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wns absurd. He aafd TINT tho entrance Of man
into secret order 1onltudad lin OF tho old
uurHery rl,yfuo,
Open your mouth md hllut your eyca.
And III Kfv0 ypu something to mako ypu w1ae

Qpeu Your mouth md hhut your eyra.
And III gtvo you something to mako you wiae.
tor bltndtollod The child who ahut hia oyes
and oponctl llia molith sometimes received black
berries. and solnctimos dirt, It Saa 30 with tho
man scoling imitation = Ho muat 60 It b!ind,
plo might aay to him that II he wus
a Mason. lic Ind brokon his oath, nntl
navartiAod himself lis n pefjnror Or thoy might
Hay TO him tAat II ho was not . Mason, ho could
know uothing Of tho Order, and alsoko simply In
ignoranoo md In freiudico. uo explained tho
peculiar solemulsY OF tho Masonic oath, and TUG
to'rlblo secrecy which It imponcd: 1t conccaod
Tug, sworo to do anythtng that discipline might
| impose upon linn. Whom nan was sworn la'to
tho Masonic fratornty, ho was lod In with d rope
around his nook, as II 10 waa blind mule tlat
! Ind to DO lod around llo had all his clothing,
| except Ills ehirs aud drawers, talkon oil ho had
ONE sHoE on AND THE OTHER OFF,
| so that ho Waa neither uaked nor clothed
| notlcr shoa nor uushod., Thou lo had to 60
| through lot OF coron,o1al Which might DO very
disgusting to his mora! aouno. He must bo led
arouni tho room for tho nEnusemout OF mon
with white or black aprons OH, and feathers in
tllolr hats. It degraded man. 1'hon tho appl-
| cant waa sworn always to conceal mud novor to
reveal anything tint Ind occurred or that might
| occur In tho Ordor. Ho might answer tint ho
! had sworn to conceal that which Ills manhood
regarded as holding sacrod, but not to subscribe
| to customs tint wero royolting to LID spirt Of
dccency. Masonry pledged nlou to partial hon.
| esty aud to partial morality. 1t aworu a man to
titloiity TO tho Order, aud to honcBt, towalis all
| Nasons. but mot to tho rest OF maulnd. Thus,
! If = snau cheats another mnn. not knowing him
| TO 10 Mason, ho Ia compelled, II ho discoyors
Lis error, to 1nnko 1t all ovon with tho brother
nIasou, for n1asona must mnot on tue loyel md
tho square. [Laughter.]
| A MaHon waa sworn TO partial morality. He
was sworn not 10 baye illegal intercourse With
tic wife, sister, or daughter of any other Ma
son. knowing the parties to DO no connected. lie
| was sworn to no such morality with the reat Of
tho world. What would bo thought Of church
to come up to tho hltar aud Bwoar not to haVo H.
legal intercourse with any fomalo mombor Of
that church, knowing her to bo euch2 1t would
%as az % obssso" tho @ use 5
daughters, and slstora OF MAHons freedom from
inault. but did not protect women whoso friends
woro oulsldo Of tho Ostlar. This waa
| AN AHlsToCRACY
! in tho American ncpupiio. MpaonB recognized
each other by signs. They enjoyed privileges by
tl.eir signs. TINS made them exclusive. What
manner Of men were they TINT required to be
oworn to honesty toward one anoilor3 What
ply from illicit intcrcout co with tho female rela-
tives Of brothers OF Tho square and compass,
ana lett !; thon froe s,, to Prey on al otl1o,
Il sery aerop sS ea5ies tosetSes ee"Sy Sy
lie did not aay that nil h1asonH wcro bad men
he did not bo!eye that. lie was tols! that the
1toy. Dr. Thomas, pastor Of The CHURCH III which
l,o spoke. was q Mason himself OF course
there waH worry good and very bad men III tlo
Order. But
| THEY ALL KNEW EACH OTHER ny s1oSs.
a drunkard, sot. might meot q 1uctor Of
might ,noet MI eminent man Of eccnce IN tho
street. aud make llm sign. Tho dortor and
tho scientist would bo compelled to meet With
tile sot. aud they werc bruthors-a relationship
l Tint nrtfy innfft rnn1A fH1n1vnt sn&1nuHh
About tho ceremonies II mau slaunld
ylolato Bacrecy by telling his wife anything Ut
tho absurd initiatory coronloniat llo would,
according to the terms OF tho Masonic oath. bo
liable to have his throat cut ncross, his tongue
torn ont, his heart aud bowels let out birned to
ashes, aud scattered TO the fonr winds OF heaycnt
by this time tho man, If u common mortal, would
10 pretty nos!lY dead. [Applauso and laughter
tho Stato, md OF tho United States, by
murdorouH executions OF men who bet1ay nilly
secEots? They did SO ouco pnbllcy, and
tS Woo cdpoa eT Il to dop m9s a, s sMaf IT Aye
M fish under Il riyor-hauk, and now. If they
murdered men at al they had TO do tho thing
secretly. llo did not know whe,h her tioy murdered
men at all or not. II they did not, then they,
"tull oil sound and fury alguiiying nothing"
THO speaker tAen detailed, III q most amusing
manucr,
THE nrruG1. OF TUE MAsoSs,
tho mode OF ontrauce, garo, conversation, chnl-
lcngos,. answers. nud prayers. And, aftor
all had been gono through, heaven was
Invoked to MD tl,o man. There mover
WIS a man moro IN neol Of Divlno
here, tho saloon-keeper l,ere, tho gambler fur
thor on,--all ministers, drunkardB, merchants,
thtosos. and hono's INDEPENDENTLY, and in
Aoarse tones, oxclaia,, 30 mote II be!" (ureat
laughter.l lle mincked tho different oaths,
and produced continued merrinleut. Tho COM
pass. Squire, and other parapheynalia Of the
Order received some HhRro Of criticism. 4 friend
Of his had said to hin. onca that all tho light 4o
had ever had WAS from tho three canales repre-
scnting tho sun. moon, and stars which were
Blo~a Alm after his bandage ~Gs torn
otf,- This .11aHon lnd also said that
le did not think thero was anything bad in
him Of parcel OF calves in pon sucking each
others' cars. lsonrs Of laughter, which were
several tinlos ronowod] such wore tho expo
riances Of on apprentice Of tho hlasonio Order.
time. mud that ho could got inlo, Heaven ~ ald
at r. stone-s.ausmer. [lteuewed laughter.l ilo
was subjected to humiliation in every stage. lie
was partially stripped us q, applcaut; he 'saA
and he was atrpped WORSE than over when tic
became Master Mason. lLnughterl
But WIS TINT Tho laat Of lii troublos? Not 1t
all. The speaker wont on 70 show good many
4 follow uainuod "Jubo" asked t1o word oi
the Grand Master, ind he hit tho unfortunate
"bsother craft " on tho w!ndpine With Ills square
noary knocking him down. Thou Ae vas met BY
another party named "JuDila," who hit lin a
terrible blow on tho breast with the comrass
Tnsu llo WIS passed to "Jubilum," who hit hin,
over tho head with q "stutfed club" CT
something OF TINT sort [laugltorl, which
olfactually settled him for the night
Thoro waa friend of his who, in York State, ilat
heol knocked down by lis preacher, as "Jubi'
lum," "on Saturday night, and the sumo minister
rreaohod salvation to ILLS aonl in his chulcll OIL
Sunday morning. (dleat laughter and cheer.
ing,] .This was i part OF tho coronlonial Of q
putty becoming u lirand Master, under tho name
Of Hiram Abif, called n[tor ono Of tue supposed
founders Of tho Order. ThorcHt of tho ceremony
was described at some length, aud tho ctrolt wat
frequently applauded. Prot. blanchard saia that
slowly, but surely Masonry would go down in
the ciyl]ized world. (Great cl'eorlng.l Maaonry
tlan.ty, and with manbood and tltat it might &C
dnwn. God speed the day. Loud applRuse.l
A benaitotion closed tho Session,