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

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taiped b thsm, .hssas, ven4 w0s Dot -.
mitaed into shsirLodgsa Il y ~ taase q
Msseaa thss they .kesD, ~, tssi1itioae q
sheir OsdeE BIT N0ouEy b not se6vteeg
Of women. II my nsn - bsan hoa
brsthsr. ias : lower, rlesss ., hpsbsad. Ilo .
father b. bsi,g . 1lasos, then, ladiss en-:
dema the Inseisueion. Masonry h . seesDs
Ond1, tTps. God has givsn man the power
81 sseseoy, and until this facalay b used fer
come bass p1spose, Do 1ot assaiga aay mn
q ct u mss for kssping : sscrsG Every
mas, wpman and child Aashis O. hsr sec<sl
Govssnmea,s hays sscseta m essaas Of
The United 0eaess has sseJss sesatonGF Tn
Supsana Court Of ths Uniosa oaatss dslibs-
rates upoa he proportions pnsssossd -
then often IN aacssG Thu osoae 1euaenl.
cal Council asssnbjsd io-dAy bspsaeA H.
doms sloe s. Peers dosa - doom aad
ds3ihse1tss n secssk OF I'll ~ weak
charges against Masonry, uons deserve leas
consideration than this, 1T y 6scset O.
der" II - rrs,aaD ? es,o- 49,
In my school days one Of my fsllow sta.
dsats delivered . poem. mt many words Of
which / Can now recall, bot II conveyed ~
idea to mo which = with NJ to-day. He
pictured off In The regions Of spaos war.
Eior and . philanthEopist stsading side By
side watching - the rays oe lishteame fpom
our Nsals paast thsir deeds while % earth
The w.srior, hsasld hinsslf bsdee1rsd IN
gorgeous arr.y-the admiration Of The mul.
itnde: He was charging and coa.sndiag
on the battlefield; beneath his mighty
strokes the reluctant enemy fell back; be
heard the shouts Of victory; but around him
were the dead and dying there demol,sh.
Cd burning city, and in the distance IL d..
Ing terror stricken sbitauts and here,
= burning hamlet throwing IL lursd nEht
over the appalled, and frightened fscss q
the Impoverished peasants who hsd thew
found happy home. He W. greeted
every where With applause; Upon his
breast was placed ~ Star q Heosr. 81
passed beneath the Triumphal Arch saf.
rounded ~ gildtd banners md gorgeous
trspptnGs to the stfsins # swelling mndc;
but, in the distance where his feet hsd TOD
In TIP wrath Of war was blsckpsss and De-
olation, tho groans Of the wounded, the
vail Of The widow, and the piteous cry of
the orphsn Sometimes hs saw himself
fighting for liberty and right, bat much Of.
tenes for tyranny and to bind more firmly
the shackiss Of oppression on bic fellow
man, md tho ed and hopeless faces Of the
oppressed made gloomy and dark the light
which came 70 his eye. n.,.r>'.' -.,.
The philanth1opist beheld himself clad In
plain attire and noticed by but few, minis.
tering to the dead and dying, binding up
the CHASTITY wounds tho warrior had made (;
adding what was valuable to Science and
useful in Art; building mp thu demolished
cities, giving smployment and charity to
the impoverished; encouraging and A1sist.
inG he peasaas II hiSi hboes, thus efasing
~ blsek and associate pe&h Of War; ntAt-
sning and unbinding the shacklss Of theop-
pssased, and bringing hack hope and sassgy
into their oountenances; giving . joy 70 The
NJ hcs Of tie widow; drying tho: syes of
the orphan. and making the air vocal with
The shosts end laughter of happy children.
And, though men sounded his praises but
Httls, the light va glad and Joyous which
came 10 his eye. >sq. ar4.l;1 T. r.
Brothers, - Hasons, eurs Il not the war
rior's part. asa., ST. oa ias' @Fra tt1t#e nrg
Brothers, may this Lodge svsr advance
The cardinal doctrines of MASONRY. There
b more, - you Ill know, In Masonry than
Ito ritual Il there 10 not, Masonry 10 no
bettsr than painted gsw-gaw for grown mp
childfen--s shell around . once swese hat
now worm-eatsn and hitter kernel. II hsre
The Nasonic Fraternity shall b true 10 the
virtues Il inculcates, to-day W sha1l odd
mother laurel leaf 10 the crowa Of our i'm
mortal brother whose remains slesp BY the,
hanks Of tie Potonae, beneath the shaaows
Of The waving trees of Mount Vernon r na
With such promise On your part, II 10
Departed yet take IN intstot In the ahais
Of earth, there will be . new JOY 10 bic faee
in'the seAlms Of light q this hour: And,
were Il possible, be would array himself IN
he Masonic Rsgalia presented - him By
bio friend and brother, u .Tayet>s, sd b
iCnftsman oncs more, ssd join 20 to-day
The House has done IL part toward sbol-
Ishing the franking privilege The Pest
Office COMMITTEES brought II IL bin proyl-
ling that, after the 1st Of next July, -
matter shall be sent through The mail frse.
General Farnsworth proposed 70 make II
10 order for some future day, and give
shsnos fof disoassion, but =. soon = Il VS.
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