Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-06
MASONIC.
MASONIC TRIBUTE TO GEO. PEABODY.
We clip the following from the Lon
don F~reemGs0n, Of November IL:
" The greatest Of these is Charity"

BIPoSTOR.
From the report of the Grand
Lodge of Three Globes. Berlin, we
learn that one John Matthias August
Harder, Lieutenant Colonel, hailing
from Stockholm, Sweden, bears a Ma
sonic certificate which has been proven
TO be a forgery. By the time this
August" Lieutenant Colonel, etc,
will have reached America, he will be
a full blown prince, with the butter
fly wings of fashion on him; and If
he does not succeed in capturing some
New York heireSs on the first three
months credit for board, he will sail
out into the rural regions and +" do
VI" the Lodges, after the usual style
of such " gentlemen at arms" One
good Western hOrse-Whipping Will
settle his capital stock in the Masonic
line at once, and save the craft a few
hundred dollars. w hope he won't
change his name or certificate before
ne gets caught, so that our readers
may " interview him as soon as pos
sible.-S. Louis F~reeMGs0n.
We take the following from the
New York Dispatch:
"PoWERS OF A GRAND MASTER"
Dear Sir : Under the above head
1 read a paragraph in your paper Of
December II, to which 1 beg leave
except. While with that writer 1 will
not allow that a Grand Master has
any right TO dispense the makingOf a
lame man OF MANNED, or any other
man-which, you see, is.a step beyond
i say that the question Of making
MasOns Of manned men is me that is
governed by the ancient landmarks.
Every Mason Will know to what 1
alIude. In ancient times when Free
masonry was operative, no master
was allowed to take an Apprentice
who was not sound of limb, not
manned or d~ismembered, but whole
and entire in every part. There was
a law regulating this, which no Mas
ter dare violate. When EreemasOnry
was transformed I717, this law was
retained, among Others-One of those
others being that a candidate for the
Masonic degrees must be free born.
This law was, however, abrOgated
by the Grand Lodge of Eng
land, and changed to read Z" free
man" Now, 1 have come to the
idea, which L say, l except. AGrand
Master has no right to do anything
not permitted him by the COnstitu-
stitutiOn and Bylaws Of his Grand
Lodge. He has in factno powers but
those that are given him by the Con-
stitutiOn and Laws and the language
of his installation, when the whole
Masonic craft of his jurisdiction is
given into his charge. He has no
more right to dispense the making of
a Mason, whether whole or MANNED,
than any other member of the frater-
nifty; and when he does it, i5 is from
the exercise OF not a right IN him YES
ted, but simply because he dares do
that, and risk being taken e account
for so doing. / am aware that, both
in this country and in Canada, high
and mighty airs are put on by Grand
Masters; but we must attribute style
of foOlishneS5 to the men themselves,
who for the time, fill the Office, rather
than the Office, or any privilege it reg
ularly recognizes.
AN OLD MASON.
-NeW YCrk albion.
UNFINISHED WORK AND IMPERFECT
WORKMEN.
From the New York COurier.l
If a business man gives an order for
a piece of work he expects his direc-
tons to be followed, and if the work
man neglects his Instructions, the ar
ticle is often thrown back upon his
hands. Should he perchance pay in
advance for the required article, and it
is sent to him in an imperfect cOndi-
ton, the business man is mere likely
to denOunce the workman as a fraud,
and to express his opinion in rather
strong language. IF il should happen
that he is not aware at the time Of re-
ceiving the piece of work that it is
imperfect, his opinion of the work
man viii not be greatly improved
when, on trying the virtues Of the ar
ticle, its im~perfectiOns are made appa-
rent perhaps at thevery moment when
perfection is most required.
Let US suppose an instance. A
traveller has an intimation that he is
about to take q journey through a for
eign land, where the inhabitants are
t-reacheTOus, and to protect himself
purchases a pistol. The maker war
rants the weapon as perfect and ready
for use. The traveller starts on his
Journey and falls among thieves. He
resorts to his pistol for defense, and it
fails him, because the parts are i'm
perfectly put together. 1t is true he
has received the clock, stock and bar
rer"-the essential parts Of the pis-
tol-but the imperfect Workmanship
renders them valueless at the moment
the weapon is required fer use. It is
more than likely that the traveller in
his heart feels anything but pleased
with the man who sold the pistol,
having relied in vain upon it for safe /
ty and protection; for if he had been
without the weapon, he might have
taken other precautions which would
have, perhaps, proved Of far greater
advantage.
"What has all this to do with Ma
soRry?' we fancy we hear a brother
say. The speculative Mason may, we
believe, apply the simile to the Lodge
and the work of making a prOfane
member of the Fraternity. When
the uninitiated party joins the Craft,
he has an idea that he is to be made
a Mason, and as be advances he is led
to believe that in due time he will be-
come a Master workman, able to
show his skill at all times and in all
countries, and be appreciated accord
ingly. If, while learning his trade, |
the apprentice be poorly instructed, !
and the Master neglects to prove the
work as his apprentice goes along;
and if, at the end of the term OF APP
premiership, his imperfect prOduc-
tions are passed as perfect, the work
cannot be otherwise than 'botehed,"
irregular and unwOrkmanIike; con-
sequentIy, when he attempts TO apply
for Master WOrkman's wages away
from home, it win be refused him.
Furthermore, as the work produced
is certain to be anything but square
and regular, he will doubtless be re-
garded as an imPOstOr at the moment
when perfection is most needed by
him.
Now, although the imperfect work
is the sufferer from want of
knowledge, the blame should not
rest with him, but where it rightfnlly
belongs, namely, with his instructors.
If the apprentice had not been per-
to receive higher than appren-
tees wages until he could produce
work fitted to be adjusted with the
tools Of his fellow-crattsmen, it is
more than likely he would work
eagerly to acquire that skill which
would enable him to pass the inspec-
tors Of the work with credit; eonse-
quently, by the time he is ready to
for Masters wages, he viii be
able to present good and square work
suitable for the occasion. Having ac-
quired the proper skill, he must be a