington, -
he was called by the fraternity Id hid day,
took part in it. After tho evacuation Of
BY the British, during our war
for Independence, thsrs ~ much distfess
am ong the poor of that City. At the cele.
bsation Of St. Johns day BY the AasoaIc
Fraternity Washington formed one Of the
procession. The Rev. VIM. Smith, D. D.,
Grand Secretary Of the Grand Lodge of
Pennsylvsnia, delivered sertaon on Char.
ity to the fraternity; Z collection was t.
ken up to which Warrington contributed.
The amount thus raised was over two thou.
sand dollars |; considerable sum five con-
slider the pover;y Of that period. The Ger.
mon WAS published and dediostsds - hisR1.
cellency George Washington, Esq, and sold
70 swell this fund Tits was the 6sst pab-
lication ever -dcdicssed To- waSh1ngton-A
Masonic Charity Sermon. It 10 well for %
b cosnlnsnorats the. birth Of such auap;
one who could turn aside from the pressing
cares Of war with n activs and 2vigilant
foe and join his BROTHER Craftsmen in Z
charitable enterprise. a..aI =
Assons are the promotsrs # education.
Masonic schools have been estabilshsd IA
Germany, Sweden, Denmark, switzerland
md n Ens,sad, rhsstoa 'thoG ta1hsg,Set
time to speak. ID the United States The
Fraternity have sssnblishsd . schosl h4lgls-
Dissippi,, . collage, n Tennessee, Q9e q
North Carolina, one IN Kentucky, and one
In Missouri. ID several q thgothse 6tatso
educational funds hays bessn" eitospd.;S !
A.,,y,ae bson told b "a laDeh, ~ sops
men who occupied exalted positions IN thip
nation ysss partly ipdehtsd n xaeonis ~
for the education which had Atted them =
Oh the places they hSld. o2A,In.
I should lika to sugg6t - a. fraternity
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