Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-10

of the service, said: "Come, my
brethren, with me around the coffin
where the last remains of our brothers
repOse; aid me In paying the last hon
Ors to their memories" The Supreme
Council thereupon left the platform,
preceded by the Grand Commander,
and circled about the casket three
times, pausing each time to cross the
| arms and bow before the remains, and
saying thrice, Farewell, farewell,
farewell"
The Council then returned to the
platform, and after prayer a voluntary
was performed upon the organ, i'm
mediately after which the candles sur
rounding the coffin were successfully
re-lighted by the Junior Deacon, the
last one being relighted upon the pro-
nunciation OF the words: Death is
swallowed up in victory; o, Death,
where is thy sting? o, Grave, where
is thy victory?" "The will of Gods
accomplished; blessed be the name OF
the Lord"
An anthem was then sung, and the
Sovereign Commander said: In
Egypt, among our old masters, where
Masonry was more cultivated than
Vanity, no one could gain admittance
to the Sacred Asylum of the Tomb
until he had passed under the most
solemn Judgment. A grave tribunal
sat in judgment upon all, even the
kings. Masonry has no such tribunal
to sit upon her head, but she requires
that whatever is said in her behalf
concerning them shall be the simple
truth.
Brother orator, let Masonry,
through thy lips, speak to US OF our
brothers who have gone away from
us; tell the story of their lives, and
recount their virtues and good deeds,
that we may remember and initiate
them; but let their faults and errors
be forgiven and forgotten, for to say
that they had them is but to say thai
they were human"
CREATIONS.
Giles NJ. Hillyer, of Mississippi
Minister of State of the Supreme
Council, then came upon the plat
form and delivered an Grafton, to the
learning and eloquence of which NJ
sort of Justice can be done in thi:
notice.
The noon of spring, he said, wa!
passed; it is the season of flowers, o
natures sweetest attraction, with th'
green emblem of truth, and the blu'
OF enduring cOnstancy and affection
In natures calendar there are verna
and sOlstitial seasons, and we our
selves partake of the earth's move
ment and changes, while the stars o
the armament sink to rise again witt
renewed splendor. So Masonry haC
its solstitial periods; the heroes o
ancient Masonry smitten with perse
cutiOns, rise again to run in the ap
pointed race to greater and more last
ing glory and honor. We Join IN thes'
ceremonial hOnOrs for VI brother
who have passed away, wisdom oil
recting the proceeding, strength
affording its protection, and beauty
lending its charms and graces. NJ
political asperities enter in this circle
where unkindly things are not KEEP
out by the Tyler's sword, but whert
the motto shines prominent" ma
ksonrie O6LiQe." Masonry teache
II peace, liberation, brotherly affection
The AH-Seeing Eye in the centre o
the circle, to which all things tend
and which uphOlds all, as in the phys
, zeal world the sun, emblematic OF tn
I Great Architect in VeneratiOn o
. whom Solomon is said to have erected
that magnificent temple upon Whicl
I no sound of tool was heard.
/, We live in an age of fancy and i'm
agination, as well as Of practical life
we hear it said that money buy
everything-talent, place, success
!, power, fame and honor, but there /
still something greater, for every on.
seeks sighingly for what seems still
denied him, pining for the wings O
the morning to fly away and be a
, rest. The poet, who made Erin
harp so melodious, represeted tina
"a Peri at the gate of Eden stoOt
disconsOlate," who had vainly sOugh
! for the talisman for entrance, who haC
l tried the depths of human Joy ant
woe, patriotism, martyrdom and love
but found it at last in the sublimity O
, repentance,
The insignia of mourning about U
is not for the dead, it is to admOnisl
the living; to incite us to take hOm
with US the r~ecOllectiOns of the goo
/; deeds of our departed friends, takinj
them as examples for guidance
They were rich in honor; they illus
t, trated and adorned society and prac
| tical life, the bench, the bar and th.
councils of the nation. For them Ma
: sOnry brings a great regret and sor
: row. They had not to chide them
1 selves for time miSspent; they haC
labored as Aasons, and loved thei
brethren; they made few bad judg
ments, and threw the mantle Of char
ity over the failings Of their fellows
7 Masonry has no need to be ashamed
! bat m1ch to be proud Of in the lessor
l of their lives. Who does not recall
: the illustrious representatives of tn
mother of statesmen? Who can for
get the noble two from Georgia, on,
struggling with the storms Of States
and falling with his falling State
They have passed away their rapturr
and glory now the angels only know
Most puissant Commander, my asl
is nearly finished. With particula.
forms of church or religion MasOnr,
has nothing to do. Its mission is t
dispel ignorance anu conquer fanati
cism. All men of every creed may
enter and worship IN the tempii
which it has built. Masonry is still
stronger than the philosophy which
the East has taQghti 1t teaches truth.
I gathered from the past, which havl
been made glorious by succeeding
ages. 1t inculcates upon all the OBJ
servance in the earthly career of tn,
duties which she has made typical il
her ceremonies. Whether derived
from the architects Of Greece, or from
the more ancient mysteries, no mat
ter whence it may have sprung, it il
proper to say that Scottish Free Ma
sOnry means work. Its symbols arr
but draperyj the Mason must search
their hidden meaning in such a way
that when he looks back upon thu
ending of the Masonic year, he may
exelaIm. in the words of Richelieu
France, l love thee; all earth shall
never tear thee from my heart; who
shall proclaim divorce betwixt m'
and theeE"
THE NEW TREASON.