The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-01-10

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gold and in silver, in brass and in iron
and in marble, aud in timber, in purple
also, and violet, and silk and scarlet, ant
who khoweth to grave all sorts of grav
ing
A large proportion of the skilled work
men were also Tyrians. Tyre was ther
in the meridian of her rimperial splendor
when "hersmerchants were princes" and
her daughters the queens of the earth
She was at that time, the chief seat of the
Dyonysian mysteries, whose leading fea.
lures were the commemoration of the
death and resurrection of Bacchus.-
Those mysteries we're chiefly celebrated
by an organization known then, and even
down to the sixth century Of the Chris:
| tian era, as 1.-THE Society of Dyonisian
Architects That society was doubtless
the prototype of the order of Free Ma.
Sons:
To blend in one harmonious whole the
varied and diverse elements that com.
posed the vast multitude, engaged in
building the temple; and thus more effi-
ciently to direct their labors TO- the same
common end, as well as fol. purposes Of
moral government and mutual instruc.
ton, and to perpetuate inS:after years
social ties that had their birth among
men long associated in the construction
okthe grandest monument of human skill
tie world had ever known, Hiram insti.
tuted Masonry and the Masonic lodge,
and was its first Grand Master. Upon
the tragic death of the Master, soon after
the completion of the temple and before
its dedication, King Solomon was elected
Grand Master, and he invested the work
ing implements of the operative mason
with their present character as moral
symbols. These implements, for phr.
poses Of symbolic instruction, were
termed jewels. The order, however, re-
tained its operative character, and as
there we're no women among the ancient
architects, and as the gentler sex were
untitled by the delicscy of their structure
from performing the severe labors. of the
operative mason, woman was necessarily
excluded from the original organization.
The rule which required that exclusion
then operates with nndiminished force
now, as it is.irrepealable. and Masonry,
as a symbolic institution, must continue
to obey the law of its being derived from
the operative art. Masons, however, are
taught to cherish profound respect and
tender regard for woman in all the rela.
tions oflife, and the mother, wife, sister
and daughter of the Mason are the sub
jects of their special care and most kind
ly guardianship. We esteem.it as pri.
vation that our lodges are not frightened
by the halo of woman's nameless graces,
and that her presence, which. would add
new lustre to our jewels, is not permitted
to cheer our weary wori1men in their
labors or to give exquisite zest. to their
hours of refreshment: :.
Ihaye said, Worshipful Master, that
woman, in the walks Of daily fife, SYM
,bolizes the divine idea of charity, that
holiest principle of human action, by
which all considerations of self are SUBJ
ordinated to the benign purpose Of aiding
the poor and needy, and relieving the
SORROWS ofthe suffering. No more beau.
tiful exemplifcation of this noble princi-
pie. has been furnished in our time than
Is, illustrated by the benefcent institution
in whose behalf Richland Lodge, No. SO,
invokes the aid Of the charitable, and
literally gives its own through this pub
lie installation of its officers
The Palmetto Orphan Home is not a
Masonic institution, but it nobly illus
trates that charity which is the keystone
of the Masonic arch. Founded q few
years ago, by a few ladies of exalted
worth in the city Of Columbia, it has
been sustained through their unceasing
efforts by private contributions, sought
and obtained BY them in the midst Of
public calamity from our citizens. 1t
sprang from dire necessity which de.
manded that instant relief which private
charity then alone remained to give. In
the.streets of the capital and in our vii
lages;were seen wandering the unhoused
children of the dead Confederate soldier,
the sky ofiheaven only above their un.
covered heads, and the public highway
alone beneath their travel-worn feet. se
Homeless near a thousand homes they
And near q thousand tables .pined for
food" 9sr SO
Their fathers went forth in. obedience
To the precepts ofthe State, and died in
defense of its honor. They fell on fields
shot-soWn, and bladed thick with steel.
They planted the palmetto, flag of South
Carolina on many q hostile battery's
smoking guns, and have left nothing be-
hind them but honorable. memories, and
these tender plants that sprung up near
the fnrrows made by the red plonghshare
of war. :, - =. t.r ~
The Palmetto Orphan Home furnishes
to-day the only sheltering roof for many
of these children of our unforgotten dead.
It has clothed, fed and educated fifty-one
of these orphans during the past five
years, consisting of thirty-seven girls and
fourteen, boys. There are, now twenty
three inmates of the Home. On arriving
at suitable age, the boys ara bound TO
trades, and proper homes and ayocations
are obtained for the girls. Many most
deserving applications for admission to
the Home are necessarily refused through
sheer want of means to support any addi-
tional number of inmates. The distin-
guished superintendent of the Home, DR..
J. w. Parker, the eminent physician, DR..
Talley, the worthy treasurer, Mr.. r. L,
Bryan, an&the noble matron, Mrs. Lynes,
all serve without pecuniary compensa-
ton. It is not merely local institution,
for Chester has furnished twelve of the
inmates, Barnwell six, Fairfield six, New
berry fve,, Lancaster three, Lexington
one, Union one, and Richland seventeen,
while the contribution for its support
have been derived mainly from citizens
of Columbia. 49,.
In this, the hour of its greatest need,
the friends ofthe, Palmetto Orphan Home
appeal to. the State for aid to maintain
its present inmates, and to enable it to
extend its sheltering care over many
other needy applicants ofthe same class
who require speedy succor. Shall they
appeal in vain? Shall it be truly said
that twelve years after the war, while
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