Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-20
FSTABLISHED 1910.
MASONIC.
FINISH THY WORK.

FINISH THY WORK.
Finish thy work; the time Is short.
The sun Is IN the west,
The night Is coming down; tin then
Think not OF rest
Yes nnish all thy work, then rest;
TIL then. rest never
The rest prepared for thee by God,
Is rest forever
Finish thy work; then wipe thy brow,
Urged thee from thy tolls
Take thy breath, and from each weary limb
shake on the soil.
Finish thy work; then sit down
On some celestial hiH,
Aad Of its siren nEth-reylvlng air
Take thou thy AL
Finish thy work; then 20 In peace.
Lies battle fought and won;
Hear from the throne thy Masters voice,
Well done, well doue"
Finish thy work: then take thy harp,
Give praise TO God above
Singa new song Of endless JOY,
And heavenly love
Give thanks 20 Him sEho held thee up.
In al thy paths below,
Who made thee faithful unto death.
And crowns thee now.
MASONRY IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
From the Norfolk Va Journal, of the
I2th.l
With regard to the first three degrees
in Masonry, we may remark the grade
of Entered Apprentice was a home
degree. We do not EROJg this fact;
but, nevertheless, consider it NOR
ally certain, as but few mere appren-
tices would be required on a great
building.
The FellOWcraft's degree authorized
the young mechanic to travel. We
are aware that this trdCsliRg feature is
generally considered at the present
day as more peculiarly belonging TO
another degree. Nevertheless, during
the Middle Ages il was a privilege
most necessary TO the FellOwcraft, and
we may remark that our above scata-
ment is bssed, first, on our own read
ing; secondly, upon the verification OF
what we have stated by one Of the
most learned MasOns in this Safe.
and thirdly, upon the known fact that
the custom of the FeliOWcrafts travel
ing about to work at their trades was
continued up 10 a comparatively late
date ali over Europe.
Such a custom may appear strange
TO uy A.; but we must not forget the con-
dition Of the nations OF Europe in
those days Of chivalry and oppression.
We stated in our last article that our
f1refathers lived in rude huts, hardly
better than the WigWamS OF SaVS.geS,
and that there were consequently very
few buildings of snch a kind as TO re-
Ouire bricklayeTS and carpenters. The
English mechanic, therefore, when he
had served out his time with a mas
ter-workman, had generally to go to
many places in England, seeking
work, when il could not be found in
his own neighbOrhOOd. Sometimes
he could not obtain employment in
all England or Scotland, and then he
had to 90 to France, or some other
country on the continent. Wherever /
he went, however, the evidence Of the
two degrees TO which be had attained
was a free pass enabling him to obtain
emplOyment. From these travels, OF
journeys, in search Of work, the Eel
lOwcraft wss called jOlDueyman-a
name by which is known even to this
day a Young man who Is employed by
a master-WOrkman 10 work for wages;
though very few are acquainted with
the reason for such a designation.
When the young workman started
on his travels, he stopped at the houses
< his fellow artisans on his route, and
~ &c iOurneyed along the rude high
,., - 4 Of that day, fOOtsore and hun
way II he made himself known 70
siS, S,,t,o, ~ mechanic by means of his
q .Is.C1.-r.i1,- eceived credentials, the
-...-l I'll In. - craft received hOSpi-
WayWOrn ellON' IT and v,.as sent on
table entertainmel "IC ~ . =, GI =,
his way with prOvisiD uS ~ ellst itlO..os ~
the point whittier he v 's1ieu ~ 70,
We may add that this .''s'O.ii - It;1, " -, q
jOurneyInan's going abroad seiIl o.,, 80 "a,
forced in Germany, in which OeGtiS 10y
every mechanic, after serving his ny
has vet 10 travel and work abrO "a
for period varying from one to threo
years.
TIE MASONIC ORDER IN THE UNITED
STATES.
The strength of the Masonic order
in the Uniied States and the British
Provinces. as set forth in the follow
ing statement, are said to be as-nearly
correct as can be obtained from the
roCst authentic sources: Alabama,
"a a5s. Arkansas, 1876; British Co
Iumhis as; California, SIU6; Cana
ia. 2O22; CoiaradO, 5s2; Connecticut,
1854: DelawsCe, 522i District OF
TT'inn,his 7S8. Florida, 1888;
GeoTgia lSI67; Idaho, 225;
HIiESiS 39. .2a9: Indiana, 2l,-
a65. Iowa. II. .462; Kansas, 2645;
Ee2tuclyv IS. 929: Louisiana, 6UJ5i
AIaine. "A 10; Maryland, 479l; Mass
aebUsafts 2S. 3G6; Michigan, lo,Ol0;
Ninnesots. 5000; Mississippi, lz,9qo;
MISSOURI, l4.S72; Montana, 1s'9i Ne
bras,q. $50; Nevada, 92l; New Bruins
wick 1872 New Hampshire oU5-j
New jersey, 77S6; New YORK .4'Oi.S'
North Carolina, l4,lo4; Nova oeotld, olS,
$50; Ohio, 20,223; oregon ~, 10 ;
Pennsylvania, %, $40; Rhode lslahu}, l3
4253; South CdCoiina tesuhiaUe1'
IA.OOO; Tennessee, 1G,go9i IeAas, ~ ~
Jl6; Vermont, 1924; Virginia, SUI
Washington, 3is; West Virginia, l'9V'
wisconsin, 77l3. Total, a5o, 455.