The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-05-16

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Tberca items OF business which better
be concealed from the public eye, but
this dogs not argue against tine lawful
ness of the business.
There are some people who make wor-
thy members OF Il religious society whom
no amount of repetition ola litany, or
washing ever so thoroughly would tit
for another sect.
There are Glasses in society. but this
does not argue against the universal
church.
Shall we object to the order celebrating
this day because al' cannot enter our
sanctuary and wor nip at our shrine?
There are soD,e most worthy people
who would not DC at home in Il palace.
There are some men who could not
appreciate our mysteries, and they mud
their place In other organizations. and
gain good in other temples. The object
ions and the facts have common
ground. Fraternity IN the work of gain
ing success.
What do facts declarr:
The first great fact. The divine ruler is
one through FRATERNITY. Three persons
30 distinct rs to have attributes and dis
tlnct Offices assigned-yct oac.
Here Is the starting point. rs If God
would tell us Of needed help.
Tue second fact. God gave man COM
panion. Woman wa, made cO-worhcr
with man.in reaching the end. \ man is a
better man with the love Ola woman GRIT
ing hun round a. q safeguard. \ man l.
richer With woman for his mate. \
| man j. stronger with a wOman's hand in
! hi- own: both are benefited. Pleasures
gained, profit secured. suca., sooner
| won In union than alone.
Let history with it. logic tell Us. We
find an aggregation OF men and women.
families. tribes governments.
We find cases in which life would not
be safe. il man was alone. but as an in
teger OF government ii j. secure,
Property would many times be nalplt
If ii. possession depended upon personal
might. but ~ q member OF society the
holder can call it his own and defend it
agaiu,, the world.
Every man has his work, one of hands.
, another Of brain: but machine iii break
stone or calculate problems We mus, not
| forget Tie end. making a character. En-
| larging the arm. working the brain. living
| or passing the days in hermitage will not
| form this character, but when YOU
/ strengthen the muscle, enlarge the BRAN.
| smooth away some OF the roughnc.- OF
| life from some heart. and do not forget
! the soul. then y"u have q man. every
| inch man.
Labor mu'tbe performed, love cannot
| be iguor'd. Thought demands attention.
| The call of the -Oul must bc heard but
/ all the labor required cannot b. done
| with one pair OF hands: one brain j. not
| equal 70 all the thinking. and - frater-
nifty .mu,t, De invoked. Let one brother
| clcay' the rock which ha, bccu waiting
| in il- bed for hi hands 10 work 1t ont
1 another carve il into proportions for the
! Intel or tie base, another plan the arch
/ aud drive the keystone TO its place:
/ all build the temple IN which we can
| worship. or the home ia which to rest.
set another must plan and scheme, and
others Iii, with tender words and loving
hearts, Win wor-hippcrs for this temple
| and gather households.
| Consider yourself a moment; to gain
| all you require, alone. would demand all
| your time, and thus we fluid fraternity 10
| be not only means of success, but the
indispensable means.
We may talk OF the manly pride OF
! standing alone, but we cannot act
alone. We greatly mistake in the sound
aud use Of these words manly, and indie
pendent.
| Maillncss is success in reaching tbs
| end. When my brothers hand can hell
me in reaching this end. am none III,
| less a man for his help, and lac l. more U
a man Tor helping me.
| Independence consists in doing IN
work in my place with the materials d
hand. and Il shown In willingly and wise
~ accepting results from Others and /,
giving your own: therefore he j. mos
independent, who does the most for hi
fellows, being thus in position 10 claim
most from them.
The application of these principles Il
the theory of our order j. plain. Frater
nifty il an element in gaining our end
and our order is in the true and hes
sense fraternity.
Templarism rightly regarded make,
better men for every place. # help,
each bear his own burden. by knowing
that he has sympathy and can have hell
from others. This is our theory.
| believe the power Of our order /, moi
appreciated. Its principle, are pure ant
strong enough to settle diiiicultic.
which battle statesmen. aud TO blnd ruler,
and people firmly together: next to tn,
church, 1.-THE pillar aud ground OF til,
truth, place our fraternity, and there
for the highest human fundamentally
\ man may be n Templar aud not be &
christian, but christian man will make
atrue and better Tempar. and any Tenn
plar who accepts the influences and ap.
preciate- the worth OF our philosophy /,
drawn very near 10 religion. 4 hol,
man is the type of perfect Tempar
This eXalts the order higher than TO say
1--WE need no other religion. -
for II elevates 10 the place
Of perfection. II matters not
il the unlnitiatcd cannot appreciate, or il
! imitators make more noise. any more
than the grand great Mississippi rolling
on in it. might, need BE- troubled with tho
noise aud rush Of the many branches
which help TO swell it, Hood When the
thunder wakes the echoes of the bluff.
and the storm king open. the caverns OF
waters. you hear the rush Of these waters
dashing down the hlllsides, and your at
| tcntiOn i, drawn away from the river
but the storm pa.scs-thc branches are
dry--the old river rolls on in it, might.
hardly ripplcd with all this rush and tn
| mutt
There are restless spirit, who are i'm.
patient of the slow pace OF the hOnOred
aud mighty order. Let them make q
noise aud do their work, you need no,
be disturbed or have any controversy
The great river bears the staunch vessel
and the commerce OF a nation. We know
power belongs 10 u-, and we caA DE con
tent In the knowledge: cXalting tcmplar
ism 10 be the grand sun of all fraternity
holding all other orders strongly
truly in II, grayitaiing influence.
why then do we not see the success
what !, our claimf that, templar,n
j. the highest human instrumentality il
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