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

NEW NORTH WEST.
DEER LODGE CITY, FRIDAY, Feb. Is
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tects. They cannot tell when they were or
gsnizcd or when they did not exist. On
thinks he las found that they were organ
izcd At such . place aud time; another say
they existed before that time, In anotl,e
place. Wien history hrst gives us any &C
count Of architecture We can rely ppon, W
lind the knowledge Of It was taught Is {
secret. In Rome, without doubt, two and ,
half centuries after tho erection Of Solomon,
Temple, the College, Of Architects was found
I'd, the organization Of which was simila
to modcrn operative Free AaUnry.1
The first authentic history of architec
ture during the Middle Ages records tina
the knowledge Of 1t was taught q secret
in some places tho Order still bearing tn.
old Roman name. In England VIC 6nd ar
organization claiming direct connection with
tho Roman architects chartered by King
Athlsstsne . early Is A. d. geo. This Lodgl
was undoubtedly the parcn, Of oil the Ma
sonic Lodges ia England snd the United
States, and through which they derive most
Of their traditions. II must Also lc borne
in mind that Masons do not claim that the
Order In every age and country bore the
same name, but different names In different
countries. Our traditions connect oil these
Orders together, believe. Traditions.
confess, may not be satisfactory 70 all Il
10 always difficult to follow the history Of
any such Order, devoted to architecture; TO,
historians love to dwell too much on the
heroic. They will recount, with the greatest
particularly, all the incidents Of some he.
roic deed in war, which benefits no one, and
pass In silence the achievements Of some
patient artist which have proved Of lasting
benefit - mankind There 10 one other fact
Ut which wish to speak. The traveller ia
Jerusalem is pointed to the tomb of Hiram,
in the sacred precincts of where stood Solo.
mons Temple on Mount Moriah. Whose
tomb Is this! Is It that of Hiram, King OF
Tyre. lie was not q Hebrew. IL It That Of
Hiram the architect? Though, bis mothe.
was Hebrew his father was . Tyrian, and
lie was educated to architecture among that
people, and he came to Jerusalem for tenn.
porary purpose. Does sacred or profane
history give any account of this tomb, OF
when it WAS erected, and by whom it has
been pycscrvcdg Masonic traditions have q
ready answer 10 these questions. Any Ma.
son Of the York Lodge, in 026, could have
told that, according to the traditions of his
craft, that tomb ought to be found where
Il IL pointed out to the traveller to-day.
Perhaps l may not fully disclose to you
the aims of speculative MaSonry. When
you contemplate nature--the mountain and
valleys, the wsving woodland, the green
and undulsting slope, tho blooming plant
and shrub, the balmy cir, the clear and bsau.
siful starlight, the glorious, golden sunlight,
wrapping in . halo mountain and valley,
woodland and pasture, giving rainbow tints
to the sparkling waters ct tho pcarly brook
and to the fosming crest of the mighty
waves Of the majestic ocean, you proclaim
that God 10 the author of al that j. grand or
sublime, and All-Powerfu!. When you OBJ
serve how everything in nature Il adapted
10 the wants Of man, and though much 10
concealed and little revealed, You proclaim
that God is good. So may turn to what
you may oil know Of Masonry, and ask you
to Judge of it from this. If you observe
that everywhere Masonic associations are
composed Of n,orsl and upright mon, may
you not infer that Masonry is = promoter
Of morality: If the Holy Bible IL found
in every Masonic Lodge May you not infer.
that Masonry respects revealed religion. II
you soc members Of the Order entertaining
different religious views-Cs tllolics, Protes-
tsnts, Greeks, Mahomcdans and Jews, may
you not infer thst Masonry was not organ
iMd to propagate any particular secular
dogmas. Hero may bs permitted to say
that il was carly found that men made better
and more orderly artists, and could bc better
relied upon to preserve the secrets Of the
craft, who were moral and religious than
those WHO were not. Hence from the ear
hest days Of the Order it has iuculcated
morals, and, according TO our traditions, :
belief in the One True God; nor should tlsis
l,e doubted. If the ancient Order were On
gagged In building hesthcn temples, they un!
understood the trick of the Ora.
clcs, and hence were not deceived BY them.
Masonry proper has NO teachings In regard
to Christ. One reason for this 10 the exist.
cnce of the Order before His advent. The
reason why no views were incorporated into
The speculative doctrines Of tie Order dur
Ing Che Middle Ages i'd regard - Him un-
doubtedly was because il vss composed Of
persons holding such different views in 70
lard 70 His charactsr-yct oil uniting In the
l,elief of . One Trus God II ypq observe
Mssons performing the last solemn htep
over the remains of . departed Brother, and
casting into his grave the emblem Of IN I'M
dying affection. you willkpow that Masonry
recognizes the sad realities Of this world
and inculca,ss the duty Of cherishing tl,e
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