The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-08-05

arc to obey. 1t teaches Us cur duty to
God, TO man, and to. ourselves. 1t CO.
operates with Religion in curbing the
tempers and restraining the passions Of
its members, aud like it brcathes uni
yersal benevolence and good will to men.
We do not Interfere with each others
faith or Religious belief The jew and
the Christian may sit side by side and
worship the came God, the God of Abri-l
ham and of Isaac and of Jacob We
are taught that "pure Religion before
God and the father is to assist the the
fatherless and widow in thoir aflction
and to keep ourselves unspotted from
the world
Masonry is m ancien. and respectable
institution, embracing in it's membership
individuals of every nation, Of every re-
ligion, and Of every condition in life 1t
is moral ORDER instituted by virtuous
men, with the design of impress ing upon
our minds the most sublime truths
founded on brotherly love, relief and
truth. In the language of the ritual,
''it is beautiful system of morality,
yelled in allegory aud illustrated by
symbols" 1t is social, moral, scientific
and benevolent Institution. EBut upon
these points cannot dwell
The principle tenets of our order are
brotherly love, relief aud truth. Upon
these permit me to say word ,-Bro:n-
cry Lore. This Heavenly principle,
this divine virtue is not only impressed
upon us when VIC first cross the threshold
OF a Masonic Lodge in the beautiful and
impressive language Of Scripture, "Bc-
hold, how good aud How pleasant it is
Tor brethren 20 dwell together in unity.
1t is like the precious ointment upon the
head, that ran down upon the beard,
even -laro,i . .card : tht went down t.
the SKIRTS o; his garments: as The
OF ucTnon, and rs he Clw tha. descend
cd upon the mountains of Zion: fo.
those the Lnfd commlu,led TIN blessing.
even .tiiT, iorcvern.3r,. - Is aim l33.
but is taught aud ilcVlcated ay L..ut;
iu! symbols as We pass Onward in our
journey through the various degrees o.
our order
We reverence tho ;eachiu.s Of Gui 5
Holy word, which tells US that, man i, a
const.tuint nt one universal brotherhood
In whatever stu itiuu ur life We find man
we remember ha has stamped upon
him lis Makers image and that his des-
tiny is Immortality; that lie is our broth
er, having come from the hand of one
common Parent ''in whom VIC live and
move and have our b,ng," and that il;
is orr duty to sympathize With, and to
aid him, for we are feliow-travellers
through the same vale of tears, needing
each others sympathy and support
Charity is the Of the .ctects we
have III view, rot charity merely in u
peculiar sense, no, our aims are higher,
our eds are ncbl,r. We endcnvor to
break down the barries which prejudic /,
jealousy, AMI animosity have er .cted
and strive to make men feel and act to
wards each other as brethren; We disre
gard the distinction of rank and privi
legc which Station confers We Judge
men by their intellectual and moral
character I! A man may be clad in roy
al purple, and fare sumptuously every
day, or his hand may be hard, his face
snnburnt. his clothing Of tue cCarses.
material be may be rich or he may be
poor, il his character is unsullicd and
his morals good. VIC take him by the
hand aud call him brother
Brotherly love is the corner stone Of
our noble edifce, upon its solid basis
rests our superstructure. Ths Bible the
great light in Masonry enjoins it upon
us "Let brothcrly love prevail" and
Masonry in all Its departments teaches
or commands us to bctruly and sincerely
brothers.
B,Other!. beautiful word. How sweet
ly it falls upon the ear. How pleasant
when kindly spoken. Blessed be the
lips that first uttered it Blessed be he
whose bosom responds to it. Every
man should speak it lovingly to his fcl-
low, but how much more the Mason :;
never, never, should Mason permit an
unkind feeling to fud lodgcmeut in
his heart against his brother. BroMery
lore, lore, what is it? What is its spirit,
it is not like the roaring winds which