The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-07-02

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0, brethren, let US, who build not in
stone, and whose temples no eye but
\ the All-seeihg can betioid-let US press
! the workT Wcars Que. Our work is
one. VI In due season. our aim may be
attained, ,'for His mercy endure1th for
ever" -, a.
/ Perhaps twill Be well To call to re-
fmembrabce the social influence of q
common aim. 10 snceeed in such will
surely bring honHsto all engaged in it;
to fail will necessarily involve all in
common shame. How strong this
will be to induce mutual icomihunica-
tion 81 Aha more, when all search
after the same truth, build after the
same design, walking in the. same patti,
how can there be waEt of mutual sym
pathy. finding voice il kind words and
proof IN brotherly deeds? 'O'''
"a II has oftcn been asserted. and with
seeming truth, that persons coming in
constant contacts will surely love each
other There is plain philosophy and
serious truth in the Influence of con-
tstnnt associatiou.o ltais wise to- utilize
this influence. slThis we do in our 90
i saIiEGGbAI MASONIC MEETINGS.
IaoSWhiiel attendance n6 2 Masonic assem-
blies- is never compulsory, the duty of
meeting together is insisted upon. AT
least once 10 each month, inasons are
desired to meet. What engages atten-
| ton during these meetings matters lit
tic. 1T certainly brings men in contact
all the. closer because they are separa-
ted from tho outer world and shut in
each to other. Ard This much more can
1 b. ptedicased u,cn matters ALREADY con-
! sidoredsE q the labUrdor resi- 1of such meet :
ings, bas. 90 element vhishEweuld, tend
to create division or discord. = II,
We all know that tipcs press hardly
upon all. add that' tHetifeaSiest weight
must be Speh .hese to whom wife aud
children Hook for supplSsyAs ahatural
eonsequsncsahe very b,st men who are
best examples and who are peculiarly
lifted to develop q pure social intor-
course, are tempted to a closer toll and
! more exclusive isolation thanfin time
past Supply for hnan'ssOclal' need is
allowed to come from the j le., and Of
ten the diss ipated. TIE deplorablo re-
! suit who can doubt A ruined youth
and a heaff-Brcken parentage is the
iCkhirlwind rcaped. I cSi b5bs.- ~
! ,Give me momensto pleadb for, the
men OF our IdoS The Yorthiestt, are
wearing out, and the, unworthy are
drinking from broken eisterns because
thcy know not the refreshing of'fiving
fountains. The unworthy need work
first, thep. rest afterwards. If they do
not labor, they can no, possess that SELF
respect and strength which manhood re-
tquires. When wearicd with labor.
they must find pure rest, or they will
plunge in an impure. The toiling
need rest, They will know how to find
it in better things lhan the vices of
earth. IF they stop not, soon the pitcher
will Be broken at the fountain. '''
o "men, my brothers. men the workers,
ever doing something new, 5a
That which we have done but earnest o! the
things that We shall do"
stop the busy brain, the weary hands,
and rest! It is duty to all you hold
dear. Stop and enjoyla pure 'rost.
Draw to i. the young who daily STUN
BILE into waysidc pitfalls. Teach them
noblest toll aud sinlrss rest
Yes, these are hard days for us, and
in nothing is the burden heavier than
in it's tendency to make man forget the
brothers right upon him, and solatlng
himself permit the springs of brotherly
sympathy to dry up. III
Mere business contact docs not, can
not supply the demand. The meeting
tmust be one into which the scheming
aud striving Of life, do not enter Mere
family assemblies will not answer, Res
friction to these, feeds the selfish ten
dcncy of mans heart, and breeds IN
different contempt or incancst envy oil
the world beside. in Masonry the
meeting is of brethren whose only strl-
wing is who Can best work and best
agree, and brethren who often were
strangers until they knocked ut the
same door, and were permitted to enter
The times Of Masonic meetings are
certainly too infrequent, to cause undue
neglect Of otler things, while they are
too near together to allow shortest
memory to forget the Craft.
In this world there is no spot where
sharp diversitirs fail to appear in and
among men,. The Kings palace shell
ters the King and his lowliest servant
"The rich and poor meet togetheri the
Lord is Maker of them all, so Solomon
states the inevitable fact, along with a
truth which snould check undue cxal-
tatiou or debasemeut. But alas, they
| forget that one "is maker Of them all
Therefore they neither know nor
care how joy or sorrow comes to either
As q consequence the rich do not re-
ccive their just sympathy from the
poor, nor the poor from the rich. Other
causes Of drifting apart nro legion IN
number and power. Has Masonry
in her economy any remedy
for this fateful disease in the socia
body?
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